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Last week, we responded to a serious crash and I almost got hit by a drunk driver while I was blocking traffic. The other night I was driving home after duty, pulled a car over for running a stop sign and ended up arresting five teenagers for drug possession. There's never a dull moment.

Just green and daylight. My team was blocking and laying it on the line. I saw them running with me, so it was my goal to get into the end zone.

Jamie had a little bit of a shot and she pushed the shot a little bit, and I thought (Hanna) did a great job blocking the shot.

Jessica is better all the way around on offense and defense, and Beth has a good vertical and her blocking is improving. Allison was solid for us last season. With libero coming in (this season), I considered Katie for it, but I don't want to take away from her attacking abilities.

Jenn Rocco was huge tonight from a blocking and hitting standpoint.

Our guys were blocking a lot of shots and that was happening all over the ice and that was the key to our success.

Johnson is a player, but he also got good blocking upfront. They put eight players back to stop the pass, so we've got to run.

I thought it was actually blocking below the knees. I would have probably thrown the yellow (flag) for that.

I think I've improved on my blocking a lot. My quickness at the net, transitioning back-and-forth, has gotten a lot better.

I think that was one of our ISO plays. The line did an awesome job, just awesome, and I got in. The line was great all night. Seriously, you could drive a truck through the holes were making. I could run all night if they're blocking like that.

I think the difference tonight was taking care of the ball on first contact and blocking better at the net, ... We got great serves tonight and we got solid play out of Jaclyn Toohey and Katie Kramer . We had more confidence as a team and really showed that tonight.

I think a lot of it is that he has young guys blocking for him right now. There's a lot of young guys out there. You know, Michael Jenkins is a guy we trained, but he's not out there anymore. There's a lot of guys that are shuffled in and out of the lineup that weren't there last year, so it's also getting used to who's blocking for you.

Republicans believed that their job was not governing but blocking any idea coming from President Obama and the Democrats, and wiping out Democrats in the 2012 election.

Robert Cleary played well, ... We didn't skip a beat in there, in terms of blocking for the run or the passer.

Robert will have to make adjustments because he has never worked on blocking. He was a quarterback and is quite familiar with pass routes. He has decent hands. Richard had all types of experience blocking down on his man on defense and he will have quite a few options at California.

Our rush blocking was 100 percent better than it was last week. Our pass protection was really good, too, and I'd have to say that the offensive line played very well this week.

Our strength is probably our hitting and blocking because we're strong hitters and we leap well, ... We need to work on our setting and our floor movement, being where we need to be on the court.

Our blocking downfield was big. When you go running right through the offensive line without anybody touching you, something good is going on there. Once (Rhodes) got into the open field they weren't going to catch him.

Our blocking game has gotten so much better. Battle Mountain is an awesome team. They really are. They should go far in the postseason. The fact that we hung in there for two games, I was really proud of my girls. I thought that's the best we've played all season.

Our blocking was phenomenal. Andrea Mitchell and Sarah Payne, my setters, also played with a lot of intensity.

Our backs have to hit the hole hard. Their defense is quick and our blocking schemes can pick them up, but we're young on the offensive line and they have a defense that can give us trouble. We have to stay on our pads and keep our eyes open. They're moving targets.

I was happy with our up front play both offensively and defensively. For early on, I thought we picked up on most, if not 70 to 80 percent, of our line blocking assignments so I have to be pretty pleased with that after one week.

I think Fred continues to be a great player. I think the bigger the running lanes are, the better he's going to look and feel. He's fought through some things. He's not the same guy who came out of Florida. We're continuing to get him more room by blocking so he can do his thing.

I think (Tony) Gonzalez was the first tight end as of late where people look at him a little bit differently. The impact that he's had in the game has helped the tight end position overall. They're looked at as a skill position. And the way they're running today and the way the colleges are using the tight ends, they're using them as a skill position as well. What's gone away from the tight end position is the blocking. Blocking isn't as important with the tight end.

It goes to personnel and schemes. We run counter blocking a little more than some teams do. It's a personal preference.

