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.
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1. Albert Means probation. Ugh. You’d think $150 K would buy a decent defensive tackle, but noooo. Fuck. My brother was at Bama when he reported freshman year at a scat 375 lbs. Apparently, his mother religiously followed the menu they gave him to “train” on, only she DEEP FRIED EVERYTHING.
2. Paging Keith McCants… Which of these is not like the other ones: Cornelius Bennet, Derrick Thomas, Keith McCants?
3. The ability to dunk a basketball. Imagine the shock and surprise on the court as a 6′, 260 lbs white guy rocks the rim.
4. 45.8 BB barrels of high-grade crude oil. In my backyard.
Comment by hawkeye — April 29, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
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1. Brock Berlin
2. gotta agree with you on Gerard Warren…we haven’t had many sure-fire NFL team-changers (think Peyton Manning) period, much less ones who have been busts
3. a sweet, unkempt ’stache
4. When my brother was in Iraq, he said the people would fire guns into the air to celebrate everything (weddings, national soccer team winning, Uday and Qusay getting killed, etc.). I’d like to see the same kind of firearm-related exuberance around here.
Comment by PW — April 29, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
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This was tough-
1) Gotta go with Ryan Mallett, only because of the hype, and then the flameout/transfer. Sure, it might be early, but I’ve already judged.
2) David Terrell. Man, I thought he was going to succeed.
3) I’ll take hyper-metabolism. Eat what I want, and then have it burn off.
4) For the US? The Soviet Union’s state-sponsored atheism. Enough, Jebus freaks.
Comment by Snowflake the Dog — April 29, 2008 @ 3:44 pm
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1. Quincy Carter.
2. Quincy Carter.
3. Run a sub 4 minute mile and have indestructible internal organs.
4. All the world’s oil and beef cattle. Then I could drive my F-150 every day without guilt and eat steaks everyday without breaking the bank.
Comment by UgasTexan — April 29, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
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For the Fightin Irish
There are many highly rated guys that didn’t pan out, the one I would choose is Ron Powlus. He didn’t win either Heisman predicted for him. In fairness, to have met expectations, he would have had to heal cripples at halftime. He did have a solid career though so I am not sure it is fair to him. Is it possible to hold all the passing records and have not panned out? Nice guy as well. If not him, Mike McNair. Who? Exactly.
Rick Mirer. Stil surprises me he did as poorly in the NFL.
I would like the ability to finish a marathon in under 4 hours.
From the outside world, Canada. It would be ours already if Benedict Arnold had been a better general before he became a traitor, we just let them think they are on their own. Now even their dollar and ours are interchangeable.
Comment by Vairish84 — April 29, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
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1. Maurice Clarrett. One season where he was injured in all or part of 5 games, 1200+ yards and the future looked bright. Wonder whatever happened to him….
2. Andy Katzenmoyer, drafted by the Pats, hurt his neck and no more football. Tom Cousineau was the #1 pick for Buffalo way back and didn’t pan out too well either.
3. Can I have my youth back?
4. Australia got the criminals while we got the puritans. They know they got the better part of that deal. They also speak english, so I say make them the 51st state.
Comment by Crabapple Buck — April 29, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
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dunno about the unqualified australia pick there, orson. it means you gotta take pauline hanson as well. in fact, i’m surprised you didn’t choose to impart our future gringo generations with an infusion of the highest quality latino bunda south of the darien gap.
Comment by kleph — April 29, 2008 @ 3:21 pm
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1. I’m probably being unfair here, but Emmanuel Moody’s quit and transfer act when he couldn’t beat out a myriad of tailbacks last season rings in my head. The sad thing is that he probably would have seen plenty of time in the Trojan backfield in 2007 given the nagging injuries.
2. Mike Williams. Of course, it doesn’t help being drafted by Matt Millen to play in Detroit, but eating yourself up to makeshift tight end and then drummed out after a very short tenure with the Raiders….oof.
3. Abs would be nice, but I’m going to go with visual art ability. I’d like to be able to draw and paint well.
4. European socialized health care (although all suggestions offered before this one are very well thought out.)
Comment by Signal to Noise — April 29, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
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1) Brent Rawls: Highly touted recruit from Evangel Christian. In Spring 2001 he Stood up in his church to declare his allegiance to the Sooners. Hybl was giong to babysit the offense for a year and then hand over the reins to Rawls.
