XCOM Delayed Past March, No Hints For Grand Theft Auto V
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It's not clear when XCOM will arrive, but it won't be happening until after March 31, 2012.2K Games had announced XCOM would launch on March 6, 2012, but parent company Take-Two Interactive announced its second quarter fiscal results and revealed the game’s moving past that date.
XCOM is now scheduled for “fiscal 2013,” which is sometime between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.
Borderlands 2 is in the same boat: fiscal 2013.
Spec Ops: The Line has also seen significant delays, and Take-Two has tweaked its release window to “first half fiscal 13,” which would place the game sometime before the holidays.
And what about Grand Theft Auto V? As per usual, Take-Two is quiet on the latest from Rockstar Games. The company is typically conservative about disclosing anything regarding Rockstar products, and it’s not surprising Grand Theft Auto V is no different. Both the platforms and and release date (even year!) are both listed as “TBA.” Perhaps hope for a Wii U version?
Lastly, BioShock Infinite remains a "calendar year 2012," which means it's on track for...well, next year.
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Tiger includes best performance of the year with 67; Chalmers WINS in Australia
Woods' score of 11-under could help quiet critics for except for the Presidents Cup. (Getty Images)
SYDNEY--the loudest cheers were for Tiger Woods. Greg Chalmers was a member of the Australian Open.
Chalmers won his championship for the second time Sunday, closing with a 3-under 69 to wait for a late charge by forests and a 50-foot birdie putt by John sending, which forced almost a playoff.
Woods had his best chance of winning all year round.
"Two holes on the back nine today, and I putted terrible yesterday, or I would have on the ground," Woods said.
Two images of t performed to bogeys on the back nine, although the second birdie on the toughest hole on the Lakes to no. 12 made then lined from green for Eagle on the 14th. Woods missed a 12-foot Eagle-putt on the 17th for a share of the lead.
Behind him Chalmers his final birdie with a brilliant tee shot on the 15th hole par-3 to tap-in range, then the line played error-free and took a meaningful par par-3-18 with a carefully made from the bunker.
Chalmers last won the Australian Open in 1998 at Royal Adelaide, one week before the Presidents Cup in Melbourne.
The matches back to Royal Melbourne next week, and forests at least showed that he not wasted by a captain pick by Fred couples. He was not only the low American degree alone in the third, he saw well here.
It was his best result against a full, because forests masters won last two years on the Australian.
"I felt great," Woods said. "It is nice to be healthy again."
Chalmers finished to 13 hours a day under 275.
There was a strong field for the Australian Open with eight Americans in the Presidents Cup team getting ready for the next week. Include Woods, a constant presence on the leaderboard. For Chalmers, satisfaction from his name on the silver trophy came again.
"I don't know whether there is additional satisfaction," said Chalmers beat a field that a 14 times include great masters. "I have my name twice on the Stonehaven Cup."
Sending, the leader who get early but was 54-hole, ground to a halt a chance late with a distance of well over 17 green for birdie. His long putt on the 18th went over the ridge and broke again in the direction of the high side of the Cup, but have missed by inches. He finished with a 72.
Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy had a 7-under 65, fourth with Adam Scott (68) Nick Watney (72), Nick bind, O'Hern (72) and Jason day of its opening discount taken shots in the water and had a 74.
"If I me use to keep in such positions, it is only a matter of time I learn the formula and break through and start to win," said day, the only PGA Tour in his four years at the US tour has to win. "I am very positive about where my game is now."
Six players from the top will be 10 by the Lakes Royal Melbourne next week for Presidents Cup.
Woods was within two shots of the lead at the turn, been error-free on the front nine for at least a chance of the risk-return holes along the back nine the Lakes.
The task has been the way and manner, he played the 11th, that ultimately a bad decision two holes later forced harder.
Woods hooked again his tee shot on the par 5 11, although with the wind at his back, it sailed over the portable toilet and into a sand dune where had spectators walked throughout the week. His ball was deep in a heel print, and an explosion was only turned on the side of this mess. He wound up missing a 7-foot par putt.
He made that with an 18-foot birdie on the 12.--one of only five birdies at the hole Sunday - and could not figure out how to play 315 Court 13. He went with driver for the second day, and this time it cost him.
"I have gone should not," Woods said. It a hard tea "is shot for me, because I'm right caught between the clubs." Driver is too much and 3-wood is not enough. I tried a large, slicing driver there meet and should have launched only.
"Unfortunately, I have the wrong decision and it cost me a shot."
He was fortunate that it was no longer. The ball barely carried a pond and embedded in the dirt about a foot behind the line red danger. Rather than on the other side of the water, Woods blasted behind the ball to it forward, gouge only delete it popped up and struck a tree, bouncing past and almost into a different pond. His chip was too short, and he had to receive careful for bogey.
He made still interesting by chipping in for Eagle from near the 14th green, then reaching the par-5 17th in two with a shot that caught the back and settled 12 metres. A chance to tie the lead Woods missed the putt and opted for a two putt par on the 18-hole of about 45 meters.
"Two bad shots on the back nine tons, cost me" Woods said.
