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Crushed in mockery...

2009-12-17T10:24:00.002-07:00

As I try to put the crushing season of the Irish behind me I have decided to give my first mock draft of the season. Order based on predictions for the end of the season...

ROUND 1
1. StL ~ Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame
2. TB ~ Ndmukong Suh DT Nebraska
3. Det ~ Russel Okung OT OSU
4. KC ~ Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma
5. Oak ~ Taylor Mays S USC
6. Wash ~ Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma
7. Buff ~ Trent Williams OT Oklahoma
8. Cle ~ Eric Berry S Tenn
9. Sea ~ Dez Bryant WR OSU
10. SF via Car ~ Joe Haden CB Florida
11. Hou ~ Earl Thomas S Texas
12. Tenn ~ Rolando McClain LB Alabama
13. Jax ~ Brandon Spikes LB Florida
14. Mia ~ Derrick Morgan DE/LB G Tech
15. Pitt ~ Brian Bulaga OT Iowa
16. Den via Chi ~ Terrence Cody NT Alabama
17. Atl ~ Patrick Robinson CB FSU
18. SF ~ Carlos Dunlap DE Florida
19. Dal ~ Sergio Kindle DE/LB Texas
20. NyJ ~ Golden Tate WR Notre Dame
21. Philly ~ Dan Williams DT Tenn
22. Balt ~ Arrelious Benn WR Illinois
23. Arz ~ CJ Spiller RB Clemson
24. Cinncy ~ Jermain Gresham TE Oklahoma
25. NyG ~ Anthony Davis OT Rutgers
26. Minn ~ Sean Witherspoon LB Missouri
27. NE ~ Ricky Sapp LB Clemson
28. GB ~ Corey Wootton DE Northwestern
29. SD ~ Jonathan Dwyer RB G Tech
30. Sea via Den ~ Selvish Capers OT W. Virginia
31. NO ~ Greg Hardy DE/LB Mississippi
32. Indy ~ Marvin Austin DT UNC

ROUND 2
33. Stl ~ Mike Iupati OL Idaho
34. TB ~ Nate Allen S S. Florida
35. Det ~ Brandon Graham DE Michigan
36. KC ~ Aaron Hernanndez TE Flordia
37. Oak ~ Jason Pierre-Paul DE/LB Florida
38. Wash ~ Ciron Black OT LSU
39. Buff ~ Brandon LaFell WR LSU
40. Cle ~ Eric Norwood LB S. Carolina
41. Sea ~ Colt McCoy QB Texas
42. Car ~ Tim Teabow QB Florida
43. Hou ~ Toby Gerhart RB Stanford
44. NE via Tenn ~ Perrish Cox CB Oklahoma
45. NE via Jax ~ Sam Young OT Notre Dame
46. Mia ~ Jahvid Best RB Cal
47. Pitt ~ Jared Odrick DT/DE Penn State
48. TB via Chi ~ Jon Asamoah G Illinois
49. KC via Atl ~ Mardy Gilyard WR Cinncy
50. SF ~ Vladimir Ducasse G U Mass
51. Dal ~ Brandon Ghee CB Wake Forrest
52. NyJ ~ Darrell Stuckey S Kansas
53. Philly ~ Sean Lee LB Penn State
54. Balt ~ George Selvie DE/LB S. FLorida
55. Arz ~ Anthony McCoy TE USC
56. Cinncy ~ Jeremy Williams WR Tulane
57. NyG ~ Arthur Jones DT Syracuse
58. Minn ~ Roger Saffold G Indiana
59. NE ~ Kam Chancellor S Va Tech
60. GB ~ Charles Brown OT USC
61. SD ~ Tony Washington OT ACU
62. Den ~ Kyle Wilson CB Bosie State
63. NO ~ John Jerry G Mississippi
64. Indy ~ Darryl Sharpton LB Miami

Notre Dame wish list...

2009-10-26T11:15:00.002-06:00

Obviously the Irish want to win out, go to as big a bowl game as possible, ink Seantrel Henderson and the monster recruiting class that comes with him. Then little things like talking Jimmy and Golden out of going pro, Cryst from trying to transfer, and talking Teo out of his mission.