In fall 2001 he got drunk, fell out of the back of a pickup truck and brained himself on the curb. As soon as he recovered, he broke his hand in practice making a tackle after and interception. He never played a down at OU.
2) Hmmm.. I’d have to go with the injury plagued Rocky Calmus. He’s still got a chance to turn it around, but I just don’t see it happening.
3) I draft the ability to dunk… I’ve always wanted to do that.
4) I draft a viable energy policy. Either that or the pyramids, which are totally awesome.
Comment by CincySooner — April 29, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
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Orson, I could be wrong but I believe it is Linens n Things which will be closing. I know this is a bit nit picky since they’re essentially the same store, but retail real estate is (unfortunately) something I know too much about…
Comment by AllWhoYonder — April 29, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
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“After going through spring practice before the 1999 season, Olmstead decided to leave. He’s now at Vanderbilt, backing up starter Greg Zolman. So far his biggest contribution has been tipping defensive players to UF’s audible calls, which frustrated the Gators and helped Vandy stay close in last year’s 13-6 loss to UF at the Swamp.”
Class move, Olmstead. Fucking fuck.
Comment by NativeSon — April 29, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
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1- Anthony Morelli and Austin Scott - Yes, that was a scout rated 5 star backfield we trouted out this year.
2- Courtney Brown, Curtis Enis, Blair Thomas, Kijana Carter, Lavar Arrington I could probably go on.
3- I’d like the ability to feel, appear and smell as if I’d just showered but never have to.
4- “Siesta”
Comment by DanF — April 29, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
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1. I’ll see your Bobby Sabelhous and raise you a Steve Shipp.
2. Gerard Warren? Bleh. He’s got nothing on Huey Richardson. Richardson was a first round pick, was not injured in any way, and DID NOT REGISTER A TACKLE OR MEASURABLE STATISTIC in the NFL. He played exactly 5 games for Pittsburgh before being traded for a 7th round pick, and then despite playing several more games for the Redskins and Jets, had no statistics. None.
3. A short game.
4. Absinthe. The real stuff.
Comment by Brian O'Blivion — April 29, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
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1. Most recently, T.J. Williams. We thought we got a steal from Auburn, when it turned out the kid just liked to steal.
2. It’s sad when Tony Mandarich is your school’s 2nd biggest bust of all time, with the first spot taken by Charles Rogers. I should’ve seen the trouble back when the big “When there’s Smoke…there’s Fire” poster adorned Spartan Stadium. Three months later, Smoker was in rehab, Bobby Williams was gone, the onset of the John L. era was upon us, and Rogers began his 4-week career in the NFL next September.
3. Slightly less bushy eyebrows. Although my job has a Eugene Levy impersonator has never been more booming (which is to say, I’ve finally gotten a hit on Craig’s List).
4. I will take Brazil’s Carneval. I know the abundance of bunda might shut down EDSBS, but I all think it’s a risk we’re willing to take.
Comment by Ground0EastLansing — April 29, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
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1. Name the player for your team who, once “drafted” by your team, never really panned out.
Chris Bell. Five star WR, four time Va. high hurdle champ, size and speed. Just couldn’t keep from threatening to stab his teammates. Of course, who of us hasn’t been there?
2. Name the most overrated draft pick from your own school.
God, this is painful because he is the nicest guy in the world: Blair Thomas. Just couldn’t cut it in the NFL for some reason. Couldn’t seem to duplicate the way he made I-A defenses jiggle to the ground in piles of steaming gelatin when he ran by them.
3. You get to draft a quality you lack into your life.
Better hair.
4. Draft something foreign into these United States of ours.
One word: POUTINE!
Comment by immikfefazz — April 29, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
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Being a Florida fan as well, I will answer without being redundant:
1. In recent years, Markus Manson is the best I can come up with. It was supposed to be a big coup getting him out of Alabama, but it got so bad for him that he got moved from 4th string RB (where UF had nothing last year) to 4th string secondary secondary (’nuff said).
2. I’ll go with Steve Spurrier, drafted #3 overall in 1967. The #4 overall pick? Hall of fame QB Bob Griese.
3. I’ve always wanted an office on the moon. It’d be nice and quiet with no one to bother me. Only catch: insane lag on the Internet connection.
4. The Nintendo Corporation. That’d be worth another 10% on the GDP right about now.
Comment by Dave — April 29, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
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Since, I’m not likely to make it for the show…
1) Gary Brashears. Parade All American QB who transferred out of Arkansas after a year and a half under Nutt and headed to Tulsa. Then he left Tulsa.
