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Notre Dame Projected Record 7-5

Biggest Question Mark:  Will the Irish's O-Line give sophomore Jimmy Clausen a chance to set his feet, and if so will Clausen be able to take advantage of it?

Biggest Game: September 13thvs. Michigan - There are many challenging games for the Irish, but after an opening tune-up with San Diego State, the Irish need to win this one to keeps hopes high.  Blowout losses to the Wolverines the past two seasons killed player confidence, leading to disappointing results.

Junior tackle Sam Young returns to anchor what must be an improved offensive line if the Irish hope to return to a bowl game in '08.  Irish quarterbacks - 3 different QBs started for the Irish (one of whom transferred two weeks into the season) - were sacked a whopping 58 times last season.  That means one out of every 7 times an Irish QB dropped back to pass, he was brought down before he got the ball off.  That of course fails to include QB hurries, which happened on a good amount of the remaining attempts.  Weis has hinted at a running-back-by-committee approach, splitting carries between junior James Aldridge and sophomores Armando Allen adn Robert Hughes.

Defensivly, the Irish are without star safety Tom Zibikowski, a four year starter.  Free Safety David Burton should sure up the secondary.  Burton picked off three passes in '07 while recording 87 tackles.  Then again, Weis is hoping opposing players don't get to the third level as often as they did in a disterous 07 campaign.

Army Projected Recrod 3-9

Biggest Quesion Mark: Who will Stan Brock name his starting QB?  The answer will tell a lot about the Black Nights philosphy in 2008. 

Biggest Game:  December 6th vs. Navy.  The pre and post-game ceremonies are one of the high points of the college football season.  Recently, however, the time between has been anything but.  Eventually, the Knight need to right the ship (no pun intended) in order to keep this rivlalry more then just a tribute to the troops.

Stan Brock is ready to return Army football to its routes.  The good ole' fashioned triple option made its return to West Point this spring, and the Black Knights hope the flashback style offense can break the skid of losing seasons that dates back to 2006.  Carson Williams returns after starting at QB for Army in 2007, but many questions loom over the spot.  Williams is more of a drop-back style passer, and while he's the returning starter, the move to option could jeopordize his spot.  He'll most likely get the snap on opening day, but will need to show some mobility if he hopes to keep freshman Paul McIntosh (Indiana's Mr. Football last year) on the bench.

The Defense is led by the line up front which returns 3 starters.  Ted Bentler started the final 8 games of the season, while both defensive ends return.  One end, Junior Victor Ugenyi is expected to be the unit's leader after registering 7.5 TFL in 2007.

Navy Projected Record 8-4

Biggest Question Mark: Will both lines play strong enough to let the Midshippmen keep thier winning ways alive?

Biggest Game: November 15th vs. Notre Dame (in Baltimore) - Can the Midshippmen make it two in a row?  Its possible.

"We're not going to revamp stuff".  That's the message being send around the Annapolis camp this fall after coach Paul Johnson left to take over the duties at Georgia Tech.  First year head-man Ken Niumatalolo has made it clear he knows the reason for Navy's recent succes, and doesn't intend to mess with it. 

The offense will be led by (say this three times fast) QB Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, as Jarod Bryant moved from QB to the slot.  Both will be intrigul weapons in the high-powered option attach.  However, there are plenty of spots to fill, as only four starters return on the offensive side of the ball.

Western Kentucky Projected Record 3-6

Biggest Question Mark: The FBS transition continues, but is the inexpiereinced defense ready for 10 FBS foes in 2008?

Biggest Game: November 1st vs. North Texas: Last year's game was a classic, with the Mean Green coming away with the one point win.  There will be little defense played, as this one could easily end with both teams in the 40s, if not higher.

In thier first season as a FBS program, WKU ended up 7-5, including a win over FBS foe Middle Tennessee State, and a near miss (27-26) against North Texas.  This year, things only get tougher.  The Hilltoppers have only 2 FCSteams on the schedule, and have tough road games at Indiana, Alabama, Kentucky and Virginia Tech along witha home match-up with a good Florida Atlantic team. 

