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Try just lacing monofilament fishing line around. It''s cheap and works. Next time just cut it away and throw it away. i do like the sounds of the CD''s blowin in the wind.
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Perhaps I should start a new thread but since we are all here already...

My General Radiotelephone Operators License covers me on the RRO correct? I will not need to take another test element to use a marine SSB?
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09-06-2011 05:57 PM
Originally Posted by zAr View Post
On my boat I've noticed that sometimes when I'm close hauled, wind and waves from the same direction, that starboard tack is faster than port tack, sometimes by a whole knot. I can't figure out why.

My rig is balanced, straight mast, I've tuned the shrouds at very nearly the same tension. I do have a bit of a rake, about 2-3 inches. Rudder isn't bent, keel isn't either.

At dock there is a slight list to the port side as there's more weight there, but I can't imagine that's the reason. If anything, shouldn't that make me faster on a port tack?

Am I missing something?
Reading the words I bolded from your post, I take it that the effect is not always there and when it is there not always in the same amount. There are a number of things that could cause your boat to be slower on one tack than the other. Start making notes when you go out, and keep track of what the conditions (wind, current, sea state, trim) are when you experience the effect and note the level of the effect as well. Also make note of the wind direction and your heading for each tack. Are you pointing higher and slower on port, lower and slower, or equal pointing and slower. Try also to determine the amount of leeway on each tack by comparing GPS heading vs magentic heading (adjusting for variation) and speed over water with your knotmeter vs GPS speed. That kind of information would be very helpful in diagnosing the problem.

You also state that the shrouds are very nearly the same tension. How did you measure this? If it was by hand and not with a Loos guage, your estimate could be surprisingly wrong. If you have not already, put a Loos guage on it. Also, make sure that the mast is truly centered. This can be a surprisingly difficult thing to measure since boats are rarely perfectly symmetrical, but is important to get right. Measure to the rail, and not to any deck hardware, and make sure the point you are measuring to is equal on both port and starboard by measuring the distance to the bow and transom from both points. Once you know the mast is centered, check to see if the deck hardware is placed in the same exact location on both sides of the boat. It is not unheard of for a boat builder to work with a hangover, leaving your sheeting angles on one side less than ideal.

Lastly, don't be surprised if your keel is actually not on straight or if the shape is not symmetrical (many boats came from the factory this way), either of which could cause a difference in speed and/or pointing from one tack to another.

I am going to make a wild guess that it is actually rig tension, and that the lowers and/or uppers are different tension on one side vs the other. you may not notice this in 8 knots, but when the wind picks up to 15 or 20, the mast is probably bending different on one tack vs the other. Could be that the uppers on stbd are lower and so the top is bending off, and keeping the boat flatter when the wind kicks up, or maybe the port lowers are not as tensioned and so the center sags to leeward on port tack giving you a not so fast shape. Of course this is just a wild guess, and I am just as likely to be wrong as right having never sailed on your boat.
09-06-2011 10:57 AM
Sailormon6 When I first bought my boat, I noticed that it sometimes sailed better on one tack than the other. I have learned that, after I shut down the engine, if I set the 2-blade prop so that it is locked in a vertical position, it sails equally well on both tacks. If you have a 2-blade prop, try locking the prop vertically, and see if it helps.
09-06-2011 07:22 AM
tempest I might try using a couple of instruments to measure and compare speed. Check your speed over ground with a GPS, get a knot compare to your paddle.

There's also the effect of 1 to 3 meter waves...approx..3 to 6 americanese..
Is it always the same angle of attack to the waves?

I know you don't have currents as we know near the ocean...but I believe you have some current up there due to river flows, wind driven, outflows from storm sewers etc....

Waves, and currents will affect speed. Here on the hudson river...we have a big underwater profile called a keel...if sailing at a right angle to the will have a greater effect..

