He is overlooked by the notoriously stupid NFL. I guess only the bad boys of college get to play ball in the NFL or they have to have played for a so called tier one college. Not that the tier one schools are valid any longer in regards to the true definition of what it should entail. Many of these so called schools no longer deserve to be classified as such, but because they have money and can afford such high profiles, their respective players can very well write their own ticket into the NFL. Tech's Michael Crabtree was one of the few exceptions who actually had true talent and made it into the NFL. He was from a great conference but from a small university who lacks in the $$$ column compared to their collegiate siblings & rivals from schools such as UT, OK, A&M, etc.
Not to take anything from what Michael has achieved (and will hopefully continue to achieve), but a receiver's chances of being drafted by the NFL is far greater & better than that of a QB. Besides, Michael was supposed to go quicker in the first round of this year's draft and almost did not make even the top 10 because of Oakland's dismissal at picking him at # 8; had it not been for the 49er's taking him at # 10, Michael surely would have slipped out of the top 10 when he was supposed to go somewhere in the top 5 range.
QB's from the smaller, disrespected & ignored colleges usually go to the CFL (as is the case with Harrell and previous Texas Tech QB's). The arena football league disbanded due to various reasons last season so I suppose one can say that the CFL is now more competitive so Graham should be happy & satisfied for having been taken by the Saskatchewan Roughriders (read the story here), but that sort of statement would not be just or do justice to Graham's fantastic collegiate career. Plus, the lone fact that the ignorance of any NFL team to give him a shot just makes him want to try harder and one day he will get that call from an NFL team to show everyone what he is made of and ppl will wonder why it took so long. If Kurt Warner doesn't inspire football fans to show more support for the little guy, the under dog, the long-shot, then I don't know what to say. If fans rallied a lot more in support of what we want and who we want, maybe the league would be better off. We could rid the league of the true bad boys faster. Personally, I like the way the ownership of the Packers belongs to their respective fans.
BTW: In further noting why, to me, the NFL does more often suck than not, let's discuss one of my all time fav players...one Terrell Owens. He IS NOT A BAD BOY!!! I really believe that he is just misunderstood and seriously gets unfairly picked on by the glorified media that spins things so much out of control that they could easily provide major cities with wind power. He was long ago chosen to be a negative player because the sport's pundits chose the wrong player when it came time to pick sides of right and wrong. It was too late for the pundits to change back sides so they continued their witch-hunt of Terrell to continue in desperation to justify their awful decision until the poor guy either broke down (which he never did) or until he uttered a major gaffe (which he never did either).
He does merely voice his thoughts & opinions. Let's face it, ppl, it is the premadonnas of the past that have once played QB to his WR who have been the cry-babies. In a way, they were the belly-crawling, ratty, little whistle-blowers. Perhaps it is they (NFL QB's in Owen's past) who have just been too chicken to voice their own opinions if ever they had any as most of them were/are "yes men". Terrell has never gotten into physical brawls with his team-mates, never gotten into trouble with the law, never been associated with drugs or any other crimes. Don't tag him as a thug, a trouble-maker, or for certain not as a bad boy when the great player that he is happens to get passed over for the real tag that he is truly deserving of...a franchise tag.
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