However there are a few more things...

BCS #15 Pittsburgh get beat by BCS#23 Notre Dame and then beat BCS #8 Cinncy and BCS #21 West Virgina.

Tulsa to beat BCS #18 Houston.

Hawaii or better yet Nevada to beat BCS #7 Boise State

Utah to beat BCS #6 TCU

BCS #14 Oklahoma State to beat BCS #3 Texas and then lose to Oklahoma

BCS #12 Penn State to beat BCS #4 Iowa but lose to Michigan State and Ohio State

BCS #17 Ohio State to beat BCS #12 Penn State but lose to Michigan

BCS #20 Arizona to beat BCS #10 Oregon and then get throttled by BCS #5 USC

BCS #19 Miami get beat by Southern Florida

BCS #9 LSU beat BCS #2 Alabama and then lose to BCS #25 Ole Miss

BCS #11 Georgia Tech get beat by Georgia

BCS #2 Alabama lose to both BCS #9 LSU and BCS #22 South Carolina or Auburn

BCS #22 South Carolina get beat by Tennessee but the beat #2 Alabama and #1 Florida

It is a long shot but it could happen!

Loss

2009-07-05T15:43:00.004-06:00

The death wave of one public figure after another continues to assault and pummel us and the latest is a 36 year man in the prime of his life.

Ed McMahan seemed to be on my TV my whole life and while I cannot remember details of watching as a youth I know I did.

As I child I have strong memories of being in my peepaw's den, shooting pool. On the wall was the famous poster of Farrah Fawcett with her head lights on and on the radio was Michale Jackson. While I cannot say I am personally damaged because of the loss of either, I can say losing them both on the same day seems to be an ominus conclusion that those younger days are gone.

Karl Malden was an under rated actor good at both villain and hero, I wish more people understood how good he was.

For the most part these deaths were not shocking though. Many of these folks had long standing medical conditions.

Then came the most shocking Steve McNair, a man younger than I am, cut down in his prime. I fondly remember watching games from tiny Alcorn State because ESPN though we had to see this kid. We did, his combination of grit, determination, size, speed, and fire was awesome to behold. I went on to watch his NFL career, even finding myself (a career Packer fan) rooting for the Titans and Ravens with McNair. I will not say McNair was my favorite player but I can say he was close, his fourth and 4 yards "just give me the rock coach, I got this" mentality was contagious and exactly what NFL QBs are supposed to be about.

I will miss Steve McNair and his style of play and I hope his children carry on his legacy. Prayers and wishes to McNairs. Thanks for the picture Mr. Bryne

Rumblings from the Suprachiasmatic nucleus June 3rd

2009-06-03T12:35:00.004-06:00

I have been asked several times for an opinion on the G.O.A.T and several other sports topics, so here we go...

The G.O.A.T ~

1. I still think he was pound for pound the greatest QB to ever play football.

2. Ted Thompson should have handled it better but they should not have risked locking up Rodgers on a swan song.

3. He was outstanding for the Jets until the injury (Oakland game) at which time he should not have been allowed to play any more.

4. His arm is shot and with out surgery it will not be ready in time to play in 2009 - 2010 season.

5. The media needs to leave this alone.

6. I had a Majic Man poster on the wall before Favre took over and my cheese head is still a cheese head, and while some Jets stream might have been allowed pig tails are not.

End of that talk.

Better questions?

1. Why the hell is the Williams wall not suspended yet? I will enjoy seeing the Vikes go 0 and 4 when the wall is out, just wish it would happen already.

2. Why the hell do we need corporate sponsored practice jerseys in the NFL? NFL owners basically have a key to the US treasury, to get money whenever they want. why whore out the retail space on a players back.

3. If teams do sell the pack of a player’s jersey would the Browns get more for Shaun Rodgers back than Josh Cribbs’? :)

Crew Chief Talk?

I do not want to say anything bad about Tony Eury Jr., he and Dale were to close and each talked the other into doing things that hurt the performance on the track. The change was over due and I am glad to see it. However it will all be for naught if the new chief does not have the balls or freedom to tell Dale "I will set it up, you shut up and drive it”. It cannot get worse so why not right?

