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SB 529 MAY STALL IN HOUSE By Ryan Costello Managing Editor
Senate Bill 529, which would impose heavier consequences for drunk drivers, is at risk of stalling in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The bill passed unanimously in the State Senate earlier this month, and again in House committees after an amendment process, but may never be heard in the final general session of the House. The bill, more commonly known as the Erin Swezey Act, was named for UCO Professor Dr. Keith Swezey’s daughter, who was killed by a drunk driver on April 4, 2009. “We felt that [SB 529] had a lot of support in the House,” Swezey said. But District 71 Rep. Dan Sullivan (R-Tulsa), the majority floor leader, may stymie the bill’s progress. Sullivan, who Swezey said the thought the bill was too strong, would decide whether the bill would be heard as floor leader. SB 529 would require drivers convicted of a single DUI to have devices that would lock their vehicle’s ignition if they failed a Breathalyzer test. The bill was already significantly weakened in House Appropriations and Budget Committee, who made the bill apply only to drivers whose blood alcohol was at least .15 percent, more than twice the legal limit. Thirteen other states enforce similar legislation, each of which saw an at least 35 percent decline in DUI-related deaths in the first year of the new law, Swezey said. “Essentially by not allowing a vote, [Sullivan] has sentenced at least 75 people to death. I hope it’s not one of his family,” Said Swezey, who is looking into a petition for SB 529 if it is not brought to the floor. Sullivan did not return calls for comment in this article.
IN A WORLD WITHOUT SOUND Mysti Littlehead grew up in a world meant for those with the ability to hear. Now as a sophomore graphic design student, Littlehead has found special accomodations hard to find. PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK
By Ben Luschen / Contributing Writer “I live in a hearing world,” Mysti Littlehead said. “Everything that I come into contact with has a sound.” There are some students at UCO who choose not listen to their professors in class, but there are also students like Littlehead, a deaf sophomore at UCO, who cannot hear them at all. “Any technological device has a sound. Outside sounds such as the rain, thunder, or even the wind. Warning sounds like a car horn or alarm, tornado sirens. Alarm clock, doorbell, phone ringing. Every sound ever made, I don’t hear. Most people don’t know sign language so it’s hard to make new friends.” Littlehead is a graphic design major and a photography minor. She is also a cheerleader at UCO, participating both on the national and game squads, though she will only be on the national squad after this year. Her love affair with the sport began when she was young. “I like tumbling. I’ve done tumbling ever since I was little, so I got involved with that and I also got involved with the skills for cheer. I feel like cheer was the best sport for me.” Littlehead tried out for her high school cheer team as a freshman and has been doing cheer ever since. In her spare time she also enjoys the sport of power tumbling, which involves both gymnastics on the floor and the trampoline. Though Littlehead feels at home while cheering, schooling presents its fair share of challenges. “The most challenging thing about being a deaf student is having accommodations,” Littlehead said. “Good interpreters are hard to find. I moved from Shawnee [Oklahoma] to Ed-
Mysti Littlehead, sophomore graphic design, said that “being deaf isn’t a big deal to me because that is part of who I am.”
mond when I was seven years old because my parents thought Edmond offered a better education for me as a
deaf student.” Finding understanding teachers can often be as hard as finding reli-
able translators. “Another huge challenge as a deaf student is most teachers do not realize that I can’t take notes, I can’t watch the interpreter or movies and take notes at the same time,” Littlehead said. When at a restaurant or store, communicating with the staff can have its complications. If she is with someone else, they can usually interpret for her, but if she is alone, Littlehead will try to communicate the best she can, sometimes using the Notes app on her iPhone to communicate. Though she does encounter some problems with school and the rest of the hearing world, for the most part Littlehead, does not face too many additional challenges. “Some deaf people have challenges but me personally, I don’t because I grew up with my parents, they’re not deaf and they both taught me to live with a disability,” she said. “I know some people that have deaf parents and they can live in the [hearing] world but they can’t socialize as well, they can’t really adapt as well with the hearing world,” she said. “With me, my whole family is hearing, my boyfriend is hearing, everyone’s hearing, so I grew up knowing how to act... but some people don’t always have the option for that.” Though she’s well accustomed to the fact that she is deaf, Littlehead cannot help but feel a little left out. “Being deaf isn’t a big deal to me because that is part of who I am, but I do feel like I miss out on a lot – more than people would realize,” Littlehead said. “I miss out on music, I miss out on going to the movies, I miss out on jokes, I miss out hearing my baby sister’s voice [and] I can’t talk on the phone.”
