But Ferguson's antics when he loses leeave a sour taste. He blamed the officials for not pulling Drogba for offside, and yet never mentioned the fact that Macheda handled the ball for his goal a la Thierry Henry. Then when they went out of the Champions League (having led 30), he made a racist remark about Germans even though the player he was criticising is in fact French.The most unmannerly thing he did was to be interviewed by Sky Sports in front of millions chewing gum.Iowa, at $4.02 a gallon, was close to a record price. "It was more than normal," he says. "So, it's like Parkinson's law: When you schedule maintenance work on six out of 15 refineries, you can expect to have another two that are shut down for unanticipated reasons.".

In the end, Baratz said, he understands many of his players may never generate Mel Kiper Jr. Buzz. Then again, Baratz prefers overseeing success stories of guys like tight end Jake Ballard (undrafted in 2010), Eagles saf