Jairus To The Pros and Pete Carroll Is A Weiner

I'm not sure what to make of Jairus Byrd declaring for the NFL draft. Yeah, the guy is a solid corner, but I've never thought of him as a lock down guy that Oregon could rely on. I know it wasn't that long ago, but I seem to recall USC wideouts making he and Walter Thurmond III look downright silly. Maybe in Jairus' case the NFL evaluation comittee happened to miss that game or never received the film on it. It's probably because it was a game broadcast on the West Coast and nobody back East even saw it. I wouldn't be surprised. What about last year when Desean Jackson ran circles around him? Someone should inform Jairus that ALL widereceivers in the NFL are fast...just like Desean. The Ducks have viable replacements in Willie Glasper (senior) and Talmadge Jackson (junior) to help fill the void, but I think it would have been in his best interests to stay around for one more year. Who knows though...can't argue when a kid just wants to get paid.

As I'm sure you've probably already heard Mark Sanchez, starting QB for the USC Trojans, has declared for the NFL Draft and will come out a year only. Needless to say, Pete Carroll wasn't a happy camper to be finding that out. I wonder why? Maybe because the Trojan's schedule isn't that favorable next year. Away games at Oregon and Cal...there's also that little trip to Columbus for a rematch with the Buckeyes. Without Sanchez the Trojans probably are looking at either Aaron Corp or Mitch Mustain to lead the squad, but neither of them have seen considerable time at the position. I think Sanchez just wanted to go Pro so he didn't have to travel to the state of Oregon and lose again. He is 0-2 in our fair state and with the Trojans losing many players on defense and a few important coaches they could very well lose again. Here's a video of Sanchez's press conference in which Petey bullshits everybody by saying he's "thrilled for Mark" and his decision but then doesn't even stick around for the presser like he did for Matt Leinart, John David Booty and Carson Palmer. What the hell ever happened to Booty by the way?



A recruit for the 2010 recruiting class is visiting the Ducks this weekend. Ethan Grant, a runningback from North Broward Prep. in Florida, has been high on the Ducks for a long time. What's really cool about Grant is that he and his mother decided to fly out to Oregon on their own dime and check out the school. Here's a video of him in action. The kid has world class speed and is already listed as one of the Top 100 players in the state of Florida. It's likely that he will receive attention from Florida, Florida State and numerous other SEC schools, but from what I've been reading it seems like his heart lies in Oregon.

And to end today's blog post I found a tidbit of information that actually made me "LOL" at my computer screen. We've all seen the Terminator movies, but do you know who was actually cast to possibly play the role instead of "Awwnold"? O.J. Simpson! James Cameron thought he'd be a perfect fit for the role, but the producers feared he was "too nice" to be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer." Damn...how wrong they were.