Nevertheless it gave out more positive for him the week. Coming from a another four weeks break from competition, he played well enough to with the exception of his bad round turn-a 75 on the Saturday-win in a mediocre round.
It was the first time, he had to wait, to see whether his score would be sufficient, the year after signing his card. Chalmers this lasted as long as it took to save par from the bunker.
The only other time the forests has featured on a leaderboard was Sunday in the masters this year if he charge to tied was then to go even par on the back nine and simple four shots behind.
Woods has played only four tournaments since then due to injuries his left leg.
"It has been since Augusta, had I the lead in the Augusta on Sunday, which was the last time I is at this point," Woods said. "It's been a long time, unfortunately I have not played many tournaments in between." But it was great out there, I had a chance. "Unfortunately, I did post the number I wanted to place."
Dos Santos stuns Velasquez in 01: 04 for titles in the UFC network debut
Junior dos Santos takes Cain Velasquez heavyweight belt and improved his record to 14. (AP)
ANAHEIM, Kalifornien--64 seconds a decade-long journey ended Dana white stand before a Bank of cameras and announced the UFC first battle on prime-time network television as a complete success, how long it took.
"It was a good night," said President of the UFC. "Nothing wrong has to put on a live production." "It was perfect."
Junior dos Santos couldn't resist chiming in.
"I agree", said the UFCs new heavyweight champion, grinning broadly.
Cain Velasquez stopped dos Santos only 01: 04 in their UFC heavyweight title fight Saturday night, claiming the Velasquez belts and first show bring millions of alleged those new to the sport of mixed martial arts promotion a rapid end.
The short struggle was the only event on a one-hour broadcast on Fox, who earlier this year signed the UFC to a shipment of seven-year contract. All newcomers to the sport, which have a taste of MMA of violence, but not much sonst-- in particular, when they returned late from a commercial break.
Or even if she blinked.
Dos Santos hit Velasquez with an overhand right early in the first round, staggering the previously undefeated champion on the canvas. The Brazilian Challenger jumped on Velasquez, defended himself just before dos Santos relentless ground and pound hits finally succumb.
"All my fights I search the knockout," dos Santos said who broke into tears in the cage. "My coach used me to say that I have big hands, so I have tried to use a point in time." "It is good to use my strength, and that was today."
On the day after the UFC with an eight man tournament with no weight classes and a round fights to the finish with almost no rules, debuted exactly 18 years, his long-awaited major TV contract began the dominant advertising companies prime-time MMA with its first live show. The UFC use Spotlight, party tents and a red carpet outside Honda Center, which hosted several major MMA events in relatively short history of the sport, and the audience was filled with personalities from the Fox testing of stars and every other corner of Hollywood.
Debut was most of the show by a primer on MMA and profiles of the two Kämpfer--picked up along with a post fight analysis than expected.
White claims that it is all part of the larger plan.
"We have on this production and we cooperate and collaborate, and once these battles start whatever happens, happens", White said. "We can control not fighting."
White chose these two fearsome fighters for debuted Fox due to the high potential for interruption MoneyLine - but white openly to questions Velásquez of decision and fight with dos Santos, one of the best fighter in MMA. Dos Santos said that he was not 100% healthy and recognized "fear" before the fight.
No one could say - certainly not Velasquez, whose one-year Herrschaft in his first title defence ended.
"I just want to say, I'm sorry, my fans, family and friends." "I disappointed you," said Velasquez, with the decision of an arbitrator, the fight to stop. "I am much more than that." "I will be back, and I will take the belt back."
Dos Santos called Velasquez (9-1) only large blow his balance interrupted, when it landed behind the ear. The first minute before dos Santos almost decisive blow anything besides a takedown attempt by Velasquez recorded that was thwarted by dos Santos.
"It was a good shot," said Velasquez. "He has a lot of makes." I waited too much for him. "He went and what he should do so indeed, to do, hat way to him."
Velasquez had not since October 2010, fought when he claims that the belt of Brock Lesnar in the same Octagon at Honda Center, but tore his rotator cuff in the process.
Dos Santos is third Brazilian UFC champion, featherweight belt holder Jose Aldo and longtime Middleweight Champ Anderson Silva, widely considered the world's best pound for pound fighter.
Dos Santos has a menacing view on the UFC was horizon, and he more casual MMA fans which serve several years as coach against Lesnar on the ultimate fighter, the UFC popular reality show, earlier in this year.
Relatively late, rotate as Velasquez took dos Santos MMA pro to 21 in 2006. In November 2007, he received his only professional loss as Joaquim Ferreira you see him in the first round, but dos Santos was rarely itself in trouble in a fight since.
Dos Santos debut a spectacular UFC in October 2008, stop strongly favored Brazilian Fabricio Werdum only 01: 20 in the first round of their fight. He climbed the heavyweight ladder with switching-off of the Veterans Stefan Struve, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and Gabriel Gonzaga before the victorious decisions on Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin title to get shots.
His next opponent the winner of Lesnar is expected to fight against Alistair Overeem in Las Vegas on Dec. 30 on pay per view.
"I have no preference," said dos Santos. "I choose never an opponent." Doesn't matter who will be my next opponent. I am not now, to think about. "I want Brazil and a large, large barbeque previous post for my family and my partner."
