EDSBS LIVE: DRAFTY EDITION
In the wake of the NFL draft, we thought we’d do our own draft-themed show, albeit with a twist: extending the draft not only to college, but to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. (A store now closing forever, something we’d weep over if we ever bought single item at the place. Wait: garbage can, 2002.)
Our four questions for the evening are as follows:
1. Name the player for your team who, once “drafted” by your team, never really panned out. As a Florida fan, our list of signees who came and never blossomed into even the measliest of roses is long and distinguished. However, the pinnacle of disappointment came in a pair of Parade All-Americans destroyed slowly by the “performs best when entering with little talent or ego” Spurrier system: Bobby Sabelhaus and Tim Olmstead, the next Great Distributors in the Fun ‘n Gun who both bombed out of the program before doing so much as throwing a single wobbly fade to the corner.
Olmstead was merely immature, blowing off classes and refusing to learn the playbook before transferring to Vandy where he sat on the bench behind Greg Zolman. (Read that again. If that doesn’t sink in, well, read it again.) Poor Bobby Sabelhaus suffered a worse fate: he got depressed, got bipolar, and then got gone, transferring to West Virginia, and then finally to San Jose State. Just thinking about them makes us emo boy weepy sad.
2. Name the most overrated draft pick from your own school. Gerard “Big Money” Warren. What? The big fat guy who did nothing? Really? Are you interested in drafting my uncle, perhaps? He won’t even ask for a signing bonus, sir and sirrahs. Gerard Warren, on the other hand, will cost you the third pick in the first round of the 2001 draft and ultimately end up playing for the Raiders. (Butch Davis, draft genius, your fingerprints are all over this one.)

He does look intimidating riding off on an injury cart, though.
3. You get to draft a quality you lack into your life. Whatever: more patience, a horn in the middle of your forehead, or even the answer most of you will undoubtedly give, the all-consuming desire to have your huge, pavement dragging dick reduced to a more manageable size. Just answer the question and the puppy doesn’t get harmed.
For the record, we’d draft abs. Never had ‘em, never will. It would be nice to flaunt them for a month, and then bury then under a solid layer of merrily-added beer fat.
4. Draft something foreign into these United States of ours. We want Australia. The whole thing, fangs and all. Failing a continental transfer, we’ll just take its assortment of fanged/poisonous animals, since Florida seems too safe to us these days: no coke wars, no one slaughtering German tourists in Miami for sport, years since a decent hurricane.
Talk to you tonight, which you may do by clicking here or by simply hitting play on the Now Live Widget in the sidebar.












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1. Joe Ayoob
2. Kyle freaking Boller
3. A car that runs on rivalry hatred.
4. Those clicky-clack sign thingies from train stations in Europe, like in that Bourne movie. Put them everywhere. Everywhere.
Comment by Spazzy McGee — April 30, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
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1. Quincy Carter
2. Jonathan Sullivan (seriously, first round pick, was very good his last year at UGA and he does jack and shit in NOLA)
3. Abs that don’t require special diets or working out to maintain (and have that “V” shape on the sides too.
4. Europe’s vacation policies and attitudes towards sex/nudity.
Because we’d all be happier with breasts on tv, less guilt after sex, and more time off.
Comment by Will (the other one) — April 30, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
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Crabapple, while Clarett seems like an obvious choice, he did give us one stellar season and help us win an NC, so I think he showed his potential before freaking out.
I’d have to go with Mike D’Andrea, just ahead of Justin Zwick. Both were 5 stars who never panned out at all, D’Andrea was ranked the top defensive player in the country by some recruiting sources.
Comment by Pants McPants — April 30, 2008 @ 8:27 am
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1. Quincy Carter
2. Quincy Carter
3. I’d like the ability to sucker millions in NFL signing money from teams who see me perform well at a few non-scrimmage football drills at a training combine. See Flacco for an example.
4. I’d like the BBC. Sure we can get BBC America but that’s like getting a BBC’s best-of as picked by someone who despises British television and then putting it on a one year delay.
Comment by Dante — April 30, 2008 @ 7:55 am
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My four answers:
1. Cecil “The Diesel” Collins - He had that breakout game and was part of the first Running Back-By-Commitee regime at LSU. Then he broke his leg and decided that sleepwalking into women’s bedrooms to cuddle would be awesome therapy for him, thus earning him the nickname, “Cuddle Monster”.
2. JaMarcus Russell - the jury is still out on him, and I really hope I’m proven wrong. While he has mad skills, he also has some annoying tendencies that cost LSU some games and almost blew a few others. I still can’t believe he was the top pick in ‘07 (I’m happy a Tiger has reached this plateau, I just can’t believe he was the one to do it).
3. Mind control - anytime, anywhere, anyone. I promise to use this power only for good. There are a few political leaders in this world who deserve to have me alter their thoughts, so we can stop being a world in crisis.
4. Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Jamaica, and Switzerland. Lovely playgrounds, one and all. Simply bolt them on the four corners of this country, plug and play. In lieu of that, I’d like to import the Euro to replace the American Peso, I mean, Dollar. It’s time to go back to having a currency that doesn’t suck when you travel elsewhere (or buy anything here, for that matter).
Comment by Studley — April 30, 2008 @ 6:32 am
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SpookyJuice @ 49, 50 - You missed the best show ever IMO. Lots of sirens, sound effects, and cackling. Holly made a cameo appearance at the end.
Comment by Studley — April 30, 2008 @ 6:03 am
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1. This one is a no brainer, Whitney Lewis. He was the most highly touted recruit of USC’s recruiting clas that included 12 draft picks with 9 1st day picks and one more player who is projected 1st rounder for next year. such as Reggie Bush, Steve Smith, Lendale White etc.. Even a few years down the road after WHitney Lewis was shown to be a bust, you would still have fans clmaoring for the kid. He finally transferred to a 1AA school.
2. Todd Maranovich
3. I would love to have the ability to jus fall asleep anywhere and anytime I wanted to.\
4. This one is a tough one. It is either Sharia law or Brazilian tranny’s. Sucks that you have to choose between the 2.
Comment by MJRuffalo1 — April 30, 2008 @ 12:16 am
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1. Brian Davis….great back couldn’t find the classroom
2. Bob Buczkowski, #24 pick by the Raiders in 1986….was recently arrested for running a drug and prostitution ring.
3. Flying would be cool.
4. Oktoberfest….with the buxom blonde German gals…
Comment by Z — April 29, 2008 @ 11:58 pm