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My birthday draws near, and generous readers should know I have room in my liquor cabinet for a bottle of nice rum , room on my bookshelf for S.A. Cosby’s latest crime fiction , and room in my inbox for words of flattery.

They say it is better to give than to receive. I suspect the originator of that maxim never received an all-expense-paid vacation to a Caribbean island .

Nevertheless, I’ve been struck by a generous spirit throughout this college football offseason, and, with season openers nearly upon us, it’s time to dish out gifts to some

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