They can run the ball effectively, they can stop the run, and they can get to any quarterback in the league with that ridiculously good pass rush.Do not pick Eli Manning in a playoff game.Tampa Bay is just flat-out unimpressive. They won a division that was, to be kind, experiencing a down year. I’m not even sure they really deserve to be here at all.Do not pick Eli….oh hell.Prediction: Giants (and Eli Manning) by 10 Sunday, 1/6 4:30 ET: San Diego (-10) vs. TennesseeLT might be the best player in the NFL (non-quarterback division, anyway) He can run against almost anyone. He’s a one-man yardage machine.What’s more, the San Diego defense is the most opportunistic in the AFC. They have everything you want in a playoff D:1) They can create turnovers.2) They can get after the quarterback.3) They’re physical.4) For the most part, they can stop the run.That said, the Titans are a nightmare matchup for the Chargers.Tennessee can stop the run, putting the game in (gulp) Philip Rivers’ hands.The Titans are as physical, if not more physical, than the Bolts.The Titans can run the ball against almost any defensive front.Kerry Collins or Vince Young I’m not sure it matters.

Neither guy is good enough or bad enough to make all that much of a difference.On paper, the Chargers are better.But can you really bet on Norv Turner to beat a Jeff Fisher team?I can’t.Prediction: Titans win by 3, in overtimeI’m SeanMC. . Recently, I wrote an article about how Kansas was the team of the year.There were many skeptics ONLY because the Jayhawks had lost one game to a good team.There were also skeptics who said that KU shouldn't have gone to the Orange Bowl, and that Missouri should have been there instead.They were all proven wrong on Thursday night.Some may argue that Virginia Tech simply had a bad game but if that's the case, maybe Kansas simply had a bad game against Missouri.Others may argue that Kansas didn't play as well as Missouri would have. My reply?VT wasn't doing so hot either.In any case, Kansas proved that they belonged in the BCS and that they should be the team of the year.How many other teams can manage to make it into the BCS under all that pressure…and come out alive? Hawaii couldn't Neither could Illinois. Even Oklahoma, a team that should be in BCS, managed to get shut down.Kansas, on the other hand, stood up to adversity, beating VT in all three phases of the game.Should the one-loss, top-10 Jayhawks be overlooked by college football fans? No, not by a long shot. Kansas earned the distinction as the Team of 2007 by winning in 2008 against a team that should've beaten them..

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–Research and Markets( http://) hasannounced the addition of the “Bulgaria Food and Drink Report Q2 2009″ report totheir offering. The Bulgaria Food and Drink Report provides independent forecasts andcompetitive intelligence on Bulgaria’s food and drink industry. In the Business Environment Ratings, Bulgaria is once again in joint 10th place,alongside fellow 2007 EU entrant Romania, out of the 14 main markets surveyed inthe CEE region. For the foreseeable future, Bulgaria will remain considered amarginal food and drink market, given its modest population size and relativelysmall annual GDP per capita. On a positive note, Bulgaria enjoys the maximumscore for its per-capita food consumption growth, which is further buoyed by ahigh score for per-capita soft and alcoholic beverages consumption.

Illustratingthe country’s attractiveness as a manufacturing base, US-based Kraft Foods is torelocate its confectionery production from Romania to Bulgaria in 2009. However, it is clear that the financial storm is having an impact on Bulgarianfood and beverages producers. In December 2008, Bulgarian boutique producer ofred, white, and rosé wines Todoroff Winery was reportedly planning to beat therecession by focusing on premium quality wines and prioritising value sales overvolume, as its major export destinations – namely Russia, the UK, Poland andGermany – are suffering considerably from the global financial crisis.Nevertheless, Todoroff should also benefit from the recently securedgeographical indications protection from Australia, which now recognises 51local wine-growing areas. In the meantime, Bulgaria’s domestic alcoholic drinksmarket seems relatively robust, although value growth will be slowed by lowdisposable incomes and an ageing, declining population, as well as any furtherincreases in excise tax. While the developments in Bulgaria’s food and drinks market have been relativelysubdued over the past three months, its mass grocery retail (MGR) market hasexhibited considerably more dynamism. At the start of 2009, German retail giantRewe announced that it would launch its Penny discount model in Bulgaria by theend of 2009, responding to changing market conditions and bolstering itsrespectable portfolio of Billa hypermarkets. Billa recently reaffirmed itsmedium-term expansion plan of opening eight new stores each year in Bulgaria, toadd to the existing total of over 75 units.

Similarly, French hypermarketretailer Carrefour is planning to become the leading retailer in Bulgaria in themedium term, with a focus on new marketing concepts, lowering prices andaggressive expansion. In terms of a wider operating environment for food and drinks companies, havingreassessed underlying growth dynamics, we now expect the Bulgarian economy tocontinue powering along at a healthy clip over the next 10 years. Although ourprojection for 2009 envisages a slowdown in economic growth – to just 1.1%, inlight of cooling domestic demand and a deteriorating external environment -market conditions should pick up beyond 2010. In addition, we believe that theeconomic asymmetries that currently conspire against macroeconomic stabilitywill have contracted to less precarious levels by the end of our 10-yearforecast period. As a result, per-capita income is projected to increase toUS$13,294 in 2018, trebling from US$4,132 in 2007, placing Bulgaria roughly onpar to Hungary and Slovakia in 2007 and Poland in 2008, which will provide amajor impetus for the country’s food and drinks markets. Key Topics Covered:* Executive Summary * SWOT Analysis * Food * Forecasts * Drink * Data & Forecasts * Market Overview * Number of Outlets * Competitive Landscape * AppendixCompanies Mentioned:* Unilever Bulgaria * Kraft Bulgaria * Nestlé Sofia AD * Zagorka (Heineken) * Carslberg Bulgaria * InBev Bulgaria (Kamenitza) * Metro Cash & Carry Bulgaria * Billa Bulgaria * CBA Bulgaria * PiccadillyFor more information visit http:// WoodSenior Fax from USA: 646-607-1907Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 Copyright Business Wire 2009.