By Dave Jennings
This past weekend I was easy to locate, as I was staged in front of a television watching the 2012 Ryder Cup from Friday through Sunday. It was a good thing that we had dreary weather; Auburn was off on Saturday; Alabama had another sleeper game; and I had plenty of munchies at the house.
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