Pacquiao escapes Marquez via decision, retains welterweight title
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Pacquiao wins on two scorecards. The third ringside judge had it as a draw. (AP)
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao escaped again, in a decision that left Juan Manuel Marquez fuming once again.
The Filipino sensation was taken to the limit Saturday night before winning a majority decision that infuriated Marquez and most of the sellout crowd at the MGM Grand arena. While close, the win helped Pacquiao continue a remarkable run that has made him the most exciting fighter in the sport.
In a bruising battle against a counterpuncher who was both accurate and fast, Pacquiao needed the final round on two scorecards to pull out the win. He got it, even though a third judge scored the round in favor of Marquez.
As boos -- and cans and bottles -- rang down on the ring, Pacquiao celebrated another victory and another huge payday.
"My fans are very happy because they thought I won," Pacquiao said.
He did, but on the narrowest margin. That, perhaps, was to be expected considering the previous 24 rounds the two had fought were just as close.
Pacquiao won on two scorecards, while the third ringside judge had it a draw. It was a narrow escape for the Filipino congressman, who took as much punishment as he got over 12 rounds, and Marquez was so upset he stormed from the ring.
"This was the second robbery and this one was the worst," Marquez said. "We won with clearer punches."
The third fight between the two was as close as the previous two, and by the time they finished 12 rounds the outcome was still in doubt. Pacquiao won some rounds with sheer aggression, while Marquez won others with brilliant counterpunching, keeping Pacquiao from getting inside.
Marquez was a 7-1 underdog, but it was clear early he would be in this fight. He picked Pacquiao apart with right hands almost every time he tried to get inside, and landed good hard flurries throughout the fight.
Pacquiao was the aggressor throughout, and landed some sharp punches of his own. But when the decision was announced, the crowd booed roundly and, once again Marquez had lost a close fight.
One ringside judge had it a 114-114 draw, while two others favored Pacquiao by 115-113 and 116-112. The Associated Press had it 114-114.
"It's hard when you're fighting your rival and the three judges, too," Marquez said.
The sellout crowd at the MGM Grand arena threw bottles and cans toward ringside after the decision was announced, with one full can hitting a ringside writer.
Pacquiao found out early he would be in for a long night, taking counter punches from Marquez in the opening rounds while looking for his own opening. He had trouble all night finding his range and, when he did get inside, Marquez often moved to the side and landed a counter right hand.
It was the third close fight between the two men, though this one was fought at 144 pounds instead of 125 as was their first fight seven years ago. That fight was a draw, while Pacquiao won a split decision in the second bout in 2008 at 130 pounds.
Marquez fought going backward all night, and that might have been his undoing. While he landed well at times, Pacquiao was in his face most of the night.
Ringside punch stats showed just how close the fight was. Pacquiao was credited with landing 176 of 578 punches, while Marquez landed 138 of 436.
The power punches were even closer, with Pacquiao connecting on 117 to 100 - though Marquez seemed to land the harder punches.
Pacquiao was behind on one scorecard and only ahead by a point on a second going into the 12th round, and the crowd was on its feet roaring for what they expected to be a classic last round. But both fighters were tentative, brawling only toward the end of the round, and two judges gave Pacquiao the round while the third gave it to Marquez.
"He was ready for my punches," Pacquiao said. "I thought I blocked a lot of his punches."
The fight was fought at a hard pace, and both fighters fought in spurts that brought the crowd to their feet. Pacquiao won the first three rounds on two scorecards, then Marquez came roaring back with some crisp right hands of his own.
It was evident early that both fighters were so familiar with each other they knew what the other was going to do, and they compensated by fighting in spurts when each had the advantage. Neither ever seemed seriously hurt, though Marquez landed several right hands that snapped Pacquiao's head back and stopped him from coming forward.
The two clashed heads in the ninth round, opening a cut above Pacquiao's right eye, and he was also cut inside his mouth. Marquez wasn't cut but his face was swollen and his eyes were closing in the later rounds.
It was the 15th straight win for Pacquiao, who earned a minimum of $22 million while improving his record to 54-3-2. Marquez, who earned $5 million, fell to 52-6-1.
Georgia stomps Auburn glowing No. 14
12. November 2011
ATHENS, GA. - A Georgia player threw his helmet in the air and student flew to section waving his arms. At the other end of the Sanford Stadium, the band played and the Red clad fans chanted "SEC!" SEC! "SEC!"
The Bulldogs are a victory of games for the Championship.
Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes, Matthew Stafford school to exceed record and no. 14 Georgia, with a dominant first half-year performance Ghanaians past no. 24 Auburn 45-7 Saturday.
The Bulldogs can clinch the Southeastern Conference East next weekend with a win over Kentucky between the hedges.
Quite a comeback last year losing record and an 0-2 start this season.
"We have an edge with a chip on our shoulder, came from", said security Bacarri Rambo, of a monitor returned for a different Georgia touchdown. "I hope we have a statement with this game."
You get no argument from the defending national champions. The Bulldogs (8-2, 6-1 SEC) won their eighth rivalry oldest in a row with a dominant performance in the deep South, a 35-7 halftime lead stunned the Tigers (6-4, 4-3).
