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		<title>Misplaced criticism of Wes Welker &#8212; is Tom Brady untouchable?</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/misplaced-criticism-of-wes-welker-is-tom-brady-untouchable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a little over four minutes remaining in the Sunday&#8217;s Super Bowl game, The Patriots were up by two points and were driving to put the game away. It was second down and 11 at the Giants 44 yard line. Wes Welker found himself wide open in a seam on the left side. It would [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6821&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eli overcomes long shadows to win another Super Bowl MVP award</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/eli-overcomes-long-shadows-to-win-another-super-bowl-mvp-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmad Bradshaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Belichick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eli Manning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Manningham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giants 21  Patriots 17 &#124; Super Bowl XLVI The first score of the game was a bizarre safety &#8212; New England quarterback Tom Brady called for intentional grounding from his own end zone. It made the difference. At the other end of the game, with the Giants driving inside the Patriots&#8217; 10 yard line, down [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6812&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Voice of God</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/the-voice-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Football Pathos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Sabol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Super Bowl week, a time that means so many different things to so many different people. If your team isn&#8217;t participating, then you are left to your own devices as to how you relate to the game. A social event? Holding a grudge against a participating player or team? My team is not [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6796&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl nerd store</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/super-bowl-nerd-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that in the St. Louis Rams&#8217; victory over the Tennessee Titans in the 2000 Super Bowl, the Rams had a -2 turnover ratio? Did you know that in the 1971 Super Bowl, the Baltimore Colts lost 4 of their 5 fumbles but still defeated Dallas? Do you even care? Well, if you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6784&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Headhunting</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/headhunting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rulebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concussions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concussions in football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devin Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacquian Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Giants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written my share about concussions on this site. I have what I don&#8217;t consider radical rule changes in mind to deal with this subject of debilitating injury to football players of all levels and ages. But a story by Benjamin Wallace-Wells from New York Magazine has me thinking of radically revising those contemplated rule changes. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6780&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s rid ourselves of the NFL&#8217;s policy on TV blackouts</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/lets-rid-ourselves-of-the-nfls-policy-on-tv-blackouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[NFL blackout policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Televising NFL games is a lucrative business. One of the policies of this business is for blackouts &#8212; the NFL imposes this very strict policy to ensure that stadiums are filled and sold out, to maximize telecast ratings, and to help leverage content on the networks. The league has imposed this policy since 1973. But if [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6634&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will having full-time NFL officials make any difference?</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/will-having-full-time-nfl-officials-make-any-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>norcalvol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Officiating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Bay Packers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Jennings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NFL officials are again in the cross-hairs of fans, media, and pretty much anybody else that watch football. On Sunday, Packers&#8217; wide receiver Greg Jennings fumbled the football, at least according to most interpretations of the slow-motion replay (including mine). It wasn&#8217;t called a fumble on the field, and after video review, it still wasn&#8217;t called [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6624&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Forty-Niner redemption and Alex Smith resurrection</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/a-forty-niner-redemption-and-alex-smith-resurrection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>norcalvol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cris Collinsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Sproles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Brees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie DeBartolo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Nolan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco 36  New Orleans 32 Alex Smith flourished in Urban Meyer&#8217;s up-tempo spread offense at Utah. In 2004, Smith was a finalist for the Heisman. It all went downhill from there. Until 2011 and new coach Jim Harbaugh. The San Francisco 49ers, with the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft chose Smith. The [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6598&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reggie McKenzie: former Vol is the right stuff for the Raiders</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/reggie-mckenzie-former-vol-is-the-right-stuff-for-the-raiders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good things tend to happen to good people, until proven otherwise. If ESPN’s Adam Schefter is correct, a good thing is about to happen to one of the good guys of the NFL. Reggie McKenzie &#8212; Knoxville native (Austin-East H.S.) and former Tennessee Vol (1981-84) &#8211; will be named the new General Manager of the Oakland [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6477&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A memorable last afternoon of the NFL season</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/a-memorable-last-afternoon-of-the-nfl-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last day of any NFL season can bring a lot of drama as playoff qualifications and seeds are sorted out. This season&#8217;s finale gave us a lot of notable bullet points. The following are those I collected throughout the afternoon based on a variety of Twitter entries and announcements on Fox, CBS, and the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6384&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regarding concussions, does it matter how the sausage is made?</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/regarding-concussions-does-it-matter-how-the-sausage-is-made/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concussions in football]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; running back Maurice Jones-Drew put his two cents in on the current concussion cavalcade&#8230; The only reason they&#8217;re (the NFL) making a big deal about concussions right now is because the league is getting sued over it. Before this, you never heard about it. Maurice must be a Vols in the Fall reader. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6329&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monday Night Football &#8211; a family tradition</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/monday-night-football-a-family-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Football Pathos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans Saints]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Marino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Sproles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday Night Football has been an American institution for over 40 years. It was a groundbreaking innovation in the worlds of sports and television. Part of its success is the populariity of the game itself, which became as popular as it is today partly because of Monday Night Football. And, in today&#8217;s world of televised [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6323&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The underappreciated renaissance of the Bengals</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/the-underappreciated-renaissance-of-the-bengals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cincinnati Bengals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Montana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, the Cincinnati Bengals were an extremely good football team. There were Super Bowls. Two of them. Unfortunately for the Bengals, they played the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana. Twice. What followed was a long spell of bad football. Cincinnati has not won a playoff game since 1990. Sitting at 9-6, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6322&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How the NFL can properly address concussions</title>
		<link>http://norcalvol.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-the-nfl-canproperly-address-concussions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rulebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Mack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colt McCoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concussions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D’Qwell Jackson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NFL should immediately institute an ultra-punitive system for helmet-to-helmet contact, modeled after world soccer&#8217;s game law of straight red card suspension. It was revealed this week that former Tennessee Vol Jamal Lewis and three other ex-NFL players are suing the NFL over concussions. Among other claims, they argue that the league knew as early [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6294&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With little less than a minute remaining in the third quarter, New England scored at Denver to put the Pats up 34-14. That was a 20-point deficit for the Broncos against a marquee opponent, at home. A perfect script for another Tebow-esque performance that would have surpassed the previous six comeback wins. It would have [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=norcalvol.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9284503&#038;post=6262&#038;subd=norcalvol&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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