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1. Facebook User said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

   This kid is living the dream.

   

   

2. Minnesotahorn said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

   Immediately after this photograph Matt drank that keg and ate 16 Krystals.

3. kevwun said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

   Orakpo to Washington, 13th overall pick

4. R.C. said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

   When’s the last time Baylor had its first drafted player taken ahead of Texas’ first drafted player? What a strange world…

5. Scipio Tex said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

   Screwed up organization, but Rak will definitely get paid. Good for Brian.

6. NateHeupel said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

   R.C., I’m betting on the year Mike Singletary was drafted.

   Scip, it could’ve been worse. Orakpo could’ve gone to Oakland (shudder).

7. Taco Shell said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

   Sinfgletary was the 38th player selected in the 1981 draft but he was picked before Robin Sendlien, the first Horn to be taken that year.

   I am going to guess Santana Dotson… let me check… and I am wrong too.

   So going with my “we sucked in the mid-90s theme”, looks like 1993 it happened, Lance Gunn went in the 7th – Albert Fontenot went in the 4th.

8. Taco Shell said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

   Wrong again, Daryl Gardner, 20th overall, over Tony Brackens, 33rd overall, in 1996.

9. Darius Hayward-Bay said:

   April 25th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

   Al Davis drafted me top ten!!!!

10. Al Davis said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    in da azz

11. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Can Stafford afford to buy a house in Detroit?

12. ickivicki said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    A house with a garage for a couple of Pontiacs.

13. Scipio Tex said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    He should be able to pick up a mansion for about 200K.

    BTW, Detroit is in strong contention for murder capital again this year. Never let anyone tell you they’re not champions.

14. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    I can’t decide who will be the biggest bust in the first round. There’s like 15 candidates.

15. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Did the Patriots just draft a Chinese dude?

16. NateHeupel said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Scipio, that comment about getting a mansion in Detroit is bullshit and you know it…

    Security alone will be like 250k easy.

17. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    The Lions sent Stafford a playbook and a copy of Robocop.

18. Greenspointexas said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    HenryJames just posted one of the funniest comments ive ever seen on this site… lmaoooooo

19. uncle teardrop said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Oregon is faring well.

20. LSU Forever said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    LSU player drafted higher than ‘Rak Pooh, the best DE in UT history….ha,ha,ha.

    ‘Rak Pooh may not be bust, but doubt if he will amount to much….too top heavy, small ankles, and with the way he runs (too light on his feet), doubt if he can generate enough power in his rush to dominate in the league.

    Maclin: athletic but more so as a track athlete then a football player. Doubt if he amounts to much either.

    Donald Brown: believe he is gonna be a star. Probably better than Moreno. Moreno is just too slow and without the power or the fast start up of Brown. Think Mr. Brown is the next coming of Emmitt – maybe not as good, but not too far off.

    Mark Sanchez: really just don’t get the hype about this kid. McGee at A&M probably has as much or more talent than this kid. Unless the league makes sure to put this kid in a position where he almost can’t fail, doubt if he amounts to anything. He is special after all. QB’s of hispanic origin don’t grow on trees….sure the league is conscious of this.

21. Scipio Tex said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Darcel McBath from Tech goes earlier than I thought.

22. uncle teardrop said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    Who is Michael Mitchell?

23. CrazyJoeDavola66 said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    I bet Stafford rents. When he’s ready/forced to bolt Motown, he’d have a hell of a time selling any sort of purchased property. And that’s not at a loss – that’s selling it period.

    From Highland Park to Athens to Detroit in four years. That’s … not a great trend-line.

24. Scipio Tex said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    30 million guaranteed eases a lot of trend lines.

25. DrJHorn said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    No pressure on Stafford to screw up the Lions’ QB legacy. After Bobby Layne, the best QB in team history would be…who?…George Plimpton, I suppose.

26. Minnesotahorn said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    “BTW, Detroit is in strong contention for murder capital again this year.”

    Nice going. You’ve just alienated all of our Baltimore readers.

