New Era Begins

Is this the road to #15 for my beloved Alabama Crimson Tide? At the very least, we may be looking at the 7th consecutive for the SEC (or 9th all time in the BCS era).  As much as it hurts my heart to say at the beginning of this new era for the SEC, welcome to the party Texas A&M and Missouri.  Don’t screw it up.  Make us proud.

2012 NFL Draft In Review

This was probably one of the more enjoyable drafts for me.  I tend towards the “draft who you need” side of things rather than drafting someone just because someone believes he deserves to be drafted at a certain position.  If you don’t need a QB, don’t draft one and don’t be pressured into drafting a guy just because someone tells you he should go #1 or even in the 1st round.  It was a remarkable showing for the SEC which led all conferences with 42 players selected and the only conference to have a player selected from every single school.  Alabama led all SEC schools (and all schools for that matter) with 8 players selected.  I did a bit of math on this.  253 players were selected over the 3 day draft.  The SEC accounted for 16.6% of those players.  Alabama accounted for 3.2% of those players, and further, Alabama accounted for 19% of the SEC players selected.  I’m not usually the first person to chant SEC! SEC! SEC!, but I gotta admit, that’s pretty impressive.

Here’s how the Indianapolis Colts handled things:

Rnd.

Pick #

NFL team

Player

Pos.

College

Conf.

1	1	Indianapolis Colts	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford	Pac-12
2	34	Indianapolis Colts	Coby Fleener	TE	Stanford	Pac-12
3	64	Indianapolis Colts	Dwayne Allen	TE	Clemson	ACC
3	92	Indianapolis Colts	T. Y. Hilton	WR	Florida International	Sun Belt
5	136	Indianapolis Colts	Josh Chapman	DT	Alabama	SEC
5	170	Indianapolis Colts	Vick Ballard	RB	Mississippi State	SEC
6	206	Indianapolis Colts	LaVon Brazill	WR	Ohio	MAC
7	208	Indianapolis Colts	Justin Anderson	G	Georgia	SEC
7	214	Indianapolis Colts	Tim Fugger	LB	Vanderbilt	SEC
7	253	Indianapolis Colts	Chandler Harnish	QB	Northern Illinois	MAC

 

If you haven’t seen it, check out the video reaction from Mr. Irrelevant.

 

Here’s how the Denver Broncos handled things:

Rnd.

Pick #

NFL team

Player

Pos.

College

Conf.

2	36	Denver Broncos	Derek Wolfe	DT	Cincinnati	Big East
2	57	Denver Broncos	Brock Osweiler	QB	Arizona State	Pac-12
3	67	Denver Broncos	Ronnie Hillman	RB	San Diego State	MWC
4	101	Denver Broncos	Omar Bolden	CB	Arizona State	Pac-12
4	108	Denver Broncos	Philip Blake	C	Baylor	Big 12
5	137	Denver Broncos	Malik Jackson	DE	Tennessee	SEC
6	188	Denver Broncos	Danny Trevathan	LB	Kentucky	SEC

 

Here’s the list of Alabama players drafted:

Rnd.

Pick #

NFL team

Player

Pos.

College

Conf.

1	3	Cleveland Browns	Trent Richardson	RB	Alabama	SEC
1	7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mark Barron	S	Alabama	SEC
1	17	Cincinnati Bengals	Dre Kirkpatrick	CB	Alabama	SEC
1	25	New England Patriots	Dont’a Hightower	LB	Alabama	SEC
2	35	Baltimore Ravens	Courtney Upshaw	LB	Alabama	SEC
5	136	Indianapolis Colts	Josh Chapman	DT	Alabama	SEC
5	146	Kansas City Chiefs	DeQuan Menzie	CB	Alabama	SEC
7	247	Cleveland Browns	Brad Smelley	TE	Alabama	SEC

 

And, finally, here’s how the entire SEC faired:

Rnd.	Pick #	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
1	3	Cleveland Browns	Trent Richardson	RB	Alabama	SEC
1	6	Dallas Cowboys	Morris Claiborne	CB	LSU	SEC
1	7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mark Barron	S	Alabama	SEC
1	10	Buffalo Bills	Stephon Gilmore	CB	South Carolina	SEC
1	12	Philadelphia Eagles	Fletcher Cox	DT	Mississippi State	SEC
1	14	St. Louis Rams	Michael Brockers	DT	LSU	SEC
1	17	Cincinnati Bengals	Dre Kirkpatrick	CB	Alabama	SEC
1	18	San Diego Chargers	Melvin Ingram	OLB	South Carolina	SEC
1	25	New England Patriots	Dont’a Hightower	LB	Alabama	SEC
2	35	Baltimore Ravens	Courtney Upshaw	LB	Alabama	SEC
2	41	Buffalo Bills	Cordy Glenn	G	Georgia	SEC
2	45	Chicago Bears	Alshon Jeffery	WR	South Carolina	SEC
2	62	Green Bay Packers	Casey Hayward	CB	Vanderbilt	SEC
2	63	New York Giants	Rueben Randle	WR	LSU	SEC
3	73	San Diego Chargers	Brandon Taylor	S	LSU	SEC
3	90	New England Patriots	Jake Bequette	DE	Arkansas	SEC
4	99	Houston Texans	Ben Jones	C	Georgia	SEC
4	104	Carolina Panthers	Joe Adams	WR	Arkansas	SEC
4	112	Arizona Cardinals	Bobby Massie	OT	Ole Miss	SEC
4	114	Seattle Seahawks	Jaye Howard	DT	Florida	SEC
4	116	Cincinnati Bengals	Orson Charles	TE	Georgia	SEC
4	118	Minnesota Vikings	Jarius Wright	WR	Arkansas	SEC
4	123	Philadelphia Eagles	Brandon Boykin	CB	Georgia	SEC
4	124	Buffalo Bills	Ron Brooks	CB	LSU	SEC
4	131	New York Giants	Brandon Mosley	OT	Auburn	SEC
4	134	Minnesota Vikings	Greg Childs	WR	Arkansas	SEC
5	136	Indianapolis Colts	Josh Chapman	DT	Alabama	SEC
5	137	Denver Broncos	Malik Jackson	DE	Tennessee	SEC
5	146	Kansas City Chiefs	DeQuan Menzie	CB	Alabama	SEC
5	150	St. Louis Rams	Rokevious Watkins	G	South Carolina	SEC
5	159	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Rainey	RB	Florida	SEC
5	170	Indianapolis Colts	Vick Ballard	RB	Mississippi State	SEC
6	175	Minnesota Vikings	Blair Walsh	K	Georgia	SEC
6	181	Seattle Seahawks	Winston Guy	S	Kentucky	SEC
6	188	Denver Broncos	Danny Trevathan	LB	Kentucky	SEC
6	192	Atlanta Falcons	Charles Mitchell	S	Mississippi State	SEC
7	208	Indianapolis Colts	Justin Anderson	G	Georgia	SEC
7	214	Indianapolis Colts	Tim Fugger	LB	Vanderbilt	SEC
7	236	Baltimore Ravens	DeAngelo Tyson	DT	Georgia	SEC
7	242	New York Jets	Antonio Allen	S	South Carolina	SEC
7	247	Cleveland Browns	Brad Smelley	TE	Alabama	SEC
7	249	Atlanta Falcons	Travian Robertson	DT	South Carolina	SEC

Mouth Wash

Oh there you are…the road map to getting that bad taste out of our mouths. PDF version here.

Defending A Title

The Road to Glendale, AZ begins here:

NOTE: The Alabama/Georgia State game has been moved from November 20th to November 18th.