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Extra Points: Filling The Void

Mack Brown stood on the dais in the ballroom of a midtown hotel in New York City Tuesday night, addressing an audience of hundreds in the business of football—from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to ex-quarterbacking greats Roger Staubach and Archie Manning. He spoke of his last five years working as a studio analyst for ABC and ESPN—"On TV, you give opinions instead of making decisions, and that's fun," Brown said to a round of laughter. "Coaches are sweating at halftime, and I'm sitting there watching six games and I can say, 'I'm going to get something to eat.