27. Newy25 said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    It’s a good thing Dallas is stock piling 12 3-7 round draft picks. You never know when you are going to need to go ahead and draft a bunch of guys you will cut in August.

28. Newy25 said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    BTW – Thank God for the NFL network. Watching the draft on another site besides ESPN is like getting a BJ and being able to drink scotch at the same time.

    Double bonus.

29. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Vikings get Percy Harvin and Phil Loadholt. Guess Bryant McKinnie needs someone he can hit the clubs with.

30. SizzleChest said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    Who is Rak Pooh? Winnie’s Nigerian brother?

31. SizzleChest said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    From the Psychdel..er Sacramento Bee

    April 25, 2009
    Mangini not welcome in Lubbock

    Just got off the phone with Texas Tech coach Mike Leach. I think it’s safe to say that Leach has crossed Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini off his Christmas Card list. This is what I mean: Leach had just gotten on a conference call when he described his pupil, new 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree, as someone who fled from the spotlight and as someone without “a bunch of distractions going on.” That, of course, is the polar opposite of how Crabtree’s been portrayed in the last few weeks. Leach obviously believed that rumors as to Crabtree’s diva-ish behavior orginated in Cleveland with the Browns head coach.

    “Michael Crabtree has been more successful as a receiver than that guy has a coach at this point,” Leach said. ” … Part of the reason is he’s (Crabtree) too shy to be like that.”

    Said Leach: “My definition of a diva is someone who’s loud and self-absorbed. Michael Crabtree is the furthest thing from loud that I’ve seen.”

    As evidence, Leach noted that the tape he had on Crabtree blocking in the running game was better than the tape of Crabtree making catches. “I think it’s one of the strongest parts of the game,” Leach said. “I mean, to the point where it’s impressive.”

    Leach described Crabtree as the “ultimate team player who would serve the 49ers well.” As for Mangini? “Let’s see how all those non-divas do up in Cleveland this year,” Leach said.

32. Taco Shell said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    The NFL coverage is terrible. Every pick is wonderful! As much as I hate Kiper, it is completely freaking entertaining to hear him go off on some poor GM for picking up a good player too early.

33. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    UConn has more players picked at this point than Texas, OU and Florida combined.

34. HenryJames said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Miami had a guy picked in the first round from ‘95-’08. Do they even have a player drafted at all this year?

35. SizzleChest said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    Nein.

36. Blueshorn said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    First gooner drafted is Loadholding at #54.

37. the last of the line said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    “This kid is living the dream.”

    Jealousy and envy of Stafford is understandable, but at the end of the day, it should be seen as not much of a big deal and as ephemeral.

    If one understood the Odyssey a bit, one would realize that the image of Stafford holding a keg over his head, with a hot, very friendly chick next to him, and with forty mil in his pocket is basically the modern day expression of the siren’s call to destruction of Homer’s. Unless Stafford has the wherewithal to restrain himself from the temptations that will line up for him or has a handmaid with the power to forcibly restrain him, he will inevitably find out, most likely the hard way, that Homer’s warning still applies and that it is an eternal truth and will remain so as long as man is still standing on this earth.

    For the sake of obtaining the happiness and freedom promised by said image, man has become selfish, has killed and enslaved one another, just become a general all around, everyday, unhappy asshole, and etc., etc. All this heavenly cursed striving and convining and for what? At the end of the day, even should one be fortunate enough, like Stafford, to make it to their assumed promise land, they invariably find to their horror and dissillusionment that it was all a mirage and all ephemeral, just like so many tears in the rain.

    Fact is the only people who really want fame and glory are the ones who have none, never had it, or don’t have enough to know any better. Being trapped in world where people only pretend to like you and are only sucking up to you as an unquestionable God merely for your money or social status or cause you throw a football real good, that type of scenario can get old real fast and can and has driven people batty if they are not able to find some way to escape from all the sickening artificiality and pathetic pandering which immediately springs up and surrounds the world of the rich and famous the minute they hit it big. To conclude, life basically just sucks for everyone, people like Stafford included.

38. the Bobs said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    so I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’re a “glass half-full” type, eh?