Georgia finished with his greatest victory in the series since a 41-0 triumph in 1946.
"We feel great," Murray said. "Control we our own destiny." "But still have we next week to get back to Atlanta to win."
The Bulldogs will try their first championship in six years clinch and each talk about Mark dir. coaching future wipe out completely. He was under fire after Georgia 6-7 a year ago, losing his first season since 1996 went. The criticism intensified only when the Bulldogs opened this year with losses Boise State and South Carolina.
"Also" when we lost the first two games Rambo said, "we knew, had we still a chance."
Murray scored his points passes by halftime it 27 TDs on the season and nine in the last two weeks. He broke the school mark of 25 set Stafford in 2008 before he was selected No. 1 in the NFL draft.
With 92,000-seat Sanford Stadium as loud as it was in the years Georgia four of its first five offensive possessions erzielte-- the only error that was first of two fumbles by rookie Isaiah Crowell. Auburn was looking for Georgia back on the next game.
Murray touchdown threw passes of 8 meters, Tavarres King, 27 metres after Michael Bennett, 15 meters, Bruce Figgins and 25 M Malcolm Mitchell.
Auburn briefly tied the game 7 with a little sleight of hand. Pass to freshman c.j. Uzomah, a 4-yard pass, Philip Lutzenkirchen tilted, catch Clint Moseley the Georgia of native third TD in two years against the Bulldogs.
That's it for the Tigers by large reconstruction pain winner cam Newton quarterback went after winning the national title with Heisman Trophy. They have four SEC road games by a combined 111 points lost, and that was even the ugliest performance. Auburn turned over three times and was outgained in total yards 528-195.
"It was a complete team loss," said Moseley. "I can not pinpoint one or two things." There are too many things. "It was simply bad."
Entfernt-lucky for Georgia, which Tigers win a game of Jordan-Hare Stadium - a 16-13 upset of South Carolina on Oct 1 back. This could be the difference in the SEC East.
The Bulldogs fell behind in the area with the 45-42 loss for the gamecocks in the second week of the season. Georgia has since not been defeated, while South Carolina another conference game in Arkansas last week dropped the way for Georgia to take in the East.
A more will win it do.
"This is my first year," said Crowell. "The SEC Championship sounds good to me."
Crowell and Carlton Thomas, both from previous game of Georgia waived after the failed a drugs test, reportedly has Georgia his first won rushers pair 100 yard since 2009 Crowell 132 and the Bulldogs finally scored touchdown, Thomas had 127. Murray was 14 18 for 224 yards.
There was no vulgarity that marked last year game, when Auburn rallied to an early 14-point gap with a 49-31 victory on the way to a perfect season buzz. Nick Fairley delivered two brutal hits on Murray, there 10 personal fouls and two Auburn players to throw wound up with suspensions for hits.
However this was over so quickly no one had a chance to too crazy.
Moseley was 11 of 22 140 meters, spend most of the day for his life running. He was sacked five times. The Tigers were 51 yards on the ground - compared with 304 for Georgia place.
"It was pretty obvious we could do what", coach gene Chizik said, "and that was a lot."
Auburn that was most devastating sales with Georgia until 21-7. On third of down by his own 17 Moseley threw in the Middle, Rambo striped to the recipient, select it, then produced a 24-yard return that was even better than his seventh interception of the season. Safety cut to his right, picked up several key blocks and got into the end zone on a pile of players.
He was inspired by defensive coordinator Todd Grantham ribbing and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo by some good natured.
"it is all I do interceptions, but I'm never getting on the end zone," said Rambo. "I had in my mind that the next catch, I will take it that I get to the House."
He did. Rambo was pummeled by his team-mates against the famous hedges and Georgia Bank raged, drawing a penalty for excessive celebration.
Bulldogs sense not flags a little.
Valve Admits Steam Intrusion, No Current Evidence of Fraud
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Steam's message boards were compromised Sunday, and it's been investigating since.It’s one thing when a message board gets compromised, it’s quite another when it’s one of the most popular services amongst PC users.
An unidentified user or group of users gained access to the Steam message boards on Sunday, and subsequently “obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums,” the company said today.
The statement, signed by founder Gabe Newell, claims the company has found no evidence of credit card fraud, but recommends users to monitor their financial accounts closely. Even if you didn’t have an account on the Steam message boards, Valve recommends changing your password.
“I am truly sorry this happened, and I apologize for the inconvenience,” said Newell.”
Users accessed “a Steam database in addition to the forums” that had user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses, and encrypted credit card information.There is currently no evidence the credit card information has been decrypted, and Valve is “still investigating.”
Only a few message board accounts were reportedly compromised, and they “do not know of any compromised Steam accounts” at this time.
Basically, change your password. If Valve issues further updates, I’ll let you know.
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Stern: "Greedy" agents violate the NBA deal opportunities
NEW YORK--NBA Commissioner David Stern blamed "greedy" agents Saturday for trying one new work deal with NBA players life and believes that they are trying push their customers in a "lose strategy" the dissolution of their Union.
Stern said the threat of decertification, nor any request that changes player Union the League's negotiating position, repeat that no further discussions on the revised it proposal, it would offer Thursday.