4/3 or 3/4?

Most of you that know me and have read any of my stuff know I am a BIG HUGE fan of the flexibility of the 3/4 defense. Even when you use it as a 4/3.
I wanted Green Bay to convert to the 3/4 nine years ago. I firmly believe if they had the afore mentioned G.O.A.T would have more than one Super Bowl ring.
KGB would not only be the all time leading sack leader for the Packers but probably still able to play at the NFL level.
The packers roster has been screaming 3/4 for years.
Quick undersized DTs give up the run in the 4/3 but become run stuffing DEs in the 3/4.
Quick coverage LBs like Barnett roam around and make plays at an alarming rate in the 3/4.
Versatile athletes like DE/LB Kampman (a college LB), LB Poppinga (a college DE), and SS Rouse (a college LB and CB) get to rotate about, stand up, put a hand down, and drive QBs nuts with their pre snap reads.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the packers moving to the 3/4. I loved it before they added BJ Raji (the 2nd coming of Shaun Rodgers) and Clay Matthews (Kevin Greene 2) but adding these two monsters makes it so much better.

What about you guys what do you want to hear rumbled on?

Getting my Etta James on!

2009-05-18T09:20:00.003-06:00

"At last my love has come along

my lonely days over and life is like a song

Ooh, yeah, yeah

At last the skies above are blue

My heart was wrapped up in clover

the night I looked at you "

Finally it has happened, the nightmare that was Tony Kornheiser is no longer going to befoul Monday Night Football. His fear of flying finally getting the better of him Tony K announces he will not return to the TV staple.

As if that news was not good enough, ESPN announces they will replace the King of the stupid bomb with the King of the F bomb.

That is right legendary curse master Jon "Chucky" Gruden will join the three man team on Monday Nights!

"This is a tremendous opportunity and I am very excited to be associated with ESPN and Monday Night Football," Gruden said in a statement released by ESPN. "I grew up a fan of Monday Night Football, and whether I've coached on Monday night or watched, I've hardly missed a game all these years. "To join Mike and Jaws in the booth and to work alongside this top-notch team is going to be a real thrill."

Now I am sure we can all agree this is a short lived gig. Gruden will no doubt go back to collecting QBs on the sideline either in the Pros (Philly, Cinncy) or in college (Notre Dame) but for this season he will bring his big boy vocabulary and little boy hair cut to the booth!

As for Kornheiser, unfortunately he will continue to spare up the sports universe with his existence on Pardon the interruption, but that show is so easy to ignore I will not even know it. More important is the fact that the 65 pound putz whose football knowledge extends as far as the jocks he sniffed in junior high school and the jocks who administered swirly to him every WED, is gone and never again do we have to experience him sparing us to death during God's gift to humanity football.

Happy days are here again!

Prayers

2009-05-14T14:20:00.005-06:00

At all times we each have something or someone to pray for. I assume each of you, like me do that praying in your own way and feel uncomfortable putting your burdens on others.

Some where Mark Herlich is doing the same thing. Herzlich is a 6'4 240 pound wrecking ball All American LB. With 110 tackles, six interceptions, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries last year on the way to being named the ACC defensive player of the year. No small feat when you consider one of the men he beat out, defensive teamate BJ Raji, went #9 overall.

He seeks and destroys ball carriers, quarterbacks, and all things offensive on the football field. A projected first rounder in next years draft, Herlich was considered a top 45 player in this years draft had he declared.

Today it was announced that Herlich has Ewing's sarcoma, a cancer found in soft tissue and bone. The rough and tumble LB known for his war painted face (as emmulated by EO Jr in flag football) and 410% motor is not going quietly however...

"Obviously, I was shocked. I had been extremely focused on preparing for my senior season at Boston College and for life beyond that. Now, I must channel all that energy into facing my toughest opponent yet, and that is exactly what I will do," Herzlich said in a statement released by the school.

Nor is Herlich ready to give up his football days...

"At this point, I do not know what this means for my football future, but I am determined to rid my body of this disease so that I can put that uniform back on," he said. "Thank you in advance for your prayers and concern. Together, we will fight this and win."

