Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Early defections.....surprising returners....and the like

The 2 biggest stories of the day (to me)....
  • Sam Bradford, Heisman trophy winner and lock top-10 pick,....stays in school? I didn't see that coming...McShay, Kiper, and the boys were already penciling him in and I can't see why he's coming back....but I couldn't see why Matt Leinart came back and it cost him 10 spots in the draft....It could do the same thing to Bradford....
  • Marc Sanchez leaves for the NFL....Um, why wouldn't he now? Once Bradford decided to return...Sanchez is now the lock to be the #2 QB taken (i.e. early to mid 1st round) and his stock rises without doing a single thing....Can Mitch Mustain actually make a start at USC? lol My money's on the freshman Matt Barkley beating him out and ensuring Mustain as the biggest bust in recent memory coming out of high school (INCLUDING Rhett Bomar who actually will be drafted semi-high in the draft after relocating to Sam Houston State)

Other stuff....

  • The Cowboys talking about the possible release of TO....well in many people's eyes (including my own), this is about 6 weeks too late....Too much distraction and not enough performance anymore to warrant it....but the downside is...they gave up an absolutely ludicrous amount to get Roy Williams and he was basically a below-average 3rd option for the entire rest of the season.....yikes
  • Um...Jodie Meeks had FIFTY-FOUR (54!) points last night for Kentucky....in a regulation college basketball game...needless to say they won comfortably but any time you break a record held by Dan Issel at Kentucky....that's alot....Last guy I remember (and later confirmed via a search) that hung this many points in a Major Conference was Eddie House dropping 61 at Arizona State almost a decade ago....That's a long time
  • Acie Law, Solomon Jones, Maurice Evans, Flip Murray, and Marvin Williams....that was a 5 that played together for the Hawks in competitive minutes last night....somebody line me up against the wall and end it....please
  • Quick, who is the guy NOT named Lebron, Kobe or Dwyane that is averaging a 4th in the league 26.5 points per game? Answer: DANNY GRANGER....please talk about him amongst yourselves...I can only do so much begging...
  • Brook Lopez has exploded as well...bringing up Lopez/Oden debates......I'll take Lopez from what I've seen so far....and thats not a rash choice....
  • I need somebody....in the media, a casual observer, ANYBODY...to tell me how it's even conceivable that Orlando can have a better record than Boston and be only 0.5 games behind Cleveland after half the year....They have no bench....I get that Jameer Nelson is playing out his mind, they have forwards that pour it in, and Dwight is a man-child.....Oh wait...that's enough now? Oh....I thought you needed a bench....they'll wear down....
  • No more talk (for now) of Kevin Durant's team breaking the loss record....6-33 isn't gonna do it...they're only 2 games behind Washington (ding, ding, ding) for the worst record in the Association....

Okay, enough for now...stay tuned

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