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WHITNEY WAY Daily Egyptian SIUC will combine three bus routes due to budget constraints. “We have to live within the budget,� said Lori Stettler, director of the Student Center.

Bus routes 1, 10 and 52, the three largest with the most stops, will be combined into one route. Low ridership on all three routes was also a factor in the decision to combine the routes.

Undergraduate Student Government President Brain Nelson said the stops of routes 1, 10 and 52 will be condensed into the Logan Route beginning fall semester 2011. “Some stops were eliminated, and a lot of people are mad about that,� Nelson said.

The stops on Routes 1, 10 and 52 that recorded low ridership were eliminated while the stops of these routes that recorded the highest student ridership were condensed into the Logan Route, said Nelson.

The Logan Route stops include the Student Center, Engineering building, Communications building, Northwest Annex at Wham, Pullian Hall, Amtrak, Save-A-Lot, Walnut Street at Lewis Lane, Carbondale High School, SIU Credit Union, Kroger, Kohl’s, John A. Logan College, C.A.S.A. Carterville, Whiffle Boys, Walgreens, the Recreation Center and then return to the Student Center.

The Board of Trustees voted to combine the routes July 14.

Rod Sievers, assistant to the chancellor for media relations, said the decision was an agreement between the university and the Beck Bus company, the company SIUC has a contract with. “The university has contracted with the same bus company for a number of years,� Sievers said. “Combining routes cut costs for the university and the bus company.�

Stettler said operation and employment costs would increase and be wasted if buses continued to run where students do not frequently ride.

At the end of every school year, Stettler said the university records student ridership when students swipe their ID card to ride the bus and adjusts them accordingly. “We know where ridership of students is the highest and we know where it is the lowest,� Stettler said. “We eliminated the routes where we saw ridership of students was low and infrequent.�

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Starting in the fall semester, the Saluki Express will condense the three most popular routes, 1, 10 and 52, into one. The move is expected to lower costs and help the university’s budget. Stops where ridership was low have been eliminated and no new stops were added.

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The band Fools for Rowan played on the Shryock steps Thursday evening during the last Sunset Concert of the

summer. The five-piece band comes from Nashville and has toured around the country.

Southern Lights Entertainment asks for community’s input LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian Now that SIU Arena renovations are complete, Southern Lights Entertainment is full-speed ahead with bringing big name acts to Carbondale again.

But Bryan Rives said SLE wants to hear from the community first.

Rives, director of SIU Event Services, said SLE is conducting an online survey to find out which acts and attractions the southern Illinois audience would like to see. “Basically, before we move forward with more booking, we’re waiting for students to return back to campus in a couple of weeks and once we get their input on the survey, we’ll be able to move forward with more booking in the arena,� Rives said.

The survey is available on SIUC’s Events Services website. It asks questions such as which factors are most important when deciding whether to buy a ticket to a particular event, which venue is the person’s favorite and how they would rank the concert atmosphere at a particular venue. The survey also asks what price range the individual would pay to see a major touring artist or Broadway show in Shryock Auditorium.

The survey also asks what an acceptable cost would be for a persemester student fee, which would

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he Avett Brothers have been doing strongly around the country.

They’re an up-and-coming group so we think it’s going to go well. We hope it’s something students will come out for. — Bryan Rives director of SIU Event Services help bring in major touring artists to the area.

The Avett Brothers, a band based out of North Carolina, is headed to the SIU Arena Oct. 25. Outback Concerts, a national and regional concert promoter, approached SLE to help promote the event and is renting the arena to bring the Brothers to town, Rives said.

The band is made up of brothers Scott and Seth Avett, who play banjo and guitar, Bob Crawford on standup bass and Joe Kwon who plays the cello. The band first released its selftitled EP in 2000 and is most known for their album “I and Love and You,� which was released in 2009 and peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 best selling albums. The Avett Brothers is currently touring in Europe and will return to the U.S. in September for additional tour dates. “(The Avett Brothers) have been doing strongly around the country.

They’re an up-and-coming group so we think it’s going to go well,� Rives said. “We hope it’s something students will come out for.�

He said Outback Concerts is expecting to sell 3,000 to 4,000 tickets to the event. Tickets went on sale Friday.

