Marysville man charged in stabbing attack

September 8, 2017

Other charges include home invasion and assault to do great boidly harm
The suspect in a stabbing attack Wednesday in Marysville was arraigned Friday by video from the St. Clair County jail on charges including two counts of assault with intent to murder.
Assault with intent to murder carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Vito Shawn Palazzolo, 22, stood mute as Magistrate Keith Bankson read the charges against him. They include:
Bankston entered not guilty pleas for Palazzolo on all charges.
The incident happened around 5 p.m. Wednesday at Aspen Grove Apartments in Marysville.
Marysville Deputy Police Chief Ron Buckmaster said one of the victims was treated at the scene for non life-threatening injuries.
Another victim was taken to Lake Huron Medical Center and later airlifted to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Buckmaster said Friday there was no additional information about the condition of the victim.
Bankston noted Palazzolo was on probation from St. Clair County Mental Health Court on an aggravated assault charge. He set bail at $1 million cash surety.
Palazzolo also is to have no contact with victims John Ross, Andrew Salazar or Kenneth Czantske.
Palazzolo also will be tried as a habitual offender, third offense, which doubles the length of any sentence.
Bankston set a probable cause conference for 9 a.m. Sept. 19 in front of District Judge Cynthia Platzer. A preliminary examination will be at 1: 30 p.m. Sept. 26, also in front of Platzer.
Palazzolo, who had previously been living in Brown City, pleaded guilty in mental health court on May 20,2016, to aggravated assault. He had been scheduled for a review hearing at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

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NYFW: Calvin Klein's Spring 2018 collection is a nod to classic American horror films

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September 8, 2017

‘Beautiful nightmare’ are the first two words that come to our mind when describing Calvin Klein’s Spring 2018 collection.
« Beautiful nightmare » are the first two words that come to our mind when describing Calvin Klein’s Spring 2018 collection.
« American horror, American dreams, » is how Raf Simons, the recently installed artistic director for the brand, described his latest New York Fashion Week collection to Vogue.
In his latest collection, Simons continues his exploration of America that he began in his Fall 2017 show –but with an extra splash of grimness.
Fringe, Andy Warhol photos and blood-spattered prints were aplenty in the 79-look (!!!) collection that debuted on Thursday night. The 8 p.m. show — no doubt a sought-after time slot — featured a star-studded crowd, with Mahershala Ali and Millie Bobby Brown among the celebs seated front row.
Nods to classic American horror films, such as « Carrie » and « Friday the 13th, » with rubber and gauzy nightgowns and shoes made out of the same material as the hockey face mask worn by killer Jason Voorhees, were sprinkled throughout the show.
Even the set design, by artist Sterling Ruby, featured unique touches straight out of a horror film — pom-pom-like fringes strung from the ceiling inspired by « The Shining. »
However, it wasn’t all blood and horror — Simons made references to the American West, with a Western-inspired outfits, as well as pop art, with a number of prints by legendary artist Andy Warhol.
The biggest surprise of the show? Kaia Gerber’s New York Fashion Week debut.
Cindy Crawford’s 16-year-old daughter (she just got her license this week!) looked like a total pro as she walked down the catwalk in a diner inspired-uniform.
For more on her debut, watch the video above.

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Despite Trump claims, DACA was on sound legal footing | Letter

