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Spiller if he is on the board when the Packers are on the clock. Before your head explodes for an offensive lineman not being at the top of the list, let’s take a look at arguably the best running back in the nation.Spiller has been a monster this season and his pre-Music City Bowl stats include 1145 rushing yards, 11 touchdowns. He has also added 33 receptions for 445 yards and four touchdowns through the air for the Tigers and is having a stellar all-around season. Spiller will play his bowl game in Tennessee, the home of the NFL’s leading rusher Chris Johnson. Many have compared Spiller’s running style to that of Johnson’s and their measurements are the same within five pounds of each other.The Packers have lacked a true game-breaker in the run game for quite some time and Spiller would fit the bill perfectly. Spiller’s ability to cut back and break into the second level make him a perfect fit for the zone blocking scheme, something Ryan Grant has lacked since his breakout campaign two seasons ago. Spiller would allow the Packers to use the screen game more efficiently and add a potential, “touchdown every time he touches the ball” running back to the offense.The other caveat with Spiller is his ability as a kick and punt returner. Spiller has returned an NCAA-record eight kicks for touchdowns and is a threat to go to the house every time he goes back for a kick. If Spiller does not take over starting running back duties right away, he will return kicks and punts for a Packers special teams unit that ranks 21st in average kick returns and 24th in punt returns.The NFL is quickly becoming a two-running back system and the fact is that Grant is not going to last long if he has no one behind him. Brandon Jackson has proved to be a bust outside of his improved blitz pick-up on third down and DeShawn Wynn is nothing more than a nice practice squad player. Spiller would provide the Packers with a change-of-pace running back, similar to what Felix Jones is in Dallas with Marion Barber.Entering Week Thirteen, the Packers were slotted to pick 22nd in the first round. Obviously that number can and probably will change slightly between now and April, but that range is where most experts have Spiller going. If he has a big bowl game and runs a sub-4.30 forty at the Combine his stock will surely rise into the top 15, but we have now seen that Ted Thompson is not afraid to depart with his later draft picks if it means getting someone he really likes.In recent years, Thompson has shown a pattern of going with the best player available in round one of the draft, and then drafting for need in round two. The talent in the first round makes it hard to pass on a player you think could be truly special. Unless you are set at the position with a young, elite-level talent (Chris Johnson, Joe Thomas, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Willis), drafting the best player available is not a waste of a pick.At some point early on in the draft, the offensive line will need to be addressed. Thompson is (hopefully) starting to see that a line built on mid-round, little known, athletic college linemen is not going to get the job done. With one of the deepest draft classes this decade, Thompson will be able to find good depth in round two if he does not pull the trigger on a tackle in the first round.The truth is the Packers are set at multiple positions on the field for quite some time and find themselves with a better future than the majority of teams. That means taking risks in the first round on a potential stud running back will not set them back five years if it does not work. Good teams like the Packers put themselves in those positive situations to be able to do that, so taking a flier on Spiller is a risk worth taking.Running back might not be the Packers’ biggest need next season, but if a future Pro Bowler is on the board when the Packers pick, need might go right out the window.. FROM NECESSARY ROUGHNESS - GO TO NECESSARY ROUGHNESS TO CHECK OUT DAILY JERSEY GIRLS OF THE DAY! After watching the BCS and Bowl Selections, I came to the conclusion that the Capital One Bowl is the big winner in all of these bowls.I found it interesting that the Orange Bowl elected to pick Iowa. Most believe that if The Fiesta Bowl passes on a Big Ten team with its pick, which they did, (and they leaned toward Iowa over Penn State in terms of Big Ten) the Orange Bowl would most certainly take a Big Ten team, which would probably be Penn State given the good relationship between the bowl and school. I believe that the BCS wants to avoid any additional back lash and the Orange Bowl went safe and took Iowa since they were indeed more deserving given the head to head match-up. However, the bowl probably would fare better with a bigger name like Penn State given the name recognition, more well known players, and a coach like Joe Paterno.Given that the Fiesta bowl elected to match up TCU and Boise State, which is in itself controversial, having Penn State go over Iowa would just add fuel to the fire.In turn, the big winner here is The Capital One Bowl which now probably has the 3rd most nationally appealing game (and maybe even 2nd in terms of matching up 2 programs with so much national appeal). Given that BCS games naturally have more appeal just because they are deemed the elite bowls, they will do very well regardless of the match ups.

When ranking the bowls, you would have to put the National Title (with two national programs) as the most appealing game obviously given that it's THE championship game and has two very appealing programs. Second would probably have to be the Rose Bowl because as they say, it is the Gran-Daddy of the them all, and has a nationally appealing program in Ohio State. A team like USC would have been much better for the Rose Bowl.With that said, because it is the Rose Bowl, it would still have to rank second in terms of most anticipated bowl game. However, I would argue that Penn State and LSU both have more appeal than Oregon thus making the Capital One Bowl game, in some ways have more national appeal than any other bowl game outside of the National Title.Looking at some of the other teams in the BCS bowls, Cincinnati has no national appeal outside of Notre Dame fans hoping that they are watching their next coach, Georgia Tech has no national appeal, although they do run a very fun and effective triple option.TCU and Boise State don't have national appeal but create an interesting match-up for College Football fans thus creating somewhat of a national appeal. The BCS controversy of having two non power conference teams matched up, and being the first bowl game, not named the national championship to have two undefeated teams creates some interest. However, it may be tough attracting the casual fans which such unknown programs that lack the history that is needed to have a national appeal, and that's what BCS games are all about, aka: show me the money.With all that information, I would argue that Penn State vs.

LSU is the 2nd most nationally anticipated game based on the amount of fans these programs have. In addition, if the Capital One Bowl could air later in the day, say 4pm or 7pm on January 1st, rather than 1pm as it is always scheduled, this game would be the second highest rated bowl game on the slate. It is hard to have casual fans tune on at 1pm in New Year's Day given that most are just waking up.Give me your thoughts on my claim to the ranks of most appealing games on the side bar!. EMTA Holdings, Inc.

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