11W Mix Tape: Guns Headed to Indy Edition
The Bad News is..
The Buckeyes are only looking at having a few guys taken in the NFL draft as opposed to the bumper crops the Vest typically sends to the next level. The good news, of course, is that the reason for this is because all of the stud juniors (save for the Gun Show) opted to return for their senior seasons.
The NFL announced yesterday that Vernon Gholston, Kirk Barton and Larry Grant have been selected to attend the annual livestock show held annually in Indianapolis that is also known as the NFL Combine.
Gholston is reportedly creeping into top-five range for one club and is a near lock to be taken in the top 15 regardless of where he ends up. He can back it up on the field, but if there’s one guy that the NFL Combine is made for, it’s VG.
Barton is hoping to make a good showing and move up in scouts’ eyes after suffering a knee injury leading up to the Senior Bowl. Anything before the 5th round would suit him fine, which may or may not happen, depending on how well he does at the Combine and Ohio State’s Pro Day on March 7.
Grant, a former JUCO All-American and surely the only man in the history of college football to have lost four-straight national championship games, may end up being one of those guys that is taken late or signed as a free agent only to then find a team and stick.
Perrilloux’s Suspension Makes that Opener a Lot More Interesting
Blogs were buzzin’ yesterday about the “indefinite” suspension of LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux.
Depending on how much you want to believe at this time, the quarterback ran afoul for skipping classes and not living up to standards set from previous incidents and Miles decided to suspend him. Throw in a recently deceased father and moms allegedly yanking her son out of school and you have one SEC team in need of QB help.
When LSU recently booked Appalachian State for their home opener this season, they took some heat in some parts for scheduling a “cupcake”. I didn’t agree with that notion at the time and the Perrilloux situation only moves the line in that game closer. Any guesses on what the spread will be? I’m thinking 10, but I also think that’s way too high.
More TP
Mike Farrell of Rivals.com spoke to Terrelle Pryor and confirmed what a lot of us were already thinking: he was set to sign with Ohio State only to back off because his father wanted him to take a closer look at Penn State.
So that feels kind of good, right? He had to have been sticking up for his future coach over the weekend, right? Right?
He also had some choice words for Mark May and if that doesn’t make you an automatic Buckeye, I don’t know what does.
Comcast and BTN Close Again, Maybe, Sorta
Word out of respective PR flaks is that Comcast and the Big Ten Network are close (once again) to reaching a deal.
I’m not holding any hope, but if the network does score Comcast, that will only put the screws to Time Warner a little tighter, so maybe by the start of the 2008 football season, we’ll get to watch all of the games again. Just like the old days.
Quality as usual. Landed a new recruit today. From what my non-paying @ss has been able to gather from the free sites, he looks pretty good. Chris Fields is a local WR.
http://ohiostate.scout.com/
Do us Midwest diaspora who live in the deepest portions of the South and also have Comcast as well as Comcast’s sports package also get BTN if this deal goes through? If this deal with Comcast goes through and I inherit BTN I’ll basically be the happiest camper down here. No more Fox Sports South and SportsSouth for me, I’ll say to the locals down here, because I have BTN, I’ll say. And then I would be off to my next adventure.
The gun show is gonna be a freak show in Indy. I think I heard 6th to the Jets last night on ESPN. The Jets need to replace about 19 starters so who knows. I do know he is going to be a rich dude on a crappy team. I could deal with that for a few years.
Does anyone doubt that Vern could move up into the top 3 with a great combine showing?
Do you think Vern will break the 225 bench press record?
I don’t see Vern going any higher than #6. Unless there are some trades where other teams move into the top spots. Based on need, the Dolphins will definitely take C. Long or Dorsey. The Tuna always tends to pick defense first. The Rams will probably take whoever the Fins do not (either C. Long or Dorsey). If not one of those dudes, maybe an OL? They had holes there after Pace went down. The Falcons need a QB desperately. They’ll take whatever QB they feel is the best. The Raiders are a wild card, you never know. I guess Vern could go here. Al Davis is too unpredictable. But my guess is McFadden. Fargas & L. Jordan are likely gone & I don’t think you can rely on D. Rhodes as your every down RB. The Chiefs are in desperate need of OL. So I think J. Long goes here. That would leave Vern going #6 to the Jets. But who knows? The NFL Draft is usually too hard to predict. Especially when you have crazy dudes like Al Davis picking high. I also would not be surprised if the Dolphins or possibly the Falcons (maybe they pick up a veteran QB?) made a trade.
Maybe he’ll get lucky and end up at the Patriots. If they learned anything from the Giants it was that a top notch D-line can make all the difference.
Well, he won’t end up in New England. Cheatin’ Bill doesn’t get a first-round choice this year, and I don’t see Gholston dropping out of the top thirty or so.
I still say he’s overrated, but that combine show he’s likely to put on will do him wonders. Go get ‘em.
Patriots pick 7th with the 49ers’ pick.
Sorry to correct you Joe, but Cheatin’ Bill does indeed get the 7th pick (which is what I was refering to). The Patriots lost THEIR pick, but do indeed retain the #7 pick which they previously had traded to them by the 49ers….cheap for them….but would be good for VG if he went there.
Pats wanted JL at #7 but he decided to stay at TOSU to bring the pain for one more year. I hope Grant and Barton both get taken.
My bad. I thought losing a first-round pick meant losing a first-round pick, not just losing your lowest first-round pick. Now I’m even angrier at Goodell.
Thanks for the correction. I guess I should read the WWL more carefully.
raiders resigned vargas last week. michael bush should be healthy. even with rhodes and jordan likely being cut, i dont think they draft mcFadden
what is wrong with Ryan Perrilloux