Craig Johnson, a senior from Carbondale studying management, said he hasn’t seen many big-name acts play in Carbondale and thinks the local music scene could be better. “It’s very limited,� he said. “There are no big-name groups that come down here.�

Johnson, who enjoys listening to many national and international Spanish artists, said he also listens to bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Marley and Sublime, and he would like to see more mainstream bands perform in the area.

He said he would pay anywhere from $30 to $40 to see one of his favorite bands play at the SIU Arena.

Ashley Lee, a senior from Du Quoin studying social work, attended the Kenny Rogers concert in February at the SIU Arena and said she paid $10 for a concert ticket.

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“I’d be willing to pay more if (my favorite artist) came to the arena,” she said.

Lee, who listens to mainly oldschool country such as Johnny Cash, said Carbondale's music scene is pretty good, but there's always room for improvement. “(The music scene) could bring in bigger acts,” she said.

Rives said when SLE first kicked off its series in 2008, it was able to bring B.B. King to the arena. The show had a positive reaction from the community, and Rives said he hopes the survey will help SLE find out what the southern Illinois community wants to hear next, he said.

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The Avett Brothers, a band based in North Carolina, will make its way to Carbondale Oct. 25 at the SIU Arena. Before Southern Lights Entertainment books

multiple bands for the fall, the program is conducting an online survey to find out which acts and attractions southern Illinois audiences would like to see.

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Aaron Adams, a junior from Chicago studying biology, said he used route 10 most often during his freshman and sophomore year.

“There are more students (who) don’t have a car than those who do,” Adams said. “Route 10 goes everywhere a student could possibly need to go in Carbondale.”

Adams said many students, including himself, use the bus for transportation to work, the grocery store and the movies.

Stettler said the decision to combine the routes was made with the approval of Undergraduate Student Government.

“Students can report what changes they want to see regarding the bus routes to USG, they would then report

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to us and let us know student concerns (about bus transportation)," Stettler said. “If student requests can be done within the budget, then we make changes accordingly.”

Stettler said when there is a large demand for new bus routes, new routes are created to satisfy student interests such as the late night transit route and the bus route created to and from the Reserves apartment complex when it was built.

She said though new routes can be created, old routes cannot be reintegrated into the bus schedules.

Stettler said the new bus routes and stops for the fall semester can be viewed on the Student Center website.

“Students are welcome to bring any concerns they may have regarding the new routes to our attention,” Stettler said.

Studies show e-cigs fight addiction TARA KULASH Daily Egyptian Carbondale residents can find electronic cigarettes behind gas station counters, at smoke shops and online to help curb cigarette addiction.

Electronic cigarettes are scientifically called electronic nicotine delivery systems. The smoke from them contains fewer toxins than tobacco smoke and has no odor since it’s vapor. The device was patented in the U.S. in 2007, and in 2011 the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found 31 percent of e-cig users were able to lower their cigarette addiction and ultimately quit smoking after six months.

Krystle Emilia, a recent SIUC graduate, said the device has helped her smoke less. She said she originally smoked about six cigarettes a day, then she cut down to three a day, and now she only smokes about every other day or when she’s stressed.

“I wasn’t really addicted to the cigarette itself, I was addicted to the

habit of smoking,” Emilia said. “(The e-cig) replaced that fix of just holding a cigarette in my hand.”

She said the water vapor from the device makes her feel like she’s smoking, and she likes that the brand she uses, Green Puffer, has multiple flavor options.

A study done by Jean-Francois Etter, a consultant for the World Health Organization, found e-cigarette smokers also felt healthier after using the product. Those surveyed said they could breathe better and had fewer coughing fits. They said they also liked the electronic cigarettes because they’re cheaper than regular cigarettes.

Chris Thomas, a junior from Villa Park studying information systems technology, said he bought an electronic cigarette over a year ago to help him quit smoking. He said he was able to go a month without smoking actual cigarettes at all, but the more he used the device, the less he thought it worked.

“Since it’s only nicotine in the (e-cig), sometimes you want that

whole nasty thing, like the burn," Thomas said. "There’s no burn with the e-cig.”

Christopher Julian-Fralish, alcohol and other drugs coordinator at the Wellness Center, said he’s only heard a few students talk about electronic cigarettes.

“A majority of people that come in are, at the very least, able to reduce the amount of cigarettes they smoke by using e-cigarettes,” Julian-Fralish said.

