the obligatory sports post

It's been a while since I've done a post about sports...here you go.

This weekend was NFL draft weekend. I enjoy it. I like tracking with the drama (seeing Brady Quinn in a day-one free-fall was good drama), and I like tracking with my favorite teams (the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Ohio State Buckeyes).

The Bengals got a solid player in the middle of the first round...too bad he's a Michigan dude. The Bengals like to draft guys who wore maize and blue. I don't get it. But now that Leon Hall is a Bengal...I'll root for him. It's like he's crossed over to the good side...he's seen the light...played college football in the desert (U of M) but now he's playing in the promised land (Ohio...namely, Cincinnati).

The Buckeyes had a total of eight players drafted. There are always a ton of Bucks that get picked in the draft. The most intriguing of all was Troy Smith. Mr. Heisman was once considered one of the top three quarterbacks in the draft but his stock took a severe nose dive after his poor performance in the NC Championship game (that and he seemed to 'let himself go'--got out of shape in a hurry after the game).

He was the last player selected in round five. ROUND FIVE! Here's some perspective on that: Troy Smith won the Heisman trophy, is a bona-fide Buckeye legend, was 25-3 as a starter, broke tons of OSU records, he owned Michigan, and he got drafted LATER than did these other Buckeye QBs: Bobby Hoying (round 3), Joe Germaine (round 4), and Craig Krenzel (round 5). Astonishing.

Here's something I found very cool: the Buckeyes had two players selected in the first round of this year's draft (Ted Ginn and Anthony Gonzalez). That now means OSU has had more players taken in the first round of the draft than any other school...ever. Check it out: