40 Acres Sports

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

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.

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.

Rice coach Todd Graham signed a 5 year extension with Rice and 3 days later took the Tulsa job.

UT ex Roy Williams named to Pro Bowl to replace injured Rams’ WR Torry Holt on the NFC roster.

Honk if you sacked Troy Smith. Pretty funny bumper sticker. They could probably sell a lot of those.

Our good friend Ryan Perrilloux may be in big time trouble and I can’t say I’m surprised. The former Texas quarterback commit and current LSU benchwarmer is apparently under federal investigation about his involvement in a counterfeiting ring:

LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is involved in a federal criminal investigation, and Baton Rouge lawyer Nathan Fisher has been hired to represent the reserve quarterback.

A New Orleans radio station is reporting that federal authorities in New Orleans are investigating Perrilloux. Fisher said he is Perrilloux’s attorney and that he could not comment about the nature of the investigation, but could only confirm that the investigation is taking place.

Perrilloux has not been booked on any charges, Fisher said. Fisher also said he is unaware of any pending hearings or other court actions scheduled to take place in connection with the investigation.

Rumors of this surfaced on LSU message boards earlier this week but more details and are coming out now and the mainstream press has gotten wind of it and is asking questions. The New Orleans Times-Picayune got quotes on the situation from Perrilloux’s mom and high school coach. Sounds like the kid could be in real trouble (whether he was directly involved or not) and the people close to him are doing everything they can to make sure the kid is never held accountable for his actions.