Bumped...Our guys are once again well represented. - P

Love him or hate him, Kirk Herbstreit has put out his annual list of preseason picks for such things as "best running back" and "house hold name by the end of September". One thing is for sure there is plenty of USC love to go around in this list!

First, the list can be found here: Link

And for the lazy, all the USC picks:

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4. Damian Williams

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Break down by division:

AL East: 4 teams (5 total appearances, 2  by the Yankees)

AL Central: 2 teams

AL West: 2 team

NL East: 3 Teams

NL Central: 3 Teams (5 total appearances, 2 each by Cubs and Cards)

NL West: 3 Teams

Surprisingly balanced! For the most part you get the presumed front runners of each division as well as appearances by a couple of random teams like Baltimore, Oakland and San Diego. I wonder what the ESPN and Fox schedules for the same time frame look like?

MLB.com Link

To sum it up, the article talks about the Nats inability to sign Aaron Crow last year but their acting GM makes no bones about the fact that if the draft were today they'd take Strasburg and worry about the cost later.

Obviously it's been more or less a foregone conclusion that he'd be their pick but I've seen a few people say things like "Maybe he'll be too expensive for them!" etc so hopefully this finally puts all that to bed and we can move on and focus on Dustin Ackley!

Floyd gave money to OJ's handler

USC men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd made a direct cash payment to a man who helped deliver O.J. Mayo to the Trojans program, according to Louis Johnson, a former member of Mayo’s inner circle.

Johnson, a one-time Mayo confidant, has told both NCAA investigators and federal authorities – including the FBI, IRS and U.S. Attorney’s Office – that Floyd gave at least $1,000 in cash to Rodney Guillory, a man who allegedly lavished Mayo with improper benefits while the guard starred for the Trojans.

No mention of this on the front page of the world wide leader. Seems to be a Yahoo exclusive at the moment.

I'm not doubting that this could be true, and if it is, well then holy shit.

Edit again for clarification: The story on coach Floyd is not from Dr. Saturday Or Shutdown corner. I think originally I intended to post something about one of the Yahoo blogs stirring up PC to the NFL rumors and then edited it to get the correct blog linked and lost my original text. Apologies to the crew at Dr. Saturday as I appreciate their fine work and will continue to frequent their blog.

I think it is easy for all Trojan fans to understand how touchy we get about PC to the NFL rumors, but it is always important to remain level headed when dealing with this kind of news.

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