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Football is back! I never really worried it wouldn't return, but still, sitting through the first week of preseason games, I was reminded of why I like this sport so much and I'm certainly glad the owners, players and NFL could work out how to divide that pesky $9 billion pie. (Yes, that last bit was sarcasm.) However, the start of professional football season brings the advent of the college football season. Considering the amount of moving and shaking that has happened between January and now in that profession, you'd think everyone would be a little green from seasickness. And maybe there are, because things are getting out of hand. LOOK HARD ENOUGH AND YOU'LL FIND DIRT I learned this lesson from my mother (and she learned it from her mother before her). If you're looking closely, you're bound to see the dirt, the stuff that got swept under the rug, the layer of dust thick enough to write your name in. The NCAA seems to either have forgotten this or has...

Admittedly, the last month has been a little crazy for me, hence the lack of updates. And even this morning, as I considered posting something, I had to really stop and think. What exactly do I want to say? Is it all that important? How can it help someone else? I'm not totally convinced I've found the answer, but I'm hoping someone out there might find this useful. As I am still job hunting, this process eats up a large capacity of my brain during my waking, and more than likely sleeping, hours. Giddy hopefulness from getting a request for a phone interview to the gnawing nervousness of waiting to hear back after an in-person meeting can consume large chunks of my day, just as job searching, cover letter writing and applying can. However, much like the reason 95% of applicants don't ever hear a peep from the companies they've applied to, getting a response following an in-person or phone interview is similarly difficult. Which forces me to ask, why? An organi...