We love the draft. You know this.
We are roughly 24 hours from the first round, a sporting spectacle that is not for everyone but is must see TV for the 5-at-10. Don't judge.
We have not done mock drafts. Until now. Here's how we see the first 10 picks going.
FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. While 26 draft-eligible players have accepted invitations from the NFL to attend the proceedings later this month, Winston and Marcus Mariota are not among them. The two most recent Heisman Trophy winners and highest-profile players in this year's crop have opted to stay home with their families for the April 30-May 2 draft. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) 1. Tampa Bay - Jameis Winston, FSU
2. San Diego (from Tennessee for Philip Rivers and No. 17 pick) - Marcus Mariota, Oregon
3. Jacksonville - Dante Fowler, Florida
4. Oakland - Amari Cooper, Alabama
5. Washington - Leonard Williams, USC
6. New York Jets - Vic Beasley, Clemson
7. Chicago - Danny Shelton, Washington
8. Atlanta - Bud Dupree, Kentucky
9. New York Giants - Brandon Scherff, Iowa
10. St. Louis - Andreus Peat, Stanford
We'll have more in the TFP later this week.
(Side note: With any luck, if the above plays out and the Titans can land Todd Gurley at 17, wow.)
Notice too that neither Shane Ray or Randy Gregory are in the top 10 after news has broken recently about pot incidents. That's not a judgement of smoking as much as how teams have to factor in off-the-field characteristics in a tighter, more-socially-aware NFL.
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Lydia KoThe next Tiger
Golf has found the next Tiger Woods. After a lengthy search and, not unlike the NBA's manipulated pipe dreams that a litany of good players were the next Jordan, some forced options, golf has it.
Meet Lydia Ko, quite simply the best under 20 athlete of all time.
Check the stats.
Through 50 pro tournaments as an amateur or pro she has seven wins.
Through 50 pro tournaments as an amateur or pro she has finished in the top-10 29 times. Yes in her golf career - and remember she's still three years away from being able to buy a glass of wine - Ko is more likely to finish in the top 10 than not.
Through 50 pro tournaments as an amateur or pro she has made 50 cuts. Yes, 50.
She reached No. 1 in the world at 17, breaking Tiger's previous record as the youngest world No. 1 by four years.
And in case your curious, Tiger won his seventh PGA title in his 51st tournament as an amateur or pro.
By the way she turned 18 last week, so there's that.
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No Love
FILE - In this July 11, 2014, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, dunks against the Milwaukee Bucks during an NBA summer league basketball in Las Vegas. Wiggins will sign his rookie contract with the Cavaliers, an agreement that would prevent any potential trade involving the small forward from being completed for 30 days, a person familiar with the negotiations says. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) OK, the Cleveland Cavs are built for the now. They dealt a future star in Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love in the offseason.
Love may opt out after this season; a scenario that seems likely considering the numerous stories about the lack of chemistry on the Cavs and the dip in numbers for Love, who went from being a 25-12 guy for a bad Minnesota team to an 18-8 guy as a third option in Cleveland.
So the Cavs' window is most open this spring. Well, until Love was ruled out for at least the next round of the playoffs after getting a separated shoulder from Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk.
Since Cleveland will almost assuredly see the Bulls in the next round, Love's absence against a bigger Chicago front line will be especially painful.
LeBron, whatcha got?
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This and that
Atlanta Braves left fielder Kelly Johnson, right, is greeted at the dugout by his teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals on Monday, April 27, 2015, in Atlanta. - Braves beat Nationals. Just passing it along. (And yes, in a week this busy it's easy to forget about them.
- Jordan's rookie shoes went for more than $71,000 at auction this week. Along those lines, a Honus Wagner baseball card went for more than $1.3 million.
- Maybe it's because of the increased focus on the fight this Saturday, but what's with all the hand-wringing about Floyd Mayweather now? Dude has been a punk for at least a decade and has cashed one eight-figure check after another. We guess that the morality mob is coming calling now because it's easy or it's more in the limelight. So it goes. War Pacquiao.
- And there's a story circulating that Tom Brady skipped the Patriots trip to the White House because in part the President joked about DeflateGate. Or maybe the middle school study hall was too important.
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Today's question
Have you entered the free 5-at-10 contests? We will post the NFL entries on Thursday.
Feeling the Draft while drinking a Draught Draft Contest (Each correct guess is worth 1 point)
Who is the Titans' first pick (if they pick Marcus Mariota and then trade him, he would technically be the first pick; if they trade the pick and someone else picks him, well, that's different)?
Georgia running back Todd GurleyWho is the Falcons' first pick?
How many SEC players go in round one?
Where is Todd Gurley picked?
Which round does former UTC player Davis Tull get picked?
As for the Derby, here's the First In/Last in Derby Day (last-place finisher is worth 2 points, winner worth 1 point; if needed we'll have a tie-breaker after the fact).
Whatcha got?
As for a Rushmore, well, let's try this one: Who's on the Rushmore of teenage sports stars?