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September 8, 2017

The Supreme Court has consistently given the executive branch wide latitude in the administration of immigration laws.
Columnist Tim Morris’ depiction of our president as a white knight defending the honor of the Constitution against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program fails to take adequate stock of the context in which the rescission of DACA took place and of the sound legal arguments on which the program was based.
First, it wasn’t too long ago that Morris’ constitutional champion was calling for a Muslim ban, in clear violation of the First Amendment. Second, ethics lawyers from Republican and Democratic administrations have sued President Trump for violation of the Constitution’s « Emoluments Clause » on account of his business dealings with foreign states. And let’s not forget his struggle with the concept of separation of powers. The DACA repeal was not about the honor of the Constitution.
Moreover, Morris dismisses the very legitimate legal premises on which DACA was based. The Supreme Court has consistently given the executive branch wide latitude in the administration of immigration laws, as when it struck down most of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 bill. Well before DACA, federal immigration authorities used « deferred action, » which does make individuals eligible for work authorization, as a form of prosecutorial discretion. « Deferred action » simply indicates that an individual identified as deportable is a low priority for enforcement.
Grants of deferred action prior to DACA largely lacked centralized guidance and depended on the individual judgment of the officer considering the request. DACA was an innovation in that it created uniform parameters for conferring deferred action. If anything, DACA made the executive branch’s exercise of deferred action fairer. Prosecutors’ offices all over the country similarly standardize eligibility requirements for their diversion programs. These programs are exercises of discretion where the prosecutor determines that full prosecution, even if possible, is neither a good use of resources nor in the public interest. This standardization of the exercise of prosecutorial discretion or deferred action does not amount to legislation by the executive branch.
Yes, DACA was an innovation in the use of deferred action, but it was not without precedent or legal merit. In fact, DACA had survived a challenge in court brought by immigration agents. DACA was a courageous, « big hearted » response to Congress’ legislative and moral failure in fixing the injustices perpetrated against immigrants by our current legal framework. We must now motivate members of Congress to demonstrate their courage and big hearts by passing a bill that recognizes the dignity of and protects the undocumented immigrants among us.

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Why Apple’s iPhone release could take down the market next week

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September 8, 2017

Some worry the announcement from the world’s largest company could take the wind out of the market’s sails.
Ahead of next Tuesday’s widely awaited Apple iPhone launch, some worry the announcement from the world’s largest company could take the wind out of the market’s sails. « If the demo disappoints… if there really isn’t any great, sexy new application the market gets excited about, there is a very strong potential here that Apple could take the whole market down, » Boris Schlossberg, managing director of foreign exchange management at BK Asset Management, said Friday on CNBC’s » Trading Nation . » Indeed, doubts were sown this week surrounding the yet-to-be-released iPhone, and Apple shares fell more than 3 percent to post its worst week since mid-June.
Apple, the largest component in the S&P 500, was the biggest drag on the index this week. Shares dipped in Thursday trading following a Wall Street Journal report that the new iPhone could face production issues. According to the report, the $1,000 iPhone could see shipping delays. Schlossberg said that if indeed the release disappoints the market, the company’s sheer size and massive weighting could present a drag « not just on itself, but to the rest of the market. » Furthermore, the impact of such a dip in the stock upon a tepid release « could be massive, and could trigger a lot of momentum selling all across the board. » The event in and of itself will be a « seminal » event for the company, Schlossberg said, adding that it must « hit a home run to convince investors that they have something very special that they’re going to be rolling out for the Christmas season. » In an interview with CNBC’s « Power Lunch » on Tuesday, Gene Munster of Loup Ventures said shares of Apple could tumble 10 percent in the next one to three months, following the iPhone launch. « The trading history over the past four years is a little bit difficult to look at — just what happens when the product’s announced to three months after, » he said Tuesday. « But the biggest runups it’s had going into a product cycle would suggest, typically, that you have a tail-off. And I would expect the same thing, » said Munster, who was formerly a closely watched Apple analyst at Piper Jaffray. Still, if an investor is a long-term holder of Apple shares, Schlossberg said, « I still think it’s very much a good play, because Apple really does have a tremendous amount of assets under its umbrella. However, if you’re trading this in the short term, and Apple really fails to impress the market, it could be in for a pretty severe correction. » Shares of Apple fell nearly 2 percent on Friday, its worst session in three weeks.

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U. N. report says member states help North Korea evade sanctions