Stern said that he fears that the player not getting the right information about the content of the proposal, because NBA worried it yourself agents will cost money.
Star "By a combination of hypocrisy and greed, which are agents that search for themselves instead of their customers business, life", said in a telephone interview. "it involved an orchestrated Twitter campaign and a series of interviews that deny the economic realities of the proposal are apparently."
Representatives meet player Monday to decide whether she should put the recent proposal to the vote. The indication Thursday by Union leaders was that she impressed with him, and have a number of players since it was quoted that she would to shoot down the business.
Stern said that this is because the agents, should not, because it a bad offer.
"No talks about the increase in the compensation under the deal, spent speaking no one about the amount of money," Stern said. "I think that the players not the information which accurate information from their agents that together, banding are kind of the Coalition the greedy and mendacious always to do what they can not less opportunity for the agents to make money."
The revised proposal but still far behind what the player into the former collective agreement, a player had some improvements over the Tuesday said offered they would reject. It took the "Mini" orientation school exception for teams luxury tax, $3 million per year for three years, allows taxpayers to participate in sign-and trade for the first two years, and for teams under the salary cap added to another orientation school.
Owner request also a 50-50-distribution of income relating to basketball, which would keep players if the concessions that they on the system to search.
But the revised proposal may not well discuss enough, and players of the Union already decertifying, so they instead can file an antitrust lawsuit against the League.
Stern said, that would not give the players they use they are looking for because it is a lengthy process. It probably also hopes for a season 2011-12 would kill, he said.
"Yes, I am concerned," Stern said, "because she, until this thing called decertification talk, is a strategy to win on the one hand." "On the second page it will take three months to teach them that it would good no strategy to win, not for the season."
Stern said again that there would be no further discussion on the amended proposal. Player calls for a 53-47 revenue share it, the next proposal to the owners, is to reject a Flex cap with a hard cover and content rollback.
Stern said that the Union's proposal was delivered on Friday. Union leaders have been criticized for not getting the information about them to players in time to prepare them for a qualified vote.
"they say they are done, negotiations." If we really at that point, players must to see exactly what's on the table-not the Internet not Twitter - and just in written form to see, this is the proposal, "said an agent."
Players should accept the offer, a 72 game would 15 Dec. season.
TCU gambles, shocks No. 5 Boise St.
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Nov. 12, 2011
BOISE, Idaho -- Boise State's quest for perfection and BCS glory were dashed again by a missed field goal.
The fifth-ranked Broncos had a chance win a last-second thriller against TCU on Saturday, but freshman kicker Dan Goodale's 39-yard kick sailed wide right as time expired to give Horned Frogs a 36-35 victory.
TCU now has a clear path to the Mountain West Conference crown.
For the Broncos, losing this way may seem all too familiar. Last year, Boise State's unbeaten season and BCS hopes were spoiled when senior Kyle Brotzman missed from short range in regulation and overtime, enabling Nevada to walk away with a 34-31 overtime win.
Kellen Moore, who drove the Broncos into scoring range in the final 55 seconds, deflected any postgame parallels to the last season's misery in Nevada, arguing instead that losses in big games rarely come down to one player or a single player.
"We missed opportunities. I don't think it's just one play, it's a variety of plays," said Moore, who threw for 320 yards, two touchdowns but lost for the first time at home in his career. "It's a loss so it feels similar, but there's not great feelings."
The Broncos (8-1, 3-1) clearly had their chances to avoid any field goal dramatics in a back-and-forth battle between two perennial BCS busting teams.
Leading 35-28, Boise State got the ball at their own 32 with 5:37 remaining. Moore then engineered a methodical drive and got the Broncos in scoring position when a fumble by backup running back Drew Wright was recovered by TCU (8-2, 5-0) with 2:26 remaining.
Then Casey Pachall took over -- and that was bad news for Boise State.
The sophomore was 24 of 37 for a career-best 473 yards and five touchdown passes, including scores of 75, 74 and 69 yards in the first half.
Pachall calmly marched the Horned Frogs before firing a 25-yard TD pass to Brandon Carter, who leaped over a defender to make the grab in the end zone and pull TCU within 36-35 with 1:05 remaining.
TCU coach Gary Patterson made a gutsy call, opting to put the game in Pachall's hands and go for the lead instead of the tie. It worked. Pachall tossed a short pass to Josh Boyce, who fought his way into the end zone, putting TCU up 36-35 and quieting a raucous Bronco Stadium crowd.
Patterson said the decision to go for two points was easy considering the circumstances.
"We're not going to win this if this keeps going," Patterson said. "So, the only way we're going to be able to do it is to steal it. We were able to get the play and get the points and we were fortunate that they missed a field goal. It's just as simple as that."
The Horned Frogs rolled up 506 total yards, carving up a Boise State secondary riddled with injuries and forced to use backups at the corners.
"It really brings a relief because we've been fighting hard all year, especially in the fourth quarter," Pachall said. "Now that we actually pulled one off, it's a lot of relief. It gives us a lot of motivation and confidence."
It also gives the Horned Frogs the inside track on the league championship in their final year in the Mountain West. TCU wraps up with home games against Colorado State and UNLV; while Boise State has games remaining against San Diego State, Wyoming and New Mexico.
