NFL draft first round was last night, UGA OL Cordy Glenn was asked to attend-well, not really sure the process but bottom line, the NFL asks a certain amount of prospects to attend the draft in NYC each year. Usually attending are the guys most assured of being drafted in the first round, although that doesn't always happen-unfortunately for Cordy he didn't get drafted in the first round. Granted, it is tough for OG's to get drafted in the first round, BUT, that being said there were a couple OL drafted in spots I really thought Cordy should go. Lions selected tackle Riley Reiff from Iowa, Steelers selected G David DeCastro from Stanford, Bengals took Kevin Zeitler from Wisconsin. Of course all three of those guys are also solid prospects but I really believed Cordy would get the call. Also thought the Texans might grab him at 25 or 26 but they went with a DL instead. Granted, now that the rookie salary cap is in place, gone are the days of the HUGE contracts for rookies-but certainly first round money is still MUCH better than second round money. A kid like Cordy, who came in right away from high school and started games, a kid that was verstile enough and willing to move to play both guard and tackle during his career, who stayed for 4 years, you have to pull for a kid like that. I feel certain he will be one of the first picks of the second round but still, I was hoping for more.
Alabama ended up having 4 kids drafted in the first round, same as last year I do believe. But UGA's time for the NFL draft is coming, and coming soon. Next year, I think we can put 2-3 kids in the first round. The SEC overall is just dominating conference, with 9 first rounders total out of 32 picks. LSU had a couple, SCarolina had a couple, Miss State had the other. I think the next two rounds, you will see even more SEC kids get drafted. Besides Glenn, I think Orson Charles and Brandon Boykin could go in rounds 2 and 3. In case you are wondering, the Falcons have the 55th pick overall, which is middle to late second round. I would LOVE for them to move up to grab Cordy, but I am sure that will not happen.
Baseball team had a tough weekend last week at UF, losing in 16 innings but rebounding to win Saturday and then losing in pretty tight game on Sunday. Doesn't get any easier this weekend with a trip to Baton Rouge. LSU is a very good team this year, and playing them over there, TOUGH task. Course we also dropped a tight game at Turner Field to Georgia Tech. I really do believe Perno is coaching for his life this year-our program is just not producing at the level I believe it should. It is not like DP is doing a bad job, but he just can't seem to get us over the hump-I mean he did lead us to the national title series a couple years back but there is just not a lot of consistency with our program. We should be a baseball elite with the talent this state produces, the ability we have to use the Hope scholarship to help with the recruitment of in state kids. I hope things can be turned around for this year, I had really high hopes for this season but so far, I would say this season has been a disappointment.
Speaking of disappointments, Tony Parker selected UCLA over UGA, Duke, and Ohio State earlier this week. I know all about UCLA tradition, I know that they win a lot more than UGA has historically, and they have a great class coming in with Parker. BUT, I went to Los Angeles last summer-I LOVE LA (well actually scratch that, I LOVE San Diego) and southern California. The weather is just the best, you have beach close, moutains close, just beautiful country. That being said, you almost feel like you are in another world when you are an east coast guy going west. It really is a big adjustment, even if just staying for 3-4 days like I did. I just can't imagine moving out there and the rest of my family staying here. It is not like moving from Lawrenceville to Elijay or Macon, where you can hop in your car and be there in a couple hours, that is a long flight. Not only that, for all his family/friends, they will have to stay up late night on the east to be able to watch him play on the west coast. He had friends already in Athens, his Mom was a fan of Coach Fox, he could have been the face of our program but he said he didn't want that. It is just very frustrating being a UGA hoops fan. We have to start winning and show that we are taking it serious. If we win, the fans will come out, but every time we win, something happens it seems. We simply can't sustain the level of success we need to build our program up to a level where we are competitive year in and year out like we are in football. The good news is, Greg McGarity watched a school that was viewed as a "football" school be transformed into a school that was both a football and basketball school-it CAN be done. You have to find the right coach and then keep him in place. I like Mark Fox the coach, but I am still very unclear if I like Mark Fox the recruiter.
Well, take care everyone and have a great weekend. GO DOGS!
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