The Panthers joined the billion dollar franchise club this year. A solid return on the $206 million expansion fee (including foregone TV money) that owner Jerry Richardson and his partners ponied up in 1993. The Panthers have also delivered good returns for some of their fans off the field.He's competing with senior Bobby Eveld and redshirt sophomore Matt Floyd, who got a head start on Bench in the spring, to be the starter in coach Willie Taggart's first season in Tampa. 3) ALLAN BRIDGFORD, Southern Mississippi from California. Bridgford joins a wideopen quarterback competition in Hattiesburg.

'We would like to possess the ball and we want to try and extend drives. That means converting third downs and not turning the ball over. The more we can keep one of the best running backs (Adrian Peterson) in the league off the field the better we feel we can be offensively and defensively as a team.'.After a good discussion, I decided not to go ahead with it. Rather, to let the Co