WKU's spread offense has some firepower, which was best shown in a 87-0 drubbing of West Virginia Tech (so close).  QBs David Wolke and K.J. Black split time last season.  An injury forced Wolke to sit out of spring practice, allowing Black to get a one-up heading into fall camp.  Their main target will be Quinterrance Cooper, who recorded 22 grabs for 255 yards and 2 scores in his freshman campaign as the teams third option. 

The defense has spots to be fille, as bothsafeties, two d-lineman, and two linebackers must be replaced off the 2007 team.  With some of the talentied offenses they'll be facing, they'll need to get in the groove in a hurry if they have any hope at posting a respectable record in 2008.

Most of what Lou talks about, we practice at TR Mann Consulting with our clients. I should also mention that our friend and fellow mature market blogger, David Wolfe, discusses many of the same issues in his excellent book Firms of Endearment.

The executive summary is simple, remember, you're trying to build a strong relationship built on mutual trust (and dare I say, love). Sounds easy . . . but just watch how many companies screw this basic principal up during trying times.

My knowledge of nutrition had given me access to symptomatic relief from many of my symptoms and I knew how to embark upon a detoxification regime if things got really bad, but I had never really got a handle on many of my deeply rooted problems, particularly behavioural ones. I was so inspired by 'Naked Chocolate' that I started to cry (those hormones again!!). My colleagues and myself had mocked the raw foodists coming into the health food shop as extreme, but I now realised with crystal clarity that this reaction had been out of fear. I was now ready for a really new life. I vowed there and then to go 100% raw. I now realise that this is quite a process, not something to be embarked on overnight by most.

The next day I ate about 80% raw and felt high and alert. For the first time in weeks, I didn't need an afternoon nap and I didn't cry. I had virtually no money at this time and had to wait for about four days before receiving my next student loan instalment. After persuading my boyfriend, I spent most of our last £40 on two books, 'Eat Smart Eat Raw' by Kate Wood and 'Living Cuisine' by Renee Loux Underkoffler; from Waterstone’s in Piccadilly Circus. I knew that they would be cheaper on Amazon, but I just couldn't wait. The next morning, there was nothing fresh left to eat so I reluctantly sat down to a bowl of organic muesli. After a few spoonfuls, I bust into tears. The familiar drowsy feeling had returned. As soon as my student loan came in, we went straight out and ordered a Stockli dehydrator and a second hand Twin Health twin gear masticating juicer online and bought a fancy Kenwood food processor from John Lewis.

My boyfriend and had a whale of a time playing with the various attachments and unpacking the stuff as it arrived from EBay a few days later. As our housemates glared at and mocked us, we restored the 1950's style juicer to a hygienic state (it had arrived in very poor condition, thick with sticky juice residue and with a lot of damage to the gears and screens, much to our initial disappointment) and rapidly started juicing everything in sight. My boyfriend, who had spent the previous 16 months working 65 hours a week for a very large and well known estate agent, quickly became my 'juice boy' and pretty much instantly swapped his Full House Double Decadence Domino's Pizza's for cocktails of celery, garlic, fennel, cucumber, apple, carrot and lemon juices.

Since then we have tried raw soups, a disastrous nut curry, corn crackers, chocolate puddings (for breakfast- yum!) and avocadoes in many guises. We have been far from 100% raw but I feel that this will not happen until we have got a sprouting factory set up in the kitchen and can start including flat breads in our diet. Additionally several other changes need to take place!!

Since my epiphany a new party-loving housemate has moved in with us and my boyfriend and I have been enjoying ourselves a little too much. In addition I have been co-directing a play and have had to finish my exams. My last exam was on Tuesday morning and I am really excited that instead of relying on my long-suffering boyfriend (who has been having a break from work these last few weeks- and he is not going back to that company thank goodness) I can now throw myself fully into a healthier high-raw lifestyle. It seems the perfect time to do a week long liver cleansing programme with a flush on the third day and I have miraculously persuaded my boyfriend and three housemates to join me!!!