Obviously football is not the priority any more and to see a awesome physical specimen like Herzlich struck with a disease like this puts life into perspective for all of us, but it is good to see his fire and drive alive. That passion maybe what it takes for him to win the biggest battle of his life.

I for one will be adding Herzlich to my prayer list and I hope anyone that reads this also has room. I too will pray for the rest of my list and for each of your list.

Random, randomness

2009-04-29T12:06:00.004-06:00

Needless to say the 2009 edition of EO's mock draft was a failed bit. I lacked the courage of my convictions at #3, I knew KC wanted Tyson Jackson. I knew Tyson Jackson was the best pick for their depth chart, I just did not believe that they would pull the trigger there.

With out question once the train left the rails at #3, it was impossible to get it back on track.

So with the bar set so HIGH with that mock and the fact I refuse to issue meanignless draft grades (Packers GREAT / Raiders HORRIBLE) lets try a random mock of next years 2010 draft. *order determined by projection of records conduction in a highly scientific way I invented, called guesstimation...

Oakland ~ Taylor Mays 6'3 230 S USC

Detroit ~ Russell Okung 6'5 300 OT Oklahoma State

Cinncy ~ Terrence Cody 6'5 360 DT Alabama

St Louis ~ Sam Bradford 6'4 218 QB Oklahoma

Kansas City ~ Greg Hardy 6'4 265 OLB Mississippi

Arizona ~ Jermaine Gresham 6'6 262 TE Oklahoma

Buffalo ~ Brandon Spikes 6'5 247 LB Florida

Carolina ~ Brandon LaFell 6'3 210 WR LSU

Seattle ~ Trent Williams 6'5 310 OT Oklahoma

Jacksonville ~ Tim Teabow 6'3 240 QB Florida

New York Jets ~ George Selvie 6'4 252 DE/OLB S. Florida

Minnesota ~ Colt McCoy 6'3 216 QB Texas

Atlanta ~ Sergio Kindle 6'4 254 OLB Texas

Miami ~ Ciron Black 6'5 330 OT LSU

Tampa Bay ~ Trevard Linely 6'0 180 CB Kentucky

Washington ~ Ndamukung Suh 6'4 305 DT Nebraska

Chicago ~ Antonio Coleman 6'2 252 LB Auburn

Tennessee ~ Adam Ulatoski 6'8 310 OT Texas

Baltimore ~ Joe McKnight 6'0 200 RB USC

Denver ~ DeMarcus Granger 6'3 305 DT Oklahoma

Cleveland ~ Sam Young 6'8 330 OT Notre Dame

New Orleans ~ Mark Herzlich 6'4 238 LB Boston College

Dallas ~ Brandon Lang 6'4 250 DE/OLB Troy

Houston ~ CJ Spiller 5'11 195 RB Clemson

San Fran ~ Everson Griffen 6'3 265 DE/OLB USC

Philly ~ Lawerence Marsh 6'5 305 DT Florida

Green Bay ~ Carlos Dunlap 6'6 285 DE Florida

San Diego ~ Sean Witherspoon 6'1 235 LB Missouri

Indy ~ Bryan Bulaga 6'6 304 OT Iowa

Pitt ~ Greg Romeus 6'5 265 DE Pitt

New England ~ Gerald McCoy 6'4 295 DT/DE Oklahoma

New York Giants ~ Ras I Dowling 6'2 200 CB Virgina

2009 Mock Draft

2009-04-24T22:01:00.006-06:00

Here it is just short of 16 hours early...

