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Wecome to the nightly RANT, I’m feeling better, and after getting virtually no comments on how to improve this site, I will just keep on doing what I do with this nightly column. Here we go.

Album of the Night

Album: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Artist: Oasis
Key Tracks: Don’t Look Back in Anger; Some Might Say; Morning Glory

Yes, this is the album that had both Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova, but I dont consider either of those two to be in my favorite tracks from this album. Fun fact, neither of those two songs ever reached #1 in the US or UK. So if I start talking about Oasis, and you think to yourself “Oh yeah, the guys who sing Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova!” I will tell you to go sit on a broomstick.

Young Dolly of the Day

Tonight’s young dolly is Megan Fox, who i’ve recently heard is back on the market after splitting up with some douche. Let’s hope she’s interested in angry bloggers from Central Michigan.

Let’s get on with the RANT.

The NFL Combine, to put it simply, might be the most overrated thing in history of football, and the history of scouting. And for some reason, coaches and scouts take these workouts like they are the word of God, and swear by them.

You can make yourself ALOT of money by simply having a good day of doing drills that your coaches since 5 years old have been making you do. Consequently you can lose yourself alot of money by having a bad day.

You want to see NFL coaches salivate? Just watch the combine on any day when the WR’s, RB’s, or DB’s are running the 40 yard dash. Every guy who breaks 4.4 gets howls and screams, and immediately rockets up the draft board.

Never mind that there are 21 other guys on the field and he will be wearing 10-15 pounds of equipment come game time, not to mention running in all different directions. He ran a straight line, in a dome, in shorts and track shoes in 4.35! We must have him!

And quarterbacks, holy hell. NASA astronauts go through less testing than these guys. Here, take this test, it basically means nothing, but if you do poorly on it, you won’t get drafted because everyone will think you’re retarded.

Remember a guy named Ben Roethlisberger? He had a legendary combine. Legendarily bad, his throws were erratic, and off the mark all day long. Oh boy, stay away, he struggles to throw the ball. Two Super Bowls later the Steelers are laughing all the way home after having him fall into their laps.

Why don’t they hold this thing outside, in real football conditions, I’m not saying play a full game or have contact drills, but come on, put them in pads, in rain, something.

But i’ll watch the combine anyway, because honestly, what the hell else is on TV during this time of year?

And as for my favorite form of scouting, I dont know, how about actually watching the games these guys play in? That seems to be a good indicator to me.

Take care and have a good night everyone.

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