Draft Bingo

Say, for some reason, you are a responsible human being who has decided not to go crazy tonight since they have work tomorrow, but you still want to have a little fun with the draft...

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The NFL Draft

Today at 7:30, the 75th NFL draft will begin.  This is the first year that it will take place over the course of 3 days.  Like it needed to be drawn out more.  The first round is tonight, the second and third, on Friday starting at 6:30 PM, and the final four rounds will be on Saturday starting at 10 AM.

You may have noticed that I didn't do any mock drafts or even really discuss the draft.  Why?  Because it doesn't matter who I think teams will pick!  

While I find the draft fun, it does drag on and if I wasn't going through football withdrawal, I wouldn't be nearly as excited for it.

So how can you make it more exciting?  TURN IT INTO A DRINKING GAME!

I implore you to come up with some of your own rules but here are some I've stumbled across/come up with:

Take a drink if/when:
A players name is butchered, take a drink (drink twice when Goodell does it)
A Brady being the 199th draft pick is mentioned
Jets fans boo their team's draft pick
You hear the phrases “on the clock,” “war room,” "motor," "need pick," "combine" "Senior Bowl" or “character issues”
You see a commercial with a Manning in it (drink once for every Manning)
A draftee cries after being drafted
An Ivy Leaguer is drafted

If a kicker/punter is drafted (at any point in the draft), finish your drink (Note: if this happens, it will be the Raiders)
If the Jets fans don't boo, finish your drink

If those don't do it for you, how about...try the Tim Tebow Drinking Game

Take a drink every time (take multiple if more than one of these happen at once)
1. They reference his ability to help the Jaguars sell tickets
2. His struggles at the Senior Bowl and/or his “new” throwing motion at Pro Day are mentioned
3. Someone brings up the Sugar Bowl as if it writes off everything else he did in college
4. Says “He wins” or “He’ll never give up”
5. A highlight reel of him is show (excluding “The Promise” see below)
6. Someone compares him to another scrambling QB as if it matters
7. Every live shot of him

Every time they show a picture of him with eye black on, drink the first number.  Example:

You would drink 23 times if they show this.







Finish your drink every time
They show video of “The Promise”
Todd McShay and Mel Kiper debate about him
Tebow mentions (including in clips) Jesus Christ, his lord and savior, or God
There is a clip of Tebow crying

If Tebow is drafted in the first round, throw your drink at the wall.
And if it's your team drafts Tebow...well..I don't really know what there is to do at that point except start crying, which is most definitely what he'll be doing.   

I'll add more when I think of them.  Please add a comment if you have any clever ones to add!

Big Ben Suspended 6 Games

Ben Roethlisberger has finally received some backlash for his behavior!  Even though he will not face charges for "allegedly" sexually assaulting a woman, the NFL is atleast holding him responsible.  Today Roger Goodell suspended for Big Ben for the first 6 games of the season without pay for conduct detrimental to the NFL, which is a violation of the league's Personal Conduct Policy.  He also has to undergo a "comprehensive behavioral evaluation." 

But wait, it gets better...

Apparently the Steelers have had quite enough of his off the field antics (remember that there was a similar accusation last year), and there are now rumors of him being traded!  Art Rooney, the Steelers president, who said that the team would have suspended him if the league didn't, wouldn't say specifics, but didn't deny that they were shopping Roethlisberger around. 

So who's interested?

Apparently the Raiders (no surprise there) and the 49ers, were two of the six teams that the Steelers talked to today. 

2010 NFL schedules

NFL schedules came out today!

Go check it out: http://www.nfl.com/schedules/release

In terms of strength of schedule: the Texans have the hardest schedule while the Cardinals have the easiest.