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That’s it. It’s done. Stick a fork in it… Summer is all but over and the greatest season of the year is among us. FALL! And with fall comes the greatest sport ever invented by the Baby Jesus, College Football! So, of course, I feel the overwhelming need to share my top 10 observations.

1. The Longhorns’ pre-season rank is number 4 in one poll and 5 in the other. Too high with an unproven QB.  I will be impressed if Texas makes it through October 17th without a loss. If they do, look out.  My official prediction… Beat Rice, Wyoming, Tech, lose to UCLA, beat OU, Nebraska, Iowa State, Baylor, then drop one to an unranked team… either Kansas State, OSU, or Florida Atlantic and finish the year with a win over A&M but miss the Big 12 Championship game with OU winning the South. Texas is taken at large and plays either the Sugar or Orange Bowl.
2. Boise State is number 3??? Really? Hey Boise… let me make something perfectly clear to you… NO ONE WILL TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY AS LONG AS YOU ARE PLAYING ON A BLUE FIELD.
3. Texas suddenly dropped Minnesota (a Big 10 (12) team) from its future schedule and replaced them with BYU… hmmm. BYU to the Big 12 (10)?
4.  USC cheer leaders are really hot.
5. Notre Dame did not appear in the Pre season top 25. If they win their first game they will be. Probably top 15. The media just can’t resist and NBC makes any voters on NBC affiliates vote for them.
6. Shiner Bock is the perfect College Football beer. Just saying.
7. I’m pretty sure that Nick Saban and Urban Meyer are the same person.
8. I think college football coaches go to class that teaches them how to say stupid things. Mike Leach is now teaching the class.
9. Why is Alyssa Milano selling College wearing apparel?  http://www.fandalia.com/NCAA-Shop_72205769_PG.html
10. Bobby Bowden  feels FSU forced him out… I guess he is so old that he has forgotten that they kept him on for a decade longer than they should.

Just because it’s Monday.

And of course we need the rap song to bring it all together…

Forbes magazine released its list of the most valuable pro sports franchises. The usual suspects are there but there is one big surprise in the top 10. The NFL’s Houston Texans are the WORLD’s 10^th most valuable franchise despite having a franchise record of 49-79 and zero playoff berths.

This goes to show you the power of not only the American sports market but of the NFL in particular. Need more proof? Forbes valued 25 teams worth a billion dollars or more. 20 of them are NFL teams. The other 5 are Manchester United and Arsenal in the English Premier League (soccer), Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga (Soccer) and Ferrari in Formula One racing. Even more proof? Of the top ten paid athletes in 2009, 4 are from predominately American sports (basketball,   football) and 3 others are Americans at the top of their sport (Golf, Boxing).

With all this money floating around the American sports marketplace, it is no wonder that F1 and Soccer are trying to realize the American sports dream.

From Forbes Magazine:

Top 10 Most Valuable Franchises

1. Manchester United – $1.84 billion
2. Dallas Cowboys – $1.65 billion
3. New York Yankees – $1.6 billion
4. Washington Redskins – $1.55 billion
5. New England Patriots – $1.36 billion
6. Real Madrid – $1.32 billion
7. New York Giants – $1.18 billion
8. Arsenal – $1.18 billion
9. New York Jets – $1.17 billion
10. Houston Texans – $1.15 billion

Top 10 Athletes in earnings

1. Tiger Woods – Golf – $105 million
2. Floyd Mayweather – Boxing – $65 million
3. Kobe Bryant – Basketball – $48 million
4. Phil Mickelson – Golf – $46 million
5. David Beckham – Soccer – $43.7 million
6. Roger Federer – Tennis – $43 million
7. LeBron James – Basketball – $42.8 million
8. Manny Pacquiao – Boxing – $42 million
9. Eli Manning – Football – $39.9 million
10. Terrell Suggs – Football – $38.3 million

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