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Sanford, LV Bowl have calls to make

The national glare on college football is its usual powerful November self, what with more BCS updates than holiday sales and those in South Bend buying out the town’s supply of toilet paper to wrap around Charlie Weis’ house and trees and car and anything else connected with the besieged and yet handsomely compensated Notre Dame coach.

Soldiers need support at home, too

Joseph Serino would tell the driver to slow down, that he needed to scan the tops of buildings for snipers and the roadside for bombs. He would look at a bush moved by the breeze and wonder if the enemy lurked behind. He always wondered what danger waited around the next bend.

Lousy game? Blame Canada

UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger left at halftime, probably to go enjoy a more interesting game at a local high school. Courtside fans Warren Buffett and Bill Gates also bailed early, because when bank accounts worth a combined $120 billion begin plunging like Katie Couric’s ratings, heading to the nickel slots seems a better idea than sitting through routs like the one Team USA pinned on Canada on Friday.

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