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		<title>The athlete&#8217;s sacrifices for greatness and what it means to the fan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago when a player was great, he or she was beloved. Now they are questioned. In the microscope today&#8217;s athlete lives under, a publicist&#8217;s job is a lot harder. It seems like corruption and scandal soiled sports at every level in recent years, but the phenomenon is nothing new. Cam Newton will forever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1325&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week One Top 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Alabama 2. Oklahoma 3. LSU 4. Stanford 5. Boise State 6. Oregon 7. Texas A&#38;M 8. Virginia Tech 9. Oklahoma State 10. Wisconsin 11. Florida State 12. Arkansas 13. Ohio State 14. South Carolina 16. Florida 17. Penn State 18. Nebraska 19. Baylor 20. Mississippi State 21. Houston 22. Michigan State 23. Arizona State [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1322&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Important Things Preseason  Top 20</title>
		<link>http://theimportantthings.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/important-things-preseason-top-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get it. Preseason polls are worthless and meaningless. But I like making up a poll to look back on at the end of the season to see how well I analyzed teams before they play. 1. Oklahoma The Sooners&#8217; offense, led by quarterback Landry Jones will draw comparisons to OU&#8217;s 2008 offense. Tailback Roy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1315&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 NCAA Football Preview Pt. 1: Early Heisman race</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while. I&#8217;m going to try out the Bruce Feldman format this time. The world hasn&#8217;t seen a Heisman winner like Cam Newton ever in my lifetime. Though this year&#8217;s winner likely won&#8217;t be another first year starter or transfer, there aren&#8217;t many standouts early. The likely top candidate is Stanford QB Andrew [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1310&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://theimportantthings.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/1297/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What we learned in College Football:  Week 5</title>
		<link>http://theimportantthings.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/what-we-learned-in-college-football-week-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not having a Husker game to watch or attend gave me a solid twelve hour day to watch football.  It was glorious.  Also, do yourself a favor and go see &#8220;The Social Network&#8221; 1.  Oregon adjusts better than any team in the country They showed it last night, not only scoring 28 second quarter points, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1291&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Heisman Watch:  Week 3</title>
		<link>http://theimportantthings.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/weekly-heisman-watch-week-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan Until his fire turns off (which you have to think it eventually will, right?) he&#8217;s got to be the hands-down favorite. 2.  Ryan Mallet, QB, Arkansas Torched Georgia for 380 yards with 3 TDs and no INTS, including a near perfect 4th quarter touchdown drive to get the win.  If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska Week 3 Wrap Up:  Starting to Take Shape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Nebraska has faced a legitimate(?) opponent, some of the unknowns surrounding this team are starting to get cleared up.  Obviously questions remain, but I think we&#8217;re starting to get a pretty good idea of the kind of team Nebraska is. It wasn&#8217;t always pretty, and it hasn&#8217;t exactly looked pretty over the course [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1284&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Heisman Watch:  Week 2</title>
		<link>http://theimportantthings.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/weekly-heisman-watch-week-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s obviously still way too early to predict even the Heisman candidates, but it&#8217;s still fun.  Here&#8217;s my take: 1.  Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan I&#8217;m not big into the phrase &#8220;carrying&#8221; when talking about a single football player.  But if there ever was an instance of one man carrying a football team on his back, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1280&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska Week 2 Wrap Up:  Crash Course Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was too early to judge, and I still believe that it&#8217;s too early to pass serious judgement on this team.  Nebraska looked a little more like Nebraska on Saturday, however.  The defensive line looked once again like an elite unit, and the secondary proved against a solid quarterback (Nathan Enderle) that they are among the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theimportantthings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9440084&amp;post=1277&amp;subd=theimportantthings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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