The TCU victory also gives then 22 straight wins against conference foes and sets a new MWC record of 12 straight conference road wins.
For the Broncos, the loss snaps their 35-game home winning streak, which had been the nation's longest. But it also forces Boise State to recalibrate their postseason plans again. No longer a contender for the big money, BCS bowls, the Broncos now look to lesser bowls like the Poinsettia Bowl and Las Vegas Bowl.
"We'll see what these guys are made of," Boise State coach Chris Petersen said. "This is real-life football. You don't win all your games all the time - as much as we've done that around here."
In the first regular-season meeting between Boise State and TCU, Boise State jumped out first when Moore fired a 22-yard TD pass to Matt Miller.
Pachall responded on the next possession, finding Josh Boyce wide open for a 74-yard pass down the left sideline. Boyce caught five passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns. Pachall found him again in the second quarter for a 69-yard touchdown pass.
TCU kicker Ross Evans missed the extra point attempt, but TCU held a 20-14 lead at the half, the first time Boise State had trailed at the half all season.
Boise State came out strong in the second half, forcing a TCU fumble on the first play. Defensive end Tyrone Crawford picked up the bouncing ball and ran 32 yards for a touchdown. The extra point gave the Broncos a 21-20 lead.
After stopping TCU on their next possession, Moore engineered a 67-yard, 10-pay scoring drive capped by D.J Harper's 3-yard TD run to put Boise state up 28-20.
TCU pulled closed the gap on their next possession when Pachall tossed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Boyce. Pachall followed that by scampering around the right end into the end zone to convert on a 2-point play.
"You saw two really good quarterbacks out there," Patterson said. "I told [Pachall] at the beginning of the week that games like this is how legends are made."
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“That player is motherfucking hardcore,” exclaimed Chris Pruett, chief taskmaster at Robot Invader.
Pruett was reacting to someone actually discovering everything--S-ranked, they call it--there is to find in their first game, Wind-Up Knight, within 24 hours of being uploaded to the Android marketplace.
It’s remarkable for a couple of reasons, least of which is that creative director Casey Richardson, who designed much of Wind-Up Knight, figures it would still take him, even now, four or five hours to hit that same achievement.
You gain more powers over time, as Wind-Up Knight eases you into its advanced mechanics.Wind-Up Knight represents an interesting experiment on the part of Pruett and the three-man crew currently behind the Mountain View, California-based Robot Invader. The game is available for free, and it’s possible to experience all of the content in the game without spending a dime, but doing so requires expert precision on the part of the player, and a heck of a lot of patience. In order to unlock everything in Wind-Up Knight, a player must S-rank the entire game, scooping up all the collectables.
The game is a variation on the runner, a genre largely popularized by the likes of Canabalt and Jetpack Joyride. It’s more complicated than other runner games, allowing players to jump, duck, hold up a shield and even slash a sword.
Robot Invader read about, talked over and studied the different sales models currently employed with mobile games, but from the perspective of a bunch of hardcore players. Many games were taking advantage of time-based systems to forced players to start paying up, the foundation behind the success of socialzed games like FarmVille and the rise of its creator, Zynga.
“We played a lot of mobile games where they’re designed around an artificial waiting period,” said Pruett. “You can continue to play the game for free if you want to, but after a certain point, you can’t actually do anything unless you wait. And because you’re impatient, you don’t want to wait, then you spend some money to get out of the waiting period. The real reason the waiting period is there is not because some game design requires it, but because they want to get people to pay.”
In theory, Pruett has nothing against a company employing this strategy for their game, but the frustration arises over modern monetization systems being pushed upon games where it didn’t make sense. That wouldn't be the case for Wind-Up Knight, and so they began to brainstorm, knowing that one cannot sustain a company long without income.
Love it or hate it, FarmVille works for a bunch of people, but its model isn't applicable to every game out there.“We wanted to ensure that that type of gamer, that the person who is incentivized to go back and improve their score, and really become highly skilled at this game, that that kind of gamer, as a reward for their awesomeness, is able to continue for free,” said Pruett.
This is the interesting middle ground Wind-Up Knight landed on, and there’s surprising nuance to it.
The game is divided into four worlds (“books”), and buying each costs $1.99, which means it’s ultimately more expensive to buy each book as you go along, rather than paying for everything up front or taking advantage of the one-time offer.
You can buy every level outright for $3.99, but the first time you boot up the game, when you’ve finished the fourth level, a one-time prompt appears and asks if you’d like to pay $1.99. That offer will never appear again, but if you’re already digging the game, Robot Invader will knock off $2.
If you play Wind-Up Knight on an Xperia Play, the controls actually get mapped to the buttons.There’s even more to it, though.
If you collect nearly enough of Wind-Up Knight’s in-game currency, notes, but are only a few off, you can purchase additional notes for $1 to push you over the edge. And if you’re patient, you can download an in-game advertising application, Tap Joy, that will hand out free notes over time.