The fact that your speed is affected always on the same tack..may rule these issues out...but something to consider.....
09-06-2011 02:39 AM
DSnider748 Recently, I became aware of the same issue; while tacking close hauled for both port side and starboard side, I encoutered distinctly different handling and speed differences. Thinking about the many reasons for what was happening, I noted that I handled the boat differently (handling of main sheet, and tiller) depending on port or starbard. I made a conciencious point of handling the boat the same way on both port and starboard tacks... and alot of the issue dissapeared. The efficientcy, and coordination process I was deploying was asymetrical, hence the sailing proficientcy suffered accordingly.
08-29-2011 09:39 PM
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GREETINGS EATHLINGS ' Please look up water line length and effects the more wieght the longer the waterline the greater the achiveable speed. this does involve the type of tummble home and many other factors on and off the boat. GO SAFE
Yeah, but by a whole knot for maybe 1/3 of an inch list at the waterline? I wonder....
08-29-2011 08:43 PM
Originally Posted by jackdale View Post
Would that be UV protection on the leech and foot? That might affect air flow, but it would be minimal.
Yup, that's it. I didn't think the effect on air flow could be that dramatic.
08-29-2011 04:04 AM
captflood GREETINGS EATHLINGS ' Please look up water line length and effects the more wieght the longer the waterline the greater the achiveable speed. this does involve the type of tummble home and many other factors on and off the boat. GO SAFE
08-29-2011 12:03 AM
Originally Posted by zAr View Post
Both my jib and genoa have protectors on one side, hrm.
Would that be UV protection on the leech and foot? That might affect air flow, but it would be minimal.
08-28-2011 11:58 PM
Originally Posted by MikeWhy View Post

A roller furler has some asymmetry. Still guessing on the boat and rigging.
I do have a roller furler. Why would that produce asymmetry though?
08-28-2011 11:56 PM
Originally Posted by jjablonowski View Post

You said it's noticeable when you're close-hauled.

Are the sails absolutely symmetrical? Like, does the jib have luff foam or luff rope on it? Could be disturbing wind at the leading edge.
Both my jib and genoa have protectors on one side, hrm.
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STERLING - Kustom Kovers Inc. opened Monday.

Owner Adam Olson, 42, opened the store in the same building as his insurance office, 10 Reins St., which is north of Miller Road off Locust Street.

The store sells and installs custom-ordered window covers such as blinds, roller shades, Roman shades, and wood woven blinds.The store has a showroom and employees will make house calls to measure, Olson said.

Kustom Kovers is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Call 815-626-4444 for more information.

Ryan's building back on the market

STERLING - The building that formerly housed Ryan's Family Steakhouse is being cleaned up and readied to go back on the market within the next couple of weeks, ReMax Sauk Valley agent Tim McCaslin said.

Buffet Inc., Ryan's parent company, owns the building at 3900 E. Lincolnway.
Manny's Pizza, which has locations in Savanna and Fulton, put a down payment on the building in July 2011, but Kathy Kingery, daughter of Manny's owner Manny Castro, said Tuesday that Manny's Pizza will not move to Sterling because "there's more issues with the building."

The pizzeria is not looking at any other buildings in the Sterling area, she said.

Noble Toy Co. opens online store

MORRISON - Noble Toy Co., founded by Morrison native Chris Huizenga, fell short of its Oct. 25 fundraising goal on The company received $10,417 in pledges from 91 potential backers, far short of $92,000.

Huizenga, who lives in Chicago, had hoped to open a Morrison distribution center; instead, he opened an online store Thursday to sell six-sided puzzles. Go to to buy the toys or call 312-804-1252 for more information.

KSB Corporate Health moves 2 blocks west

DIXON -- KSB Hospital's Corporate Health Services Department has moved from Commerce Towers to the lower level at Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave.

Its former space on the third floor of Commerce Towers, 215 E. First St., is being utilized for a larger orthopedics department of the KSB Medical Group.