He said he thinks the device might be beneficial, but there haven’t been enough studies on it yet. He said one study he read said the negative impacts of the electronic cigarette were minimal, but the study was of only one brand. He said he knows of at least 17 brands that make electronic cigarettes so far.

Sarah Wingate, of Cobden, said she hasn’t seen many sales at Huck’s Gas Station on Illinois Avenue in Carbondale yet. She’s worked at the station for about eight months and said the electronic cigarette, Nu1s, has been on sale for about a month.

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Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, are sold at gas stations and smoke shops throughout the area and are slowly gaining interest by smokers who want to “I haven’t sold any personally,” Wingate said.

She said her brother works at a liquor store in Anna and told her he sells about one electronic cigarette every two weeks.

“I think it’s going to continue to

quit smoking cigarettes. Though e-cig manufacturers say their product aides in breaking the habit, the medical community says more research is needed.

grow steadily. Once it becomes more accessible and known about, there will be a lot more sales,” Julian-Fralish said.

Tara Kulash can be reached at tkulash@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 273.

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Anti-tax governors are just getting started MATTHEW GARDNER McClatchy-Tribune Twelve new governors who ran on anti-tax platforms have now signed their first fiscal year budgets.

All of them will tell you they were elected with a mandate to get their state's fiscal house in order, rein in government spending and cut taxes. Some of them will even tell you they view Chris Christie as their model — a "primo example" according to Wisconsin's Scott Walker — of how a conservative governor governs. This should alarm you.

Gov. Christie recently vetoed a widely popular and eminently sensible tax on New Jersey millionaires. This temporary tax, affecting a mere 0.2 percent of all households, would have generated around $500 million, primarily for public schools. In the same budget, Christie raised (yes, raised) taxes on his state's working poor by cutting about $45 million from the Earned Income Tax Credit, which helps people working full-time in low-wage jobs to make ends meet. He went on to shred the Democratic legislature's budget,

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overnors across the country have signed budgets like these, with excruciating cuts in government services, incomprehensible tax increases for low- and middle-income households and utterly mystifying tax breaks benefitting businesses and individuals with healthy portfolios. Always in the name of “fiscal responsibility,� and often — astoundingly — with a surplus squeezed out. which paid for things like police protection, a health-care safety net and college tuition grants. Christie said no to all of it, insisting the state didn't have the money.

And yet he managed to set aside $640 million ($365 million if you accept his revised math) he calls a "healthy and necessary" surplus — necessary to his career, maybe, but not healthy for his constituents.

New Jersey is one of more than 30 states that, in 2009, decided temporarily to boost some taxes to help make up revenues that were drying up with the recession. Even with those temporary infusions, states had to excise billions from their budgets to stay in the black.

Those mostly two-year fixes have now expired, as have the federal stimulus dollars that kept many state budgets afloat. Now, with

hospitals, schools and police forces scarcely shadows of their former selves, and college tuition up as much as a 50 percent and even 100 percent since 2008, governors like Christie are hoarding surpluses while heaping burdens on average taxpayers, too many of whom remain un- or under-employed.

In Michigan, with its infamously precarious economy, freshman Gov. Rick Snyder delivered a particularly irrational budget. He slashed all kinds of spending, cut business taxes by well over a billion dollars, then reduced the state's Earned Income Tax Credit by 70 percent, raising taxes on the state's working poor by more than $260 million each year. According to our analysis, the poorest 20 percent of

Michiganders will be hit hardest by the package of tax hikes, including some on seniors, that Snyder pushed through. All to pay for allegedly job-creating tax cuts for business, even as the governor admits he "can't guarantee" economy-boosting results.

Governors across the country have signed budgets like these, with excruciating cuts in government services, incomprehensible tax increases for low- and middle-income households and utterly mystifying tax breaks benefitting businesses and individuals with healthy portfolios. Always in the name of "fiscal responsibility," and often — astoundingly — with a surplus squeezed out.

In Ohio, for example, Gov. John Kasich signed a two-year budget that cuts about $630 million in aid that local governments rely on, $700 million from public schools and $340 million from nursing home care. At the same time, it eliminates the estate tax, which, with its various exemptions protecting farms and other family businesses, is a genuinely progressive and productive tax.

In 2011 alone, it generated $230 million for Ohio localities and $55 million for the state.