2) Matt Jones. That pains me to no end. But Matt has certainly not justified being a first round pick at WR.
3) Knees that don’t creak when there’s a storm a’comin’.
4) Sexually liberal Canadian girls.
Comment by Jerkwheat — April 29, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
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1) In the annals of Michigan State football history (at least since I’ve been following them), we’ve only had a couple “monster” recruits and they all panned out pretty well (TJ Duckett and Charles Rogers come to mind). Jeff Smoker was pretty highly ranked coming in, and had a productive career, with the exception of that one time he became a drug addict and led the team into a death spiral fiasco that the program hasn’t recovered from.
2) Most overrated draft pick………no doubt it’s gotta be Charles Rogers - the first of Matt Millen’s disastrous receiver picks. He was the #2 overall pick in the draft, started out well (3 TD’s in his first 2 pro games), then broke his collarbone, and decided that smokin chronic and getting fat was the best form of physical therapy.
3) What quality do I want? How about a sense of humor
4) Foreign item— German draft beer - all the drunkiness without the annoying hangover
Comment by Derrick — April 29, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
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1. Derek Watson - oh, we may have bagged a bowl win or 2 with him, but the results never equalled the hype.
2. I’ve seen Troy Williamson’s name thrown about as one of the biggest draft day 1st round busts - he’s still playing and I’m not. Let’s go with our Heisman winner here instead. I hope the blow was good, Mr. Rogers.
3. For me to live up to the adoration and love my kids have for me. (What, did you think I was going to say I only want a wheelbarrow for me to haul my huge, pavement dragging dick around in?!?)
4. The Mossad
Comment by Out of Conference — April 29, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
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1. Hmm…..I guess I’d have to go with Jasper “Coach scared to play me ’cause then I go on to tha next level” Sanks or Durrell Robinson. Older fans will go with Sterling Boyd, but that was a little before my time.
2. Quincy Carter, 3rd round pick. Jerry Jones. What. The. Fuck.
3. Faith that a Willie Martinez defense can get off the field on 3rd and 2.
4. Alessandra Ambrosio
Comment by UgaMatt — April 29, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
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1. One USC got Reggie Bush. One USC got Demetrius Summers. Which one was the bust?
2. Troy Williamson has this one wrapped up.
3. I’ll go with abs also. I think I would go to work shirtless “accidentally” mutliple times.
4. I’ll take Iraq’s oil reserves. Maybe it wouldn’t cost $70 to fill my truck up then.
Comment by Mike — April 29, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
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Jasper Sanks for the Dawgs never panned out and our very own Jonathan Sullivan was a huge bust for the New Orleans Saints.
Comment by Underdawg — April 29, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
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I’ll be rocking out to GTA IV this evening, so the likelihood that I’ll give a shit about EDSBS:L will be virtually nil. These responses will have to suffice:
1. Name the player for your team who, once “drafted” by your team, never really panned out.
YO YO YO YOOO, YOOOOO, YOOOOO, YOOOO YOOOO, BRENSCHAEFFAHHH!! Never panned out while at UT, or even later on down the road at Ole Miss.
2. Name the most overrated draft pick from your own school.
Kelley “The Future” Washington
3. You get to draft a quality you lack into your life.
A pair of tits…or a clitoris…or the ability to piss excellence…or the ability to shit a brick of Benjamin’s on demand. Any will suffice.
4. Draft something foreign into these United States of ours.
Sweedish Bikini Team, Belgian Beer, and Cuban Cigars. Yeah, that’s three…get over it!
Comment by Aerobab — April 29, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
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Reggie McNeal an incredible amount of Talent that got flat Franned.
Q. Coryatt. Made the awesome hit and never did just a whole lot in the pros
To get rid of the little things that hang off my sides
I already draft beers from around the world.
Comment by ThreenOut — April 29, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
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Damarius Bilbo. Guy was athletic as hell but was dumber than a stump. Also about 300 other QBs.
Not applicable, all of our draftees are in the hall of fame, or playing in the intergalactic league. Three even won the superbowl this year.
Considering my brain is so enormous and loaded with information already, Ill draft being muscly-er.
Im wondering If I might be able to export some frieghter loads of morons instead. We certainly are building up a strategic reserve of those these days.
Comment by Brian — April 29, 2008 @ 2:36 pm