39. the last of the line said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    Nope, I consider myself to be a devastating realist, one who tends to keep most things to himself, but more important than all that, I am the last of the line.

40. ickivicki said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Should he bother, then, with the house in Detroit with garage space for the Pontiacs?

41. Nero said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    Last -

    Do you carry the fire?

    Crabtree is the next Chris Carter.

    More HenryJames

42. the last of the line said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    By the way, all that glass half empty or full stuff is just an old and tired cliche. It is typically a pathetic and girlish tool used by irrationally optimistic people to maintain whatever tenuous grip they can conjure up to keep holding onto said irrational optimism – an optimism, by the way, which they no longer have the courage to believe and proclaim in a direct, straight forward, and non-secretive manner. Nope, the use of this tired, old, and irrelevant cliche is an indication of a deep and profound subjective cowardice.

    Oh, and I forgot to note that the pursuit of this promised land has also caused men to strip the earth bare, threatening long term ecological damage and the irreversible loss of a large number of other living organisms. Consider the earth and world at large as the realm on which the mind interacts with the universe. When view so, it becomes easy to see that with each loss of a species, mankind loses a life potential, a memory you could say, which was bequeathed as gift to man by the universal momma to enrich his life here on earth.

    This loss could be said to be equivalent to that of an alzheimer’s sufferer, and this analogy may work to help illustrate the real cost to man of stripping the earth bare and of the dangers in store in future if he does not change his ways. All this loss and destruction and for what? Just cause he can’t help himself from trying to keep up with the likes of a Stafford and people like him and, all of this, being even more pathetic and tragic cause that pursuit is always nothing more than ephemeral in the end. Any half reflective person realizes this.

    With each loss of a living species, the mind of man loses permanently a connection to a living memory or a living reality and, thus, greatly, diminishes the richness his life experience and that of future generations to come. It is painfully obvious we are bequeathing a less attractive set of memories and a less beautiful world to our future generations. Notice how only the ugly things of the world thrive when mankind gets too close and intrusive. The most delicate and beautiful species, it seems, are always the first to go, just as it seems our most beautiful and delicate memories are ones which are always the most vulnerable. Does it surprise anyone that only species such as the cockroach thrive when living right next door to mankind and his futile excesses. And the cockroach would be an apt symbol of the type of living memories we are bequeathing to our future generations due to our insidious excesses – and all because we can not help trying to keep up with the Staffords of the world and can’t stop from groveling before these foolish and false illusions. What a bunch of pathetic, loser assholes we all are and have become.

43. Nth Handle said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    I wouldn’t put it like that.

44. dutchie said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    Maybe Stafford can make a video like this about Detroit?

45. RansomStoddard said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 4:26 am

    Last

    The blog on existential expressionism in the post-Sartre era is somewhere else. This blog is about Longhorn football and the post is about the NFL draft

46. SizzleChest said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 5:26 am

    Last, if you would’ve sprinkled the phrase “..and big tits…” throughout your tomes, I think you may have been more successful in getting your point (??) across.

47. HenryJames said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Roy Miller to Tampa Bay with pick #81. He and Josh Freeman will make a good DT tandem.

48. Bob in Houston said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 7:23 am

    “From Highland Park to Athens to Detroit in four years. That’s … not a great trend-line.”

    He could go from Highland Park (Texas) to Highland Park (Michigan)… but I wouldn’t recommend it.

49. HenryJames said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 7:24 am

    Herm Edwards’ tie is made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s good.

50. Nero said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 7:37 am

    Last –

    Don’t be too contempo-centric. Countless species died before man even existed.

    Meanwhile, over the last generation new species have emerged, such as Orakpo and VY.

    Also, nature is mean mofo. People get soft when nature has been nice for too long. 1918 may not seem like so long ago, but few of us were alive to remember the carnage. Man-Bird-Pig Flu is going to change all that.

51. SizzleChest said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Dallas just drafted the aggy shit-eater, McGee. Bucky Richardson, holla!

52. Parlin Hall said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    Is the McGee news going to pre-empt a digression on the Spanish Flu of 1918?