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One of the most important issues in the history of this university is being addressed this week in the media and in public forums. For over 30 years, UCO has suffered tremendous financial challenges because the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are allocating money with a funding formula that is inherently unfair. Students at UCO receive less money than students at any other Oklahoma
research or regional university. UCO students and their families pay the same taxes as everyone else in the state, but when taxpayer dollars are distributed to universities, we come out on the short end of the stick year after year. Yet, when public forums have been held, there have been less than 50 faculty, staff, and students in attendance. If public forums were announced and publicized for things that would
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STATE-FUNDING have a negative impact on the campus—things like program cuts, significant increases to tuition and fees, elimination of funding for scholarships, faculty and staff salary cuts or required furloughs—then the UCO community would turn out in droves to debate and question and make their voices heard. But when we announce that an Ad Hoc Study Group for Equitable State Funding is releasing their year-long study, presenting data that could lead to a significant change in the funding formula for UCO, people seem to be uninterested or too busy to make time to come and hear how they can get involved in making a positive change for the better. Why? I don’t understand this lack of concern or involvement. I speculate that people think, “Oh yeah, it’s that underfunding thing again. ‘We’ have been hearing about this budget shortfall every year for 30 years. ‘We’ will never get that to change.” Or perhaps our community hears of the inadequate state funding and thinks, “President Webb and all of the Vice Presidents have been arguing the need for increased funding for over 10 years…” I think we have even come to wear the “underfunded” moniker as a point of pride, as we say, “Look what we are able to do on such limited budgets.” The reality of the situation is this: our President and Executive Vice President and our Provost and all of our executive team have been diplomatically and tactfully making the argument for increased state funding for many years. If that was going to work, it would have worked by now; but honestly, it is a complex and political issue, and a changed funding formula will have political implications across the state. Imagine this campus right now with about $8.5 million in increased funding every year. Now imagine that for about 30 years. Can you believe what this campus would look like today if we had received a quarter of a billion dollars invested in students, programs, scholarships, facilities and infrastructure? Now, if you don’t get personally involved in this issue, then you can keep imagining it. But, if you will get involved—if we finally stand up and raise our collective voice—then you can start to see the reality of improved state funding. There will never be a better time for this UCO community to stand up together and say, “we understand what has been happening, and we insist on an equitable allocation of state funds, so that we can protect and preserve the academic integrity and financial stability of the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma.” Our last public forum is this Friday, April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Pegasus Theater in the Liberal Arts Building. Change your appointments, cancel your plans and pack Pegasus Theater so that YOU can be involved and WE can raise our unified campus voice together and change the state funding allocation.
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with their friends,” he said. “Hopefully, taking away an experience they will forever remember and the knowledge that they helped out a great cause.”
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Josh Sallee, a rapper from Oklahoma City, makes the crowd an integral part of his shows. To him, shows are all about building a positive relationship with the crowd.
By Brittany Dalton / Staff Writer More than $400 later, the “Rock-aBye-Baby” benefit held at the Conservatory on Saturday may perhaps have soothed the cries of many a metro baby. The event, organized by UCO alum Bobby Reed of the Guilt Racket, an Oklahoma City-based band, was held to benefit the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes is an organization founded under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, to prevent birth defects and premature births. The organization has since expanded to provide help to young mothers and children with a variety of needs. “We are trying to save babies,” Reed said. “This charity is a really good cause.” One hundred percent of the proceeds from the ticket sales, as well as a portion of merchandise sales, went toward the organization. Reed, who was assisted by Farmers Insurance in ticket sales, asked four other bands to participate, all local. The event, Reed’s “brainchild,” is the first of its kind, but one that Reed hopes to develop into an annual show. An integral part of his life, music seemed to be the obvious choice to reach the large audience he hoped to draw to the event and to the cause. “I love music,” Reed said. “There is absolutely no better way to give back.”
