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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://extrapoints.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Spring fever? Not for college football</title><link>http://extrapoints.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/15/1894435.aspx</link><description>I didn’t get a chance to tune into the Georgia’s “G-Day Game” last Saturday.  Since I was vacationing in Honolulu at the time, the telecast was on too early for me. Had it been on at a more convenient time, I probably would have passed on it anyway, in</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Spring fever? Not for college football</title><link>http://extrapoints.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/15/1894435.aspx#1899282</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:39:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1899282</guid><dc:creator>Bart Witt</dc:creator><description>Well John, if you're reluctant to watch the Alabama spring game, then why even waste your energy writing about it, and even more obviously, don't bother watching it. The nation could do without your useless commentary anyway. For the past two years, 170,338 Alabama fans have not shown up to watch a meaningless game. We show up to show our appreciation for our beloved team. We show up to show our support for these young men who lay it all out for us on Saturday fall afternoons. We show up to show our potential recruits how special it is to play for Alabama. If you open your mind and think outside your little box, you might realize it's hardly about the game, and any other school would kill for that kind of fan support for a &amp;quot;meaningless&amp;quot; game.</description></item></channel></rss>