    Or an obit of Bea Arthur by CTJ?

53. HenryJames said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 8:32 am

    Henry Melton to the Bears with pick #105 in the 4th.

54. Nth Handle said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 8:35 am

    This guarantees Colt will not be a Cowboy.

55. HenryJames said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Number of USC linebackers drafted in the first four rounds of this year’s draft: 4

    Number of Texas linebackers drafted in any round since 1991: 4

56. bob said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 9:16 am

    I grew up in Houston which means I hate the cowboys with every bone in my body. It’s good how Jerry Jones keeps drafting aggies. It lets me get my Cowboys, Arkansas, and Aggie hating on all in one team.

57. Vasherized said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 10:13 am

    Melton should do well in Chicago’s scheme.

    HJ, as utterly painful to comtemplate as that stat is, Sergio should be a first round pick next year and Muck will be taken on day 1 as well. Norton could be a day 2 pick and Keenan Robinson/E. Acho both have a decent shot in a few years.

    Assuming they can hold off a surging Dustin Earnest for playing time.

58. maninblack said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 10:47 am

    Doubtful Muck is a day 1 draft pick. Day one is the 1st and 2nd rounds and I don’t see anyone drafting Muck that early.

    Unless he runs a 4.1 at the combine and then Al Davis will make him the #1 pick in the entire draft.

59. Blueshorn said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Rhett gets Bomared. 5th round to the Giants at Pick 151.

60. Vasherized said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Bomar to the Giants. Good fit. Lots of car dealerships in the tri-state area.

61. Blueshorn said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    As one of Eli’s backups, he can continue to get paid without working.

62. Steve Nebraska said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Quan would seem like a great fit in either Pittsburgh or New England, who have the next two picks. Something tells me he and Hines Ward would get along just fine. I think he’d do well in Indy, also.

63. Taco Shell said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:48 am

    Zing Bluehorn!

64. Vasherized said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:50 am

    Bill Cosby to Oakland. Al Davis wants some experience on the roster. No ceiling on his senility.

65. Steve Nebraska said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    I don’t understand using a 5th round pick on Javon Ringer. Curious pick by the Titans. The last thing they need is another running back.

66. HenryJames said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am

    Pretty sure the Raiders let Phil Spector in their draft room. His aim is off so he’s only shooting them in the foot at this point.

67. Steve Nebraska said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Spector wanted to draft Phil Loadholt, as he is a wall of pounds.

68. SizzleChest said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Mike Leach strikes again.

    “I’m happy for Stephen McGee,” Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said. “The Dallas Cowboys like him more than his coaches at A&M did.”

69. Vasherized said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Walk the plank, Sherm.

70. the last of the line said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    “The blog on existential expressionism in the post-Sartre era is somewhere else. This blog is about Longhorn football and the post is about the NFL draft.”

    Sure it does. Am I the only one in the world who can see the link between pending world destruction and American football? Surely, that is too far-fetched to be believed.

71. SizzleChest said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    No, that feeling is just a burning in your testes from watching the films of Ben Affleck.

72. boob jobs r 4 girls said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    Anonymous, slut girl above with Stafford needs to get a boob job, some plastic surgery mods on her nose, chin, lips, dye her hair blonde, and remove the cut offs, – only then could boob jobs be jealous of a down’s syndrome looking Staph infection.

    In that case, screw all the bambis and thumpers of the world. They can all go to hell. I want me some beer keg girl with shaved arm pits, and tree hugging, queer bait “last” can just go kiss my slut loving ass.

73. Scipio Tex said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Chris Ogbonnaya in the 7th to the Rams. Nice to see him slip in on the final round.

74. hot wire said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    “Spector wanted to draft Phil Loadholt, as he is a wall of pounds.”

    Can’t see how Loadholt went that high in the draft. The dude is just a really big body and nothing more than that. He throughly was dominated in his matchups against ‘Rak and the Florida DE in the MNC game. He has no mobility. He is the poster child example of what the Bark refers to as an “extra blocking surface”. Can’t see how that 6′8″ statute lasts in the league.

