Shermis, a professor at the University of Akron in Ohio, supervised the Hewlett Foundation's contest on automated essay scoring and wrote a paper about the experiment.
Asked if that was encouraging heading into the lunchtime encounter, Dalglish replied: "Our encouragement comes from the quality of the players we have here."
Uruguay's Diego Forlan scores a goal during their 2010 World Cup semi-final soccer match against Netherlands at Green Point stadium in Cape Town July 6, 2010.
I recall an incident in a handball game when a referee refused a player's request for a time out for a glove change because he did not consider them wet enough.
The nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation.