Buckeye Bonanza

It’ll be a big weekend for Buckeye Nation with the spring game on Saturday and the NFL draft on Saturday and Sunday. First the vitals:

NFL draft
Saturday 4pm-9pm ESPN, NFL Network
Saturday 9pm-11pm ESPN2, NFL Network
Sunday 10am-6pm ESPN, NFL Network
>>If you have satellite radio, you can get entire draft coverage on Sirius

Here’s the timing for picks in each round:
Round 1: 10 minutes
Round 2: 7 minutes
Round 3: 5 minutes
Round 4: 5 minutes
Round 5: 5 minutes
Round 6: 5 minutes
Round 7: 5 minutes

There’s loads of draft coverage but here are a few of the best:

>>Draft Countdown.com- Solid mock draft and no registration required.

>>Walter Football.com- Loads of player info plus a very thorough mock draft.

>>Of the major sites, I’m always partial to Foxsports.com. Access their draft coverage here.

OSU Spring Game
Saturday 1:30pm
>>The game will be televised locally on 10tv and ONN. You can watch the game live streaming here or listen to it online via 97.1 the fan. 10tv will also be streaming the game.

If you’re going to the game- look me up; I’ll be the handsome one sitting in the Club seats. It looks like low 80’s with a slight breeze- show up in force and bring the kids.

Depth is thin at a number of positions this spring, especially at Quarterback where TP and Joe Bauserman are the only scholarship QB’s. To keep track of players, here are the rosters for both squads:

>>Scarlet Roster
>>Gray Roster

>>Despite the depth at QB, Tressel is going to let Terrelle Pryor get hit, at least for one quarter. Click here for more on that story.

>>Here’s a funny bit on J.T. a la Magnum P.I. from edsbs.com.

>>From Buckeye Commentary.com, “The Curious Case of Jim Bollman“. Some solid points and complete failure to assure me that the line is going to be fine this year. Thanks a lot.

>>Eleven Warriors.com lists several of their keys for the game. I don’t think we’ll learn a lot from the scrimmage but certainly two of the biggest story lines going into Fall will be the development (or not) of Terrelle Pryor as a QB and the promise and production of Brandon Saine, who allegedly is finally healthy. We’ll see. It’s Boom Herron’s ball to run with until Saine shows some consistency.

You’re welcome.