    Chris O. probably won’t have to worry about ending up “pumping gas”, but I also don’t see how he lasts in the league. He barely had enough athleticism and quicks to cut it on the college level. The speed of the NFL is probably going to eat him up.

75. the last of the line said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    “Don’t be too contempo-centric. Countless species died before man even existed.”

    Wouldn’t have had as many problems being convincing in the days of Noah. What do you think all that talk about two of kind was really about? It was about the preservation of the memories of mankind in the face of the flood – the flood occuring whenever over emphasis on the ideal causes the empirical to react to compensate and backlash, as in a tidal wave effect. Today, I believe we tend to refer to this phenomenon as sceptism.

    One could say that, today, what the ancients experienced on the subjective level, we are now seeing play out on the objective level, before our very eyes. Not a postive sign in my humble opinion, no matter how it is interpreted.

76. Scipio Tex said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    Just shut the fuck up.

77. NateHeupel said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    hot wire:

    A lot of NFL coaches loved Loadholt…as a RIGHT tackle. He’s a huge motherf*cker who can eat people alive. Literally.

78. Dennis Franchioni said:

    April 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    I TOLD you people that I know a good QB when I see one. So, STFU and grab me a Little Debbie, my bitches.

79. Ag_in_TX said:

    April 27th, 2009 at 5:01 am

    You know, I got lambasted around the Intrawebs for suggesting last summer that McGee was a better NFL prospect than Harrell. I even told TaylorTRoom (face to face) that I thought McGee had the tools to suceed in the NFL (and he politely nodded while likely thinking “I want some of what he’s smoking”).

    Best of luck to McGee – if nothing else, you have to admit he’s a hard worker and loyal player who will give his best.

80. Ag_in_TX said:

    April 27th, 2009 at 5:05 am

    Oh, and I know we all love to hate all things crimson and cream, but I was PISSED the Cowboys had a chance to take Loadholt in the 2nd and traded it away. I think that kid is going to be a great NFL tackle for many, many years.

81. ponderos said:

    April 27th, 2009 at 5:39 am

    … and Loadholt will be bulldozing the right side to make room for AD, who only needs a sliver of daylight anyway.

82. Vasherized said:

    April 27th, 2009 at 6:37 am

    Except they call holding in the NFL. If Orakpo can abuse him while being held all day (only called once) then Loadhold will have some trouble with seasoned NFL DE’s.

83. Ag_in_TX said:

    April 27th, 2009 at 7:12 am

    2009 NFL Draft (by school – greater than 2):

    Southern Cal 11

    Oregon St. 7
    South Carolina 7
    Ohio St. 7
    Cincinnati 6
    Georgia 6
    LSU 6
    Missouri 6

    Maryland 5
    Rutgers 5
    North Carolina 5
    Texas Christian 5
    Oregon 5
    Penn St. 5

    Georgia Tech 4
    Wake Forest 4
    Connecticut 4
    Alabama 4
    Wisconsin 4
    Clemson 4
    Utah 4
    Texas Tech 4
    Texas 4
    Mississippi 4
    Virginia 4
    Iowa 4
    Pittsburgh 4
    Oklahoma 4

    Hawaii 3
    West Virginia 3
    Auburn 3
    California 3
    Florida 3
    Illinois 3
    Nebraska 3
    San Jose St. 3

    Other notabales:

    Abilene Christian 2
    Michigan 2
    Rice 2
    Texas A&M 2

    Florida State 1
    Miami 1
    West Texas A&M 1
    Notre Dame 1

84. CloseToJumping said:

    April 27th, 2009 at 9:07 am

    I won’t type that I am a wizard, but I do wear a robe and cast spells. I harken us all back to mid-November’s draft post from Scipio at the link below. In all seriousness, some pretty good takes by a lot of folks from a distance of 6 months. That’s not bad.

    Musings On The NFL Draft

85. TaylorTRoom said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 2:57 am

    OK, the 2008 final rankings were (with players drafted in parentheses): 1. Florida(3) 2. Utah(4) 3. USC(11) 4. UT(4) 5. OU(5)

    2009 is shaping up as a banner year for college football.

