Posted on 04/27/2020 5:53:38 AM PDT by C19fan
here was a USC flavor to the 2020 NFL draft. Offensive tackle Austin Jackson went to the Miami Dolphins in the first round. Receiver Michael Pittman Jr. was selected by the Indianapolis Colts early in the second round. But there was something missing. A defensive player. One of the craziest NFL draft streaks is over. Since the common draft started in 1967, at least one USC defensive player had been drafted in every one. There were some close calls, but one always got in. In 1991 the first USC defender was defensive tackle Don Gibson in the ninth round. The draft doesn’t even have nine rounds anymore. But the streak stayed alive. From Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, Willie McGinest, even Al Cowlings, every draft since the first common AFL-NFL draft in 1967 had a USC defensive player. Until 2020.
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If I’m a top player coming out of high school, no way would I want to play for a PAC-12 or MW school. SEC is the place to be for the most exposure.
PAC 12 commissioner Larry Scott is hated by the fans for such things as pushing for 8:00 PM kickoffs and weekday games as the PAC turns into a bush league under his leadership. No wonder he was booed when he appeared at a recent PAC 12 championship game.
It wasn’t that many years ago that the Texas Longhorns had fewer players drafted by the NFL than open homosexuals drafted.
Just a lull. They’ll be back.
You know who else has really fallen? “The U” didn’t have a player taken until late in the fourth round.
USC? Any excuse to post this.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCJBr0t_qk
Where are the poles?
Parma
Here ya’ go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyEX5RVPNOY
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