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	<title>Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue</title>
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	<description>The rantings and commentary on Pitt football and basketball ... and anything else from a distracted mind</description>
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		<title>Off-Season Dixon Affection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy Katz of ESPN.com has made no secret in the past that he is on good terms with Coach Jamie Dixon. That sure helps in doing a story like this that has been on the front page of ESPN.com&#8217;s college basketball page all weekend.
The coaching carousel tried to scoop up Dixon yet again this spring. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/11/off-season-dixon-affection/</link>
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		<title>A Mild Recruiting Upset Against Pitt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a curious choice by Zeke Marshall to say the least.
“He committed to Akron last night,” confirmed his mother Nicole Bozeman. “Maybe the main reason was because he developed such a great relationship with the staff. He really liked them all a lot. Secondly, it was for academic reasons. He loved their computer program and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/10/a-mild-recruiting-upset-against-pitt/</link>
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		<title>Final Request for Contributions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the final day of annoying solicitations. I&#8217;m happy to write that it looks like all costs will be covered for the next two years with a final round of contributions. A couple of the checks have already arrived.
Yesterday I wrote about no political ads for this election. One other ad-related note that you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/09/final-request-for-contributions/</link>
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		<title>Early Eyeballing the 2008 Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think some cautious skepticism about the football team is still warranted. It&#8217;s hard with so many pieces starting to look like they are coming into place.
The defense looks strong overall &#8212; even if there are some areas with thin depth. The defensive line appears to finally be a point of strength. The linebackers have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/09/5122/</link>
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		<title>Bringing the Noise to Gameday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some sad news, Dennis who has been contributing to PittBlather for the past year is leaving.
Dennis will be entering his senior year of high school (which, given the quality of his writing was a startling revelation to me) and has a crush of the usual issues including a summer job and working on college choices [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/09/bringing-the-noise-to-gameday/</link>
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		<title>Ad Limits for Your Support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a couple more days of slightly annoying pledge posts.
One of the things I hate about election years are political ads when I&#8217;m watching sports. Drives me nuts. Watching sports is part of the escape from the daily crap. Partisan stuff just wears on me.
So, with everyone&#8217;s support for this site, I will get to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/08/ad-limits-for-your-support/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Optimism, Not More Meaningless Lists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a while, you do have to convince yourself of that. I mean, otherwise, yet another revised top-25 list for college football in May would be, well, filler or just a waste of time. That &#8212; that just can&#8217;t be.
From the Viacom empire, Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports revises his top-25 and moves Pitt down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/08/its-optimism-not-more-meaningless-lists/</link>
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		<title>Just Trying To Make Their Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how Chris McKillop&#8217;s tryout with the Jets went over the weekend. The former Pitt DE was trying out at Linebacker. It&#8217;s as much about making an impression to be invited back in the summer and to maybe create some additional interest from other teams.
That seems to be the result for Mike Phillips after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/06/5117/</link>
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		<title>Begging/Solicitation Reminder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is day 2 of the pledge drive for PittBlather.com. For those who don&#8217;t remember why I ask for support, here&#8217;s why. When I started writing PittBlather (and its predecessor PittSportsBlather), the deal with my wife was that this would not cost anything other than time.
Keep in mind that your contributions to PittBlather.com can help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/06/beggingsolicitation-reminder/</link>
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		<title>Hopefully This Will Be Three Games in the Non-Con</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As per Andy Katz at ESPN.com (Insider sub., hat tip to Matt O.), Pitt appears to be one of the participants in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic supporting Coaches versus Cancer.
Matchups for the Coaches vs. Cancer and CBE tournaments will be determined soon. But one juicy rematch could occur in Madison Square Garden next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2008/05/05/hopefully-this-will-be-three-games-in-the-non-con/</link>
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