{"id":5222,"date":"2010-01-14T19:23:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T02:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5222"},"modified":"2010-01-14T19:28:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T02:28:25","slug":"fanview-lite-january-14-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5222","title":{"rendered":"Fanview Lite: January 14, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

Wouldn't it be cool if this said "Mid Valley Draft"?<\/p><\/div>\n

Good Evening!<\/p>\n

T-Minus-249 Days until \u201cThe Mid Valley Classic\u201d<\/p>\n

Did USC, Mike Garrett, and Lane Kiffin have a Notre Dame moment? Did they actually think because Pete Carroll was gone current UCLA OC Norm Chow was going to come back to Troy?<\/p>\n

Arrogance that big belongs in politics\u2026or working at the DMV.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Irish, somebody want to validate Jimmy Clausen\u2019s decision to leave South Bend early for the NFL. He may end up being a great one, but I wouldn\u2019t invest a top ten pick in him. One draft board has him going to the Jacksonville Jaguars or to the Oakland Raiders if Al Davis could ever admit the mistake of JaMarcus Russell. This of course means Clausen won\u2019t be wearing silver and black next season.<\/p>\n

Had and an idea.<\/p>\n

While the close of the football season is one of the most depressing times of year for me (especially when the NFL pushes the Pro Bowl as viable entertainment), I do love the slow momentum build to the NFL Draft. One of my favorite days of the year, I absolutely love the NFL Draft and all of the predictions and mock drafts that come with it. It\u2019s downright upright! Boom!<\/p>\n

But I was thinking what if we held a Mid Valley Draft of local players from the Southeast and Mid-Valley Divisions as if we were drafting for our favorite NFL teams. (The innovative ideas never cease here at The Mid)<\/p>\n

Hence being a Rams fan and knowing my team\u2019s needs, I probably wouldn\u2019t draft Adam Muema out of Charter Oak because I already have Stephen Jackson. But I may take a look at Monrovia\u2019s Josh Lowden because I need an outside linebacker to team up with James Laurinaitis in the middle.<\/p>\n

As Ray Lewis might say; \u201cYou feeling me?\u201d<\/p>\n

One more example; my delusional friend Blue State I happen to know is a Cleveland Browns fan. Dude needs a quarterback so does he take Schurr\u2019s Aaron Cantu, rated number one in the Southeast, but only a junior with one full season as a starter or reach for a playmaker like Cal\u2019s Terris Jones and put him on the field with Josh Cribbs?<\/p>\n

How about draft experts drawing comparisons between Baltimore\u2019s Ed Reed and CO\u2019s A.J. Powell.<\/p>\n

We go three rounds, just like the first day of the NFL Draft used to be. We do it live on-line. You contact me and tell me what team you want to represent (first come first served basis) and then we\u2019ll set up a mock draft time.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how everyone thinks, insight\u2026all of that stuff.<\/p>\n

You feeling me?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not we can always talk basketball\u2026<\/p>\n

Gee, that Ron Artest he\u2019s a crazy guy huh?<\/p>\n

Think about it and let me know\u2026In the meantime\u2026<\/p>\n

What I\u2019ve failed to understand about the Gilbert Arenas situation is he wasn\u2019t suspended by the NBA for having a gun in the locker room (or multiple guns and brandishing one of them)\u2026but he was suspended for playing \u201cshootem up\u201d with his fingers with his teammates before a game.<\/p>\n

What is more important the reality or the perception?<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends\u2026<\/p>\n

193<\/p>\n

Fanview Lite appears Monday thru Saturday at www.midvalleysports.com<\/p>\n

Fanview, the HD version, appears every Tuesday at www.midvalleynewsonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good Evening! T-Minus-249 Days until \u201cThe Mid Valley Classic\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[1016,351,1888,1889,238,451],"class_list":["post-5222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview","category-uncategorized","tag-a-j-powell","tag-adam-muema","tag-blue-state","tag-ed-reed","tag-josh-lowden","tag-terris-jones"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5222"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5230,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}