Open Thread: College Football Prospect-athon

how quick Raji is. I didn’t expect him to be a penetrating type of DT but more of a eat up space an blockers guy. He and Bane would look solid next to each other.

But I’m guessing he’s one of those players that a team either really wants or really doesn’t want, which means that a QB-desperate team might take him around the 8-15 range or a few teams might pass on him and he lasts to the end of the first, maybe even early second round. With the success of Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco, I’d bet he goes earlier than that. Personally, I’m one of those guys that doesn’t want him. It would be interesting to see if we’d trade up for him from the early second to the late first if he were to take a Rodgers/Quinn type fall, which wouldn’t be all that surprising given Urban Meyer’s last highly drafted QB Alex Smith.

I havent been very impressed with Smith at all. He’s getting smoked by the speed rush- bends at his waist and seems to have to reach for rushers. He’s been prety good in run blocking, particularly sealing his man off, but I have yet to see him dominate his man. In fact, he just got owned by the Mike on Florida.

I really like Bama’s center though. Guy is straight up beastly.

And what an arm on Park Wilson

but ASU had 4 defensive TD’s against UCLA, 3 coming on pick 6’s by Craft. He will get his opportunities

and opens rush lanes.

i still don’t think OU’s skill position players are any better than ours.

Chase does look a bit further back.

I think it’s the deepest shotgun you’ll find, along with Texas Tech.

he has to run in this game, but he hates to step up in the pocket; looks panicky

but he’s a bit like Martz in that he’s one of these guys who will call any play in any situation.

Ball security is football 101. Hit the ground. Love Chase, but the offense is all about him. He has to hold on to the ball.

It was all about whether we’d show up offensively, and that hasn’t happened.

I don’t think he’s made a big mistake since then.

I think no matter what he does in the Senior Bowl that’s where he’s gonna be drafted. I kinda think he oughta hope not to get drafted, and try to find the right situation for him as a FA.

They need to get a new coach

Ed Venables has made Dave Christiansen his bitch.

Uggh.

Sigh.

over the past three seasons. Remember, two seasons ago you had Adrian Peterson on this team. When they’re right, nobody hangs with them. I include Florida in that.

BUT, OU seems to need some controversy or some sort of story to play at their absolute best. They come out flat in big games. They weren’t flat against Boise State. That was just a great game they happened to lose. But they came out flat against WVU last year. They played Rodriguez’s spread the same way they played Mizzou, and got blistered.

but that Maclin is a tough kid.

he doesn’t drop anything does he?

He’s a first round talent, and he’s already got a National Championship so he’s got no real reason to stay. He gets injured, a lot, and that’s the only real knock on him, but it’s never major injuries, so nothing that will linger through his career. The best receiver and runningback on his team, he’s a guy who’ll cause an offensive coordinator to rework his playbook to get him as many touches as possible, running and catching (a la Reggie Bush).

That being said, he’d be a reach for where the Hawks will be picking, and probably won’t slide far enough to be taken in the second round. Without trading picks, Harvin will not be wearing a Seattle uni next year.