Drunk's Mock Draft Version 2

With huge shocking announcements from guys staying in school, the 2009 draft has been twisted and turned upside down, so let's take a look.

1. With the perfect season behind them the Lions will look forward to the number 1 pick overall in the '09 draft. In the first mock draft, I said the Lions would be taking Sam Bradford, but with Bradford staying in school, they must look other places. With the first pick in the 2009 draft, the Detroit Lions select......

Andre Smith OT Alabama

2. With the second pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select....

Aaron Curry OLB Wake Forest

With Smith going 1, look for the Rams to trade down or bulk up a young defense for new coach Steve Spagnuola.

3. With the 3rd pick in the 2009 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select...

Aaron Maybin DE Penn St.

A very poor pass rush gave headaches to the Chiefs last season, Maybin is the best pass rusher available at this spot, also look for the Chiefs to trade this pick possibly.

4. With the 4th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks select...

Malcom Jenkins CB Ohio St.

A very thin secondary will have the Seahawks searching for more talent.

5. With the 5th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns select...

Brian Orakpo DE Texas

Orakpo is an absolute monster off the edge, and with the offensive side set up for the next few years, defense is a much needed improvement.

6. With the 6th pick in the NFL Draft, the Cincinatti Bengals select....

Eugene Monroe OT Virginia

Carson Palmer needs some protection, the team could also go defense here, but OT is a big need and they have a stud here.

7. With the 7th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders select....

Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech

With Russell under center, and McFadden behind him, the Raiders need a threat out wide, and Crabtree is one of the best WR to come out in the last few years.

8. With the 8th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars select...

Jason Smith OT Baylor

Another team, another tackle, the Jags are set on defense, and every other spot, why not bulk up the o-line.

9. With the 9th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers select...

Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma St.

A team that underachieved greatly, main need is a TE and if they are not able to take care of it with a trade or free agency, they will take a very talented one here.

10. With the 10th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft the San Francisco 49ers select...

Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri

Niners could go QB or WR here, but with how well Shawn Hill played at the end of the season, the Niners will likely nab a QB later and a playmaker and WR here.

Ricky Henderson....A Man of Many Words

In response to Ricky Henderson being inducted in to the HOF, I will give everyone a little treat....the Top 10 Ricky Henderson quotes and moments of all time:

10. This one happened in Seattle. Rickey struck out and as the next batter was walking past him, he heard Henderson say, “Don’t worry, Rickey, you’re still the best.”
9. A reporter asked Henderson if Ken Caminiti’s estimate that 50 percent of Major League players were taking steroids was accurate. His response was, “Well, Rickey’s not one of them, so that’s 49 percent right there.”
8. In 1996, Henderson’s first season with San Diego, he boarded the team bus and was looking for a seat. Steve Finley said, “You have tenure, sit wherever you want.” Henderson looked at Finley and said, “Ten years? Ricky’s been playing at least 16, 17 years.”
7. Rickey was asked if he had the Garth Brooks album with Friends in Low Places and Henderson said, “Rickey doesn’t have albums. Rickey has CDs.”
6. When he was on the Yankees in the mid-1980s, Henderson told teammates that his condo had such a great view that he could see, “The Entire State Building.”
5. In the late 1980s, the Yankees sent Henderson a six-figure bonus check. After a few months passed, an internal audit revealed the check had not been cashed. Current Yankees GM Brian Cashman – then a low-level nobody with the organization – called Rickey and asked if there was a problem with the check. Henderson said, “I’m just waiting for the money market rates to go up.”
4. Henderson broke Ty Cobb’s career record for runs scored with a home run. After taking his usual 45 seconds or so around the bases, Rickey slid into home plate.
3. To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, “Ricky’s the best,” for several minutes.
2. Moments after breaking Lou Brock’s stolen base record, Henderson told the crowd – with Brock mere feet next to him – “Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today, I am the greatest of all-time.”
1a. A few weeks into Henderson’s stint with the Mariners, he walked up to Olerud at the batting cage and asked him why he wore a batting helmet in the field. Olerud explained that he had an aneurysm at nine years old and he wore the helmet for protection. Legend goes that Henderson said, “Yeah, I used to play with a guy that had the same thing.”Legend also goes that Olerud said, “That was me, Rickey.”Henderson played with Olerud on the Blue Jays and the Mets.
1b. In the last week of his lone season with the Red Sox, Chairman Tom Werner asked Henderson what he would like for his ‘going-away’ gift. Henderson said he wasn’t going anywhere, but he would like owner John Henry’s Mercedes. Werner said it would be tough to get the same make and model in less than a week and Henderson said, “No, I want his car.” Turns out the Sox got Henderson a Red Thunderbird and when he saw it on the field before the last game of the season, Rickey said, “Whose ugly car is on the field?”

