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Steven M. Sipple: Rimington: 'Your plow horses up front can't be the ones making mistakes'

Things I know, and things I think I know:

Sometimes it's easy to find a slice of joy even during an awful period in our country.

Just dial up Dave Rimington and talk football.

"If you're going to build a great team, your foundation has to be the offensive and defensive lines," says Rimington, the former Nebraska center who twice was awarded the Outland Trophy (1981 and '82) as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman. "I don't care how many four-star receivers you have. If your quarterback is getting his head knocked in, it doesn't matter, right?