Round 1

Detroit Lions ~ Matt Stafford QB Georgia
St. Louis Rams ~ Justin Smith OT Baylor
Kansas City Chiefs ~ Eugene Munroe OT Virgina
Seattle Seahawks ~ Aaron Curry LB Wak Forrest
Cleveland Browns ~ Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech
Cinncy Bengals ~ Andre Smith OT Alabama
Oakland Raiders ~ Darius Heyward Bey WR Maryland
Jacksonville Jaguars ~ BJ Raji DT Boston College
Green Bay Packers ~ ** Denver Broncos ** Matt Sanchez QB USC
San Fransico 49ers ~ Brian Orakpo DE/OLB Texas
Buffalo Bills ~ Michael Oher OT Mississippi
Denver Broncos ~ Tyson Jackson DE LSU
Washington Redskins ~ Aaron Maybin DE Penn State
New Orleans Saints ~ Rey Maualuga LB USC
Houston Texans ~ Brian Cushing LB USC
San Diego Chargers ~ Robert Ayers DE Tennessee
New York Jets ~ Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri
Denver Broncos ~ ** Green Bay Packers ** Malcom Jenkins CB Ohio State
Tampa Bay Bucaneers ~ Everette Brown DE/OLB Florida State
Detroit Lions ~ Eben Britton OT Arizona
Philadelphia Eagles ~ Branden Pettigrew TE Oklahoma State
Minnesota Vikings ~ Percy Harvin WR Florida
New England Patriots ~ Clay Mathews LB USC
Atlanta Falcons ~ Peria Jerry DT Mississippi
Miami Dolphins ~ Vonte Davis CB Illinois
Baltimore Ravens ~ Darius Butler CB UConn
Indianapolis Colts ~ Chris Wells RB Ohio State
Buffalo Bills ~ Michael Johnson DE Georgia Tech
New York Giants ~ Kenny Britt WR Rutgers
Tennessee Titans ~ Evander Hood DT Missouri
Arizona Cardinals ~ Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia
Pittsburgh Steelers ~ Max Unger G/C Oregon

Round 2

Detroit Lions ~ James Laurinatis LB Ohio State
New England Patriots ~ Louis Delmas S Western Michigan
St. Louis Rams ~ Josh Freeman QB Kansas St
Cleveland Browns ~ Larry English DE/OLB Northern Illinois
Seattle Seahawks ~ William Beaty OT UConn
Cinncy Bengals ~ Sen Derrick Marks DT Auburn
Jacksonville Jaguars ~ Clint Sintim LB Virgina
Oakland Raiders ~ Phil Loadholt OT Oklahoma
Green Bay Packers ~ Alex Mack C California
Buffalo Bills ~ Donald Brown RB UConn
San Fransico ~ Jamon Meredith OT South Carolina
Miami Dolphins ~ Hakeem Nicks WR North Carolina
New York Giants ~ Eric Wood C/G Louisville
Houston Texans ~ Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forrest
New England Patriots ~ Lawrence Sidbury DE/OLB Richmond
Denver Bronocs ~ ** Green Bay ** Ron Brace DT Boston College
Chicago Bears ~ Duke Robinson G Oklahoma
Cleveland Browns ~ Patrick Chung S Oregon
Dallas Cowboys ~ Shaun Smith CB/S Utah
New York Jets ~ William Moore S Missouri
Philadelphia Eagles ~ Rashad Jennings RB Liberty
Minnesota Vikings ~ Alex Magee DT Purdue
Atlanta Falcons ~ Marcus Freeman LB Ohio State
Miami Dolphins ~ Connor Barwin OLB Cinncinatti
Baltimore Ravens ~ Jonathan Luguis C/G Arkansas
New England Patriots~ LeShon McCoy RB Pittsburgh
Carolina Panthers ~ Rashad Johnson S Alabama
New York Giants ~ Jared Cook TE South Carolina
Indianapolis Colts ~ Juaquin Iglesias WR Oklahoma
Tennesse Titans ~ DJ Moore CB Vanderbilt
Arizona Cardinals ~ Andy Levitre G Oregon State
Pittsburgh Steelers ~ Mike Mickens CB Cinncinatti

2009-04-06T13:49:00.004-06:00

Can the Irish return to prominence, is there talent in Charlie Weis or is he just the lucky benefactor of two men named Brady?

Tom Brady certainly helped Charlie Weis in the NFL and helped get him to Notre Dame.

Brady Quinn put big Charlie on his back and helped him get that fat new contract.

Now in a land without a Brady, can Charlie prove his worth?

Enter Jimmy Clausen, a loud, pompous, some times obnoxious blonde bomber from sunny California. Like Quinn, Clausen got to the field early in his Irish career. Clausen also took Quinn’s lead in rewriting the record books. Now is the important thing, as a junior can Clausen again be like Quinn and take a HUGE step forward.

