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No welcoming party in Week 1 for Division I-A's newest member

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Friday, September 7, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Kickoff is coming, and the adrenaline coursing through Dusty Bear makes his legs tremble. "Your piss should be hotter than it's ever been right now, boys," says Bear, a wild child with 14 tattoos and a Western Kentucky football jersey stretched across his 250-pound linebacker frame. "Now, we got 15 minutes yet," cautions coach David Elson in an even voice. "It should be warm. Very, very warm. We're not to that point yet." Elson is pacing the visiting locker room at Flo ...

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