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Bo (12)

I'll watch it.  I haven't been to a Nascar race since the late '80's, and that was Talladega.

He picked Notre Dame to win the NC as well.  "Nuff said.

The biggest deterrent to me when I was struggling with my salvation was legalism.  "If you're a Christian, you can't do this or you can't do that".  When God finally helped me realize it wasn't about what I couldn't do, but what I could do for His kingdom, and I realized I was to work out my own salvation with 'fear and trembling', that was a major breakthrough for me.  It's MY personal relationship with HIM that He wants me to work on, not my ability to judge others.       

Lester should have been drafted.  Square most likely also should have been drafted.  Good luck to all three.  Carson will make someone's roster.  He's an excellent long snapper.   

Dee Milliner, from Alabama, walks off the stage after being selected ninth overall by the New York Jets in the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Radio City Music Hall in New York.(AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - Former Alabama football players heard their names called early and often in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Not only were three former Crimson Tide standouts selected consecutively Thursday in the first round, but six more were drafted in the next two days.

That's a modern school record of nine players picked in seven rounds. The previous record of eight was set in 1987, when there were 12 rounds. That record was tied last year.

Alabama fell one player short of its 1945 total of 10 players drafted. That was when there were 32 rounds and 10 teams.

Five Alabama players were picked Saturday in the last four rounds of the draft:

    Linebacker Nico Johnson (fourth round, Kansas City Chiefs).
    Center Barrett Jones (fourth round, St. Louis Rams).
     Defensive lineman Jesse Williams (fifth round, Seattle Seahawks).
     Defensive lineman Quinton Dial (fifth round, San Francisco 49ers).
     Tight end Michael Williams (seventh round, Detroit Lions).

This was after running back Eddie Lacy was taken late in the second round Friday by the Green Bay Packers.

That was after history was made Thursday when three players from the same team were drafted consecutive in the first round for the first time. That run started with the No. 9 pick:

    Cornerback Dee Milliner (New York Jets).
    Guard Chance Warmack (Tennessee Titans).
    Tackle D.J. Fluker (San Diego Charger).

In the past five years, 34 Alabama players have been drafted. That's more than the number of Crimson Tide players who were drafted in the previous 10 seasons.

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The conference with the most 2013 NFL Draft picks? That would be the SEC East, which had 32 picks to edge the SEC East and ACC, which each had 31.

It's no longer enough to qualify the SEC's draft-day dominance as an entire conference. In its first year as a 14-team conference, the SEC had 63 draft picks, an all-time record by any league and more than double the next closest conference this year.

Divisions now appear to be the best way to put the SEC's NFL talent into perspective. The SEC's two seven-team divisions each surpassed the number of draft picks for nearly every other conference, which tend to range from 10 to 14 teams.

2013 NFL Draft Picks By Conference (or Division)
Conference   2013 Picks
SEC East   32
SEC West   31
ACC   31
Pac-12   28
Big 12   22
Big Ten   22
Big East   18
C-USA   8
Mountain West   7
MAC   7
Sun Belt   4

Or to put it another way: Alabama, LSU, Florida and Georgia combined for more picks than every conference. Within the SEC, those four schools are the upper echelon of the league in drafts, with South Carolina not far behind.

The Iron Bowl scoreboard in NFL draft picks over the past five years: Alabama 33, Auburn 11. Auburn's two selections in the past two years are its fewest in a two-year period since having no picks from 1951 to '54.

With six draft picks since the 2010 BCS championship, Auburn has the fewest by a school in the three years after a national title in at least 20 years.

SEC NFL Draft Picks
Team   2013 Picks   Picks Last 5 Years
Alabama   9   33
Georgia   8   31
LSU   9   32
Florida   8   26
South Carolina   7   24
Tennessee   4   14
Missouri   2   13
Texas A&M   5   13
Arkansas   4   13
Mississippi State   3   12
Auburn   1   11
Ole Miss   0   10
Kentucky   1   8
Vanderbilt   2   7

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I hope he straightens his life out and makes good of this opportunity, because most likely this is his last hoorah.  If he messes up again, he'll be doomed as far as NFL football is concerned.  I also hope others see what being stupid can do to a promising career.  He would have been a first round pick if he hadn't decided drugs were more important than his future.