We start tomorrow and I will document this as much as possible. A big challenge for me will be to reverse my nocturnal hedonism-warped sleeping pattern, as I know that my liver will need proper rest. Wish me luck!!!!

Rob says: "This book is offered by the same company that publishes my books. My publisher says that David Wolfe is the 'second most pronoiac person in the world' after me."

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"Keep Inspiring"

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.
Henry David Thoreau

The chocolate lecture would begin at 1am, but we arrived early to help Vanessa set up her booth and meet and greet some 200 people who had signed up for the event.  Goji Girl was in full force at the Sunfood Nutrition booth as well as the team of ninjas from Elixer Craft.  Daniel Vitalis is possess a wealth of knowledge and has been given the great gift of creating AMAZING chocolates-herbal elixers.  So with a heavy abundance of chocolate, smiles became uncrontrollable and David Wolfe took the stage.

When attending a lecture by David Wolfe, you know your in for a treat.  Besides being extremely intelligent, David makes food fun.  Avocado, as he is often called, is a 15 year raw foodist, has such a passion for raw food nutrition and  superfoods, especially chocolate.  When David speaks, everybody listens, and the wheels get turning.  I was immediatly inspired to go deeper, and continue on my journey to help others find true health and make a positive impact on the planet.  

One area that he touched upon was having the ability to make the choices to eat the best food ever as well as drink the best beverages ever!!  I have eaten all the crappy foods that are on the supermarket shelves and now I only want what is best for my body and the environment.  For me, this means choosing organic products whenever possibly as well as supporting the small independant farms.  Choosing to shop at farmers markets for food instead of large corporate food centers, helps to put the power and the money into the farmers hands.  

Afterwards, the crew headed back to Nora's apartment for the Cacaoabunga party.  With David Wolfe, we stayed up until early morning while enjoying some of Vanessa's amazing chocolate treats and being in the company of good people.

When having a lemon and using it is a good thing...

Source - Oprah.com; Muriella's Corner online newsletter

Your change to a newer, healthier life starts in your refrigerator. The first thing you need in there is plenty of foods rich in antioxidants.

But what are antioxidants? Why are they so good for anti-aging?

To explain, Dr. Oz compares apples to apples—one half of this apple was sprinkled with lemon juice and the other was not. While the lemony half remains new and crisp-looking, the untreated half becomes brown and shriveled because of exposure to oxygen, also called oxidation. "The same thing happens to our skin, to our heart, to our eyes," Dr. Oz says. "All of our bodies need to have the antioxidants."

As their name implies, antioxidants do to your body what the lemon juice does to an apple—help prevent the damage caused by oxygen exposure.

While lemons do have some anti-aging benefits—similar to onions—Dr. Oz says there are several foods that are much more potent. Read More Here on Oprah.com

There is a lot of discussion on antioxidants, those rascal free radicals, alkaliniity, ORAC (oxygen radical absorption capacity) etc., etc. David Wolfe (aka Mr Avocado) joins in throwing some light on these terms and issues and help us understand in more depth the importance of dealing with free radicals and of taking in antioxidants.

Read more about this in Muriella's Corner

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Hulk Hogan (1/23/1984)
Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine (9/24/1984)
World Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (3/31/1985)
Women's Champion: Wendi Richter (3/31/1985)

Besides grabbing Hogan from Verne Gagne and taking a chance on Wrestlemania, putting Saturday Night's Main Event on NBC was the best idea Vince had in the 1980s. When you consider that the majority of America back then did not have cable or satellite television, not everyone could enjoy WWF programming so this show played a big part in making the WWF the most popular wrestling promotion in the country. The show also played a major role in kick-starting many of the huge Wrestlemania main-event feuds. The first episode is the fallout to the first Wrestlemania. A couple things that you need to remember before I go ahead with the recap; in the main-event at Wrestlemania, Orndorff took the fall and was therefore blamed by Piper and Orton for losing the biggest match in their careers. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff captured the tag titles from the US Express, Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda. Also with Cyndi Lauper at her side, Wendi Richter regained the Women's title against Lelani Kai who was managed by Fabulous Moolah. As you might be able to tell, I'm being a lot tamer on this show compared to the newer, over-exposed SNME's. It's just not the same!

