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	<title>Comments on: What&#8217;s in a Conference Name &#8230; Increasingly Less</title>
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		<title>By: Donald A. Coffin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donald A. Coffin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, the &quot;Big 14&quot; doesn&#039;t have quite the same resonance as the &quot;Big 10.&quot;  And I suspect that only people who are extremely invested in a single conference can name all its members today.  Whereas in the dark ages, even casual college sports fans (me) could name the members of the Big 10, the SEC, the SWC (wait...it doesn&#039;t even exist any longer, does it?)...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, the &#8220;Big 14&#8243; doesn&#8217;t have quite the same resonance as the &#8220;Big 10.&#8221;  And I suspect that only people who are extremely invested in a single conference can name all its members today.  Whereas in the dark ages, even casual college sports fans (me) could name the members of the Big 10, the SEC, the SWC (wait&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t even exist any longer, does it?)&#8230;</p>
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