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<li>You know, there&#8217;s a guy every year who seems like he&#8217;s been around forever.  My 2014 nominee for that guy is <a href="http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/12/gators-andre-debose-gets-a-sixth-season/" target="_blank">Florida&#8217;s Andre Debose</a>, who was just granted a sixth year of eligibility.</li>
<li><em>&#8220;I just don&#8217;t want to see any <a href="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/03/louisiana_state_senator_no_cri.html" target="_blank">University of Alabama (logos)</a>.&#8221;</em></li>
<li>David Ching makes a case for a guy we probably haven&#8217;t thought about much yet, <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/colleges/georgia/post/_/id/23045/spring-prediction-davis-develops-at-te" target="_blank">tight end Jordan Davis</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/03/sec_basketball_crowds_end_regu.html#incart_river_default" target="_blank">SEC basketball crowds suck</a>.  And here I thought continuously loud music packs folks in.</li>
<li>So, the question becomes would college basketball be better served as a one-semester sport?  What I love about <a href="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/03/college_basketballs_football_p.html" target="_blank">this discussion</a> is that there isn&#8217;t a single word about what fans might want, other than to blame our limited attention spans.  <em>&#8220;It is a big challenge to get people to care about college basketball when football is still being played.&#8221;</em></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fox23.com/sports/story/Dorm-Report-Rooney-urges-underclassmen-to-stay-in/YL1y9Lus1E-79su0Joubgw.cspx?rss=82" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney</a> thinks it would be swell if college football players didn&#8217;t come out early.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bourbonbraintrust.com/2014/03/10/the-day-uga-football-almost-died/" target="_blank">The day Georgia football almost died</a>.</li>
<li>Pretty good column in the Boston College student newspaper about <a href="http://www.bcheights.com/sports/column-conference-tournaments-dilute-the-importance-of-the-regular-season-1.3150602#.UyGMNoXLJu4" target="_blank">March Madness</a>:  <em>&#8220;Thanks to March Madness, regular season success is overlooked.&#8221;</em></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/jonsol/status/443962599839784960" target="_blank">Auburn&#8217;s AD</a> has fired the football, baseball and men&#8217;s basketball coaches he hired since 2008.  Think he&#8217;s indebted to Malzahn right now?</li>
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