In Wisconsin, the new budget takes $56 million from the pockets of the working poor by reducing the Earned Income Tax Credit, and gives $36 million to wealthy Wisconsin investors in the form of a capital gains tax break. And,

because Gov. Walker's budget cuts were especially hard on education, 354 teachers in Milwaukee alone just got pink slips.

Like Christie, each of these governors left hundreds of millions of available funds (previous surpluses or projected revenues) unspent. They like to call it "fiscally responsible," but sitting on millions while raising the cost of living for low- and middle-income families and passing the buck to cities and counties (which is exactly what these stripped down state budgets do, make no mistake) is anything but fiscally responsible.

It is, however, politically profitable. A governor who balances the budget during an economic crisis, cuts taxes and shows off a shiny new surplus to boot is someone we can trust, right?

Wrong. And taxpaying citizens should not fall for this shell game.

Last November, when we looked ahead to this budget year, we anticipated the worst. Ohio's Kasich had campaigned on repealing the state's entire personal income tax, while Florida's Rick Scott and South Carolina's Nikki Haley campaigned on the promise of repealing corporate taxes. We were dreading flat-tax schemes and tax capping laws designed to choke off revenues into the future. But even though these new anti-tax governors didn't get everything they wanted this year, if they get away with calling this fiscal responsibility, then next year, they just might.

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‘Cowboys & Aliens’ OK, not out of this world ELI MILEUR Daily Egyptian What happens when two disparate genres collide? As it turns out, nothing too unusual.

“Cowboys & Aliens,” like “Snakes on a Plane,” lets its title carry much of the movie’s weight in terms of sparking interest.

It also leaves little reason for providing a synopsis. I’d almost say it sounds like something concocted by a focus group to send Comic-Con fanboys into a frenzy, but it clearly wouldn’t take an entire focus group to come up with it.

As far as the film itself goes, it’s a decent contemporary summer action movie – better than say “Transformers” or (I’m going to go ahead and call it eight months ahead of time) “Battleship,” but not nearly as good as “The Dark Knight” or J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek.”

The presence of a strong cast helps matters, though none of them turn in career-highlight performances.

Harrison Ford as Col. Dolarhyde is probably the strongest as he effectively transitions from quasivillain to sympathetic father figure.

He’s definitely not Indiana Jones anymore, but it’s nice to see he’s still got some good performances in him.

Olivia Wilde, on the other hand, is given virtually nothing to work with and for the first three quarters of the film doesn’t do much more than look intently at things which are off screen (typically Daniel Craig).

Aside from serving as a talking plot device, she also provides something for guys in the audience to look at when there aren’t any spaceships.

Craig as hero Jake Lonergan is, like the film itself, passable.

As with Wilde, the script keeps him from showing much in the way of chops. He’s shown with “Casino Royale” that he’s quite good. In any case though, Craig’s no Eastwood here.

The aliens, which are apparently evil gold prospectors, aren’t

PROVIDED PHOTO particularly memorable. And their second set of arms that unfold out of their chest (presumably meant to be the film’s big creep-out moment) aren’t nearly as nifty as the snapping mouthwithin-a-mouth the xenomorphs in the “Alien” films have.

What keeps the film going is Jon Favreau’s able, if not inspired, direction. Things move along steadily and action happens when it needs to. There’s also a handful of nice images, such as a paddleboat stranded in the desert and an alien

rocket ship that looks like a rock formation.

So if you’re just dying to see what a film with a title like “Cowboys & Aliens” is like, go ahead. You probably won’t be too disappointed, but don’t expect to be blown away.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9— Today’s perfect for action: at work, at home, at travel and in words. You get more out than you put in, as momentum’s building. Go for superproductivity.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8—You have the connections you need ... especially one with a large network. Find hidden resources by cleaning and organizing.

Finish and send out important work.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8— You’ve got the energy and the charm to make it happen. You’ve watered the seedlings, and now it’s harvest time. Accept help from others to bring in a bumper crop.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7— You’re very popular. It may be time to schedule some get-togethers. Just make sure that you get plenty of rest in between all the playing.

Pace yourself.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9— You know how to craft a win-win situation, and that’s earning some positive attention (and increased cash flow). Offers start pouring in.

Prospects are excellent.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7— Your expertise is in demand now. Take time to listen to others’ concerns to see how you can make a difference. It’s not about you; it’s about the project.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8—Finish sending things out today, if possible.

