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Tennessee lost a running back to FSU. Auburn secured the signature of a few four stars who were thought to be looking around. Alabama is in the mix for almost all of the big names still on the board, because, well, they are Alabama and Saban is the best recruiter ever.But, despite the high fives and the low feelings that can swing because of the decisions of an 18-year-old — a phrase that is kind of embarrassing when you read it out loud — the stories to be told by these players are as much about the next couple of years as their ranking by some computer sites.Let's look back to the 2015 signing class. Those kids just completed their junior seasons in college. The top 10 classes according to Rivals.com were:USC (Best recruits: Iman Marshall, Ronald Jones and some dude named Sam Darnold, who was near the bottom of the Trojans' class and picked the Trojans over Colorado State, Duke and Northwestern.)Alabama (Best recruits: Studs Damien Harris, DaRon Payne, Calvin Ridley and Minkah Fitzpatrick. That's a haul friends.)FSU (Best recruits: Derwin James, Tartarus McFadden, George Campbell.)Clemson (Best recruits: Christian Wilkins, Deon Cain and Ray-Ray McCloud.)Tennessee (Best recruits:Drew Richmond, Kyle Phillips, Khalil McKenzie and Alvin Kamara.) Georgia, Auburn, LSU, THE Ohio State and Texas A&M. Half of those schools have had coaching changes since that signing day. (Clay Helton was named the full-time head coach in November 2015.)Two of the top five had miserably disappointing seasons last year. Yes, three of the four teams in the college football playoff as well. So yes, getting the players is the starting point, but man getting talent and wasting talent will get you... (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Nothing will be reused or refurbished.The collections are being coordinated by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Morgan County Environmental Services and the cities of Hartselle and Decatur. (The Decatur Daily)
Many workers, like McDaniel, who lives in Auburn, Alabama with his wife and 9-year-old daughter, have relocated to the area since the storm arrived. Based on the task at hand, they might not head home for a few more months.FEMA estimated debris removal could take six months. Mayor Sylvester Turner told Houston City Council last week he wanted it finished by Thanksgiving and John Blount, the Harris County Engineer, said the county is still on track to achieve its original goal of completing pickup in 90 to 120 days. As of Tuesday, Blount said the county had collected 500,000 cubic yards of debris from the unincorporated sections of Harris County including the cities of South Houston, Shoreacres and Hunters Creek Village.As of Wednesday, DRC had picked up more than 1 million cubic yards of debris for the city, according to Kurt Thormahlen, a general manager with DRC. After Harvey, Turner estimated the storm created about 8 million cubic yards of trash.On the ground, the county has 10 debris sites like the one run by McDaniel. Trucks from across Houston haul trash to the sites to avoid the long lines at waste management facilities where regular trash collecting and commercial trucks report. After loads are brought into debris sites, trucks are used to compress waste, making it easier to transport to its final destination. About 100 cubic yards of debris can be squashed to about 30 cubic yards just by running it over with a truck or excavator.In the first week since the site opened, McDaniel said trucks delivered about 250 to 300 loads a day. Since Saturday, that number jumped to more than 400 per day.Upon arrival, trucks are directed to one of the three piles that represent city and county trash. Both the city and county have contracts with DRC that will pay the contractor based on the amount of cubic yards of debris collected and dispersed. To receive FEMA compensation, the city and county employ a debris monitor in Tetra Tech, a California-based consulting and engineering company. As trucks enter the site, Tetra Tech employees stationed in towers measure the amount of debris in the truck and assign that amount to the city or county.DRC contracts for the two entities va... (Houston Press)
You hold those contractors accountable to provide what they said they would provide for you,” said Mike Donoho, Rockport’s public works director. Alabama-based CrowderGulf has not asked communities for higher pay because of the risk that those fees will not be reimbursed by FEMA, said Chief Operating Officer Ashley Ramsay-Naile. Some of its contracts state that CrowderGulf will not get paid for amounts that FEMA does not cover, she said. FEMA reimburses 90 percent of debris expenses, and covers pay above contracted rates only if municipalities show it is justified, said FEMA spokeswoman Barb Sturner. Reporting by Rod Nickel in Houston; editing by Gary McWilliams and Marcy NicholsonOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Irma to a post-tropical cyclone at 5 a.m. The storm's maximum sustained winds were just 15 mph as it moved north-northwest toward the Alabama-Georgia border Tuesday morning. The worst of the storm reached the area late Monday, with Charlotte seeing wind gusts up to 45 mph. Grandfather Mountain saw the strongest gusts at 62 mph Monday. At least 18 school districts in the Charlotte area operated on a two-hour delay Tuesday morning due to widespread power outages caused by Irma. In Cleveland County, three schools were forced to be closed all day after crews were unable to restore power in time for classes. At one point during the storm, South Carolina officials said nearly 200,000 homes were without power. By 11 a.m., Duke Energy was still reporting over 99,000 outages in the Palmetto State, with most outages in the Upstate area in Greenville and Pickens counties. In North Carolina, Duke reported over 8,200 outages in Mecklenburg County and over 57,000 total in the state, mostly in western counties and in the Piedmont. CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYSIn Georgia, Irma was blamed for three deaths. According to USA TODAY, 35 people were killed in the Caribbean by the dangerous storm. Meteorologist John Wendel said that despite the downgrade in intensity, the remnants of Irma continue to grow in size, with the system now covering over 750 miles from the Atlantic coast all the way to the Mississippi River. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND ALERTS, DOWNLOAD THE WCNC APPIn South Carolina, coastal areas saw significant storm s... (WCNC)
