I know I made fun of ESPN and the NFL Network for all the hype around the NFL Draft, but I do get it.
In fact, I remember when the draft was on a Tuesday and started at 8 a.m. I also remember staying home from school to see whom the Steelers would take. In fact, I recall the Rod Woodson draft in particular. He was supposed to be a top five pick but was dropping throughout the morning. I had read a lot about him in the Sporting News, when the Sporting News was an awesome magazine.
Any way, I just knew he was supposed to be a great player and athlete. If I remember right, he was the best hurdler in the Big Ten while at Purdue.
But he drops and drops and eventually the Steelers landed him at No. 10. Woodson was a key to the early years of the Bill Cowher era.
Woodson will be in the Hall of Fame soon, and that is why we all watch the draft. Will our team land a Hall of Famer?
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The Sporting News was an awesome magazine, when it was newsprint. There is no awesome sports mag these days which is sad for the youngsters.
I agree, I loved The Sporting News. It's where I was able to compare Mack Mitchell to all the other defensive ends coming out of college. Great publication, the best freelancing newspaper writers, solid sports from cover to cover. Much like the Beacon Journal, everything is morphing into an online traffic rag. If this was 1972, Chris Berman would be bellowing about the Browns drafting Thom "Better Homes And" Darden. Oh, well. At least I still have my 8-track collection to look at while I'm complaining about my bad back.
Mack Mitchell was an interesting prospect with a cool name, but he was no Cleveland Crosby.