David Hooper
Apr 23, 2008 May 22, 2012 1022 35782
I grew up in the state of Wyoming and received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2001. After a short, land-locked tour of duty with the Navy as a nuclear power instructor, I then moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to attend graduate school in nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee. Already an avid football fan, taking classes in a building in the shadow of Neyland Stadium suited me very well, and I followed UT sports as a way to preserve my sanity during his studies.
In a fit of boredom during the fall of 2007, I made the unfortunate mistake of marrying my career to my hobby by producing a statistical analysis showing that Tennessee could expect a victory over Arkansas so long as Darren McFadden was kept below 150 total yards of offense. Armed with far too many pretty graphs, the argument was featured on the blog Rocky Top Talk, and a monster was born. Delirious with the thrill of writing to a nonscientific crowd, I continued to sham ordinary posts with incomprehensible mathematical analysis until Joel Hollingsworth surrendered and gave me a permanent position on Rocky Top Talk. Someday I will actually finish a PhD in nuclear engineering; until then, I will continue to haunt the blogosphere with my secret desire to convert the world to monospaced, sans serif fonts.
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Commented Rucker gets away with it because he doesn't take himself too seriously. on 2013 NFL Mock Draft - SB Nation on Rocky Top Talk - 05/03/12 11:28 AM EDT
Commented The hat might be a reasonable alternate. on DOOLEY 2012: The Campaign Wants You on Rocky Top Talk - 05/02/12 11:28 AM EDT
Commented I SWEAR I typed 2013 for that first one. on 2013 NFL Mock Draft - SB Nation on Rocky Top Talk - 05/01/12 3:53 PM EDT
Commented FWIW, here's the most honest procedure for a 2012 mock draft in April/May 2012. on 2013 NFL Mock Draft - SB Nation on Rocky Top Talk - 05/01/12 12:07 PM EDT
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Commented Whenever I comment about Hyams, it tends to be negative, so to be fair to him on 2013 NFL Mock Draft - SB Nation on Rocky Top Talk - 05/01/12 12:05 PM EDT
Commented I would expect that Rogers would leave if Bray leaves. on This is the last time you won't care about the NFL Draft on Rocky Top Talk - 04/27/12 9:54 AM EDT
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