Manchester United is beloved throughout the world

The interest payment alone on the ManU purchase (reportedly 62 million or $98 million US a year) is staggering. You'd have to imagine that the money, any money, the Glazers can get their hands on goes to that figure.If the Glazers await returns from the NFL, and Raymond James Stadium, to make payroll for the Buccaneers, than here's the problem that money isn't there until the football season starts. If they did that, they would need armored cars and bullet proof windows to keep the crazies away from them.Manchester United is beloved throughout the world. There would be no where the Glazers would be safe if ManU fans, who already hate the idea that Americans own the club, think the Glazers are taking money that could be used for those ridiculous transfer fees in the Premier League.With the firing of Bruce Allen and Jon Gruden, the Bucs daily books look a bit better. Certainly, the Bucs do have to pay out the remainder of those contracts, but on the flipside, the Bucs now have one of the lowest paid coaching staffs in the league.With one of the lowest player payrolls in the league, and administrative staff being laid off, the Bucs are probably looking the most profitable they have ever been in their existence.Potential buyers would be greatly interested in such a high profit property.If I were a betting man, I'd say the Glazers have put the Bucs on the market, but the economy is suspect now, and it's making it difficult to find suitors that would meet the Glazers' price tag.The need to sell may get urgent. At one point the Buccaneers had a 100,000 person waiting list for season tickets.

Now the Glazers are offering half-season packages just to get people in the stands. None of the games are sold out, (although the first two games did eventually have the blackout lifted) and there's a great danger that the Bucs may start seeing crowds in the 30s, 40s and 50,000s something that hasn't happened here since 1996.If the Glazers can't sell the Bucs, there may be a need to take some of that ManU money and rebuild the Bucs fan base.Better call Jack Bauer, Joel and Bryan.. ? It is getting harder and harder to get a pulse on how good teams actually are. ? This was a week where the MWC should easily have been 8-0 or 7-1 at worst (because Navy really is a good team). ? It is always fun to watch the two option teams battle it out to see who can be the most disciplined for the longest. ? After two early TDs (one for each team) the game turned into a FG shootout as both defenses stiffened. ? Yesterday neither team had more than 250 yards of TOTAL OFFENSE.OK, now for the bad news.

? AFA kicker Soderberg missed a 31 yard FG in OT to lose the game ? To put that in perspective an extra point is a 20 yard FG. ? This was a chip shot that should never be missed.20 BYU 35 (4-1, 1-0) – Utah State 17This was a good win over a much improved Utah State team. ? I hope nobody is worried that the score was not more lopsided. ? I love having Andrew Rich and Scott Johnson back there together.For those of you who have been calling for Buckner all year, you got your wish ? Now I want to know what you think.

? The worst thing about this game was that CSU had the lead at 20-7 and then Idaho’s QB just started picking the CSU defense apart en route to 333 pass yards on the day. ? They were only down 14-7 at half.Bad News for the Lobos: They gave up 487 yards of Total Offense. ? What is most intriguing about this new UNM program is that in only ONE SEASON they have become the worst team in the conference. ? SDSU got their biggest win of the last two years beating a New Mexico State team that is at least respectable I mean they have beaten Prairie View A&M and New Mexico ? Good win for the Aztecs. ? Hopefully they will put a couple of those together in a row and climb out of the cellar. ? What really catapulted the Aztecs this week was the 4 turnovers they caused.