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Universal whine about Clausen thread


Udogg

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it is a prediction that I made using previous statements by Andrew Luck

http://www.mockingthedraft.com/2010/7/11/1564025/andrew-luck-wants-degree-before

You're taking a quote made by a kid 5 months ago. There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding Stanford for next season. Their coach may bolt for the NFL or Michigan. They are also losing some big play makers on both sides of the ball. Andrew Luck isn't a stupid kid. He's watched Jake Locker go from the undisputed #1 or #2 pick to can he get into the top 15. The QB class will be pretty loaded next year as well and if Luck were to suffer an injury or have a bad season due to a loss of talent or coaching change at Stanford his draft stock could certainly slip. A lot has changed in the Bay Area in five months. Luck may stay, but it's a huge risk to do so. In the end the kid is really smart and for that reason I think he will declare to avoid what happened to Locker, Leinart and countless other players who stayed an extra year......

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He is the new Matt Leinart.

Oh yeah? Well Matt Leinart had a few good games his rookie year and gave us this instructional picture on how to open a bottle of champagne with just your teeth when having an evening out with friends:

http://deadspin.com/376333/matt-leinart-is-just-asking-for-it-now

Jimmy hasn't earned the right to be called Matt Leinart yet.

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Oh yeah? Well Matt Leinart had a few good games his rookie year and gave us this instructional picture on how to open a bottle of champagne with just your teeth when having an evening out with friends:

http://deadspin.com/376333/matt-leinart-is-just-asking-for-it-now

Jimmy hasn't earned the right to be called Matt Leinart yet.

Hey at least he is not in a gay club with his shirt off.

http://215sports.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/vince-young-gay-club/

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*shakes head* no one knows who the play was called for, but like i said, MANY rookies do that, i am sure Manning did in his rookie year and Luck will too.

yea but manning threw 26 or 28 tds his rookie year, not 2

too many people pull out the "well...manning through a lot of TDs and lost a lot of games when he was a rookie" card too often. it just doesn't hold any weight, though, for the reasons MVP just gave. through all the mistakes, you could still see TONS of potential and he was MAKING THINGS HAPPEN on that team. they were getting down the field. they were staying on the field for more than 20 minutes a game. they were scoring. can't come close to saying the same things about clausen. there is no comparison.

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