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November 1, 2014

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November 1, 2014

Rankings

I read so many strange comments about rankings; frankly I never realized how serious fanatics take this. The old argument my team beat yours two weeks ago and therefore they should be ranked higher is one for that ages. One that makes as much sense as “since it’s my team you should have voted them higher”. Enjoy

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