86. BatesHorn said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    I think it has to be stated plainly: Sam Bradford is a dumb motherfucker.

87. CloseToJumping said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 6:49 am

    BatesHorn–

    I was talking with a buddy this weekend and we were discussing the same notion – Sam Bradford is dumber than a sack of hammers. It isn’t that the guy just looks really stupid, his decisions reinforce that. Wow. If he gets beat up behind a mediocre OL this season, with fewer weapons to throw to, he could have made a $20-40 million mistake.

88. BatesHorn said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 7:10 am

    If I were a GM, honestly, you really have to wonder about his mental horsepower.

    Matt Leinert, Brian Brohm, etc. etc. Being the Number 1 pick vs. the Number 10 pick is a big deal moneywise, especially with the Owners all hopped up to redo the agreement with the union to bring down rookie salaries (something veterans certainly wouldn’t mind)

89. NateHeupel said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 7:16 am

    Bates, why didn’t Colt McCoy go? He’s a year older, and he’s better built to handle being a punching bag for some crap team. He’s more mobile, and he’s more mature. Sam Bradford needs to put on another 10 pounds before he’s NFL ready because he’s a pocket passer who doesn’t have McCoy’s wheels to get out of trouble.

    As little faith as I have in NFL scouting and the draft, I refuse to believe that Colt McCoy would’ve been drafted AFTER Josh Freeman. By the same measure, there’s about zero chance he gets drafted before Bradford and Tebow…which means he’ll be the 3rd QB drafted, just like he would’ve been this year.

    What exactly did Colt McCoy gain by coming back to Austin? The answer is nothing. His physical and mental grasp of the game are both fantastic. He came back to win a title, just like Bradford did. Except he’s got less to gain from an extra year of college, thus Colt McCoy is the dumb motherfucker.

90. BatesHorn said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 7:35 am

    Seriously? Bradford just won the heisman, has a rocket arm, and had a phenomenal season. The sooners graduated half their defense and the entire offense. They aren’t going to challenge for a title next year barring miraculous luck. Bradford could have been the top pick in the draft this year. Now, he’s got a whole season for critics to pick apart his game.

    Colt McCoy had a good season, but he’s got perceived arm strength issues. He’ll never be better than a borderline first round. Freeman was a reach, but he’s got a cannon. Nobody is going to reach for Colt.

91. dick said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    Josh Freeman going where he did this year was inexcusable anyways so him going before Colt this year would have happened and shouldn’t have been a shock. That’s the NFL draft for you.

    I’m not sure the money difference between 2009 late 1st/early 2nd rounder is going to be that large of a difference. The difference for the #1 pick in the draft from 2009 to 2010 is going to probably be enormous ($20M difference?).

    Colt can come back and try to win a title (which he is more likely to do than Bradford), win the Heisman (Bradford already did that) and get a degree that’s worth a shit (that is not an option at OU for Bradford). And live in Austin one more year. Bradford was the only QB in the country that would have had the chance to upgrade going from Norman to Detroit.

    Only a dumb motherfucker would try to compare the dumb motherfuckerness of Bradford to Colt.

92. Wordsmyth said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 7:50 am

    “Only a dumb motherfucker would try to compare the dumb motherfuckerness of Bradford to Colt.”

    Thanks, Dick. I was searching for the just the right words to let Nate know that I was in disagreement..

93. ponderos said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 8:08 am

    THe sooners graduated half their defense and the entire offense.

    You’re gonna stick with that, broham?

94. Facebook User said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 8:16 am

    What exactly did Colt McCoy gain by coming back to Austin?

    As MilkmanDan pointed out, Colt and the Yeti still have a year on their lease so they had to stay.

95. HenryJames said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 8:32 am

    Were they renting from Ely Properties or something?

96. BatesHorn said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 8:53 am

    Sorry, brodog.

    I stand corrected: You only graduated a few defensive players.

