It happens almost everywhere and rarely a peep about it is heard.  When that peep turns into a car horn honking more people hear it.  But when the horn honks, just carry on as if it never did.

  Time and time again the NCAA shows signs of absurdness and daftness of disbelief like no other.  Not having a college football playoff system for one is bad enough on it's own.  You mean to tell us that the NCAA could not have at least a four team playoff?  Do you know what the ratings would be for those games?  My new term coined for the NCAA is rediculii.  Rediculii is meaning that they are rediculous on so many levels it is unfathomable.

Second Ohio State had it issues with Troy Smith taking cash and Maurice Clarrett taking anything he could get his hands on.  Is Ohio State on probation or have they had to forfeit games long past? 

Third Reggie Bush's family recieved a great deal on a house amongst a few other things and that is all we heard about it. 

Now the NCAA says Oklahoma must erase its wins from the 2005 season and will lose two scholarships for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years.  OU did an investigation into two players that were kicked off the team last August for being paid for work they had not performed at a Norman car dealership.

At least OU did something about these players.  Ohio State would have had Clarrett come back had he not tried to go pro and Troy Smith stayed as if nothing ever happened.  The Trojans haven't had any reprocussions from the Reggis Bush situation.

Michigan's Fab Five took money and when Michigan did an investigation of itself they ended up losing all the banners from the Big Ten titles and NCAA runner up banners as well.  They also lost future scholarships and TV time.  Both major hits when you want to recruit.

The moral of the stories.  Honesty is the not always the best policy.  Universities quit investigating yourselves.  If the NCAA can't find anything that is thier fault.  What message do they send when a university does this and then they get the hammer thrown down on them?

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Michael huff was intervied on WDFN sports radio in Detroit  yesterday(4/26).  He has drawn the most attention to Detroit Lions fans and is the player of choice by many as well.  A.J. Hawk is the other player many in Detroit want the Lions to draft as well.  Michael Huff would be a great fit for the Lions due to the losses of Andre Goodman and R.W. McQuarters.  He says he has family in the state and would love to play for the Lions.  This is what any team would want from players they draft.  Players who want to actually  play for them.  It would be a nice fit for him as well with all the other Longhorns on the team.  The Lions will need to find defensive backs, linebackers, and offensive lineman.  This Saturday there may be a lot of action on the trade front in the top 15.  If A.J. Hawk is who they want, the Lions might just have him available too.  It will come down to the Green Bay Packers.  The Packers have serious offensive line needs.  If both Huff and Hawk are both there the Lions will trade down a few picks with a team looking to jump in front of Arizona for Jay Cutler.  If that is the case The Lions may have several offers for the number nine pick.

    Bush will go #1 to the Texans

 

     This year in the 2006 Nfl draft it appears that there are more safe picks in round 1 than in years past.  Even with the top five to ten players there seems to be more stability with some of these players.  Reggie Bush will go number one and Mario Williams will go number two.  That may be the way it goes down but, we may have someone other than the New Orleans Saints picking at two.  New Orleans hold a key piece to the puzzle of what will happen in the top ten. 

      The Vikings and Rams have both expressed interest in Detroits pick at number nine to move ahead of Arizona and take Jay Cutler from Vanderbilt.  Detroit is interested in Michael Huff and that will factor in what they will do with the no.9 pick.  They also like Ernie Sims the LB from Florida State.  He has had five concussions and that will be a risk factor for which ever team drafts him.  The upside is that he is compared to Derrick Brooks from Tampa Bay.

     The Jets are rumored to like Matt Leinart, but D'Brickshaw Ferguson may be the safest pick in the entire draft.  Besides the Jets just traded for Patrick Ramsey and already have Chad Pennington.  They need someone to block for these guys is what they really need.  Look for the Jets to take D'Brickshaw Ferguson with their first round pick.

     The Bills appear to be willing to trade out of number eight but maybe they should take Cutler.  I havent exactly seen a Buffalo quarterback light up the league since Jim Kelly.


     There are some good picks that are available outside the top 10 as well.  However the good news for NFL fans. This draft class appears that it will make an impact on tomorrows NFL for the better.  The question is who will be this years Andre Ware and who will be this years Tom Brady.