Everybody is looking at Vince Young and Reggie Bush, but to me the game will be won up front by the offensive and defensive lines.

Texas finally got over the hump this year by beating Oklahoma. Texas got what it wanted. They are competing for a national championship. They got their wish. Now it's time to show up.

We were a tight-knit group. We had an exceptional offense. We had a lot of extraordinary athletes.

The run up to the 2007 full-market opening in Europe will continue to feed consolidation momentum in the EU. Around the globe, increased competition is driving companies to turn to M&A activities to deliver growth horizontally and vertically. High wholesale power, gas and carbon prices also are creating new platforms for deal activity, pushing up generation asset values and bolstering the rationale for deal prices. As we look ahead, we can expect to see greater integration of upstream and downstream entities and more moves by the mega-players. The attitude of the competition authorities will be critical to future deals.

The run up to the 2007 full-market opening in Europe will continue to feed consolidation momentum in the EU.

This will be a major success for EU foreign policy if it can lead to a proper political dialogue on the causes which have led to some of the recent violence.