dmcougar wrote:
dmcougar wrote:
I heard fifthqb is Lark.
I also heard that Bib is going to be flown in to show Heaps how to work hard.
Heading has typo - Lark is to get 1 Rep not #1 Reps. Heaps - aka the Rising Tide - will still be lifting all the boats - if he bulks up a little and works hard enough
Relentless, Bib. Relentless. I'm starting to love it. You go, brother! :-)
I owe it all to you. You inspire me to new heights. I decided to work harder myself and research the cause of the rising tide. Humbled and corrected, I discovered at Wikipedia that I have been wrong about what caused the rising tide as were other BYU fans. It was not Heaps, Mendenhall, the firing of Hill, Anae, or HIggins, or just experience increasng over time for all players, or even the weaker opposing forces late in the season. It wasn't the emerence of leadership, the bye weak, or even working harder.
It was the SUN and the MOON - surprisingly not the efforts of the STAR.
;)
From Wikipedia re High Tide:
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.
Most places in the ocean usually experience two high tides and two low tides each day (semidiurnal tide), but some locations experience only one high and one low tide each day (diurnal tide). The times and amplitude of the tides at the coast are influenced by the alignment of the Sun and Moon, by the pattern of tides in the deep ocean (see figure 4) and by the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry (see figure 7).[1][2][3]
Tides vary on timescales ranging from hours to years due to numerous influences. To make accurate records, tide gauges at fixed stations measure the water level over time. Gauges ignore variations caused by waves with periods shorter than minutes. These data are compared to the reference (or datum) level usually called mean sea level.[4]
While tides are usually the largest source of short-term sea-level fluctuations, sea levels are also subject to forces such as wind and barometric pressure changes, resulting in storm surges, especially in shallow seas and near coasts.
Tidal phenomena are not limited to the oceans, but can occur in other systems whenever a gravitational field that varies in time and space is present. For example, the solid part of the Earth is affected by tides.