A reason why the Longhorns have struggled

This sums up the issues with the University of Texas football program. They have missed with two high profile in state quarterbacks.

Professional Tailgating: Pain

Rutgers was half way to the Orange Bowl. At the half they lead Louisville by 11 but that went up in smoke and so did Rutgers dreams of heading to South Beach. Here are some of the sights from last night. There will be more to come on this over the weekend.

The $pecial One and $ir Alex

It reads like a who's who of managers: Sir Alex, The Special One, and Carlo.  The group heads the  best-paid football managers in the world, list according to a Brazilian sports marketing group.  The interesting thing about the list is some of the out of way clubs that employee these high priced managers, from Anzhi to Guangzhou to Swiss National Team. The list shows the impact that new money is having on the game.

The bag men are out.

Last night the Eagles suffered another embarrassing loss. The Philly Daily news sums it up performance perfectly.

The Premier League is Printing Money

So Burma is one of the poorest countries in the world and they have the money to show Premier League. Around the world, £5.5bn was spent by channels to show the Premier League. Shows how incredible a TV asset it is and how popular it is, even if the quality of the league is down over the last couple of years.