Here’s our projections for how the first round of this Saturday’s NFL Draft will go down. After the first seven picks all hell breaks loose as Matt and I very greatly on who we think goes where. Just one of the many reasons why the NFL Draft is like Christmas and Opening Day rolled into one weekend for both NFL and college football fans.
We’ll have a little further analysis and thoughts on where the other Longhorns like David Thomas and Cedric Griffin will be headed in the next couple of days.
Here’s the picks for the First Annual BevoSports Mock Draft:
Brian | Matt | Actual Picks | |
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1. Texans | Reggie Bush | Reggie Bush | Mario Williams |
2. Saints | D’Brickashaw Ferguson | Mario Williams | Reggie Bush |
3. Titans | Vince Young | Matt Leinart | Vince Young |
4. Jets | Matt Leinart | D’Brickashaw Ferguson | D’Brickashaw Ferguson |
5. Packers | Mario Williams | AJ Hawk | AJ Hawk |
6. 49ers | Vernon Davis | Vernon Davis | Vernon Davis |
7. Raiders | AJ Hawk | Vince Young | Michael Huff |
8. Bills | Haloti Ngata | Michael Huff | Donte Whitner |
9. Lions | Michael Huff | Winston Justice | Ernie Sims |
10. Cardinals | Jimmy Williams | Jay Cutler | Matt Leinart |
11. Rams | Brodrick Bunkley | Haloti Ngata | Jay Cutler |
12. Browns | Ernie Sims | Brodrick Bunkley | Haloti Ngata |
13. Ravens | Jay Cutler | Manny Lawson | Kamerion Wimbley |
14. Eagles | Winston Justice | Santonio Holmes | Brodrick Bunkley |
15. Broncos | Santonio Holmes | Chad Jackson | Tye Hill |
16. Dolphins | Chad Jackson | Antonio Cromartie | Jason Allen |
17. Vikings | Chad Greenway | Jimmy Williams | Chad Greenway |
18. Cowboys | Kamerion Wimbley | Ernie Sims | Bobby Carpenter |
19. Chargers | Donte Whitner | Tye Hill | Antonio Cromartie |
20. Chiefs | Johnathan Joseph | Kamerion Wimbley | Tamba Hali |
21. Patriots | Bobby Carpenter | Bobby Carpenter | Laurence Maroney |
22. 49ers | Manny Lawson | Laurence Maroney | Manny Lawson |
23. Bucs | Nick Mangold | Eric Winston | Davin Josephy |
24. Bengals | Tye Hill | Leonard Pope | Jonathan Joseph |
25. Giants | DeMeco Ryans | Johnathan Joseph | Santonio Holmes |
26. Bears | Antonio Cromartie | Marcedes Lewis | John McCargo |
27. Panthers | LenDale White | DeAngelo Williams | DeAngelo Williams |
28. Jaguars | Leonard Pope | Bobby Carpenter | Marcedes Lewis |
29. Jets | DeAngelo Williams | Marcus McNeill | Nick Mangold |
30. Colts | Laurence Maroney | LenDale White | Joseph Addai |
31. Seahawks | Jason Allen | Ashton Youboty | Kelly Jennings |
32. Steelers | Mathias Kiwanuka | Sinorice Moss | Mathias Kiwanuka |
The 2005/2006 NCAA bowl season starts off a little slow as a lot of 6 win teams face off in mid-December. Hard to get excited Southern Missippi versus Arkansas State. Heck I didn’t even know there was an Arkansas State. The matchups get better after Christmas as everything builds towards the epic Texas – USC matchup in the Rose Bowl. Should be entertaining to watch 28 teams try to end the year with a win. Be on the lookout for more detailed previews from Bevo Sports for most of the games.
