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EDSBS LIVE: DRAFTY EDITION

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In the wake of the NFL draft, we thought we’d do our own draft-themed show. Tonight's four questions:

1. Name a player for your school who, once "drafted" by your team, never really panned out. Remember Marquis Johnson, the Parade All-American, five-star recruit from Illinois? You don't? That's because he didn't bother going to class, quickly failing out of UT. (He eventually went to Junior College before transferring to Tech, where he never caught on, picking up 74 total receiving yards in his career.)

[Note by PB @ BON, 04/29/08 10:34 PM EDT ] As noted in the comments, Johnson got hurt before arriving in Austin. I'd completely forgotten about his accident, and just remembered him not making it at UT, but as DrunkArmadillo reminds, he never even academically qualified to make it to campus.

2. Name the most overrated draft pick from your own school. OT Mike Williams, selected fourth by the Buffalo Bills in 2002. A very wealthy man, Mr. Williams soon became a very fat man, ballooning to 370 pounds by 2006. The very definition of a big bust.

3. You get to draft a quality you lack into your life. I really wish I were a better joke/story teller. Think of the person you know who's best at telling a joke. Not necessarily the funniest - just the best at telling jokes and spinning yarns. Don't you wish you were more like him or her? Unfortunately, my delivery is B-. The shame...

(But tune in to my radio show tonight!)

4. Draft something foreign into these United States of ours. Presented without commentary:

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Gimme.

 

Talk to you tonight at 8:00 p.m. CT at NowLive.

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Barcelona

My favorite European city that I have been to. So many memories.

One night after a pub crawl me and two friends were stumbling home down las ramblas and the prostitutes were out in full force. They would approach you and aggressively try to grab you. We made a game to see home many we could juke and spin move off of. Good times.

by JohnsonUT on Apr 29, 2008 6:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Good times indeed

If I were ever handed Mike Williams money, I’d go get fat and happy in Barcelona.

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Apr 29, 2008 7:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Vacation in Barcelona

Live on a Tuscan Villa.

by Wells on Apr 30, 2008 9:17 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Love the Parc Guell Picture

That was about my favorite place in Spain. Although the La Sagrada Familia picture is pretty awe-inspiring as well.

by 40AS on Apr 30, 2008 9:52 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus, La Sagrada Famlia

is a mini hike in the middle of the city if you climb the stair to the top. I would not suggest it for the claustrophobic or acrophobic.

by Wells on Apr 30, 2008 10:17 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Marquis Johnson never made it to UT

He was injured in a car wreck his Sr year of HS and went to JC, then Texas Tech.

He never made it to campus.

by DrunkArmadillo on Apr 29, 2008 9:01 PM CDT   0 recs

That's a big difference

Maybe I’m confusing him with someone else…

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Apr 29, 2008 9:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Wrist inury

You’re right – Johnson did indeed severely hurt his wrist in a car accident before arriving at UT.

But from what I remember, he did make it to campus and then subsequently failed out.

Can anyone clarify this?

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Apr 29, 2008 9:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i think he failed to qualify out of high school

regardless, he’s definitely one of the biggest recruiting busts in the past 10 years.

by DrunkArmadillo on Apr 29, 2008 10:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gracias

In my head, I was remembering that he’d actually made it to Austin.

Thanks for the clarification.

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

FC Barcelona

I wouldn’t write this as this is not a soccer blog, but since you mentioned the city of Barcelona, I thought I would mention that FC Barcelona got eliminated, today, from the UEFA Champions League (the March Madness equivalent of European club football) at the hands of Manchester United.

by longhornboy on Apr 29, 2008 9:47 PM CDT   0 recs

Yeah...

I thought the timing was a bit inappropriate as well. It was a good match, though.

by BrooklynHorn on Apr 30, 2008 1:23 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

my condolences...

on Barca’s exit. I was hoping Henry would save them in the end. As an Arsenal fan, I’m at least happy to see the scousers go home

by brentmcd on Apr 30, 2008 5:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Eliminated or not...

they are always the ethical and aesthetic superior to Real Madrid.

Madrid! Cabrones! Saludad al campeones!

/ soccer rant.

by DC Trojan on May 1, 2008 9:56 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Off the top of my head

I would have gone with Edorian Mccullough.

by billb on Apr 30, 2008 7:24 AM CDT   0 recs

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