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The past two weeks, or maybe it's been since I got back from Mexico, have been so incredibly busy, dealing with working, all my many Dr. appointments (nothing major, mostly checkups) and getting my classes and everything set up for school, I've hardly had anytime to breathe, much less blog! So clearly, with all of that going on, and my lack of blogging, I've failed to mention that Thomas and I are going on a little vacation of our own! We've been planning it for over 3 months, which might not seem like much, but it felt like eternity to us! On our little vacation, we've planned to visit the better half of Southern Texas.
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Next, it was time to check out Texas State! Which I lovedddd! I'm still bouncing around the idea of which college I'll go to next fall (2014) but I'm really liking Texas State! The campus was much nicer than I expected, everything seemed relatively close, and uh... The river is practically in my back yard. Yeah, I could for sure see myself there! And did I mention the San Marcos Outlets are like a ten minute drive? Absolute perfection!
Speaking out The outlet mall.... Did you really think Thomas and I weren't going to stop? It was a lovely 102 degrees outside today, but we conquered the mall, only after a quick lunch at Whataburger (our somewhat tradition when we go on any type of road trip). They had a Victoria's Secret outlet store. That place was like heaven with 4 walls. I got 2 bras, originally priced at $63 each, for $20 each.. Can you say steal? I sure can! Also grabbed a pair of Tory Burch flip flops for $30. Although I wasn't a big spender while at the outlet, Thomas sure was! He snagged two new Ralph Lauren Polos for less than $50, as well as a sweet new Micheal Kors watch, and a very nice UT hat! Also included in this picture is the two shirts we got from buc-ee's, our two croakies for when we float the river tomorrow, three Texas State t-shirts, and a Buc-ee's cooler bag that I got for Thomas' mom! Everything you see in this picture was bought with less than $350! can you believe that? I LOVE outlets and I LOVE sales even more!
Today was my very first trip to Buc-ee's! I've lived in Texas my entire life, traveled all over the state, but never been here. This is, by far, the greatest gas station/mall/superstore/bathroom/everything store there could ever possibly be! From the minute we walked in I was amazed. I wanted to buy everything I saw! There was so much cute home decor that I wanted to stuff all in Thomas' trunk and take back to Dallas... But then I remembered I don't quite have a home, or even an apartment of my own to decorate yet, so it'd all go to storage or in my (mom's) garage. Boooo! But really, not sure how I've never been here, but if you haven't either, you should!
One of the cute finds at Buc-ee's! Can't wait to hang fun signs like this one day in my own home!
There were so many crosses here, some that I for sure think I could mimic and sell in addition to my other crosses on Etsy!

After all of those adventures today, I was exhausted! We made our short drive down 35 to our hotel and unloaded everything, when we realized we still needed to head to the grocery store to grab some food to take on the river with us, so what better way to shop than H-E-B?
Thomas and I loved H-E-B! We'd both been here before, but it's always fun to go to somewhere we don't go to every day. We grabbed some yummy stuff from the deli in addition to browsing around the store and enjoying lots of yummy samples! We'll for sure be returning before we head back to Dallas!

Today has been so much fun, but yet, so exhausting. Tomorrow we tackle the Guadalupe River! Can't wait to see how much fun that will be!

Do any of my readers have any great Texas places they love to visit? I wanna know about them!

P.S.- Just bit into that oatmeal-golden raisin cookie, mainly because thomas offered me one  forced me to have one... IT'S AMAZING!

XoXo- Tiffani

  1. Hey!
    Its Angelica, I don't know any places in mind that you should visit but I wanted to say great blog!!! I laughed thinking about how excited you were to see the beef jerky store lol.
    Have fun!