    AND four starting offensive lineman. And both starting wide recievers. Yah. I’d come back too….

97. CloseToJumping said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 9:14 am

    I admire the sooner’s ability to just slip in there that McCoy would be drafted behind Tebow. It looks like no one noticed or cared to challenge that piece. So I will.

    If Tebow goes ahead of McCoy in next year’s draft it is due to one of three events occurring:

    1) McCoy has had a devastating injury and his stock goes through the floor.

    2) The fullback position emerges as a hot commodity.

    3) Moses comes down from the mountain, takes over the Chiefs, and God commands him to draft Tebow in the top 5.

98. Matt Leinart said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    I understand where Bradford is coming from with that decision.

99. Brian Brohm said:

    April 28th, 2009 at 10:47 am

    So do I.

100. Bottom Line said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

     Matthew Stafford = 42 mil guaranteed.
     Bradford could go down in history as the only guy who left 42 mil on the table.

101. CloseToJumping said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

     Dave Chappelle disagress, Bottom Line.

102. hot wire said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

     “He came back to win a title, just like Bradford did. Except he’s got less to gain from an extra year of college, thus Colt McCoy is the dumb motherfucker.”

     Yea, and he has a better chance to do so next year, then your most ever BCS loser of a team. Even you must admit that your team, based on its past, record setting shittyness in BCS games, will not be allowed to smell another MNC title shot for at least a few years.

     Colt may have given up a year’s salary and risked, to an extent, an injury to win a MNC title, and that maybe an act of dumbmotherfuckery, but, you see, what you fail to note is that all dumbmotherfuckery is all relative. Colt giving up one year of a long pro career, which will likely still be there, maybe be an act of a dumbass motherfucker, but, given the opportunities and glories which Colt has in front of him, Colt as a dumbass motherfucker is still leagues of a magnitude ahead of an Okie like yourself in the “I am not a dumbass motherfucker department”.

     You see, Nate, dumbass motherfuckery is all relative, and Colt as a dumbass motherfucker is still an exponential Einstein compared to your dumbass motherfucking Okie self and this would still be the case even with you at your motherfucking possible best. Evidently, the theory of relativity has reached everywhere in the world except for, you guessed it, motherfucking Oklahoma, judging from your dumbass motherfucking example….surprise, surprise….why am I not surprised?

     And Bradford needs to put on an extra 10lbs? Give me a motherfucking break. You know how coaches typically lie about players heights, well with Bradford, they lie about his motherfucking weight. He looks as if he is all of 150lbs soaking wet on the field. If it wasn’t for all those pads, he would be exposed as having the physique of a Pee Wee Herman. What Bradford needs to do is to get on that ‘roid program your team is so famous for. It seems he is only one on your team that is clueless in that department.

     Besides, Bradford is over-rated and if he does not have five motherfucking minutes to throw the ball every down, his over-ratedness might be easier for people to see, even for a dumbass motherfucking Okie like yourself.

103. Bottom Line said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

     CTJ:
     I stand corrected. Lunacy, not unlike sheep-rape, extend past Norman and College Station and I should have known that. I apologize for my shortsightedness..

104. NateHeupel said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

     There’s a lot to address here.
     Disclaimer: hot wire has proven previously that she is a complete retard with the IQ and reasoning skills of a Ritalin-addled tweener at a Jonas Brothers concert, and she will be disregarded accordingly.

     CloseToJumping: I went with assumption number 3. If you were a rational man, you would do the same.

     Dick: I’m trying to figure out where you came up with this statement:
     “The difference for the #1 pick in the draft from 2009 to 2010 is going to probably be enormous ($20M difference?).”
     Are you one of those who think the NFL collective bargaining agreement will be changed PRIOR to the 2010 draft?
     “There will be no change in our current (rookie pool) system, at least until 2011,” [NFL Commissioner Roger] Goodell told ESPN on Saturday. “I’ve explained that to some college head coaches, athletic directors and league commissioners. Any underclassman who is hearing differently is probably hearing it from an agent or from another source who is misinformed.”
     That’s why a lot of juniors came back. The new NFL collective bargaining agreement isn’t expected to take effect until after the 2010 draft. So, where exactly are you coming up with the 20 million dollar difference?