I wanted to compare Clausen to Quinn, but also other QBs.

First find the standard, attempts and INTs seemed to be the key to efficiency but would that prove out?

Easiest way to start was with NFL Hall of Famers right?

Elway .031
Montana .025
Marino .030
S Young .025
Aikman .029

.03 looks good, but is that just extreme greatness or good ole boy syndrome? So I sought some current QBs…

Favre .033
P. Manning .027
Brady .037

OK so .03 looks like a ratio to predict greatness in the NFL right?

So how about great college QBs?

Peyton Manning .024 for his career at Tennessee
Brett Favre .028 for his career at Southern Miss

Eli Manning .027 for his career at Ole Miss
Matt Ryan .027 for his career at Boston College

This year’s crop?

Matt Stafford .033 career at Georgia
Mark Sanchez .032 career at USC

and if talking college QBs, the best I ever saw Brady Quinn (his ratio is wicked SICK)

Sophomore .028
Junior .015
Senior .014

NOW just how does Jimmy Clausen stack up???

Sophomore .038
Career .033

The IRISH seem to be in good hands with Clausen, and if Clausen takes the Quinn like mega step from SOPH to JR, they could be in for something special, because unlike Quinn before him Clausen is surrounded with some very good talent.

RANT on Cook!

2009-04-01T10:02:00.004-06:00

They did want him. They did not want him.

He did want them. He did not want them.

Now his agent is on the phone with the Jets and Eric Mangini?

Sounds vaguely familiar to a nightmare I had last year.

This time however it is not a messy divorce between my all time favorite player and my favorite team. The 2009 version has Jay Cutler and the Denver Broncos nearing the precipice of irreconcilable differences in an out of control vehicle. Like the 2008 story the driver is still Bus Cook.

Almost like an overly protective father ready to beat up his son in law that might look at the pretty girl in the corner, Cook seems to turn to melt down mode whenever a team cast wondering eyes on another.

When Ted Thompson (a pretty good GM despite his one way ticket to hell for mishandling Green Bay’s GOAT) turned his eyes to Aaron Rodgers Cook went nuts. When he started making comments to ESPN about Favre not being done, and not retiring it was the first step in Cook's beat up of Green Bay.

Never mind the fact Cook was making money for his client (and himself mind you) off retirement gigs and the Madden “Favre Retirement Edition”, no he would not have his client done that way.

Cook finally convinced a Mississippi farm boy to move to New York?, because he was sure Favre still wanted to play. Never mind the fact Favre was happy in retirement, hates big cities, and was in no shape to begin a season.

While it was never said aloud; the fact that Cooks final Favre big pay day only came after Favre meet the roster date that triggered his final bonus, and had Favre not played Cook would have missed those dollars. Cooks contract also calls for him to get a % of the player part of jerseys sales. So the surge in Brett Favre Jets (like the one EO Jr. wanted and got for Christmas) jerseys and final edition Brett Favre Packers jerseys netted Cook a nice piece of change too.

So what to do in 2009 for Bus Cook; Favre is really going to Mississippi to ride his tractor (albeit with a permanently damaged right bicep), jersey sales are down, and Cook's out of touch reputation is hurting him attracting incoming rookies.

Well heck, it worked last year and Denver did look at that kid from New England uhm…

Now Cook is talking to whom; the Jets and Eric Mangini with Tampa Bay, and the threat of the NFC North’s 3 headed QB vacuums thrown in to raise the pot. The fact Mangini is now in a new city all the better right. New York sells jerseys Pennington, Favre, and Eli Manning have proved that. Cleveland? Well Brady Quinn was not even a starter when his jersey sales cracked the top 10 in the NFL.

Cutler is getting bad advice; the new offense that Denver will run is tailored to make the QB fame and fortune. Ask Drew Bledsoe, Tom Brady, Matt Cassel, hell ask Brady Quinn, and future NFL millionaire Jimmy Clausen. Forcing his way out of Denver to the vanilla offense of the Jets or Buccaneers is not conducive to Cutler making pro bowls or money. The only person that stands to gain is Bus Cook.

Sure, I am bitter about Cook forcing the divorce between Favre and Green Bay.