  2. Thank you for an amazing vacation babe! Youre amazing and I am loving the blog :) I love you!

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The biomass of the macrophytes Potamogeton pectinatus L. and Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande and their energy input that is at the basis of the functioning of the Ichkeul wetland, northern Tunisia, which harbours a conspicuous population of wintering waterfowl, were investigated. The mean (above- and belowground) biomass of P. pectinatus from July 1993 - April 1994 was at a maximum in September and ranged between 340.9 ± 38.4 and 480.6 ± 91.8 g dry mass (DM)/m2 depending on the area. Tubers represented 10-30 % of this biomass. In R. cirrhosa maximum biomass of 368.7 ± 68.1 g DM/m2 was recorded in October. In both species about 40 % of the total biomass was allocated to the roots and rhizomes. The production estimates in the Ichkeul lagoon are within the same range as estimates for other Mediterranean lagoons. Other energy sources in the Ichkeul lagoon were litter (60.1 g DM/m2), the overwintered roots and rhizomes (61.4 g DM/m2) and the suspended particulate organic matter (7.64 g DM/m2). Total mean energy income from the macrophytes in the Ichkeul ecosystem during the study period is estimated at 5306 kJ/m2.

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Zambia has been experiencing low livestock productivity as well as trade restrictions owing to the occurrence of foot and mouth disease (FMD), but little is known about the epidemiology of the disease in these endemic settings. The fundamental questions relate to the spatio-temporal distribution of FMD cases and what determines their occurrence. A retrospective review of FMD cases in Zambia from 1981 to 2012 was conducted using geographical information systems and the SaTScan software package. Information was collected from peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, laboratory reports, unpublished scientific reports and grey literature. A space-time permutation probability model using a varying time window of one year was used to scan for areas with high infection rates. The spatial scan statistic detected a significant purely spatial cluster around the Mbala-Isoka area between 2009 and 2012, with secondary clusters in Sesheke-Kazungula in 2007 and 2008, the Kafue flats in 2004 and 2005 and Livingstone in 2012. This study provides evidence of the existence of statistically significant FMD clusters and an increase in occurrence in Zambia between 2004 and 2012. The identified clusters agree with areas known to be at high risk of FMD. The FMD virus transmission dynamics and the heterogeneous variability in risk within these locations may need further investigation.

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The patient version of Managing Asthma in Adults was published on 27th March. The booklet is for people who have or think they might have asthma or family and carers of someone who has or might have asthma.

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Blondie singer Debbie Harry. Picture: Getty

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Two classic pop bands, Abba and Blondie, are making a thing of their 40th anniversaries this year.

Blondie: Blondie 4(0) Ever

Caroline Records, £18.99

Star rating: * * *

Only Blondie, however, going great guns again since reforming in the late 90s, are in a position to release new material. So it is a pity that their latest album Ghosts Of Download, ready and willing since last year, must share the glory in badly named birthday package Blondie 4(0) Ever with an album of re-recordings of their biggest hits, spun as the Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux.

This seems a questionable creative gambit and a craven commercial one too, especially as Ghosts Of Download does a good enough job of reinforcing such Blondie hallmarks as Debbie Harry’s foxy vocals, casually oozing attitude – “I can’t be worried about everything you do,” she purrs at one point – and the band’s confident borrowing from reggae, hip-hop and disco to embellish their new wave sound.

Ghosts Of Download features a number of collaborations to help them on their way – Colombia’s Systema Solar and Panamanian rappers Los Rakas respectively enhancing the Latino sashay Sugar On The Side and the reggaeton-influenced I Screwed Up.

But the album is better characterised by its brace of sleek disco pop numbers. Kylie and Gaga would draw blood for Take Me In The Night but it’s Beth Ditto of The Gossip who gets to add her distinctive tones to hip electro track A Rose By Any Name, while Harry puts her best bitch face on for Take It Back. Mile High is the only formulaic rave pop letdown.

Meanwhile in curiosity corner, Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Relax is covered as a ghostly piano track with coolly monotonous multi-tracked vocals and sonorous guitar before its pounding, lascivious rhythm kicks in.

