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60 days in jail and able to serve the time on weekends.

Not sure about it for the rest of Texas or our out of state readers, but the Tennessee Titans game against the Philadelphia Eagles is airing on CBS here in Dallas right now. It’s only my second chance to see [tag]Vince Young[/tag] and his Longhorn teammates this season, his tough debut against the Cowboys being the other. The Titans are wearing their extra ugly alternate uniforms featuring baby blue pants just for us. Too bad it’s not in HD.

On Fox, the Chicago Bears are playing so if you’d rather watch Nathan Vasher and Cedric Benson you can. It’s great to be able to see so many former Longhorns all over the NFL.

Some pretty good praise coming from the Ravens defense.

I agree with just about everything he said. That reporter just never got the point.

Roy has really stepped up big this year. (via)

In a head to head match up Sunday we saw exactly why the Texans will always be the Texans. They passed on Vince Young back in April because they had David Carr at quarterback, and Sunday against the Titans he was benched after turning the ball over three more times. The guy that made the Texans’ front office decide they didn’t need Young was riding the pine while the guy that could’ve been their QB and a hometown hero was on the opposite sideline leading the Tennessee Titans to their first back to back wins since 2003.

David Carr had the arm and the numbers coming out of Fresno State, but he’ll never have the intangibles that made Vince a legend at Texas and have already been on display in his brief NFL career. He’s a leader. His attitude us infectious with his teammates. When the game is on the line, he puts the team on his back. And as Houston Chronicle writer Richard Justice puts it, Vince has “it” and Carr certainly doesn’t:

Quarterbacks can’t be evaluated solely by the strength of their arms. They can’t be evaluated by their footwork or intelligence or toughness, either. Quarterbacks must always be measured by some things that can’t be measured. Like their leadership skills. And their will to win.

It’s these intangibles that made Vince Young special. Any NFL team that had bothered to ask the players and coaches at the University of Texas would have understood. Vince Young wasn’t special because he was a great runner and thrower. He is a great runner and thrower, but what made him special were things you’d know about only if you’d coached him or played with him.

Right now Vince is clearly still developing as an NFL player, but he’s out there doing what he does best and that’s win football games. He’s not lighting up the scoreboard with his passing, but he’s making plays and doing a good job not making critical mistakes. He’s only going to get better, and while he’s doing that he’s going to make the players around him better as well. It’s just what he does.

Sounds like Vince’s early playing time could get him bigger bucks.

2 year ban from Greek pro league.

Vince Young talks about his life on and off the field, starting in the National Football League, the on-field adjustment from the college to the pro game and his thoughts on the new Reebok “When Did I Know?� campaign where he explains when he knew he was destined to make it to the next level. Here is the audio from the interview:

It’s pretty cool what Vince Young and Reebok are doing at his old high school, Madison High School in Houston, TX. Vince is teaming up with Reebok to award two students who reflect Reebok’s brand attributes with an “I Am What I Am” college scholarship in the amount of $2,500 each. It’s always good to see athletes’ who make a lot of money give back to their community.

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Cedric has done a good job in limited opportunities. (via)