Oklahoma St. defeats Stanford 41-38 in OT

I hope all Ram-fans were watching the Fiesta Bowl this evening. Stanford's kicker missed two critical field goals which basically gave the victory to Oklahoma St.  Still, it was one hell of a battle.  However, the much bigger story is Justin Blackmon.  He scored three touchdowns in this game and announced that he will be entering the 2012 draft.  We knew it.  You can read about it and see it here.

This should settle all questions about who our Rams should select with that #2 pick.  I am hearing all manner of rubbish about the Rams selecting a corner with that pick.  You can shove that bullshit.  That pick is going to be used to weaponize Sam Bradford.  That means Justin Blackmon.  He's our kid.  We're taking him.  He will be catching passes from Sam Bradford.  Nobody needs him more than we do.

Justin Blackmon's current #10 ranking won't have anything to do with the decision making process.  You just take a look at that 67 yard catch and run he made against Stanford and you know that #10 ranking is absolutely wrong.  He's way too low.

I want to go on the record saying that Justin Blackmon is my absolute favorite kid in the 2012 draft.  In recent years, Jake Long, Tim Tebow, and A.J. Green have held that title.  This year it is Justin Blackmon.

In case you were wondering, Blackmon is a Capricorn kid, and Sirius 1.1 does show a very high set of synastry scores between me and Justin.  There is a Capricorn-Virgo thing here, but this doesn't have anything to do with my evaluation.  Even the average talent scout knows this kid is special. 

RIP Chester McGlockton

I first heard the news about Chester McGlockton yesterday on Hacksaw Lee Hamilton's radio show during the noontime hour.  I should have blogged about it last night.

I remember the day McGlockton was drafted by the Raiders like it was yesterday.  He was drafted by the Raiders out of Clemson in 1992, the same year the Colts selected Steve Etman #1 out of Washington and the same year my Rams selected Sean Gilbert #2 out of Pitt.  Whilst Gilbert was a dominating performer for a few years with my Rams, I never got over the fact that the Raiders got a better man; and lower. I am certain the Colts never got over this fact either.

McGlocketon was one of a series of giant men who came off the Clemson defensive line.  That lineage included the famous Refrigerator Perry of the Chicago Bears.  He was elected to four Pro-Bowls and was All-Pro three times.  Later, he played for Kansas City, and eventually became a defensive coach at Stanford University during their recent run of success.

McGlockton was a September 16, 1969 Virgo baby, 3 years and two weeks younger than me.  Hard to believe he is dead already.  During much of his life, he weighed around 335 pounds.  I was around 330 at the top of my weight, but much shorter.  McGlockton was not as lucky as I.  McGlockton struggled with obesity-related diabetes through much of his adult life.

At some point, he had the LapBand procedure done to try to deal with his weight and diabetes.  He lost 60 pounds, but evidently, it was too little too late.  I was not regarded as pre-diabetic before having the Roux-en-Y procedure done, and now I never will be.

It is very unfortunate that Chester got some bad medical advise.  Whilst losing a bit of weight can help diabetes, it is not a kill-shot for the malady.  Roux-en-Y is considered the kill-shot for the malady.  I wish he had known.  He might still be alive today.  It has been reported that Chester died of diabetes related illnesses.

My buddy and immediate supervisor suffers from advancing diabetes.  Although he is a little guy, and far from overweight, his doctors have spoken to him about having Roux-en-Y.  Like all of us, he is terrified of the procedure.  It is not easy to lay down on the stretcher and allow them to anesthetize you for a gut-repiping job when you have no immediate threat of death.  Believe me, I know.  I had to do it.

I hope Kapil will have the procedure.