Blondie have always had a way with cover versions and two of their best loved, The Tide Is High and Hanging On The Telephone, are revisited on the greatest hits collection – although, arguably, all 11 of these “redux” hits are cover versions, faithfully rendered and adding nothing to the superior original recordings. Harry’s voice is not quite as limber at the extremes of her range, but she still has attitude to spare. It’s a no-win exercise, as these serviceable re-recordings still manage to show up the new songs which cannot hope to compete with even a safe facsimile of such supercool classics. FIONA SHEPHERD

The Black Keys: Turn Blue

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Accidental arena sensations The Black Keys move further away from their raw bluesy beginnings and towards more refined rock credentials on this follow-up to the mega-selling El Camino. Turn Blue has neither the cut and thrust nor the stomping glam rock virility of its predecessor but producer Danger Mouse makes alluring use of Dan Auerbach’s falsetto range on 10 Lovers and the slinky soul of the title track and layers on the processed strings elsewhere to seductive effect. At the last moment, the duo rebel against his studio finery, and go native on bubblegum caveman rocker Gotta Get Away. FS

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott: What Have We Become

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What Have We Become reunites the Beautiful South’s vocal frontline after more than a decade apart, bringing Abbott out of retirement and giving Heaton a mouthpiece for his refreshingly pointed lyrics which, on this outing, address racial and cultural tensions on the deceptively upbeat One Man’s England, proclaim modern society to be “opinionless, sad and overweight” on the title track, skewer the music business on I Am Not A Muse (“I am not in a band because daddy didn’t understand”) and suggest a cruel fate for Phil Collins on the sardonic When I Get Back To Blighty, all to a breezy soundtrack of northern soul, country, new wave and power pop. FS

Mozart Requiem: Dunedin Consort

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The high-class partnership between Linn Records, the Dunedin Consort and the restless academic mind of Dunedin director John Butt continues apace with this absorbing reconstruction of the first performance of Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. In effect, Butt is stating the case for Süssmayr, who knew Mozart, knew his compositional style, yet whose initial completion of the work was blurred when, even in the first printed edition, amendments were made. Of particular interest is Dunedin’s use of minimal vocal forces which brings clarity, and no loss of welter, to a truly stylish performance.

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Plan B has been devised by the fiendishly clever Bevvy Sisters – harmonising vocalists Heather MacLeod and Gina Rae, from Scotland, and Cera Impala, from Arizona, USA, plus token male and essential guitarist David Donnelly – who collectively sound as if they’ve been crackling out over the airwaves since the golden age of radio. One minute they’re evoking the Boswell Sisters (an earthier version of the Andrews Sisters) as in the opening, gospelly Ain’t No Grave; next they’re generating a whiff of the steamy South, hollering over waspish slide guitar in Donnelly’s own song, Junkyard Band. Their own compositions on the 11 track CD include Devil May Care, also by Donnelly, which sounds like another 40s or 50s period piece, and Impala’s slyly salacious Row My Boat, while traditional numbers showcasing their ultra-tight harmonising include old murder ballad The Willow Garden

and the solemn scaffold testimony of Father Adieu.

Oran Etkin: Gathering Light

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The Israel-born, New York-based bass clarinet specialist explored both Malian and Jewish influences in a contemporary jazz context in his debut album

in 2009. Etkin casts his net even wider on this release, drawing on music he encountered while touring in various corners of the world. Thus, Indonesian music shapes Gambang Suling, Japanese music meets the blues in Takeda (Homesick Blues), and Guangzhou Taxi explores a Chinese influence. He revisits Jewish music in Shirim Ad Kan and Der Gasn Nign (Street Song), and for good measure closes with his own take on When

It’s Sleepy Time Down South in homage to Louis Armstrong, his first jazz hero. It is all deftly done, and never sounds kitsch. Etkin is abetted by a superb progressive band that features guitarist Lionel Loueke, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, bassist Ben Allison and drummer Nasheet Waits.

Faik Chelebi: The Classical Mugam of Azerbaijan

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Azeri mugam is much more than a mere offshoot of Persian classical music, even though it shares the

same basic structures: as Izaly Zemstovsky, the producer of this CD, suggests, it has much in common with European Baroque music. As Faik Chelebi demonstrates, it’s a wonderfully refined art in which the tar lute weaves intricate patterns in its evocation of mood and story. Each piece is a tissue of many smaller elements, some pre-composed, others improvised, in a microtonal sound-world which is infinitely more subtle than the do-re-mi one Western listeners normally inhabit.