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September 8, 2017

Unpublished report obtained by CBS News says " lax enforcement" allowed Pyongyang to earn $270 million since February
One month after the U. N. Security Council passed biting sanctions against North Korea in response to the country’s latest nuclear test, an unpublished U. N. report obtained by CBS News says that « lax enforcement » has allowed the rogue nation to earn $270 million since February alone.
In the time since the U. N. released its last report in March, North Korea has created a web of « evolving evasion techniques » involving dozens of member states that « are undermining the goals of the resolutions. »
The 37-page midterm report by the U. N.’s » Panel of Experts » details new ways that North Korea skirts the latest round of sanctions, including violations of the arms embargo, « particularly in Africa and the Middle East. » It also says the panel is investigating the leasing of North Korean « embassy property for commercial purposes in several countries including Bulgaria, Germany, Poland and Romania. »
« If sanctions are not enforced – and there is recognition of that by entities doing business with North Korea – the intended sanctions pressure will not materialize, » Hal Eren, who was senior sanctions adviser at the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , told CBS News.
Subterfuge related to North Korea’s ballistic missile program is present throughout the report. For example, the panel investigated vehicles displayed at the military parade in April 2017 in Pyongyang, including trucks used to transport the Pukguksong-1 ballistic missile. When asked, « China noted that the sales contract requested explicitly that the contract requires ‘the buyer to ensure the civilian use of the trucks.' »
The panel also investigated « reported prohibited chemical, ballistic missile and conventional arms cooperation » between Syria and North Korea, including Syrian Scud missile programs and maintenance and repair of Syrian surface-to-air missiles (SAM) air defense systems.
In recent days, the Trump administration has threatened to target countries that are found to be violating the U. N. sanctions against North Korea, including China, with what are called « secondary sanctions. »
« A problem with all sanctions efforts is that they’re never air-tight, and North Korea and its supporters are adept and well-practiced at circumventing them. Simply adding new sanctions without tougher enforcement won’t do much, » said Matthew Waxman, faculty chair of the program on Law and National Security at Columbia Law School.
« However, secondary sanctions, by directly punishing those who do business with North Korea, could significantly tighten the economic screws, » Waxman said.
Some analysts believe that the report itself can serve a purpose in « naming and shaming » the countries involved. Hagar Hajjar Chemali, who was spokesperson at the U. S. Treasury Department, told CBS News that « naming unleashes market forces and tells investors in countries cited that there is a high risk, » which serves as « natural enforcement. »
Ambassadors involved in the U. N. negotiations on North Korea see secondary sanctions as an alternative to military action.
« The U. K wants a robust further sanctions resolution to give a chance for diplomacy to end this crisis, » British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told CBS News.
Despite holes in enforcement, France’s Ambassador Francois Delattre told CBS News, « the stronger the sanctions we impose on North Korea, the stronger our hand in promoting a political solution. »

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Hurricane Irma: Will gas prices increase again?

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September 8, 2017

Experts say Irma doesn’t pose as serious a threat to the U. S. fuel supply, but the federal government and industry will be challenged to meet demand once the recovery begins.
The approach of Hurricane Harvey last month was enough to send gas prices higher, as the Category 4 storm threatened infrastructure that refines roughly 25 percent of the U. S. gasoline supply. Those facilities went offline or greatly reduced their output while Harvey inundated south Texas with historic rainfall, and gas prices have remained inflated while the refineries have resumed full production.
Can motorists expect another bump as Hurricane Irma closes in on Florida?
Experts say the far stronger storm doesn’t pose as serious a threat to the U. S. fuel supply, but the federal government and the energy sector will be challenged to meet demand once recovery begins.
« The federal government and industry is going to move heaven and earth to make sure this supply disruption is as short as possible, » said Bob McNally, a fellow with Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and a former energy adviser to George W. Bush. He took part in an American Petroleum Institute teleconference on Irma on Friday morning (Sept. 8) .
The price of wholesale gasoline on the futures market was below pre-Harvey levels this week – down to $1.66 a gallon. Typically, the pump price follows suit unless demand drives it higher. That pressure has persisted as Texas refineries have gradually been put back online and three more hurricanes have developed in the past several days.
One proactive measure the Trump administration was being asked to take ahead of Irma’s impact was issuing a waiver of the Jones Act, a federal law that requires American-flagged vessels to transport cargo between domestic ports. Allowing foreign vessels to move fuel barges to Florida, which doesn’t have an extensive pipeline network comparable to other states, would help alleviate the state’s supply concerns, McNally said.
U. S. Customs and Border Patrol, which handles Jones Act compliance, received but did not grant a similar request for Hurricane Harvey.
Flooding and its effect on the capacity to refine oil has been the bigger issue from Harvey — not the ability to ship fuel. As of Thursday, remaining shutdowns at Texas facilities account for a 7.5 percent reduction in U. S. refinery capacity, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. Five of the six refineries that are still offline were in the process of resuming production, and at least six refineries were operating at reduced rates.
The Colonial Pipeline, which supplies gas to the eastern U. S., was another casualty of Harvey’s flooding. As of Thursday, much of its flow had been restored, including a feeder line to Georgia that supplies northern Florida and the trucks that transport fuel by highway.
« The big picture is that there will be plenty of gasoline, » said Guy Caruso, a senior energy adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, during the API teleconference. But over the short term in Florida, there may be issues with meeting demand depending on the extent of storm damage.
« At some point, it’s up to the behavior of the motorist, » McNally added, referring reports of gasoline hoarding in Florida ahead of Irma’s arrival.

