<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Thursday morning buffet]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>There aren&#8217;t too many buffet opportunities left for 2010, so dig in.</p>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/gatorbytes/2010/12/29/will-muschamp-likely-to-have-most-or-all-of-staff-assembled-by-tuesday/" target="_blank">Will Muschamp</a> expects to have most of his staff in place by next Tuesday.</li>
<li><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_staples/12/27/2011-predictions/index.html" target="_blank">Andy Staples predicts</a> that Boise State will open next season avenging <em>&#8220;the tired &#8220;They got killed when they came to Athens in 2005&#8243; argument&#8221;</em>.</li>
<li>Welcome to Shreveport:  next year&#8217;s Independence Bowl will have some serious PR work to do to repair the damage from <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/ga-high-school-student-790675.html" target="_blank">this ugly incident</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/12/ralph-friedgen-says-goodbye-mike-leach-set-to-interview-at-maryland/1" target="_blank">The Pirate</a> takes shore at Maryland for his job interview.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, <a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Postmortem-Texas-Tech-s-Air-Raid-era-ends-wit?urn=ncaaf-301631" target="_blank">Tommy Tuberville continues to shovel dirt</a> on the cooling corpse of the Air Raid offense at Texas Tech.</li>
<li>Want to know who the coordinators are who pack the biggest statistical bang?  <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203513204576048004099016500.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Sports_RightTopCarousel_1" target="_blank">Here you go</a>.</li>
<li>I&#8217;m always going to be a sucker for <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&amp;id=5960238" target="_blank">an extended <em>Animal House</em> metaphor</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/12/29/sports/ncaafootball/AP-FBC-T25-Auburn-Newtons-Holiday.html?_r=2" target="_blank">Cam Newton</a> continues to refer to himself in the third person.</li>
<li>Yeah, I tend to a agree that <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/12/west-virginia-shawne-alston-facebook-post/1" target="_blank">a player posting on Facebook during halftime</a> is a pretty good sign of a lack of focus.</li>
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