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Students, Buckeyes Ready To Race

Everyone loves a good footrace, and there could very well be one of those Saturday at the spring game when Buckeye players Dontre Wilson and Devin Smith take on the four fastest members of the student body. One thing is for sure, though -- no one competing is going into the race expecting to lose.

"Would you believe me if I tell you?"

So said Malcolm Branson, an Ohio State senior from Massillon, Ohio, who left Buckeye football players peeking at their stopwatches with stunned looks after he dusted the field in his heat Saturday in the fastest Buckeye races at OSU's student appreciation practice.

Branson seemed to have no lack of confidence as he met with the media afterward, especially when asked about the fastest 40-yard dash time he's run.

"Would you believe me if I tell you?" he said with a laugh before telling scribes that he ran a 4.28 hand-timed 40 on the turf field between Morrill and Lincoln towers.

A high school track athlete at Massillon Perry, Branson might have the best chance based on his blazing time Saturday afternoon to beat Ohio State players Devin Smith and Dontre Wilson when they race at next Saturday's spring game.

Branson will join three other student heat winners in taking on Wilson – thought by many to be the fastest player on the team – and Smith, the 2011 Ohio Division I 100 meters champ and a Big Ten track and field medalist this spring.

But the criminology studies major thinks he has a chance to make his mark.

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"I do (think I can win)," Branson said. "I think I have a chance. (Wilson is) very fast, fastest guy on the team, so I know I have to bring it."

Of course, neither Smith nor Wilson appears to be worried as they get ready for the first-ever Ohio State incarnation of the 40-yard dash race.

"Nobody is gonna beat me," Wilson said with a smile after Saturday's practice.

"I'm not worried," Smith added. "I'll do some running, get on the treadmill a little bit, stretch a little bit, get in the hot tub, cold tub a little bit. I'm just going to be ready."

That's not to say Branson didn't catch their eye, though, with his blazing time Saturday afternoon.

"I was real impressed," Wilson said. "My friend right here (Branson), man, I've known him before, and I knew what type of athlete he is. I knew I was going to have some kind of competition."

Smith added, in reference to Branson, "I saw one guy, he can run. I'm just going to be prepared. Dontre and I will be ready. It's all for the fans. We're going to go out there and just have fun, compete, see who wins."

This is the first time the competition has taken place at Ohio State, but Meyer did the same thing at Florida during the spring of 2008, even saying he'd give a scholarship to any student who could beat his fastest player.

The original plan was for Jeff Demps, who would go on to win a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 4x100-meter relay, to run but he was unable to go, leaving the race to Chris Rainey. There was no reason for Meyer to worry, though, as Rainey ran a 4.24 40 to dust the field.

Could the same thing happen at Ohio State? It's hard to tell. Branson said he lowered his track times to below 11 seconds in the 100-meter dash during his prep career, but Wilson ran in the 10.5 range in high school and Smith clocked a 10.74 to win his state title.

So Branson will have some very stiff competition, but he is looking forward for his chance to race next week.

"It's gonna be hectic," Branson said. "There's gonna be anywhere from 70 to 100,000 fans in the Shoe. I'm excited for it, though."

But just in case he thinks his counterparts on the team aren't taking it seriously, Smith said he might even do a track warmup beforehand just to make sure he's ready to go.

"I just might," Smith said. "Actually, I might talk to (track head coach Ed) Beathea and see if I can't get the uniform and come out here with it."

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The West Jordan, UT product continues to add offers in bunches.

Tofa is hopeful to visit Stanford in the near future.

Three-star class of 2017 defensive end Alden Tofa has seen his recruitment gain ground over the past few months.

The recruit out of West Jordan, UT, holds offers from Vanderbilt, Arizona, Utah, BYU, Colorado, Oregon State, Utah State, Washington State among others.

The defensive end said he has also been talking to programs like Stanford, USC, Notre Dame and Oregon.

Tofa said the Cardinal have not offered him yet, but the Stanford staff is hoping to get him up to The Farm.

