40 Acres Sports

Texas #7 in Dennis Dodd’s preseason top 25. My only beef is with #5 Wisconsin & #6 Louisville.

Tim Brewster takes over at Minnesota. Brewster was TE coach under Mack Brown at UNC and Texas.

RB Brandon Jackson is leaving Nebraska early. Could be second round day pick.

Big 12’s top two scorers face off in Stillwater. Tonight could be one of Texas’ toughest conference games.

Don’t have enough Texas Longhorn gear or Vince Young memorabilia around the house? Get yourself a pair of the Reebok Men’s Agility Trainer VY so you can look like Vince Young when you’re sitting on the couch watching Vince Young on TV. The $75 cross trainers come in two different color options, “Texas�? or “Tennessee�? depending on your tastes and when you jumped on the VY bandwagon.

The shoes actually look pretty good, especially the “Texas�? ones. They’re not overly obnoxious, just a solid looking white shoe with some burnt orange accents. Actually looks like something you could wear in public and not just to Longhorn games. Amazon.com actually has almost the exact same shoes but with the VY logo on the tongue instead of the Rbk, but they’re sold out of pretty much every size. I wonder if you can find them in stores in that version.

As a consultant for the Texans Dan Reeves endorsed Vince Young for the number one pick.

Is Kevin Durant the national player of the year? His season stacks up with the all-time greats. (via)

Adrian Peterson is headed to the NFL. After his big freshman year, his career at OU was a big disappointment.

The Eagles sent a pretty big message to Reggie Bush on the first play of the Eagles-Saints playoff game last night, and I couldn’t help but enjoy it:

I was surprised Bush came back into the game so soon after that hit.

The Saints went on to win a good game and Bush had his typical game with one good run and a bunch of negative yard carries. Deuce McAllister was killing the Eagles and the twelve carries Bush got were carries McAllister should have been pounding on the Eagles defense. It’s interesting to note that Reggie’s per carry and per catch average are so much lower than the rest of his teammates every game.

My second favorite part of the game was on Bush’s touchdown where he celebrated with a big poster of his face instead of the fans trying to give him five just a couple of feet away. Classy move.

Texas coaches & coordinators get raises. Greg Davis is highest paid coach.