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Manaphy is a decent Pokemon but still, its reliance on Rain Dance if you use a Rest set turns it into a lightning rod... though CM might help it take hits...
I don't understand why Big Name School need to bully the little guys =(, but yes, good job to Utah, hopefully the BCS goes down one day.
And go USC, fight on!
I don't like to EV train in my first run. I tend to catch some Pokemon, see what looks good, and try to get some different types of attacks on each Poke. I try not to use TMs and such. I try to catch a good flying pokemon (for Fly at the very least) and a good water pokemon (for surf, unless my...