“They wanted me to get out there and take a visit,” Tofa said. “I'm planning on taking a visit up there.”

For the 6-foot-4, 255-pound defensive end, the mix of academics and football prowess makes Stanford an intriguing option.

“I like just the way their program is set up,” Tofa said. “It's not all about football, they are planning for your future.”

The laundry list of successful,  big-bodied edge rushers in the Cardinal program also adds to the allure for Tofa.

“It just gets me excited thinking that I could be the next Trent Murphy, that they could work with me to get to that point because of the success they've had.”

Getting to the quarterback will be a key to Tofa’s success and has been focused on sharpening up his skills. He even said he doesn’t have a cell phone because he doesn’t want to be “distracted with that” (I interviewed him over Facetime audio from his iPod).

To help his tackling skills and agility, he has taken up rugby in the offseason.

It's helped a lot. I started two years ago and my conditioning has gotten up a lot,” Tofa said. “My speed picked up with it. I got a lot quicker. My 40 time got quicker since rugby started.”

Tofa will be headed to the Opening: Seattle later this month and will be setting up visits but doesn't have anything officially planned.

Tofa said Virginia, Oregon State, Washington State, Utah State, Utah and BYU are the schools that speak to him most frequently.

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Fall Camp Day 5

With today being the first day in full pads we've gotten a pretty good sense of where this team is at so far in fall camp and for Trojan fans the news couldn't be much better. Paul McDonald talked about his 1979 team and how one bad half of football prevented them from getting back to back titles, he said this team has an opportunity to do what his team couldn't do if they can stay healthy and avoid a stumble.

The tone was set on the first play of a drill on Brian Kennedy Field when Kyle Williams lost his helmet while making a block for Hershel Dennis. The drill also featured back to back touchdowns for the offense with Dennis and Bush. Hershel scored when he went behind a block from Sam Baker and then Reggie followed the same course only it was Drew Radovich at tackle and he did a good job on Chris Barrett to open the hole.

John David Booty had a good day. In the drill on Kennedy Field he completed a long touchdown to Dwayne Jarrett by throwing the ball high against coverage from John Walker. It was one of several high grabs that Jarrett made today as the former prep basketball star is quickly gaining a reputuation as a guy who can go up and get the ball. It doesn't hurt that he's 6-4 with long arms and he knows how to position his body well. After the teams moved to Howard Jones Field Booty completed one of his first passes to Mike Williams on a 65 yard touchdown where Mike outsprinted Terrell Thomas to the end zone. It was great to see Mike dashing down the sidelines again.

Manuel Wright is working as the #2 defensive tackle right now with Shaun Cody moving from end to tackle and Jackson and Rucker currently the starters at end. For all of his size there aren't too many players quicker at getting into the backfield than Manuel. He stopped Hershel in the backfield in one early drill and then late in the day he beat Chilo Rachal and got to Booty before John David had a chance to pitch the ball to the running back.

Travis Tofi blocked a pair of field goal attempts from Mario Danelo. Ryan Killeen made a 40 yard FG.

LenDale White had a real nice touchdown run where he went into the middle of the line and then reversed field to the right and used his improved speed to get to the end zone. There's no doubt LenDale is quicker than last year, a sad thought for opposing defenses.

Greig Carlson put a nice move on a defender after catching a pass from Brandon Hance and went into the end zone for a score. It was good to see that combination again, Hance and Carlson hooked up many times at Taft HS when Hance was a senior and Greig was a junior.

Will Buchanon made a good play to take the ball away from John Walker after John thought he had an interception. Groots had come in for a sack on Cassel but Matt kept on playing and threw for the sideline with Walker stepping in front of Will but Buchanon fought for the ball and was able to wrestle it away.

John Drake practiced at RG. Reggie Bush basically ran over Scott Ware on a run play early in the day. Fred Davis caught a lot of grief from his teammates when he caught a pass in the open field but tripped over his own feet as he tried to run with the ball. Lawrence Jackson had a pair of sacks. Nick Vanderboom caught a deep pass over the middle. Keith Rivers did a good job to stop Reed in the open field.