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36 osób zabitych w trzęsieniu ziemi w Meksyku. "Myślałam, że ziemia po prostu runie"

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September 8, 2017

Potężne trzęsienie ziemi o magnitudzie powyżej 8 nawiedziło w piątek południowe wybrzeże Meksyku, podały amerykańskie służby sejsmologiczne USGS.
Potężne trzęsienie ziemi o magnitudzie powyżej 8 nawiedziło w piątek południowe wybrzeże Meksyku, podały amerykańskie służby sejsmologiczne USGS.
Huragan Irma ma superwysoką czwartą kategorię. Kolejni zabici – 08-09-2017
Z powodu huraganu Irma zmarło już przynajmniej 18 osób. Władze zagrożonych terytoriów przyznają, że mogą nie zdążyć na czas z pomocą wszystkim narażonym. czytaj dalej Co najmniej 36 osób zginęło w wyniku trzęsienia ziemi o magnitudzie 8,4, które w czwartek w nocy czasu lokalnego nawiedziło południowy Meksyk. Około godz. 14 informowano o 20 zabitych.
Wstrząsy były odczuwalne również w środkowym Meksyku, w tym w stolicy. Ich epicentrum znajdowało się 123 km na południowy zachód od miasta Pijijiapan w stanie Chiapas, na głębokości 67 km. Eksperci ocenili, że po nim nastąpiły mniejsze wstrząsy wtórne o magnitudzie od 4,3 do 5,7.
Informacje o największych stratach napływają ze stanu Oaxaca. W tamtejszym mieście Juchitan część zabudowań zamieniła się w gruzy, zniszczone zostały częściowo ratusz i hotel.
Wydano ostrzeżenie przed tsunami, ale okazało się ono niewielkie – fale mierzyły 70 centymetrów. Zginęły dzieci
Gubernator stanu Tabasco Arturo Nunez poinformował, że jedno dziecko zginęło, gdy zawaliła się na nie ściana, a drugie, niemowlę podłączone do respiratora, zmarło w szpitalu, gdzie odcięty został prąd.
Władze Chiapas wezwały ludzi mieszkających na wybrzeżu, aby opuścili swoje domy.
– Są szkody w szpitalach, gdzie nie ma prądu – poinformował gubernator stanu Chiapas Manuel Velasco – Domy, szkoły i szpitale zostały uszkodzone – dodał.
Obrona cywilna tego stanu podała na swoim koncie na Twitterze, że jej personel pomaga mieszkańcom i ostrzega, by przygotowali się na wstrząsy wtórne.
Na Dominikanę pomimo huraganu. Polscy turyści nie zmieniają planów – 08-09-2017
Polscy turyści nie chcą rezygnować z zaplanowanych na najbliższy czas podróży na Dominikanę. czytaj dalej Stolica w niebezpieczeństwie
Wstrząsy były odczuwalne nawet w odległej stolicy kraju, mieście Meksyk, gdzie zatrzęsły się budynki, z których w pośpiechu uciekali ludzie. Na tę chwilę nie ma doniesień o poważniejszych uszkodzeniach, w niektórych dzielnicach są przerwy w dostawie prądu. Helikoptery przeczesują okolicę, by ocenić straty.
– To było straszne – powiedziała Liliana Veil, mieszkanka stolicy. – Myślałam, że ziemia po prostu runie – dodaje.
Mieszkańcy stolicy wybiegali w pośpiechu na ulice; w mieście rozbrzmiewały syreny alarmowe, gdy trzęsienie ziemi wystąpiło tuż przed północną w czwartek czasu lokalnego – podali świadkowie Reutera. W kilku dzielnicach zabrakło prądu.
Meksykańska agencja obrony cywilnej poinformowała, że było to najsilniejsze trzęsienie ziemi od 1985 roku, kiedy to południowe wybrzeże kraju nawiedził niszczycielski żywioł o magnitudzie 8,1 i spowodował śmierć 9,5 tys. osób.
W sąsiedniej Gwatemali prezydent Jimmy Morales Cabrera wystąpił w telewizji, nawołując obywateli do zachowania spokoju; jak poinformował, służby ratunkowe sprawdzają ewentualne zniszczenia. Magnitudę trzęsienia oceniono na 7,7.
– Mamy doniesienia o pewnych zniszczeniach oraz o śmierci jednej osoby, chociaż wciąż nie mamy szczegółów – powiedział Morales, zastrzegając, że informacje o zgonie jeszcze nie zostały potwierdzone.
#VIDEO Overpass lamps wiggle during 8.4 mag #earthquake in #MexicoCity before midnight September 7,2017. pic.twitter.com/NQ4VXfhKBa
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3 important things to know about the Equifax data breach