Sure, Cook cost me money with EO Jr’s 6th birthday present (a Cutler away jersey) and his 2008 Christmas present (the afore mentioned Favre Jets Green), but I am not just sour grapping here. Bus Cook is making a mockery of being a sports agent, to the point even that I now rank him as the #1 most evil agent in football and the #2 most evil agent in sports (in front of Drew Rosenhaus, who actually does take care of his clients needs and behind Scott Boras on the evil agent scale). The NFL needs to step in and prevent these bad recipes being served up from the kitchen of Bus Cook.

Rampant speculation on where Cutler will end up is a good topic for another post so I will defer, (duh the Jets) but I can say this Scott Boras might need to look out if Cutler ends up in Cleveland and thus cost me money on EO Jr’s 2007 Christmas present (a Quinn Cleveland Brown).

Baseball Ramblings

2009-03-27T12:25:00.005-06:00

As the days grow warmer and the sunlight flickers over the horizon it is nearly time for baseball.

Which means it is time to look at fantasy players.

My mind is set on position tiers being the tie breaker on whom to draft, and when. As such I give you my Top 100 for draft day...

Hanley Ramirez SS

Jose Reyes SS

David Wright 3rd

Albert Pujols 1st

Mark Teixeria 1st

Ryan Howard 1st

Ryan Braun OF

CC Sabathia SP

Grady Sizemore OF

Johan Santana SP

Tim Lincecum SP

Josh Hamilton OF

Ian Kinslar 2B

Chase Utely 2B

Prince Fielder 1B

Miguel Cabera 1B

Justin Morneau 1B

Brandon Webb SP

Evan Longoria 3B

Matt Holliday OF

Jimmy Rollins SS

Roy Halladay SP

Carlos Quentin OF

Lance Berkman 1B

Jake Peavy SP

Cole Hamels SP

Dustin Pedoria 2B

AJ Burnett SP

Alex Rodriquez 3B

Carlos Beltran OF

Manny Ramirez OF

Dan Haren SP

Nick Markasis OF

Aramis Ramirez 3B

Josh Beckett SP

Alfonso Soriano OF

Edison Volquez SP

Brandon Phillips 2B

Carlos Lee OF

Scott Kazmir SP

Kevin Youkilis 1B

Brian McCann C

Dan Uggla 2B

Roy Oswalt SP

John Lackey SP

Corey Hart OF

Curtis Granderson OF

Daisuke Matsuzaka SP

Adam Dunn OF

Vladimir Guerrero OF

Chad Billingsly SP

Brian Roberts 2B

Ichiro Suzuki OF

Nate McClouth OF

Cliff Lee SP

Jon Lester SP

Chris Davis 1B

Fransico Liriano SP

Fleix Hernandez

Alexei Ramirez 2B

Adrain Gonzales 1B

Alex Rios OF

BJ Upton 1B

Carlos Zambrano SP

Russel Martin C

Geovany Soto C

Magglio Ordonez OF

Joe Mauer C

Stephen Drew SS

Carl Crawford OF

Jay Bruce OF

Justin Verlander SP

James Shields SP

Chien-Ming Wang SP

Victor Martinez C

Bobby Abreu OF

Jacoby Ellsbury OF

Adam Wainwright SP

Derek Jeter SS

Rich Harden SP

Pat Burrell OF

Joey Votto 1B

Vernon Wells OF

Chris Young OF

James Loney 1B

Aubrey Huff 1B

Ryan Ludwick OF

Ervin Santana SP

Ryan Dempster SP

Matt Kemp OF

Joba Chamberlain SP

Yvoani Gallardo SP

Brett Myers SP

Shane Victorino OF

Carlos Delgado 1B

Troy Tulowitski SS

JJ Hardy SS

Ryan Zimmerman 3B

Ricky Nolasco SP

Nelson Cruz OF

relaunch

2009-03-27T11:42:00.001-06:00

ASK EO is coming back

look for new post coming soon!

In long search of a place to call home...

2005-03-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

I have long been searching for a place free of drive by post, posters hunting arguements, and no intelligent sports conversation. Maybe this is the place? Welcome to ask EO hope you enjoy your stay.