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Ah yes, CFL training camps open this week as it is the beginning of the chase for the 101st Grey Cup on November 24 in Regina. Of all the weeks of the season, these may be the three most important. In many ways, training camp is about selfish football. It is a time you can have a mercenary mentality and it is understood and completely accepted that this is the time. The reason being, for players to be successful in the last week in June, you have to pull together and work together because if you dont, nothing improves. But up until that time, you have not made the team, youve only been given an opportunity to make the team. As players, you have to show something; a flash, a consistency, something that separates yourself from the masses. Even for established players, they dont have to prove you can effectively play more that you must re-prove you can play. The thing about pro football training camp is that it is a necessary evil. It is a time where you set rosters, develop an identity and find out what you have. For players, it is high stress, sometimes boring, others times very gratifying and at all times, very physical. Even at this time when teams are limited to only one practice in pads, the amount of running, lifting, jumping and just about anything is done at its most intense and grinding level. And all the while, you have to be learning and evaluating whether youre progressing or regressing as a player. But you have to go through it. Football is about the co-ordination of people with very specific assignments and adjustments. To master so many people doing so many things under pressure, you need to use repetition to your advantage. That takes weeks to master and sometimes it is not mastered at all. The other abstract purpose of training came is to toughen up. Physically, it happens by the natural increase in pain tolerance. What hurt significantly on the first day, you dont even react to by Week 3. Mentally, it is about concepts and terminology. Each playbook on offence, defence and special teams has a stated purpose of performance and terminology all its own. It has to be learned to a point that not only you know it, but you know you know with clarity, so there is less thinking and more instinctive reaction. Emotionally, to be a good player, you must be able to turn it on to play, and of equal value, turn it off to live. What is it? That controlled aggression where you enjoy punishing an opponent when appropriate and know when having those desires is inappropriate. But for all involved, it is a time of working to win; to develop a memory and enhance revenue so you get as much as you can out of the game because in the end, the game usually gets you. Right now, every CFL team has a genuine sense of optimism and they should because the most important aspect in football is team health. If you can stay healthy, you can win and since that is 100 per cent unpredictable, it makes sense to feel good about your chances to obtain that goal. Pro football training camp is a lot of things but it is how you perceive it that is important. If, as a player, you see its purpose, you will do well. After all, with one more training camp done, its one less to experience in a career. Bob Cousy Jersey . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. Larry Bird Jersey . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year. http://www.celticssale.com/kids-bill-russell-celtics-jersey/ . 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Watt would like a unique birthday gift this year.A win over Ohio State might be more cherished than any present.The second-ranked Buckeyes will visit Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday night in a Big Ten showdown, when the eighth-ranked Badgers hope they can make Watts weekend extra special.A Big Ten game in prime time, I know theyre going to be juiced up, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett said.Just like on Oct. 16, 2010 , when Wisconsin handed then-No. 1 Ohio State its first loss of the season, 31-18. It was Watts birthday weekend, and he was sitting in the stands as a spectator watching older brother J.J. Watt get two sacks for the Badgers.A lot of people say it was the loudest they have ever heard the stadium, T.J. Watt said.Watt is following in the pass-rushing footsteps of his older brother and Houston Texans star, though he hasnt needed much advice.Just kind of lets me do my own thing right now, the younger Watt said.Whatever hes doing is working since Watt has 5 1/2 sacks in Wisconsins five games.The Buckeyes (5-0, 2-0) will be the biggest test yet for the defensive-minded Badgers (4-1, 1-1).Ohio State is ranked fifth in total offense (537.6 yards per game) and third in scoring offense (53.2 points). The Buckeyes run for 323.6 yards per game, third-best in the country .Wisconsin is allowing just 90.4 yards per game, the sixth-best run defense in the nation.This could be an old-fashioned Big Ten brawl in the trenches.Itll come down to whether or not we can run the ball, protect, and if we can stop their run game, Ohio State offensive lineman Pat Elflein said. Those are always fun games to play in.Some notes and other things to watch on Saturday night:BUCKEYES PASS: Ohio State hopes to get its passing game going again after it sputtered in last weeks 38-17 win over Indiana. Barrett was just 9 of 21 for 93 yards, with one touchdown and an interception. Coach Urban Meyer cited communication, in part, as an issue. Barrett was focused this week on getting all 11 players on the offense in sync for every play.TUCK AND RUN: If he gets into trouble thoughh, Barrett can tuck the ball away and run.dddddddddddd He had 137 yards and a score on a career-high 26 carries, which might be too many for the teams best player. But Barrett is a unique run-pass threat who should cause fits for the Badgers.Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst likened Barretts importance to the Buckeyes to that of a point guard on a basketball team. Everything goes through him, and hes got poise, Chryst said.ON THE LINEBACKERS: Wisconsin will be without top outside linebacker Vince Biegel again because of a foot injury. But replacement Garrett Dooley played well in his place, opposite Watt, in Wisconsins 14-7 loss to Michigan two weeks ago. Inside linebackers Jack Cichy and T.J. Edwards are also playing well, and the defensive line has shown that it can control the line of scrimmage. The Badgers remain strong defensively even at less than full strength.CLEMENT TIME?: Senior running back Corey Clement is Wisconsins best breakaway threat, though hes waiting for his breakout game this year. Clement did have 111 yards on 21 carries against Akron before getting hurt. Hes averaging 3.9 yards a carry, 2 yards less than his career average. To have a chance at an upset, the Badgers will need to play ball-control, as well as get big plays out of Clement and the running game to take pressure off freshman quarterback Alex Hornibrook.NIGHT OUT: Barrett thinks the Wisconsin tradition of playing the song Jump Around between the third and fourth quarters is pretty cool. Wait until he sees it in person. A juiced-up student section leads the celebration, when fans in the creaky stadium sway to the hip-hop anthem. Ohio State is used to playing in hostile road environments, though Camp Randall at night should be a unique experience.Its going to be loud, Meyer said. Its going to be really loud.---AP Sports Writer Mitch Stacy in Columbus, Ohio contributed to this story.---Online:College Football: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP ' ' '