2996508 Comment false College Gameday has to visit America's team at least once this year, and what a better time that than next week in Pittsburgh! Go Irish! 2009-11-07T08:45:08Z sportsnation_engine/icons/conversation_page.png 5642099 39.0335 -77.4838 2009-11-07T08:45:08Z 169285 17 days <img alt="Conversation_page" src="http://assets3.espn.go.com/images/sportsnation_engine/icons/conversation_page.png?1258413681" /> 2000-08-23T00:00:00Z slim_89 http://avatars.espn.go.com/avatars/slim_89/48/slim_89.jpg http://avatars.espn.go.com/avatars/slim_89/90/slim_89.jpg http://avatars.espn.go.com/avatars/slim_89/275/slim_89.jpg http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/fans/slim_89 -36000 Washington<span>,</span> DC US 20147 Aug, 23 2000 slim_89 det 6 Detroit Tigers http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Detroit%20Tigers/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/det.gif mlb 10 MLB http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/MLB/fans was 23 Washington Capitals http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Washington%20Capitals/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/sml/trans/was.gif nhl 90 NHL http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/NHL/fans was 28 Washington Redskins http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Washington%20Redskins/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nfl/sml/trans/was.gif nfl 28 NFL http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/NFL/fans was 27 Washington Wizards http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Washington%20Wizards/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/sml/trans/was.gif nba 46 NBA http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/NBA/fans bal 1 Baltimore Orioles http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Baltimore%20Orioles/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/bal.gif mlb 10 MLB http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/MLB/fans maryland_terrapins 120 Maryland Terrapins http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Maryland%20Terrapins/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/120.gif mens-college-basketball 41 M College Basketball http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/M%20College%20Basketball/fans notre-dame_fighting-irish 87 Notre Dame Fighting Irish http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Notre%20Dame%20Fighting%20Irish/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/87.gif mens-college-basketball 41 M College Basketball http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/M%20College%20Basketball/fans 23 College Football http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/College%20Football/fans 28 NFL http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/NFL/fans 46 NBA http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/NBA/fans 90 NHL http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/NHL/fans 10 MLB http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/MLB/fans 1 1 169285 Profile false I see fans young and old eating up the marketing of players, past and present. It doesn't matter whether it is the NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB the player not the team seems to be paramount. To a certain extent you find the same thing in college sports nowadays with the hoopla over the Heishman and Draft Day. Sports have gone to the individual not the team. The irony is the team will continue to exist, the players will come and go. 2009-09-13T18:01:51Z sportsnation_engine/icons/page_edit.png 3941402 39.0335 -77.4838 --- :about_me 2009-09-13T18:01:51Z 169285 2 months <img alt="Page_edit" src="http://assets1.espn.go.com/images/sportsnation_engine/icons/page_edit.png?1258413682" /> 2000-08-23T00:00:00Z slim_89 http://avatars.espn.go.com/avatars/slim_89/48/slim_89.jpg http://avatars.espn.go.com/avatars/slim_89/90/slim_89.jpg http://avatars.espn.go.com/avatars/slim_89/275/slim_89.jpg http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/fans/slim_89 -36000 Washington<span>,</span> DC US 20147 Aug, 23 2000 slim_89 det 6 Detroit Tigers http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Detroit%20Tigers/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/det.gif mlb 10 MLB http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/sports/MLB/fans was 23 Washington Capitals http://sportsnation.espn.go.com/teams/Washington%20Capitals/fans http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/sml/trans/was.gif nhl 90 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