It's here. It's bigger than Christmas in the Calblog house. The NFL Draft. Calblog husband started waking up at 2 am. I had trouble sleeping after 4 am. Even Maddy, who usually sleeps until noon, was up at 6 am.
There was a moment of panic in the the 7 o'clock hour when ESPN went to the draft locale and Suzy Kolber was there instead of Chris Berman. At 9 am though, Chris Berman was leading the commentary.
Our first story of excitement is whether San Diego drafts Eli Manning, son of Archie Manning and brother of Peyton Manning. Eli won't go to San Diego and would rather sit out a year.
UPDATE: We started with a tribute to Pat Tillman.
San Diego is now on the clock.
UPDATE: San Diego, taking almost all of their time, picked Manning. Eli is posing for pictures but is not putting on the hat. Unprecedented. The crowd booed.
UPDATE:
Here's the Calblog predictions:
1st - San Diego Eli Manning, Mississippi QB 1
2nd - Oakland Roy Williams, Texas WR 2
3rd - Arizona Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt. WR 3
4th - N.Y. Giants Robert Gallery, Iowa OT 4
5th - Washington Kellen Winslow, Miami TE 5
6th - Detroit Sean Taylor, Miami S 6
7th - Cleveland DeAngelo Hall, Va. Tech CB 7
8th - Atlanta Tommie Harris, Oklahoma DT 8
9th - Jacksonville Will Smith, Ohio St. DE 9
10th - Houston Steven Jackson, Ore. St RB 10
11th - Pittsburgh Philip Rivers, NC State QB 11
12th - N.Y. Jets Michael Jenkins, Ohio St WR 12
13th - Buffalo Ben Roethlisberger, Mia.-Oh. QB 13
14th - Chicago Kenechi Udeze, USC DE 14
15th - Tampa Bay Dunta Robinson, S. Car. CB 15