I think that our guys did a great job blocking them out. It was a good 60 minute effort from everybody and that's what we need. Hopefully in the second half of the season we are going to have this every game.

I think we need to work on our passing a little bit. We haven't blocked too many balls lately, so hopefully we can focus on passing and our blocking. Our defense has been coming around, but I'd say blocking and passing are two of the big keys we need to focus on from here on out.

I think we picked up life from the New Jersey game. Our penalty killing is unbelievable, and once again our penalty killer is Garnett. Our forwards and our defensemen also are doing a great job blocking shots and applying pressure. We're making smart decisions.

I think we had way too many turnovers and gave up way too many offensive rebounds. I talked to them (at halftime) about eliminating the turnovers and blocking out.

I thought our big kids were terrific. Blocking shots does have a wear-down effect against certain teams, sure. But it sometimes hides bad defense, and that was my concern -- that Syracuse was able to penetrate.

I thought our defensive game plan was just right on. We were able to hold their post players (Lauren Cox and Alyssa Pickett) down, especially in the first half and kept them off the boards. We did a super job of blocking out. In the second half, I thought our outside pressure was the key for us. Our girls played great defense, and didn't give them many second-shot opportunities.

It changes everything. They're two guys with the same athletic makeup. They're blocking shots and getting rebounds. Second-chance points are something that's really hurt us this year. And when those guys are both playing like that, (the opponent) isn't getting any of that. It really does change a lot of things for us. This is really what we had envisioned at the beginning of the season.

I think we're blocking out. We're just not jumping to get the ball as quickly as we can.

I thought she was going to show up like Batman and start blocking shots out of nowhere. She's the heart and soul of that team, and I hope she's back out on the court against Connecticut.

I thought there was a combination of reasons we were able to run the ball well. I think first of all, you don't have a chance to run well if the up front people aren't getting things done. I thought they had a good day as far as blocking. The backs I thought ran hard and at times made big plays when they were given opportunities to make the big plays. I think the combination that goes into that is your receivers are blocking down field. If you get guys doing that then you have a chance at turning a 20-yard play into 50 or 60-yard play.

I thought we had them on the ropes a little bit, anyway. You saw us blocking shots and giving everything we had. That's what we're known for.

I thought we had won. The flags were actually blocking them on the scoreboard, and I could only see a '1' in front of our name. I was all jumping up and down for a minute and a half. I got out of the pool, and no one had said anything about a tie. Then I looked up, and saw two 1s.

I thought we made some adjustments after last week against Edgewood, ... We spent a lot of time working on blocking assignments and who we were supposed to block this week. I thought our guys improved from last week. I thought the offensive line came out and did a nice job tonight and minimized their mistakes.

I thought we made some adjustments after last week against Edgewood. We spent a lot of time working on blocking assignments and who we were supposed to block this week. I thought our guys improved from last week. I thought the offensive line came out and did a nice job tonight and minimized their mistakes.

Tyler has been blocking a lot of shots for us this season. He not only blocks shots but he changes shots.

We have the luxury of having four really good receivers when we are in our quad package, ... At the same time, since Isaac is going to be down, Dane (Looker) can step in and play the fourth receiver, but Kevin, like I said after the game, could start for most teams. And there are different things that Kevin does better than Isaac, but at the same time, there are a lot of things that Isaac brings to our team that we will miss, route-running and blocking and just being that leader out there. So, we'll miss him if he can't go, but Kevin, he knows what he's doing.

When I saw him get the ball, I knew it was going to be close. So, I was just trying to go as hard as I can. He was blocking the plate, so I just tried to go through him. I'm not the type to run people over.

We don't have the luxury of making a mistake on the backboard, and we make mistake after mistake. For every time one of our guys gets praise for blocking a shot, when they don't, they give up position by leaving the floor too early.

The arm, I don't think it's the most important part of a catcher when it comes to the Gold Glove. It's definitely a factor, but it's calling a game, receiving, blocking balls.

Usually with blocking patterns, it's a week, maybe two at the outside. The next time the atmosphere goes into the whole block, which could be later this year, the low could be way over the western Pacific or over the Mainland so we won't get wet. (In March 2006), it was kind of like being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I was blocking on a play - my job was to lead, so on any running play, I was the lead blocker - I blocked a big guy, he fell on me and I broke my shoulder.