Hall of Shame

I'm going to be honest with you, for as much as we talk about football on this site, baseball is easily my favorite sport. I guess I just fall into that nostalgic American Pastime crap where baseball is on the same level as democracy, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is because of this love that I have for the great game of baseball, and the lore that follows it, that I have an absolute disdain for its Hall of Fame.

Monday, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were elected to the Hall of Fame, Henderson on his first year of eligibility, and Rice on his 15th and last.

Here's my issue: Rickey Henderson received a stellar percentage of the vote (94.8 percent), which as you can guess is very high. However, that means that 28 voters, 28 people whose job it is to follow baseball and decide who gets enshrined did not vote for Henderson.

In fact, no one has ever been named unanimously. Pick a name, any name: Ruth, Williams, Mays, Aaron, Gibson, DiMaggio, Mantle - nobody has ever entered unanimously. I'm going to let that settle for a moment.

Someone actually did not vote in Mickey Mantle.

Someone did not vote for then-Home Run King Henry Aaron.

Someone didn't vote for Willy Mays - a person many believe to be the best player ever.

Rickey Henderson is the greatest baserunner and run-scorer of all time, yet 28 people failed to see that.

Granted, he is IN, it's not like he was left out of the Hall, but it certainly doesn't look good for baseball when it's Hall of Fame voters contain people that don;t actually vote for the best players.


(Side Note: How Awesome will Rickey's Hall of Fame speech be? Will he invite Jon Olerud, or does he still not know who he is? Will he grab the mic walk right in front of Lou Brock and tell him he's better again? We'll find out in July)

The Council Has Spoken

With the 2008 College Football season now officially closed for business (minus about a million all star contests), it is our duty - NO! our honor to bring you the opinions of the tribal elders stationed here at Drunk and Boozer. The likes of the ancient elder Smooth-O, Drunk the Brave, and I the great Wolf of the North bring you our picks as to who made their mark in 2008, and a couple sage prophecies as to who will rule 2009:

Wolf Stansson:

Champion:
Utah

Coach of the Year:
Kyle Whittingham

Surprise Team:
Mississippi

Biggest Disappointment:
Auburn

Next Year's Championship:
Texas over Florida

Two Surprises to Spend Time at No.1 in 2009:
Mississippi and Oklahoma State

Drunk:

Champion:
Florida

Coach of the Year:
Pat Fitzgerald

Surprise Team:
Utah

Biggest Disappointment:
Missouri

Next Year's Champion:
Texas

Two Surprises to Spend Time at No.1 in 2009:
Oregon State and Miami

Smooth-O:

Champion:
Florida

Coach of the Year:
Kyle Whittingham

Surprise Team:
Northwestern

Biggest Disappointment:
LSU

Next Year's Championship:
Florida over Texas

Surprises in Top Ten in 2009:
Mississippi and Miami

Therefore in a vote of 2-1 (thus, about as thorough as the BCS) your 2009 National Champion of the Drunk and Boozer poll is:

The University of Florida and head coach Urban Meyer will soon be receiving our much coveted champions certificate, a 30 pack of Natty, 6 tokens to Chuck E Cheese, and a coupon for a dollar off hamburgers at Sonic.

These guys are pumped: