[Translate] Eddie George: talent scout. This blogger had the pleasure of meeting legendary Tennessee Titans Running Back Eddie George at the 2012 NFL Draft, and he was kind enough to give me a vlog recap of the first two days of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Mr. George was, at the time, working for Yahoo Sports, which has shown an...
[Translate] Last week I brought you an early 2012 NFL season preview for the contenders in the NFC, as promised here is my AFC preview. Most of the big moves in free agency this offseason were made by teams in the AFC, none more so than the signing of one of the games greatest ever Quarterbacks, Peyton Manning who after being courted by several teams opted...
[Translate] Justin Blackmon gets 2nd DUI? Wow. Reports are that Justin Blackmon, interviewed in the video below by myself and Julie Buehler, who’s new radio show starts tomorrow on 1010 AM in the Palm Desert Of California, received a DUI. The Tulsa World reports that he was booked in the Payne County Jail at 10 PM on a “complaint of aggravated...
[Translate] Julie Buehler On The NFL Draft Sports expert, Crossfit trainer, friend and Zennie62 Contributor Julie Buehler is back on radio after a brief absence and with a brand new show called Buehler’s Day Off on Radio KXPS 1010 AM from the Palm Desert in California. I met Julie just before the 2012 NFL Draft, and we instantly hit it off. Julie is a really...
[Translate] Baltimore Ravens Sign All Draft Picks, New Birds Ready for Takeoff! Well it is a done deal. This week all eight draft picks were signed by the Baltimore Ravens, the first team to sign the entire draft class. The signings were a major accomplishment since typically draft picks aren’t signed so quickly, but thanks to the new rookie wage scale which...
[Translate] Julie Buehler On The NFL Draft Julie Buehler is a one-woman army of awesomeness poised to take the sports media World by storm. I met Julie just before the 2012 NFL Draft, and the video above was made on the first day we met in person, at NFL Play 60. As you can hear, she’s more than informed about the Indianapolis Colts, because she covers...
[Translate] The 2012 NFL Draft is history, and while “Draftniks” are grading how NFL teams did, this blogger’s looking at how the NFL itself performed in social media. This blog post is both in preparation for, and will serve as kind of a primer for, a Tuesday morning radio show talk on The Tonya Hall Radio Show out of Denver Colorado, and what...
[Translate] Paul Salata, the creator of Mr. Irrelevant, the way of celebrating the last pick of the annual NFL Draft, has never been booed by anyone at the NFL Draft. Ok, this is still on my mind. Look at and listen to this Tout (and as a note, it’s the only one I made from the floor of the NFL Draft): There were people who started booing the moment Paul...
[Translate] Chandler Harnish, QB Northern Illinois, is the last pick of the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, and 2012′s Mr. Irrelevant! When Paul Salata appears to end the NFL Draft each year (Zennie62 coverage sponsored by Tout.com), you know it’s time for Mr. Irrelevant. And this year was no disappointment. Paul, ever dapper in his blue suit, stepped forward to say that the Indy Colts select, and then to call the name of… Chandler Harnish, QB Northern Illinois! And ESPN fans boo? Yep. There was a lot of...
[Translate] Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio Wants Colt’s Jim Irsay Off Twitter Twitter has certainly changed the way people converse, creating access to previously distant celebrities and notaries. And more importantly, the media has had to adjust accordingly, deciding how the social medium is navigated. Some see Twitter as a threat, others as a tool....
[Translate] Mitchell Schwartz, Mychal Kendricks, Marvin Jones represent for Cal Football! (So far!) While The Stanford Cardinal had several players go in the top rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft, from Quarterback Andrew Luck, the first player taken overall, to Tight End Cory Fleener, who will join Luck at Indianapolis, rival California players and Cal fans had to...
[Translate] LaMichael James A Niner! After drafting wide receiver A.J. Jenkins in the first round, the San Francisco 49ers added more speed with University of Oregon running back LaMichael James in the second round. With a stellar career at Oregon, that included a loss in the national title game to Auburn in 2011, James left as a junior with an 6.6 yards per...
