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Clausen, Gerhart picked in 2nd round; McCoy in 3rdFootball Betting Lines04/24/2010 - NEW YORK (AP) -Jimmy Clausen turned out to be a first pick, after all. A day after being passed over in the first round of the NFL draft, Clausen was one excited quarterback: The Carolina Panthers used their first pick in the draft to select him in the second round Friday night, No. 48 overall. It could be a perfect fit. Coach John Fox told Clausen that the Panthers' offense is similar to the one he excelled in during his three years under coach Charlie Weis at Notre Dame. And there's this little nugget, too. Jake Delhomme is no longer with the Panthers and the current starting quarterback is unproven Matt Moore. ``I think it's going to help me tremendously, being in Coach Weis' system,'' Clausen said. There was relief in the Carolina war room, too. General manager Marty Hurney spent Friday trying to move up to the first pick in the second round to take Clausen, who was just 16-18 at Notre Dame. He was unable to swing a deal and then held his breath, fearing Arizona was about to grab Clausen after trading up for the No. 47 pick. ``You always say anything can happen,'' Hurney said as the Cardinals went for a linebacker. ``Wow, it happened. We feel extremely fortunate to get a quarterback of his ability with the 48th pick.'' Texas quarterback Colt McCoy joined in the fun, too, but not until the third round when his college coach, Mack Brown, announced that he had been taken by Cleveland at No. 85. ``My heart skipped a beat,'' McCoy said of getting the phone call from Browns president Mike Holmgren. ``I am where I'm supposed to be, and that's Cleveland. It's a blue-collar town, and that's how I am. ``To have Coach Brown introduce me and announce my name is really special.'' Day 2 of the draft at Radio City Music Hall got off to a slow start, with former stars such as Jim Brown, Floyd Little, Ray Lewis and Dan Marino announcing the early second-round choices. The opening pick Friday was by St. Louis, who took Rodger Saffold, an offensive tackle from Indiana who will get a chance to protect the Rams' No. 1 pick Sam Bradford. Minnesota followed with its first pick of the draft, cornerback Chris Cook of Virginia. Tampa Bay went for UCLA defensive tackle Brian Price. ``Oh man, it was a long night,'' Saffold said. ``Your heart's racing the entire time and I'm just glad St. Louis called. I didn't know how much longer I could have taken it.'' After Clausen, a flurry of All-Americans followed. Safety Taylor Mays of USC went to San Francisco at No. 49, cornerback/punt returner Javier Arenas went to Kansas City at No. 50, followed by Heisman Trophy runner-up Toby Gerhart going to Minnesota, where he could find himself sharing carries with Pro-Bowler and fellow Heisman-runner-up Adrian Peterson. ``I'm there to complement the best running back in the league, Adrian Peterson,'' Gerhart said. ``It's amazing. I remember when I first started college, Adrian Peterson was the man in college. I remember saying I want to emulate my game after him.'' Clausen was an expected first-rounder, but Bradford and Tim Tebow - the surprise No. 25 pick of the Denver Broncos - were the only quarterbacks to go in the first round. ``I'm so excited to be a part of the Panthers organization,'' Clausen said. ``I just want to tell you that you guys made the best pick in the draft, and I'm going to make you guys proud.'' The knock on the 6-foot-3, 222-pound Clausen is questionable leadership and arm strength. ``He's an excellent football player, but he doesn't have great arm strength,'' NFL draft consultant Gil Brandt said. ``That's all right, though. He only threw four interceptions last year, he led his team to four comeback wins and led his team to four other comebacks in games they lost.'' Another large crowd showed up at Radio City, but there was not much reaction until Clausen was chosen. His selections drew perhaps the loudest cheers of the night - even more than the picks made by the hometown Giants and Jets. Minnesota, which traded out of the first round, has had injury issues at cornerback, so Cook should be helpful. And Tampa Bay's defensive line has been a sieve, which it addressed with the selections of Oklahoma's Gerald McCoy at No. 3 overall and then Price. McCoy was taken after his favorite target with the Longhorns, Jordan Shipley, went to Cincinnati. Wideout Golden Tate, Clausen's college teammate, went 60th overall to Seattle. Perhaps new Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was swayed by Tate's outstanding performance against his USC Trojans last year. Other notables on Day 2: Kansas City got a prime kick returner and receiving threat in 5-foot-8, 165-pound Dexter McCluster of Mississippi; Alabama's 350-pound All-American defensive tackle Terrence ``Mount'' Cody landed in Baltimore at No. 57; and Cincinnati selected Florida linebacker Carlos Dunlap, who was arrested for DUI in December. The Bengals have a history of bringing in players with off-field issues. ``That was the only incident on my record,'' Dunlap said. ``Pretty much, I told them that was my first and last incident. I learned from it. I apologized to everyone.'' South Florida safety Nate Allen was taken by Philadelphia with the second-rounder the Eagles got from Washington for Donovan McNabb. Oregon safety T.J. Ward went to Cleveland, a selection announced by the Browns' greatest player, Jim Brown. The Hall of Famer got far more cheers than anyone Friday night, even Clausen. The final player selected on Day 2 was Alabama All-America guard Mike Johnson. One player on hand was Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski, who went 42nd overall to New England. The Patriots have a sparse group at the position. ``I know coach Bill Belichick is one the greatest coaches out there,'' Gronkowski said, ``and I know Tom Brady is one of the best quarterbacks out there, and he will be flinging me the ball.''Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTINGNCAA Football Betting : USC's reward: Top spot in Top 25NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC. Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent. Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory. Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3. "We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team." Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time. "Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team." The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points. "I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won." Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State. "There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?" USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll. "It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter." While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls. As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule. But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference. Get the latest 2009 BCS Championship odds at MySportsbook.com. The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road. The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second. The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia. No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday. Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee. Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina. Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson. The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996. South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20. The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24. Get free Sports Betting lines RSS feeds from top rated online sportsbook MySportsbook.com
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