40 Acres Sports

Great news for the Tennesse Titans and for [tag]Vince Young[/tag], the two parties have agreed on a $58 million deal with $25.7 million guaranteed. Not all of the details are available, but both the total value of the contract and the guaranteed money are impressive. No one can argue with his decision to leave Texas early now.

Fantastic job by Vince and his much maligned agent Major Adams getting the deal done quickly and getting Vince into training camp on time. Being in there from day one is huge if the Titans have any ideas about playing him this season.

New Blazer talks about basketball video games and the NBA.

A 5-year deal with $15 million guaranteed.

Ex-Longhorn fullback and Marine joins VY in Tennessee.

Vince needs to get in camp on time, but he also needs to get his guaranteed money. Let’s hope they work it out.

Joe Schad interviews with the new Rice offensive coordinator and former Longhorn legend [tag]Major Applewhite[/tag] on his Insider blog. Seems to have his head on straight about expectations for the Owls, but still has his goals and a plan to achieve them. He also talks about Vince Young and text messaging recruits. He also covers the Longhorns’ two-headed (or maybe three?) quarterback situation, a subject he may know something about:

As a coach now, my opinion is that when you have two quarterbacks, it’s because you haven’t found one. In Texas’ situation, it’s because of inexperience. Make no mistake, Texas has one, it’s just a question of them not knowing which one because neither has taken a snap. My whole deal is, if you’re asking your quarterback to be a leader of the team, it’s difficult with two guys doing that. With 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old kids, the maturity level just isn’t there. You lose sight of the big picture and agendas and selfish ideas get in the way. You have to have one guy. You have to make him earn it and you have to trust him. Then, if he struggles, you can always try the other guy. The problem at a place like Texas is, you’d better find the right guy fast. You’d really like to come out of spring ball and say, hey, you have one starter. That’s not easy, though.

Read link. (ESPN Insiders only!)

Former Longhorn T.J. Ford was traded late last night from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Toronto Raptors for forward Charlie Villanueva. The Raptors were looking for a pass-first point guard who can drive and dish to players like Chris Bosh and first overall pick Andrea Bargnani. Ford and new teammate P.J. Tucker just missed each other on the 40 Acres, but they’ll have a chance now to together help the Raptors run and gun like a Canadian version of the Phoenix Suns.

The income taxes suck, but it should be a good opportunity for T.J.

Reds down 3 runs with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, Dunn wins it with one swing of the bat.

Show is scheduled to air in October. (via)

Definitely not in midseason form but Roger looked like he’ll be ready soon.