Mercury goes retrograde late tonight, bringing unexpected chaos to communications, machinery and equipment. Stay home.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — It’s an excellent time to travel, or just go out. You don’t have to go far. Enjoy a change of scenery, even if simply under your favorite tree.

Initiate communications.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8— Learn from an experienced teacher ... it makes perfect sense. To learn it deeper, teach it to someone else. Practice and share your money-saving strategies.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8—With Mercury in retrograde from tonight until August 26, expect the unexpected. Back up those computer files, send out proposals and contracts, and double-check the schedule.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) —Today is an 8—You’ve got the confidence to reign with abundance and charm. Fortune is yours, as long as you treat your subjects (and all) with respect and courtesy. Love’s the bottom line.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7—You’re never too old to learn a new trick.

Nevertheless, you don’t have to do everything yourself. Find the right person for the job, and learn skills you want.

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Cheer camp jump-starts season NAREG KURTJIAN Daily Egyptian 'Whatever you do, don’t drop the spirit stick!' is what you'd hear from teammates if your cheerleading squad was recognized as having enough “spirit� to be awarded the symbolic stick.

The National Cheerleaders Association, through the SIUC Department of Continuing Education, held a 3-day cheerleading camp Wednesday, July 27 through Friday, July 29 for junior high, high school and all-star cheerleading squads at the Recreation Center.

The spirit stick, a red, white and blue dowel, was given to the team that expressed the most genuine enthusiasm and showed an excellent attitude throughout each day at the camp.

A superstition associated with the stick suggests that if a team happens to drop the stick, the team will experience a poor cheer year.

Superstitions aside, cheerleading

squads attend these camps to learn new skills and prepare for the season ahead. “We teach them the basics as well as give them some sort of place to start their season as far as skill base and crowd leading,� said Robi Hanley, a head instructor with the NCA and coach at Capitol City Cheer, an all-star cheerleading squad located in Jefferson City, Mo. The NCA was founded in 1948.

The company has since operated to educate and instruct youth cheerleading squads across the nation. “The founder of National Cheerleaders Association is actually the founder of modern cheerleading ‌ Lawrence Herkimer,â€? said Hanley. “We’ve been around for ‌ 62 years.â€?

Teams came from southern Illinois and surrounding areas, and one team made the trip from Chicago.

The camp made accommodations for visiting squads to stay on campus overnight while local teams had the option to commute.

Due to the campers’ varying age

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Emily Jones, 8, of Marion, and Sophia Spence, 11, of Marion, dance before cheer camp starts Thursday at the Recreation Center. The 3 day and experience, instructors observe the teams and instruct according to their needs, said Megan Ulery, manager and first aider of the camp. “There’s different levels,� said Ulery. “With the advanced levels, with the teams that may compete, they get that extra attention, that extra thing they need.�

Jessica Jimenez, owner of Ultimate Gymnastics of Carbondale, said she attended the same camp during her cheerleading days. She said she was glad to return as a coach for the Ultimate All-Stars.

There has been debate in recent years as to whether or not cheerleading should be considered a sport. The main argument that arises is that cheerleading only occasionally competitive. For

camp included teams with various experience levels ranging from middle school, high school and all-star teams.

some, the presence of competition is a main criterion for fitting the definition of a ‘sport.’ â€?A lot of people see it as just a lot of girls dressed up,â€? Jimenez said. “It’s not seen as a real competitive sport ‌ or a difficult sport but it really is.â€?

Jimenez, an SIUC graduate of Murphysboro, said she was a Saluki cheerleader during her freshman year before deciding to start a business that sustained her passion.

She said a cheerleader, as an individual, needs to have both the physical tools and mental resiliency in order to be successful. “Say the tumbling aspect, it takes a lot to learn," Jimenez said. “You’ll try a skill for a really long time and you might fall down and you have to just keep getting up and doing it again.�

Cheerleading, however, involves many individuals in order to execute certain maneuvers. Jimenez said those moves require confidence in and unity between team members. “There’s a lot of team-building stuff that has to go on for the teams to work together and actually succeed,�

Jimenez said. “As flyers, you have to really trust your bases and your team members because they’re the ones holding you up really high in the air and throwing you and catching you.�

Due to medical and insurance reasons, Jimenez said she can no longer actively participate as a cheerleader, but coaching has allowed her to stay involved. “I show my love through coaching and doing this kind of stuff, which is even better.�

Draft your fantasy football players wisely I

t’s going to be another year of harassing your friends, slacking off in class to get on the waiver wire and sleepless nights between trying to manage your bye weeks.

