Georgia took control at their own 21yard line

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IndexIQ's Alternative Beta portfolio was down 7.3 percentin the first nine months last year, compared with a 12 percentdrop in the HRFI Global Hedge Fund Index and a 28 percent fallin the S&P 500 Index .SPX for large-cap stocks. The global financial crisis has prompted more investors toconsider putting money into replication funds, which usecomputer models to match the returns of popular hedge fundstrategies, such as those that short stocks to offset otherportfolio investments, and are designed to deliver overallgains even in down markets. Until last fall, most investors only expressed mildinterest in the replication idea. Even the best-known hedgefund managers were humbled as markets plunged, and investorswere in a bind: They were locked into funds that were fallinghard each day. Enter the replication funds, which served a valuable role.They let investors short the hedge fund indexes, and therebytrim their exposure to hedge fund losses.

IndexIQ's Davidow, who for most of his career touted thebenefits of hedge funds, says replication products offer manyof the same benefits with more liquidity and transparency. "We offer all of the positive attributes and eliminate thenegatives lack of transparency, excessive fees and a lack ofliquidity," he said. "With many hedge funds, the reality isyou're paying alpha fees and getting beta results." (Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe) Stocks Funds News ETFs News. Most are already aware of the inconsistencies in NCAA Division I football. The top schools with the most tradition and the most capital get the most preferential treatment. Those are the schools that wind up in the BCS bowls the vast majority of the time.Those are the programs with the deeper booster base, so they are allotted some margin of error even with scheduling weaker opponents.Thats a tough load to handle if youre not totally on board with the smaller D-I programs missing out on opportunities earned. Take the Utah Utes last season, who had to play Alabama, a team currently pushing for the BCS National Championship. Maybe you were able to catch it, maybe you werent, but the net result is this one fact played out on national TV coverage on Saturday afternoon.Its time for the NCAA to be consistent with D-I football.There are two games where there were glaring differences in the way things were handled by the officials and it really transcends the field of play.

Its a disturbing sight to see in both regards, and at the end of the day there absolutely needs to be consistency.In a game that was promoted as another segment of the Greatest Rivalry of the Decade in the SEC LSU visited Georgia, between the hedges. In a tightly contested game which did not need further hype or drama, the game had some controversy that severely impacted the end result of the game.With 2:53 remaining in the game, LSU running back Charles Scott banged home a go-ahead touchdown from just inside the three yard line. This wound up putting LSU up 12-7 with less than three minutes remaining in the game as Georgia stuffed the two point try.The first point here is there was a short celebratory dog pile in the end zone by LSU that was not called.Georgia took control at their own 21-yard line. Quarterback Joe Cox wound up leading Georgia on a 79-yard drive that resulted in a touchdown with 1:09 remaining on the clock. On the play Cox threw a 16-yard jump ball to his right where he hooked up with star receiver A.J. Green for the go-ahead score.Georgia was then penalized for excessive celebration in the end zone The penalty was called most directly on Green. After the touchdown Green showed no signs of taunting or excessive celebration on his part as he was embracing his own teammates.So its bad enough that excessive celebration was called against Georgia.