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	<title>Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue</title>
	
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		<title>Open Thread: Syracuse-Pitt</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/07/open-thread-syracuse-pitt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I know we hate noon starts. The only one that seems to like them is my wife, because it means I don&#8217;t stay overnight, and I get back in time to help put the kids to bed.
Here&#8217;s how to have less of them. Win. Win more and the games get bumped to 3:30 and even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Your B-Ball Player Factoids</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/06/learn-your-b-ball-player-factoids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/06/learn-your-b-ball-player-factoids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Athletic Department]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Granted, Pitt won&#8217;t be on national TV as much this year so we may not be bombarded with them. Still, Pitt&#8217;s athletic department has put together a &#8220;personality profile&#8221; for each player.
Rather than click on over right away, test your knowledge of this year&#8217;s Panthers.

Match the Player to the nickname:

Ashton Gibbs
Nasir Robinson
Dante Taylor
Jermaine Dixon
Tim Frye
Travon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Score Predictions: Syracuse-Pitt</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/06/score-predictions-syracuse-pitt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/06/score-predictions-syracuse-pitt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Free t-shirt time.
It&#8217;s back. After a bye week and no winner from the USF game.
Reminder, only size Large remains.
Predict the final score of the Syracuse-Pitt game and get a free &#8220;Baldwin for Heisman&#8221; t-shirt. Courtesy of PittsburghSteelRocks.com.
There is a variance of +/- 3 points from the actual score if no one hits the exact numbers.
Added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Pass? How Much Run?</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/06/how-much-pass-how-much-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/06/how-much-pass-how-much-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Big East]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opponent(s)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That seems to be the question today in the Pittsburgh papers. They just noticed that Syracuse has been tremendous against the run.
Syracuse is first in the Big East and seventh in the nation, allowing 88.9 rushing yards per game,
&#8211;The Orange limited Penn State&#8217;s Evan Royster to a season-low 41 yards on 12 carries and held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link Dumping on ‘Cuse</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/05/link-dumping-on-cuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/05/link-dumping-on-cuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Big East]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, I can&#8217;t believe the whole week has passed without mentioning once my gratitude to Syracuse once more for the coaching change that coincided with Pitt&#8217;s. When Coach Wannstedt was putting together his coaching staff, there were two hires that I felt were unqualified homeruns. Greg Gattuso was one. The Duquesne head football coach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Basketball Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/05/a-few-basketball-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/05/a-few-basketball-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coaches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dixon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few more things regarding the basketball team.
The season-opener is next Friday against Wofford. It will start late, but if you have tickets go early.
The start time has been moved to 8:10 from 7 pm, but the athletic department wants people in their seats by 7:45 for a banner raising ceremony in honor of Pitt&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shading Seems to be Lower</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/05/the-shading-seems-to-be-lower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/05/the-shading-seems-to-be-lower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Big East]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prognostications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I expected Pitt to be ranked in the preseason somewhere in the 7-11 range. There&#8217;s just such a bunching in the Big East in the middle. After the projected top-2 teams of Villanova and WVU, you really can make a case for (but mainly against) the next 8 or 9 teams in what order.
Nine seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Really, Pitt Plays Syracuse on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/04/no-really-pitt-plays-syracuse-on-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/04/no-really-pitt-plays-syracuse-on-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Big East]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure if &#8216;Cuse fans are even aware of that any longer. So much off the football field stuff. The basketball team gets humiliated. It&#8217;s hard to blame them. This has been crazy.
Mike Williams quitting was related to a pending suspension, but not academic as I speculated. It was about going to a casino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling With Slippery Suddenly Not So Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/04/struggling-with-slippery-suddenly-not-so-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/04/struggling-with-slippery-suddenly-not-so-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Practice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least Pitt won. I mean, losing to Le Moyne? That hurts worse than the average loss to a D-2 program which does happen. Michigan State and Ohio State both lost to such a couple years back. The problem for &#8216;Cuse is that Le Moyne is located right in Syracuse. That would be like Pitt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dave Wannstedt Interview You Must Read</title>
		<link>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/03/the-dave-wannstedt-interview-you-must-read/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pittblather.com/2009/11/03/the-dave-wannstedt-interview-you-must-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Coaches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wannstedt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pittblather.com/?p=7620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t say this lightly. There is just so much in this Q&#38;A interview with Tom Dienhart that everyone will take as a key item or focus point. About this season. About Cignetti. About when he came in. The practice facility with the Steelers. About old unis. Playing Penn State.
Here.
Q: Can you bring back the [...]]]></description>
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