“You have the people that are willing to spend money, don’t really care, and they can just do it--they just want to see the end of the level, right?” said Richardson. “Those are the people that will pay for it. But you also have hardcore people that want to collect every single thing. Generally, we think those people don’t really want to pay too much for stuff--those are your hardest of hardcore. There’s a way you can game the system, but we build it into the game.”
The downside to having these many options is the potential for confusion amongst users, which Richardson admitted has been a challenge since Wind-Up Knight launched in late October.
“Still a LOT of confusion over the purchasing model,” he said. “People that get it, really appreciate what we're trying to do, but unfortunately it's a little complicated for most and, at least the vocal minority, are just naturally suspicious.”
Wind-Up Knight is at over 500,000 installs, which means it’s doing pretty well from Robot Invader's perspective, and the team is looking into ways to simplify how the in-app purchases are presented to make it more presentable to everyone.
Robot Invader is also working an iOS version that should be available in the near future.
New beginning: Penn State plays first game minus Paterno since 1949
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Penn State interim coach Tom Bradley shares a moment with Bo Pelini after the game. (US Presswire)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- On a gorgeous sunny Saturday in Happy Valley -- Penn State found out what life after Joe Paterno was like. This was, in a way, the first day of the rest of Penn State's life: a future without Joe Paterno as coach.
This, obviously, was not your typical Saturday afternoon here. It has been anything but typical in the past week: sexual abuse allegations against a former defensive coordinator, including child rape, and then an alleged cover-up by the highest of university officials. And it was evident well before kickoff -- a kickoff notable because for the first time since since Nov. 19, 1949, Joe Paterno was not standing on the Penn State sideline.
A couple of hours before kickoff, a Penn State fan held up a sign as high as his arms would reach. This wasn't like most signs outside Beaver Stadium trying to buy or sell tickets: this sign had a much different message.
"The World Is A Dangerous Place Not Because Of Those Who Do Evil But Because Of Those Who Look On And Do Nothing." -- Albert Einstein
Nearby a woman, who was standing a few yards from a hill where nearly two dozen police officers on horseback were perched, passed out bookmarks, advocating for the prevention of child abuse. "May No Act Of Ours Bring Shame."
On another side of the stadium members of the Westboro Baptist Church protested the game being played and held up signs that read "God Hates You."
And then there was a bomb threat called in on Saturday morning that turned out to be a hoax.
The scene inside Beaver Stadium was just as surreal.
Ten minutes before kickoff the public address announcer asked for "a moment of silence for all those who have suffered from child abuse."
Then a few minutes later something truly special happened: both teams left their sidelines and met at midfield. Players from Nebraska and Penn State exchanged hand shakes and hugs. Then they gathered in a circle and took a knee in prayer. Never have 107,903 fans been this quiet.
The prayer -- and the silence -- lasted for at least a minute. Of everything involving Saturday’s 17-14 victory by Nebraska against Penn State, nothing came close to matching that moment.
"It was definitely cool," Nebraska freshman defensive tackle Chase Rome said. "As football players we feel for them. It was cool to show we sympathize with them. The whole situation is obviously awful. I can't imagine how they dealt with that."
Last weekend, former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period. Penn State's president, a vice president, the athletic director and Paterno all were fired for failing to alert the police following a 2002 incident.
After Paterno was fired by the school's Board of Trustees Wednesday night, Penn State's students rioted. They tipped over a television news van, tore down light poles and caused other vandalism.
On Friday night, however, thousands of students organized and held a candlelight vigil in front of "Old Main," the school's administration building.
Because of all those events, some folks, including Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, didn't feel like the Saturday's game should be played. But it was. And those in attendance witnessed history. In 1950, Paterno became a Penn State assistant until 1965 before becoming the Nittany Lions’ head coach in 1966.
Since Paterno took over for Rip Engle in 1966, there have been 889 head coaching changes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Interim coach Tom Bradley taking over for Paterno was No. 890. To honor his father, assistant Jay Paterno wore one his father's white jackets. He also wrote a letter to his parents, that he hand delivered about 8 a.m. -- fours before kickoff.
Jay Paterno said the letter expressed: "Just how proud of them I am, and, Dad, I wish you were here."
"I think today it just made the healing process start to begin," Bradley said.
Added Penn State senior linebacker Nate Stubar: "It was a tough game. There were a lot of emotions going on."
None as much as the pregame prayer.
"It was deeply moving," Nebraska assistant Ron Brown said. "Imagine 106,000 people coming to a dead silence in respect and awe."
Brown said he received a call Friday from a member of Penn State's Athletes in Action ministry group. Both coaching staffs discussed the pregame prayer on Friday and Bradley and Pelini approved it later that night.
"We felt like we needed to make a statement to America amidst all the craziness, God is in control," Brown said. "There were some tragic things that are being uncovered and revealed. It just brings to mind where we're at in our country: all the things that are happening. Young lives that are deeply influenced [by] good, bad and ugly."
Hopefully this situation doesn't get any uglier.
"The message was: we were asking God to heal this place, asking the Lord that he would reveal himself through these young men," said Brown, who led the pregame prayer. "Right now there's a lot of questions, lot of embarrassments and a lot of issues for a lot of people.
"This [situation] will lead to all kinds of people coming forward with issues regarding child abuse, things we haven't even heard yet. It does need to be uncovered. It's a sad dilemma, a terrible epidemic. But God is a healer."
