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Oates: Forget books, beer; sports rule here

When you’re close to something, you sometimes lose perspective on how you appear to the outside world.

What other explanation can there be for people wearing wedges of foam cheese on their heads at Green Bay Packers games?

That axiom is also true for the University of Wisconsin, something that wasn’t apparent until this month, when the football team was ranked seventh in both national preseason polls.