I was really disappointed in our blocking out in the first half. We gave up 14 offensive rebounds in the first half. I thought our kids played a lot better in the second. We really battled through the kids' sickness throughout the game.

That's the most yards I've ever had on any level of football, ... It's like everything came together. My linemen were great, and each time I saw a hole, I hit it hard as I could. We played a lot more I-formation, and I like that. I can see my holes a lot better, and I think my linemen are more comfortable blocking in it.

We just went back and practiced after the Virginia Tech game and worked on some of the mistakes that we made in running our inside zones and stuff like that. Cleaned up a little blocking and stuff that we might have messed up in the first game.

We get a goal and we want another one, so we don't like giving up the ball. We're really good at blocking the flow up field by marking. If the ball gets past our forwards, the midfield is waiting. It play moves past them, we have the best defense in the world waiting.

We had to make some adjustments at halftime. We were missing some blocking assignments with our offensive line.

We had too many missed blocking assignments, and that takes you out of your game,

We need to be a better blocking team to get those wins.

Michael is so big and so strong, he's a guy that's fast when he gets going. He's fast in the second 50 yards. He can learn pass blocking and he's big enough to protect the pocket passer. He belongs among the best seniors or draft-eligible players in the country.

When it comes to blocking for Mike Vick, you have to stay on your blocks a lot longer,

We continue to believe that there is no legal or competitive justification for blocking the deal.

We're blocking better, staying on longer, and staying on blocks down the field. It's all about confidence. It was hard, opening up with two tough teams like that, but we've been building it back.

We're blocking more shots than we have in the last several years, but I don't think as a coaching staff we're saying this is a point of emphasis for our defense. We don't want to be a team that's just jumping up in the air trying to block shots because there are a lot of things that happen that are not good if you don't block it. So we just have to be selective.

We were turning the ball over and we were giving up offensive boards. We needed to stop giving the ball up and blocking out better.

We played better. We had better blocking along the offensive line and we cut down the penalties. We have to learn to hold on to the football better.

We played great defensively tonight. The guys did a great job blocking shots.

We pushed that blocking sled all over the field, ... We didn't like it, but it's paying off right now.

We had two semis jack-knifed, and they were blocking the freeway. We had multiple crashes, so we were trying to get them off the road so the plows could get through.

We've lost production out of the offense. That hurts, and you have to try to make up for that in other ways. We certainly have confidence in our two wide receivers from a playmaker standpoint, as well as at running back, (but) you need somebody to stretch the middle of the field, and our tight end position has been more in a blocking mode than anything else.

We finally started blocking and touching balls at the net, which made our transitions easier.

We really lost it in the second half, defensively. We lost our intensity. We gave them some wide-open shot. On top of that we were not blocking out, allowing them to get second shots. That really hurt our momentum and our spirits.

We've tried hard to get the best players out on the field on special teams. And we have talked about the blocking and other things we have to do.

We've been improving, and offensively, we've been playing a little smarter. Our blocking was definitely much better than the first time we played them.

We're a pretty good basketball team but we've got some things we need to work on. We need to eliminate second chances. With our size, we've got to do a better job of blocking out.

This was as good a performance as I've seen in awhile. These guys were awesome. I could have called any play on my sheet today. The blocking was crisp, the running was outstanding, the effort was awesome.

We want to buy the biggest stake possible - at least a blocking one - from the present shareholders.

We have a problem right now with people blocking the doors when people are trying get in and really slows everybody down.

We've taken the step of exposing the governments blocking the agreement so people around the world can call on them to change their minds.

We have listed URLs that we are recommending systems administrators block. We don't recommend blocking the whole domain, as 99 percent of the pages on these free Austrian and German domains are OK. You should just block the problem URLs.

Volkswagen has gotten their products in line, and now they are increasing awareness with their marketing campaign. I don't see anything blocking them this year other than possible new incentives.

Traditional grab bars require that three screws be installed directly into wall studs or wood blocking for a secure and safe installation.