While Saturday was the first day in a long, long healing process for everyone with any ties to Penn State, it was also another day in trying to heal for those victims and their families.
No one should ever forget that.
Coach K ties Knight's all-time wins mark
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Nov. 12, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski hustled off the court, just as he has done so many times during three-plus decades at Duke.
The Hall of Fame coach tried to turn this one into just another victory, and it didn't work.
This time, Coach K caught his college coach on the career wins list.
Krzyzewski tied Bob Knight atop the Division I men's victories list with his 902nd victory in No. 6 Duke's 96-55 rout against Presbyterian on Saturday.
"Whenever an individual coaching honor occurs, it's because of your players and your assistants and the infrastructure you build," Krzyzewski said. "You're just the recipient of a lot of good things, then, because you're the head of it. Good players and unselfish kids win a lot of ballgames."
Ryan Kelly scored 17 points for the Blue Devils (2-0), who shot 61 percent and used a huge first-half run to deliver another milestone victory to their Hall of Fame coach. Coach K improved to 902-284 during his 37th season as a college coach at Army and Duke. He can pass Knight -- his coach and mentor -- on Tuesday night against Michigan State at Madison Square Garden.
Krzyzewski entered this season needing three wins to pass Knight, and repeatedly has said how proud he is that the first two men's coaches in Division I to reach 900 wins are a coach and his former point guard. That bond, naturally, led to some good-natured needling between the two.
"He says to me, 'Michael ... Can you tell your kids to win those three games real quick?' " Krzyzewski said. "I said, 'Coach, yeah, those first three, every game's important.' He says, 'No, no, not for that. I'm getting tired of saying nice things about you.'
"He says, 'Tell your players I'm getting angry, and maybe that will motivate them,' " Krzyzewski added. "I said, 'Well, Coach, I've spent my entire life trying to make sure you haven't been angry.' "
Krzyzewski continued his steady climb up the wins list by matching Knight -- for whom he ran the point at Army in the 1960s. The Cameron Crazies chanted "902" as the final seconds ticked away, then chanted his name after the horn.
The public address announcer notified the 9,314 in attendance that the win moved Krzyzewski into a tie with Knight, and Coach K briefly huddled with the Blue Devils on the court, then whisked into the locker room as the song Celebration blared from the speakers.
"We want to win for Coach, but we want to win every game," Kelly said. "That's how we approach it, and that's how Coach approaches it. He's just worried about the game at hand. Numbers are a nice thing, but we need to worry about our team right now."
Krzyzewski insisted the record "hasn't been a distraction for me, except time-wise. I'm good about not making it that big of a thing, even though I know it's a big thing. I'm not minimizing it, but it really will happen [in time], and the development of my team will only happen right now. I've got to do that [develop his team]. That's just what you're supposed to do.
"It's kind of hard to believe, really."
Freshman Austin Rivers scored 15 points, Miles Plumlee had 13 points and 11 rebounds and younger brother Mason Plumlee added 13 points for Duke, which improved on a couple of streaks at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils won their NCAA-best 38th straight home game and their 88th in a row against nonconference opponents at home.
The biggest challenge the Blue Devils faced - aside from all the attention for their coach's march toward history - was the possibility of fatigue after a quick turnaround. The game against Presbyterian started roughly 17 hours after Duke's tighter-than-expected, 77-76 victory over pesky mid-major Belmont in the opener.
"It was weird because I'm not really used to anything like that -- the only experience I have is AAU, where you play like four games in one day, but that's nothing like a college game," Rivers said. "We know what we have to lose, and that's a lot. We come in here very focused and very ready to win, and that's what we did."
The Blue Devils had to work plenty hard to beat those Bruins, who returned the nucleus of a regular NCAA tournament team. They weren't required to expel nearly as much effort to beat a Blue Hose team that until last year had never defeated an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent.
"It was like going into a knife fight with a toothpick," Presebyterian coach Gregg Nibert said.
Duke's young team -- which has only one senior on the roster -- is learning to play without three key players who are now on NBA rosters: Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and, to a lesser extent, Kyrie Irving, who played only 11 games during his lone injury-plagued season in Durham.
These Blue Devils took a significant step forward by coming up with their first overwhelming run of the new season.
Duke outscored Presbyterian 29-6 midway through the first half to push its lead well into double figures and remove all the drama from this one.
The Blue Devils led just 19-17 with 12 minutes left in the half before Mason Plumlee started the burst with consecutive baskets. Freshman Quinn Cook hit two 3s during the surge and reserve Josh Hairston capped the run with a layup that made it 48-20 with 3 minutes before the break. Cook and Seth Curry finished with 10 points apiece.
Al'Lonzo Coleman had 11 points for Presbyterian (1-1). Pierre Miller scored 10 points, and his 3 made it a two-point game before Duke began its decisive run. Presbyterian, the preseason pick to finish seventh in the Big South, went 8½ minutes without a field goal during that span.
"That was a clinic out there offensively," Nibert said. "We know how great their guards are, and we tried to go in there and hope that the big guys beat us. They not only beat us, they did a tremendous job."