The final play of the practice was a strange one as Desmond Reed carried the ball and fumbled after a few yards, Scott Ware picked the ball up and began returning it the other way but then he was stripped and the ball bounced towards Reggie Bush. The only problem was that Reggie wasn't in the play, he was standing on the sidelines with his helmet off but that didn't stop him from scooping up the ball and running the other way for a score. It was a great way to end the practice.

note - we talked yesterday about the long punt from Tom Malone that was estimated at 80 yards. When they looked at the punt on film last night the ball was on the 15 and landed one yard deep in the opposite end zone (86 yards). One observer joked that if he can do that once he should be able to do it every time.

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Worgull: Time to Buck the Trend

Wisconsin's 2007 and 2008 football seasons have been defined by what the Badgers did, or didn't do, following its first loss of the season. Losing streaks have followed Wisconsin following defeat number one, causing the Badgers to fall out of the conference race by mid October. With a tough test Saturday, the Badgers need to buck that trend.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Now we find out how good the 2009 edition of the Wisconsin football team really is.

Getting a break from the schedule makers, Wisconsin survived its three non-conference home games and was able to take care of two middle-of-the-pack Big Ten teams to bury any doubt of how talented this young team is.

But after its countless self-inflicted wounds made the Badgers fall short in their first big-time match-up of the season, Wisconsin will need to regroup in the next 72 hours to fix what past season's more experienced teams failed to adapt to.

In 2007, Wisconsin, riding a nation's best 14-game winning streak into Champagne, succumbed to the powerful running of Rashard Mendenhall and the once-talented Juice Williams for its first loss of the season. As it turned out, the Illini beat UW twice, as the Badgers came out flat the next week in Happy Valley in a 31-point blasting by Penn State, pushing the Badgers out of title contention.

Last season was worse on both accords. Not only did UW not recover from its first loss of the season, the ever-famous Michigan Meltdown, it didn't recover until late October. Combine the loss in Ann Arbor with the last-second defeat at home to Ohio State, the Badgers were outscored 86-23 by Penn State and Iowa the following weeks, starting the conference slate a gut-wrenching 0-4.

Now, the Badgers have to figure out a way to bounce back from a game they should have won to face an Iowa team that isn't going to show pity.

"It's huge," said sophomore tackle J.J. Watt. "It's going to tell us a lot about our team and the kind of chemistry we have. Coming off a loss like this, nobody can be happy, but we have to put it behind us because it's Iowa week. Iowa is not going to be an easy game. Our team is going to come together."

It's going to be an important week for quarterback Scott Tolzien, as the junior, facing a heavy pressure for the first time, was able to help an offense earn 368 yards against the Big Ten's best defense, but he threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns that killed drives.

"We got confidence in him," senior Chris Maragos said of Tolzien. "We told him that we had his back and he knows that."

Added Watt: "This team has chemistry unlike I have ever seen in college football. That's going to help us through this and make us play smarter than ever." That's the goal all around for this Wisconsin unit. Offensively, UW has to be smart with its gambles and smart on the field, as the offense's six penalties forced UW into too many long down-and-distance situations. Defensively, UW needs to not have its annual lapse, which allowed an average quarterback to gain 88 of his 132 yards to score the unit's only touchdown.

And special teams, well, Wisconsin needs to figure out what needs to changed, as poor kickoff and kickoff return coverage is unfortunately what the Badgers are becoming known for.

Will Wisconsin also be known as a team that lets a tough loss fester and cause more damage a week later? We'll know that answer by 2 p.m. Saturday.

"(This loss), I think it's going to light the fire under them and I am going to make sure it does," Maragos said. "We just need to do it. We'll go back to the drawing board, get ready for Iowa and give them our best shot.

"I am excited about this team. I wouldn't want to be with any other guys, any other unit, because of the way they compete, they never stop. They are guys that are willing to put the work in, and that's what this team is all about."

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