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quote:Originally posted by Satori:
Chris Berman is not very goodas The Swamiat anything
quote:On April 30, 2009, Todd McShay of ESPN offered a prediction of the first round of the 2010 draft. The top of the way-in-advance mock draft was quite similar to what would happen. But McShay predicted Adam Ulatoski of Texas, Ciron Black of LSU, Sergio Render of Virginia Tech and DeMarcus Granger of Oklahoma would be first-round selections. Not only did none of them go in the first round -- none of them was drafted at all.
quote:Three Cheers for Greg Jennings: Last week I objected to NFL players being listed in media guides, and discussed by announcers, by college as if they were all college graduates -- when only about 50 percent of NFL players have walked to "Pomp and Circumstance." I proposed that NFL players be listed in media guides by the highest school from which they graduated, meaning if a player graduated from Hometown High, then attended Enormous State University and left without completing his degree, he would be listed in media guides, and discussed by sportscasters, as a product of Hometown High. This, I supposed, would embarrass players who haven't graduated while conferring distinction on those who have.
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Also I noted that on NBC's "Sunday Night Football," players introduce themselves by school, and about 10 percent cite their high schools. Of these players, I asked, are they "shouting out their home towns -- or being honest?" Reader Scott Berg of Green Bay, Wis., points out this report that Greg Jennings of the Packers has been introducing himself as from Kalamazoo High because he attended Western Michigan but did not graduate. He's been honest with viewers. Late last fall Jennings finally completed his credit hours -- busting his butt to get an A in algebra -- and now has recorded a new NBC intro in which he says, "Greg Jennings, Western Michigan." Congratulations: for being honest, for getting the degree, and for setting a positive example.
