I think I did call it to my son's attention when he started to put on too much weight around 10. We had to buy large pants and hem them up to be shorter. Mostly I asked that he not stuff on favorite foods.Most professional athletes suffer from young person's disease invincibility. They feel as though shortlived careers will happen to the other guy or the other girl, not him or her, and consequently fail to adequately manage their finances during their often, very shortlived, primeearning years. Of course, there are always exceptions, such as New York Giant's running back Tiki Barber.

When AJ McCarron took a knee to end it, Alabama was finally safe. There was nothing more Manziel could do.McCarron threw four touchdown passes, Vinnie Sunseri returned an interception 73 yards for a score sidestepping Johnny Football on the way to the end zone, too and Alabama paid back No. 6 Texas A with a 4942 victory Saturday.Manziel was his spectacular self, throwing for a careerbest 464