afflicted with polio at a young age, and paralyzed because of it. The band chose to participate in this benefit, and in the others, because of the ease in which music allows them to reach out to an audience. “It’s an ambiguous form of therapy,” he said. “Music has transcended entertainment to become something more powerful. When musicians come together for a cause, good things happen.” He says that the band will continue to play shows, especially benefit shows, keeping advocacy a staple of their mindset and performances. “Essentially, we love what we do,” he said. “No doubt.” PHOTO BY KYLIE STREET
Running from Tomorrow: “We love what we do” An Ada-based band, Running from Tomorrow led the show, setting a high bar that the other musicians of the night would also hit. Running from Tomorrow is Chantz Houston on drums, Caleb Bonar on bass and backing vocals, Logan Lewis on lead guitar, and Justin Logan on guitar and vocals. “Our music is a combination of all the emotions experienced on a daily basis,” he said. “It’s rock, to some it’s indie. Most of all, it’s who we are.” Logan was immediately on board with the charity involved. March of Dimes holds special significance to Logan, whose older sister is a single mother. The struggles faced by his sister, and by those raising a child, is one Logan can empathize with. “Having a healthy baby greatly eases the process of raising a child,” he said. “But it is still a demanding ordeal. March of Dimes provides a great deal of advocacy in helping educate and prevent illness in infants, especially to those unable to do so on their own.” They have booked another in support of polio awareness for the 29, which hits closely to the band. Lewis’ father was
Recent UCO graduate and rapper Josh Sallee attributes his current position in life to the hobbies he enjoyed in childhood. “I’ve always been a huge fan of music, and grew up playing basketball yearround,” he said. “To me, hip-hop and basketball have gone hand-in-hand ever since.” Now Sallee is a familiar face on the Oklahoma City music scene, boasting a high-energy show where the crowd is involved. “I love finding variables in my life, that even though I’m in front of all these faces of people who are completely different in their own way…we can find a common goodness that makes everyone enjoy themselves,” he said. The most important element of his shows is the crowd interaction and the positive vibes he hopes to share with the audience. He came aboard the March of Dimes show, believing like the others involved in the goodness of the cause.
Good Morning Grizzly: Roaring onto the scene From the remnants of local Oklahoma bands, Good Morning Grizzly came roaring onto the scene Saturday, debuting at the benefit. Good Morning Grizzly is Jordan Herrera on bass, Tyler Slemp on guitar and lead vocals, Harrison Morris on lead guitar, and Daniel Redmond on drums. Slemp is well-known for his “beautiful solo project,” according to Herrera.w Asked to play in the benefit by Reed, whom Herrera has known for a few years, the band was happy to be a part of the event. “I love the thought of benefit shows,” Herrera said. “I would gladly play any one of them for free, and would love to play a benefit for autism someday.”
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Bobby Reed, who organized the March of Dimes benefit, is seen here playing the keyboard at a concert.
Somerset West: “All is not lost” Transplants from California and relocated to southern Oklahoma, Somerset West took the stage second. The band’s page assures fans, “While the current era of indie music has focused its sights in other directions, all is not lost. Somerset West has rediscovered straight-forward rock.” Lynch, in his third year at UCO and also a member of the band, The Guilt Racket, is one of five. The band also consists of his brother and sister Kyle and Kylie, on guitar and keyboard respectively, with Bobby Reed on bass, and Kyle Kirk on vocals. To Lynch, music is all about having a good time while giving something to the audience in return, a major reason for the band’s participation in the event. “This way people can come out and enjoy great music, have an amazing time
“Thanks for coming out and supporting a good cause last night,” read a post from Reed on the band’s page after Saturday’s show. “I appreciate the dancing.” Together since August 2010, the Guilt Racket has garnered a substantial following. The guilty parties are: Bobby Reed on guitar, keyboards and vocals (“I stand in the front,” he quips); Travis Brazeal on bass, Ethan Larsh on guitar, vocals and keyboards, and Kris Lynch on drums. They set their sights on three upcoming shows: as a part of the ACM showcase on May 5, at the Iguana Mexican grill on May 7, and a return to the Conservatory on May 12. “I’d like to play at a cancer benefit,” Larsh said. “To me personally, that’s a good cause because my grandparents had cancer. I think that to play a show would benefit the audience, not just the band or the organization they sponsor.” Because as Reed believes and the others affirmed, there is no better way than through music to touch the lives of others.
By Josh Hutton Summertime I shut up. I crank down the sirens of mind. I lower the windows. Stare at my itchy fingertips as they trace the steering wheel. Highways invite perpetually – a therapeutic escape for the mundane dredge of everyday. The wind carves at the collected nature of my hair, untying me from the seams of a scheduled existence. I can hear Wayne Coyne (frontman of The Flaming Lips) cooing, “All we have is now” in the hallowed chambers of my skull. Before the nomadic urge can bleed from my hands and send the tires spinning, a car horn honks. A tanning bed-baked girl with highlighted hair, gargantuan sunglasses, and bulgy red lips impatiently waits. The parking vulture circles for my precious spot. I put it in drive, wave, smile, and soldier on. I do so not in surrender, but in evolution. If the sorority-girl-carbon-copy had caught me before my recent focus on self-enlightenment, I would have sat with a defiant eye. Though aimless, movement alone spurs newness. Movement welcomes change. Movement earns the summertime. This school year has had its fair share of twists: President Webb retiring, the tightening noose of the state budget on campus funding, and a drastic shift of state legislation—all while the Oklahoma countryside sets itself on fire. Do I speak up or do I watch the flames? The eternal question eats at our aging consciousness. As we close the book on the semester, UCO departs for the uncertain. I encourage you to keep a keen mind throughout the break. Any machine, whether a governing body or collegiate campus, is only as good as its cogs. I realize the word “cog” generally bears a negative connotation. Most of us intend to be famous or at least a lone rolling stone busting barriers, but like my poet buddy, John Donne said, “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” The success of this university lies on the backs of continuing students and alumni alike. The world violently evolves –so must the cogs, and we must always be ready to keep the flames at bay. The sound of water stirring under the croon of my tires exalts me. The splashes signify a respite, a slow, contemplative inhale, and then exhale of hope against the fires lying in wait. “The bottoms of my shoes are clean from walking in the rain,” Jack Kerouac in one of his iconic American haikus, said. Enjoy the rejuvenation. Cherish the now. Rest, revitalize – you’ve earned the summertime.