Here’s our picks for all the bowl games both straight up and against the spread:
Brian | Matt | |||
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Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
New Orleans Bowl Southern Miss vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 20 @ 7pm, Spread: ASU +15 |
USM | ASU | USM | ASU |
GMAC Bowl Toledo vs. UTEP Dec. 21 @ 7pm, Spread: UTEP +3 |
UTEP | UTEP | Toledo | Toledo |
Las Vegas Bowl BYU vs. California Dec. 22 @ 7pm, Spread: Cal -7.5 |
Cal | BYU | Cal | BYU |
Poinsettia Bowl Colorado St. vs. Navy Dec. 22 @ 9:30pm, Spread: Navy -3 |
CSU | CSU | CSU | CSU |
Fort Worth Bowl Houston vs. Kansas Dec. 23 @ 7pm, Spread: Kansas -3 |
KU | KU | KU | KU |
Hawaii Bowl Central Florida vs. Nevada Dec. 24 @ 7:30pm, Spread: Nev. -2 |
Nevada | Nevada | Nevada | Nevada |
Motor City Bowl Akron vs. Memphis Dec. 26 @ 3pm, Spread: Memphis -5 |
Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | Akron |
Champs Sports Bowl (23) Clemson vs. Colorado Dec. 27 @ 4pm, Spread: Colorado +8 |
Colorado | Colorado | Clemson | Clemson |
Insight Bowl Arizona St. vs. Rutgers Dec. 27 @ 7:30pm, Spread: RU +11 |
ASU | Rutgers | ASU | Rutgers |
MPC Computers Bowl (19) B.C. vs. Boise St. Dec. 28 @ 3:30pm, Spread: BSU +1.5 |
B.C. | B.C. | B.C. | B.C. |
Alamo Bowl (20) Michigan vs. Nebraska Dec. 28 @ 7pm, Spread: NU +11.5 |
Mich. | Mich. | Mich. | Mich. |
Emerald Bowl (24) Ga. Tech vs. Utah Dec. 29 @ 3:30pm, Spread: Utah +9 |
GT | Utah | ||
Holiday Bowl (6) Oregon vs. Oklahoma Dec. 29 @ 7pm, Spread: OU +3 |
OU | OU | OU | OU |
Music City Bowl Virginia vs. Minnesota Dec. 30 @ 11am, Spread: Minn. -6 |
Minn. | Virginia | Minn. | Minn. |
Sun Bowl Northwestern vs. (17) UCLA Dec. 30 @ 1pm, Spread: UCLA -3 |
NW | NW | NW | NW |
Independence Bowl S. Carolina vs. Missouri Dec. 30 @ 2:30pm, Spread: MU +4 |
Mizzou | Mizzou | Mizzou | Mizzou |
Peach Bowl (9) Miami vs. (10) LSU Dec. 30 @ 6:30pm, Spread: LSU +7 |
Miami | Miami | Miami | Miami |
Meineke Car Care Bowl S. Florida vs. NC State Dec. 31 @ 10am, Spread: NCSt -3.5 |
NC State | NC State | ||
Liberty Bowl Fresno St. vs. Tulsa Dec. 31 @ 12pm, Spread: UT +7.5 |
Tulsa | Tulsa | ||
Houston Bowl (14) TCU vs. Iowa St. Dec. 31 @ 1:30pm, Spread: ISU +3 |
Iowa St. | Iowa St. | ||
Cotton Bowl (18) Texas Tech vs. (13) Alabama Jan. 2 @ 10am, Spread: UA +3.5 |
Tech | Tech | ||
Outback Bowl (25) Iowa vs. (16) Florida Jan. 2 @ 10am, Spread: UF -1.5 |
Florida | Florida | ||
Gator Bowl (15) Louisville vs. (12) Va. Tech Jan. 2 @ 11:30am, Spread: VT -8.5 |
Va. Tech | Louisville | ||
Capital One Bowl (21) Wisconsin vs. (7) Auburn Jan. 2 @ 12pm, Spread: AU -10.5 |
Auburn | Auburn | ||
Fiesta Bowl (5) Notre Dame vs. (4) Ohio St. Jan. 2 @ 3:30pm, Spread: OSU -4.5 |
Ohio St. | Ohio St. | ||
Sugar Bowl (11) W. Virginia vs. (8) Georgia Jan. 2 @ 7:30pm, Spread: UGA -6.5 |
Georgia | Georgia | ||
Orange Bowl (3) Penn St. vs. (22) Florida St. Jan. 3 @ 7pm, Spread: FSU +10 |
Penn St. | Penn St. | ||
Rose Bowl (1) Southern Cal vs. (2) Texas Jan. 4 @ 7pm, Spread: UT +7.5 |
Texas | Texas |