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I wouldn’t mind seeing Vince play against the Cowboys.

Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but it is good to see him progressing well.

It is official. Game starts at 4:00 PM EST.

In an effort to measure which college programs have been the most successful over the last five seasons, the Wall Street Journal has come up with The Dow Jones College-Football Success Index. I’m not sure why, but they have chosen to use a formula that calculates the success of college football teams using only NFL information. They use the number of players starting/contributing on NFL teams as one factor, which also includes how many games their NFL teams win. The other factor is a team’s “draft success” which attempts to determine whether a team’s players have lived up to their draft promise.

The Longhorns land at number sixteen, which isn’t too low except for the fact that teams like North Carolina and Texas A&M land ahead of the Horns. That’s a pretty tell-tale sign that your ranking logic is horribly skewed. They list only [tag]Derrick Dockery[/tag], [tag]Casey Hampton[/tag], and [tag]Derrick Johnson[/tag] as standout players. I guess Pro Bowlers [tag]Nathan Vasher[/tag] and [tag]Shaun Rogers[/tag], who might be the best defensive tackle in the league, don’t count as standouts.

Here’s their comment on Texas:

National champs sent only three players to the NFL this year from the nation’s top offense. One problem: Longhorns’ shotgun formation isn’t popular in the NFL.

Not a very good argument there. I’m guessing a better reason we only had three offensive player’s drafted is that the team has seven returning starters this year on that side of the football. It’s kind of hard to be drafted when you’re still in college. [tag]Vince Young[/tag] went third overall, tight end [tag]David Thomas[/tag] went in the third round to the Patriots, and tackle [tag]Jonathan Scott[/tag] was the Lions’ fifth round selection. Guard [tag]Will Allen[/tag] signed a free agent deal with the Saints and backups [tag]Matt Nordgren[/tag] and [tag]Ahmard Hall[/tag] also found teams despite not being starters at Texas. Actually seems like a pretty good success rate to me.

So basically they took a faulty premise and backed it up with terrible analysis. There’s a lot of ways to determine a successful college football program, but how many backups a school has in the NFL is probably one of the last things you should consider.

Via: The Wiz

Vince Young hasn’t even played a down yet in the NFL, but already Reebok is showing their confidence in VY by giving him is own logo. [tag]Vince Young[/tag] had input in the design of his new logo, which is a small V inside of a big Y, in a sort of shield or crest.

Not too many players get their own logo (Tiger & Jordan), and I can’t remember a player who got his own logo before even playing pro. Is he going live up to the likenesses of Tiger or Jordan? Probably an impossible task, but it will sure be fun to watch Vince try.

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Update: Here is a photo of the actual logo, courtesy of BurntOrangeNation.

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.

“If you had a perfect season and were still considered second best wouldn’t you have a chip on your shoulder?”

Wasn’t USC supposed to have one of the best teams of all-time? Oops…I guess next time ESPN will do those kind of polls AFTER the National Championship game.

And man, they still keep referencing that USC had previously won back-to-back championships. Apparently they haven’t heard about USC’s One-Peat.

With Steve McNair in Baltimore, Vince will definitely see the field this year.

Don’t like that EA chose USC’s Reggie Bush for the cover, then make your pick from over 150 covers courtesy of Fanblogs.com. A ton of schools are represented, with players you know as well as guys you’ve never heard of have their own covers. No great Longhorn ones yet, but a couple of Vince Young and one of Jamaal Charles to choose from. There will probably be more created as we get closer to the release date.

Only two more months till the game’s released on July 18th.

Sales of Vince Young Titans’ jersey are going strong.*