We hear from Wendi Richter, Cyndi Lauper, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T!

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura!

• Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff & George "The Animal" Steele (w/Freddie Blassie) vs. Barry Windham, Mike Rotunda & Ricky Steamboat (w/Capt. Lou Albano)

Ha, I forgot the US Express had "Born in the USA" as their theme song. In case you're wondering, the faces all have black trunks. Windham starts off with Sheik and he completely dominates Sheik to start. Rotunda tags in and comes off the top with a single-ax to the arm, followed by a tag to Steamboat who does the same. Steamboat wrenches the arm for a bit and then tags Rotunda in for a double back elbow. Rotunda gets a slam and covers for two. Steamboat tags in and karate chops Sheik and returns to the arm. Sheik comes back with a whip and hooks on an abdominal stretch, but Steamboat quickly escapes with a hiptoss. That brings all six men in for the faces to clean house as we go to a commercial. We come back to Steamboat delivering a powerslam to Sheik. Steamboat goes to the top and hits a missile dropkick! He goes up once more and connects with the FLYING BODYPRESS for 1, 2, NO! Volkoff tags in and gets BEAT by both Steamboat and Windham after a double-team dropkick for two. Rotunda tags in for another double back elbow. After a pair of standing leg drops, Rotunda covers for two. Rotunda gets a couple of near-fall attempts on Volkoff, but can't get the three. Windham tags in and gets a sunset flip, but Volkoff is in the ropes. Now Steele tags in and tries to trade blows with Windham. Once he wants out, Sheik and Volkoff both drop off the apron. As Steele is jawing with the tag champs, Windham comes up from behind and rolls up Steele for the three-count. (6:40 shown) Post-match, Steele gets attacked from behind by the tag champs. The amazing thing is that he actually fights both of them off and sends them running! Albano, who is Steele's former manager, gets in the ring to calm him down. **

Mean Gene stops the Sheik and Volkoff on their way to the dressing room and asks them what in the world is going on? Blassie says he didn't tag when he was supposed to because he's a fruitcake! Steele and Albano walk past them for another beatdown of the tag champs. You may be saying to yourselves that the tag champs looked incredibly weak here and Rotunda/Windham looked like the champs, but it's all just a sign that the US Express would regain the belts about a month or so later.

Next up is Piper's Pit alongside his bodyguard Bob Orton, Jr.! His guest tonight is their former partner, Paul Orndorff. If this were 2006, this would be the opening segment of the Raw after the PPV. Orndorff doesn't trust (or like!) anybody in that ring besides himself as he demands Orton steps back. Piper calls Orndorff a loser and a piece of garbage for losing their Wrestlemania match because he embarrassed everybody for losing! It eventually breaks down to a two-on-one situation as Orndorff nails both Piper and Orton to the mat. Orndorff tries for a PILEDRIVER on Piper, but Orton nails Orndorff from behind with the cast! Mr. T runs down for the save!

We go to Mean Gene who is standing by with the WWF Champ, Hulk Hogan. With all that just happened, Hogan would rather talk about Mother's day.

• WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan (w/Mr. T) vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr. (w/Roddy Piper)

It's the EYE OF THE TIGER! Nothing is cooler than listening to your '80s LPs! It starts off as your typical '80s Hogan match with the heel being chased and beat down by Hogan. Orton regroups out on the floor with Piper and then comes in with a knee to the gut. Orton cross-corner whips Hogan, but then runs shoulder-first into the steel-post. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Hogan works the cast for a bit. Orton reverses a whip and delivers a running knee to the chest. Atomic drop by Orton gets two. Orton controls with knee drops and elbow drops. Once the crowd gets to cheering Hogan on, it means that only one thing is getting ready to happen. Yep, he HULKS up! Hogan hits a clothesline and an elbow drop out of the corner for 1, 2, NO! Hogan attempts the ten-count corner punch and once he gets about four on him, Orton counters out with an inverted atomic drop. Orton sets Hogan up for the SUPERPLEX, but Hogan fights him off and hits him with an elbow. Hogan hits the LEG DROP, but Piper nails him from the floor as he goes for the pin. The ref saw it and calls for the bell as Hogan wins by DQ. (6:45) Orton and Piper beat down Mr. T and then slowly go after Hogan as Orndorff runs in to make the save for Hulk. The heels bail out of the ring while the beefcakes pose in the middle of the ring THROUGH the commercial break and for another minute after that. Two complete face turns in one night! ½*

