If you haven’t heard it already, Bush will not be the number 1 pick.Dead spin puts in a quality headline, not for the first time. So was it just to prove Kipper wrong?

Well, it does show that all the pre talk counted for nothing. Go for a player because he is attacking or defensive? If the difference in talents between the attacking and defensive player is huge, would it not be sensible to chose the much more talented player and then trade him off intellegently? The returns will not come? If the player in question is indeed that talented, why could a proper trade not be worked out?

John Murphy at Yahoo has a recount and reworked predictions. Story of the Bush family being blackmailed is also coming out.

Real life is just too strange. Sal Marinello has more on one of the biggest blunders.

Bill Tobin asked this in 1994 and found it soon enough. Kiper is all over the TV this time of the year. Kiper is the man who runs the NFL draft on ESPN. The marathon is a crazy, crazy weekend. As CNNSI puts it:

It’s the end of April, which means sports fans are asking two questions: Who the hell is Mel Kiper Jr.? And when is he going away? The annual draft onslaught has been in full force since well before the college bowl season began, and this year it’s being laid on thicker than Ed Hochuli’s neck. At this point, the NFL draft has become the most overanalyzed, belabored event in all of sports…

Thankfully, it will all be over Monday, and we can get on to what’s really important: exhaustive NBA draft coverage. Now there’s a draft where the coverage means something and you don’t get a bunch of early-pick busts. I can’t wait to choose between my Michael Olowokandi and Joe Smith jerseys and take in some exciting first-round action.

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