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September 8, 2017

Learn how the Equifax breach is different from others, what it means for your business, and why so much risk is involved when it comes to warding off hackers.
When Gartner ranks a data breach as a 10 on a scale of 1-10, you know there is cause for alarm. A recent compromise at Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency, resulted in 143 million records being stolen. Of those, at least 209,000 involved stealing a credit card number and over 182,000 records had to do with credit card disputes.
For anyone who follows all of these data breaches, here are three important things to know about how this one is different, what it means for your business, and why there is so much risk involved when it comes to warding off hackers.
One of the main reasons this story is in the spotlight: It is all about the personal information of users. Thieves stole information like “names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers, ” as stated in the press release. (The irony here is that Equifax itself offers identity protection tools.) Other breaches, including those at Yahoo and AdultFriendFinder, involved more account breaches, but the Equifax data includes more personal information. Hackers who collect this data often sell it on the Dark Web because it can be used to break into additional secure sites.
As Equifax explained, the attack involved a compromise on a website, which means it was likely a coding vulnerability that allowed hackers to penetrate a database of user accounts. The attacks occurred this past summer, and the company first found out about it on July 29. As is often the case, the company has a certain period of time to analyze the risks but then must announce the data breach. Some have argued that is was much longer than usual.
The fact that Equifax is partly an identity protection company is one thing. For consumers who might be impacted by the breach, you can go to a website to find out if your data is safe. However, to do that, you have to enter your full name and the last six digits of your Social Security number. After that, you also have to agree not to sue the company. And you might have to wait to get any results about your records.

A DACA student speaks: 'I feel like I have to go back into hiding'