Let's go to Mean Gene who is in the back with Cyndi Lauper and Capt. Lou Albano. They act as though they care about the Women's title match, but they REALLY just want to introduce her new video which is the first Rock n Wrestling Connection music video. I believe the song is called, "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough". The story in the video is that Cyndi Lauper and her father, Lou Albano, run a gas station that is NOT making enough money to pay bills so they need some filthy rich customers to come by and help them out. Here comes the WWF limousine with Piper, Blassie and the Iron Sheik which turns into a big argument between everybody! Meanwhile, Moolah drives by in an old (I'm talking from the '50s, not the '80s) truck with Volkoff in the bed milking a cow. Yes, a "cow" is in the bed of this truck. Finally, the music starts and I can fast-forward! After they show the video, Piper comes by Lauper and Albano and tells them it was the greatest music video he ever seen until she started to sing. Good point.

After the break, Gene is standing by with the Fabulous Moolah who has a contract that bars Lauper from ringside due to all her interference in previous matches for this upcoming championship match.

Lauper's says she can't be barred from ringside just because she's a manager, but it's going to happen. Oh yeah, her boyfriend looks like comedian Mitch Hedberg. That guy hasn't aged a bit!

• WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter vs. Fabulous Moolah

Howard Finkel reads Moolah's official contract that looks like the Magna Carta which bars Lauper from ringside. After a commercial break, we apparently are JIP as Moolah controls Richter. Moolah makes the mistake of turning her back on her opponent and then gets tossed out to the floor. Back in, Moolah gets a backdrop for one. This match is billed as Moolah's last title shot. Moolah hits a chop and tries a slam, but Richter counters into a small package for the three-count to retain the title. (about 3:00) Lauper and Hedberg come in the ring to celebrate with Richter. Spider Lady is coming, Wendi. CRAP

After the break, Mean Gene is standing by JYD and his momma. She looks more like his wife than his momma.

• Junkyard Dog (w/his momma) vs. Pete Doherty

Pete Dougherty is a legendary WWF jobber from the '80s and that's about it. At the time, JYD was to Carlito Cool in 2006 as far as being over with the crowd at Intercontinental title status. A clothesline, some headbutts and the THUMP get the three-count for JYD. (about 3:00) CRAP

Next up, some of the WWF guys have a little Mother's day party with their moms who are just hanging out. This seems to be breaking kayfabe somehow with JYD and Hogan standing so close to Blassie and Co. without wanting to beat them up. Lauper and her mom are also at the party and Richter's mom doesn't even care to show up! Moolah comes by and is FURIOUS she wasn't invited. Lauper and Moolah get in a fight! Somehow Gene and Moolah gets shoved into the cake. SUCH HILARITY!

Final Thoughts: The only thing that was overkill here was Cyndi Lauper. She's the so-called "Avril Lavigne" of her day and I just don't care for her. But at the time, she was popular and it had to have drawn in many non-wrestling fans to watch the show that enjoyed her. As far as the wrestling goes, it's the '80s WWF. It's not going to be that great unless a certain few are involved. The opener was good but Windham, Rotunda and Steamboat all wrestle at a much faster pace than the Sheik, Volkoff and Steele that it would be impossible for them to keep up. Also with the reactions the US Express got here, putting the tag belts back on them was a must. Orndorff's face turn is a very interesting one as he just later on ended up turning on Hogan again. Also George "the Animal" Steele's face turn was a somewhat big deal as he would never turn heel again. No Tito, which I guess is why we had no Valentine either. It's a great show to check out if for nothing more than just for historical reasons.