When we're executing and blocking shots and playing defense and you don't get us in a situation where we have to create plays, we're absolutely terrific. But we're a flawed team.

When the TV comes back on, parents can control what their family sees before it hits the TV screen. Generations of parents relied on the off button or changed the channel when they saw programs that weren't right for their family. Now parents have even more options, like the v-chip, ratings, cable or satellite blocking programs, to limit what comes up on your TV.

(Y-C) just got too many looks at the basket - right at the hoop. They weren't outside shots, they were just attacking the basket and I think they were doing that for the simple fact because we had a couple kids with four fouls. Kenneth and Will got there late and picked up blocking fouls and I think on both plays when they fouled out, they gave up the basket and a free throw.

We adjusted defensively, but it comes down to blocking and tackling, and when he got a full head of steam going, that's a load.

Those games are always fun, when you're up. You don't have to really worry about too much...We were denying passes, blocking out, and when we defend we can get easy buckets. Everybody was on the same page tonight. It was one of our best game of the season.

We're a team that has a chance to be really solid by the end of the year. I think we're very talented. I think we're better at blocking and better at defense. But we lost a lot of swings on the left with Mira.

We are one fit team, ... We are one quick team. I don't know if we will be an elite level blocking team but this is the fastest team we've ever had at Florida.

We are not interested in blocking the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, but we want to speed up security and safety measures in nuclear power plants, ... I am a democrat and I don't want to ask police to stop democratic protests in Upper Austria.

We work on blocking out every day during practice. That's a key to winning rebounding. Blocking out is the key. If the man is bigger than you and you've got the position, he can't do anything but come over your back.

The defender was actually blocking my view. So I didn't see it until the very end, when it was actually in the net. I was kind of surprised. I thought I'd give it a try. I went far post (to score).

There are many factors involved in disease progression, and the type of virus is one of them. Our work may help us tease out what about this particular virus causes disease progression, and that may help us figure out how to stop it, either by preventing the spread, or blocking the mechanism to keep it from being so pathogenic.

We're trying to?move away from this idea of control, blocking and locking down the Internet. We're moving toward enabling the Internet by giving users tools to help improve safety.

With Akismet there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective? It seemed more people would be helped by blocking spam.

We oppose any kind of blocking technology. What about the young parents whose baby sitter is trying to call them, or the brain surgeon who needs notification of emergency surgery? These calls need to get through.

We were very unhappy with our blocking and execution offensively (last week). I think our senior linemen stepped up this week and did a great job tonight.

We concentrated on blocking out because I knew Eagle Valley was really athletic.

We're not a big team. We have to continue to work on blocking out and offensive rebounding the ball -- getting after it.

We wouldn't be surprised that some ISPs would be reluctant to accept this--part of the reason many have been proactive in blocking spam has been to avoid legislation, and they have made heroic efforts. The problem is, as long as there's not a level playing field, we will have ISPs that court spammers, and we all suffer.

We kind of flip-flopped the way I thought it would be. We played methodical, error-free football in the opener against Cabot when I would expect us to make mistakes. Last week, we made a lot of mental mistakes and had missed blocking assignments.

We think this statute will be struck down. There are less restrictive means to protect children such as blocking and filtering tools which are the only solutions with a global Internet.

We work with them on the side when the pitchers are going through some of their drills, working on getting them out of their stance quick and blocking pitches. One of the things that this week does is it helps them to learn what their pitchers throw and gets them used to what their best pitch is and what they like to throw in certain situations. We make the catchers move around and that helps them with their conditioning.

We started to look at the business fundamentals very differently and focused on the blocking and tackling and the competitive environment, which is a very different way of doing business.

To be successful, we have to be able to protect Mike (Lomas) and run the ball. That?s where the offensive line comes in. We have some good young kids up there, they just need some seasoning. That?s where the stability in the offense helps because most of those kids have been in the system for two years so they know and understand the blocking schemes.

We've built a new product called Family Safety Settings. We're calling it Family Safety, rather than Parental Control because people don't like that term ? parents don't like the idea of controlling, blocking or spying on their children.