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September 8, 2017

« After DACA, I was proud to be able to thrive in this country. Now I can’t do anything that will make me stand out. »
Gordon Ip, 22, is just months away from a bachelor’s degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is a DACA student, a “Dreamer, ” with seven months’ protection from deportation left on his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals permit.
The Trump administration rescinded the program Tuesday, throwing Ip’s future — and that of more than 800,000 DACA-eligible young people — into question.
Ip arrived in the U. S. from Hong Kong legally, with his parents and an older brother, on a tourist visa when he was 4. His father works in construction, his mother at a nail salon. They didn’ t tell Ip about the family’s status until he was 17.
Since Trump’s election, Ip has been praying his parents, who are in Southern California, won’ t get deported. Now, he can’ t stop thinking about what might await him in Hong Kong.
Daniela Gerson spoke with Ip by phone hours after he learned of Trump’s decision.
My dad Facebook messaged me first: “Did you hear the news? Are you OK?”
The articles I’ m reading are calling us “aliens.” They make us seem foreign and unintelligible, so nobody will understand we’ re human beings. They say I’ m a criminal.
All day I have been sitting in class trying to pay attention. I’ m in the United States for the education that my parents save every penny to pay for. We pay our taxes. I saved up $10,000 myself, and I spent it all on tuition and school and classes in the first half year of school. I get no federal aid, obviously, as a DACA recipient.
I just need three more months to finish my degree. I’ m in the last stretch, and they’ re going to cut my legs from under me?
I am writing notes for a class about theater, history and literature, something I am incredibly interested in. But I can’ t focus for 10 seconds. All I can think is, do classes like this exist back in Hong Kong? And if they do exist, will I be able to understand the professor lecturing with my bad Cantonese? Will I be able to write notes, not knowing the characters? Will I be an outcast because I have to Google Translate the whole thing?
I’ m not a very emotional person, but I’ m just so scared. My family lived in hiding for so long, and I didn’ t even know I was hidden. Then, after DACA, I was proud to be able to thrive in this country. Now, I can’ t do anything that will make me stand out in a crowd. I feel like I have to go back into hiding.
When the news came out, I considered staying in my room, taking a mental health day. But then I thought, “That is how they win, ” and I can’ t do that.”
The strange thing is, on campus, it’s pretty much a normal day. When Trump was elected, the entire school was in mourning. The end of DACA is mostly invisible. The coordinator for “Dreamers” on my campus emails me. She says they will support me. But I don’ t want to confront this problem right now. I don’ t want to believe it. I just want it to go away.
Around friends who know about my situation, it’s been kind of awkward, like when people come up to you at a funeral. It’s not their fault, but they just don’ t understand. They have a place here. I belong nowhere.
Most other Dreamers won’ t recognize me as a Dreamer because I am Asian, not Latino.
Culturally, Chinese people suffer quietly and silently. That’s Confucianism: To respect your elders and to respect people who have power. Eventually, you will get your turn. But in America, we don’ t know if we’ re going to get our turn. We suffer silently for nothing.
Gordon Ip is majoring in communication studies at the University of Nebraska. Daniela Gerson is an assistant professor of journalism at Cal State Northridge and a senior fellow at the Democracy Fund. She is co-founder of the immigration newsletter Migratory Notes.

Michigan vs. Cincinnati: View from the other side

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September 8, 2017

The teams play noon on Saturday at Michigan Stadium (ABC/WWJ) .
Tom Groeschen, beat writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer, breaks down the Bearcats for The Detroit News, answering five questions heading into Saturday’s game against Michigan. You can follow his work on Twitter @TomGroeschen
Not necessarily, UC coach Luke Fickell said. “I don’ t know if you’ d say that we held some things back. We really wanted to say hey, this is who we are. I’ m not going to say we saved that for Week 2, we’ re going to save that big shot for Week 3… We had to find out some things about ourselves, maybe do some things they didn’ t do in the past. As we have an opportunity to move forward we’ ll have a better grasp of what it is, and how we have an opportunity to make some plays.”
Moore is a calm customer back there. As a fourth-year junior, he has plenty of game experience and has seen big rushes. But, the UC offensive line was the team’s biggest question mark entering the season. I would expect a variety of quick, short throws by UC so that the Michigan rush does not overpower them.
Good question. Recalling the sight of the Austin Peay QB sometimes running free, and the total rushing yardage (224) against UC does not appear to bode well. The Bearcats have some solid DTs in Cortez Broughton and Marquise Copeland, but I am unsure where the ‘edge’ rush might come from. They had only 1 sack (by LB/Nickelback Tyrell Gilbert) against Austin Peay.
Tommy Tuberville lost the fans as UC struggled to a 4-8 record last season. Fickell was an immediate hit with fans and players and the honeymoon is still on. He brought a youthful energy that had been lacking, and the team appears to have bought in.
The Bearcats insist noise will not be an issue. They are devoting extra time to hand signals and silent communication during practice this week. Music always is played at practices anyway, but the volume is being cranked louder this week. Some of the seniors played before 108,000 as freshmen at Ohio State in 2014, so they won’ t be bothered by the crowd. But, 69 percent of the UC roster is freshmen/redshirt freshmen/sophomores. How will the younger players handle it? That could be an issue for some.