STEVE BERCZYNSKI Daily Egyptian Sunday afternoons almost seemed as though they were going to be spent playing Scattergories, cleaning and watching old VHS home movies.

Thankfully, the NFL lockout is over and we (myself included) can relax because our Sundays will be spent isolated from the world watching the 3 p.m. Denver game and drooling over how many points our fantasy teams are scoring.

As nerve-racking as it was to almost not have football this season, it did produce one of the most unique and memorable free agency periods in NFL history. We may never see anything like this happen in football, or professional sports in general, ever again.

Now that the dust is starting to settle, what just happened? More importantly what does it mean for your fantasy football draft? Let’s begin.

When your draft order comes out, there will be one guy who is jumping up and down screaming like the Nintendo 64 kid in that viral YouTube video. He would have just gotten the No. 1 pick, and in this childish fit of joy, he will proclaim for all to hear “I get Mike Vick!�

Let it happen. You don’t need him.

Vick is going to be the No. 1 pick in nearly every draft, so don’t worry about it for two reasons. First off, you are probably not going to get the first pick. And second, there are a ton of less-risky quarterbacks to take.

Yes, Vick was a machine last season. But much like in baseball when a young guy hits great for two months and then suddenly can’t hit a beach ball, teams will adjust if they contain Vick.

So what is your strategy going to be when you see you have the seventh pick in the draft?

ESPN pre-draft rankings have the top six fantasy players as all running backs, so don’t pick one with your first choice. Everyone else

will, and then you can steal Rashard Mendenhall late in the second round.

When Vick is taken first in your draft, people will scramble and take whoever is ranked highest all the way down the line. There are a lot of great quarterbacks that are very far down on this line, so don’t waste your first pick on one of them either.

With the seventh pick of the first round, you will be drafting Andre Johnson. Congratulations.

There are only a select few of eliteclass receivers in this draft so take one while you can.

Don’t panic when you move on to your second pick. You're still not going to take a QB. This is where you take that running back we talked about, Mendenhall. Remember, he was the guy who ran for 200 yards and four touchdowns in his last three games last season.

Now your third pick comes around, and you may want to sit down for this — you're still not going to draft a quarterback! Nope, keep holding out, but another running

back will complement Mendenhall.

If Peyton Hillis or Matt Forte are still sitting around, and they will be, grab one. Flip a coin if you can’t decide; I would be happy with either.

Now it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: You have watched guys disappear out of the draft short list, but it’s time to draft your quarterback!

Wow, you can’t believe that he is still on the board! How could a guy like this still be available in the fourth round? It’s because I know what I’m doing, and you're welcome. You’ve just drafted either Philip Rivers or Peyton Manning.

Now you can relax and grab another slice of six-dollar pizza and a lukewarm Keystone Ice. But don’t shift into auto draft yet.

Yes, the premier players are gone, but your season will be won or lost with the next few picks.

That’s why you are going to take Antonio Gates with your fifth round pick. Yes, it may be a little early to grab a tight end. But with this addition you have the No. 1 wide receiver, the No. 8 and thirteen running back, the No. 5 quarterback, and now the No. 1 tight end.

Again, you're welcome.

With your sixth round choice, grab another wide receiver. Normally

I would advise not to be a ranking slave, but in this case I’ll allow it.

Get a defense in the seventh round, and then you are on your own. From this point on I will be drafting my sleepers. However, I don’t get paid nearly enough to tell you who they are.

Fast forward. Your draft is complete! Your friends are gone, your apartment is full of empty pizza boxes and spilled beer and you're left wondering, “Why did we just do an online draft?�

Then you see it. You see your team. It’s OK to take a screen shot and put it as your cell phone background.

It’s OK to call your friend and tell him he forgot his computer charger and have your line up, poster-sized, taped to your door with a letter that reads, “Way to draft Vick first. Have fun not winning!" when he comes back.

It’s going to be another year of harassing your friends, slacking off in class to get on the waiver wire and sleepless nights between trying to manage your bye weeks.

But it’s also going to be fun, America. We have football back, and we will all be able to sit on our couch this fall, brag about how good our team is and feel like we just had the most productive day in a while. Are you ready for some football?!