     “The sooners graduated half their defense and the entire offense.”
     -OU graduated TWO defensive players. That’s it.
     On offense, OU lost 4 starting OL and 2 starting WRs. OU returns the starting slot WR (Broyles), the best TE in D1 (Gresham), probably the best blocking TE in the conference (Eldridge), two 1000 yard RBs (Murray and Brown), a damn good LT (Trent Williams), and a hell of a QB.

     Last but not least, there’s this interesting piece of analysis.
     http://www.ninersnation.com/2009/4/24/851741/a-statistical-look-at-drafting-qbs
     Because dick is clearly a fucking moron, I’m going to abbreviate it for him.
     1) Lots of college experience as a starter + High completion percentage (60%+) = Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees.
     2) Limited college experience as a starter + High completion percentage = Vince Young, Tim Couch, and Rex Grossman.
     The summary being that QB with extensive experience as starters in college are almost uniformly the best in the NFL.
     Don’t hurt yourself, dick.

     Oh, one more thing…
     “Nobody is going to reach for Colt.”
     Jordan Shipley begs to differ.

105. Jordan Shipley said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

     “Nobody is going to reach for Colt.”

     I beg to differ.

106. BDG said:

     April 28th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

     “Spector wanted to draft Phil Loadholt, as he is a wall of pounds.”

     Well done, sir.

107. Spring Branch Horn said:

     April 29th, 2009 at 5:57 am

     The only reason that Sam Bradford came back is that he wanted to prove that this years team is better than Texas. Last year that wasn’t the case – he and his team got pounded in the second half of the game and Texas won 45-35 and were sprinting at the finish line whereas Sam and his wall of pounds were getting pounded like a …..

108. intellectual type said:

     April 29th, 2009 at 6:24 am

     Nate,

     I’m curious about the status of the new starters on the offensive line for OU. How do you think they will hold up this year compared to last year’s line? Everything I’ve heard thus far has been negative concerning their development but I haven’t spent an inordinate amount of time looking into it. Are you at all worried that OU will struggle offensively in both the running and passing game without consistent line play?

109. hot wire said:

     April 29th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

     “hot wire has proven previously that she is a complete retard with the IQ and reasoning skills of a Ritalin-addled tweener at a Jonas Brothers concert, and she will be disregarded accordingly.”

     Nate, I might be all that you say, but I still know chicken when I see one…cluck, cluck, cluck….and I have seen chicken strutting around with more meat on their legs than your anorexic Bradford. In the NFL, Bradford would get broken into two like a toothpick. I can understand your bias and wishful thinking on the matter, but the fact is, Bradford is as much of a system QB as Harrell was last year.

     Last year, you see how many times Colt finished a game all beat up with dirt and grass stains all over his uni. Did you ever see any of this same evidence of Bradford carrying his team? – Nope. He always finished his games with his uniform as clean as it came from the dry cleaners. Most games he did not even end up with one stain on his uni. Given that, can you really tell me with a straight face that his talent has been truly battle tested on the field. I doubt it. Alot of QB’s can look real good and do what he does, if they don’t have to worry about ever being touched and they have all day to throw.

110. Ag_in_TX said:

     April 30th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

     Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Bragging time here!

     Kestahn Moore (RB, Florida) got signed by the Broncos on a free agent contract!

     http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0g728QZbGQaeF/610x.jpg

     A really good kid who would have benefited from going to a lower profile school and playing more, Kestahn spent his time at Florida buried on the depth chart.

     He will get a shot in Denver where they are clearly planning on rebuilding (they let Selvin Young go today). He is a longshot to make the roster, but is getting a chance. Good for him.

     Kestahn is a 2005 graduate of my son’s high school. He worked out at the fieldhouse with my son and his teammates when he was home and was always gracious and helpful towards all the guys – even though he played in a big time D-1 program, he would jump in and spot guys and give pointers on how to lift more effectively.

     Good luck, Kestahn!

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