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By Cody Bromley / Staff Writer Next fall, a dedicated group of guys have the potential to not just be Bronchos, but also “BUCs.” The prospective founders of a Beta Upsilon Chi fraternity chapter at UCO recently received the approval of their national headquarters to form. “The idea of having a Christianbased fraternity on campus has been around for several years,” Tylar Claypool, Beta Upsilon Chi president, said. Beta Upsilon Chi, also known as Brothers Under Christ and abbreviated with the Greek letters BYX, was first founded at the University of Texas at Austin in 1985. The fraternity’s purpose is establishing brotherhood and unity among college men based on the common bond of Jesus Christ. BYX already has chapters at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University and the UCO chapter would be the 29th chapter of BYX to form on a college campus. In the beginning, the idea to
bring BYX to UCO started with a handful of guys, but their numbers have now grown to 20. “Many young men yearn for the brotherhood, accountability and unity that Beta Upsilon Chi can provide,” Claypool said. The founding members had to go through a few phases of the prospective chapter process, starting with a form telling nationals about the area around UCO, what Greek life is like and also raising some money. This process has also included trips to other BYX chapters, and also a visit by from BYX’s national executives to UCO. BYX is not a member of Interfraternity Council, and is planning to appear before UCOSA next fall to gain recognized status as a university organization. Other chapters have historically faced difficulty at this stage based on various university non-discriminatory statutes. In 2006, the BYX chapter at the University of Georgia faced difficulty in becoming an officially recognized organization because the group required its members and of-
Members of Beta Upsilon Chi recently received the approval from their national headquarters to form their UCO chapter. Their next step is registering with UCOSA to become a recognized organization.
ficers to be Christian. The dispute was later solved, but similar holdups have affected other chapters at institutions with strict policy about religious discrimination before they gained recognition from their respective schools. The policy for new organizations at UCO is that they must submit a
petition for consideration, a constitution, an adviser agreement form and an officer form. Inside the constitution, organizations must include the line, “Membership will be available to UCO students without regard to Race, Color, Sex, National Origin, Religion, Disability, or status as a veteran.”
BYX would be the second Christian-based Greek organization on campus joining Sigma Phi Lambda, a Christian sorority. Sigma Phi Lambda, also known as Sisters for the Lord, was founded three years after BYX at the same school. The UCO chapter of Sigma Phi Lambda is currently registered as a student organization. Claypool and the members of BYX are optimistic about the status of their fraternity. “We’ve talked with several members of UCOSA, and we foresee a very positive outcome,” Claypool said. In the meantime, Claypool said that out of respect for the pending decisions of UCOSA, members of his chapter would not wear their Greek letters until after they become an official organization. Should the organization achieve their status, they would conduct their first “rush” this fall. Nationals have told them that they may not induct more than 20 new members, or double what they currently have, without special permission.
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COMMUTER SERVICES TO HOST ‘NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME’ By Chris Howell / Contributing Writer The UCO Commuter Student Services will hold its first UCO Night Out Against Crime tonight at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at Bryant Place Apartments, located at 1600 Kickingbird Road. Edmond police and firefighters will be present to give out tips on safety and crime prevention. “It’s not going to be a lecture. It’ll be more of
a cookout, come-and-go thing,” Rachel Parks, coordinator at Commuter Student Services, said. “We’ll be cooking hamburgers, hot dogs, and having chips and drinks,” Parks continued. “We’ll be giving out T-shirts, gift cards and other stuff as well.” The UCO Night Out Against Crime is the university’s “take” on the National Night Out. The National Night Out is an annual crime
prevention event started in 1984 and sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, according to the National Night Out website. The 28th annual Nation Night Out is scheduled for August 2. However, since the UCO Night Out is not officially affiliated with the National Night Out, and fewer students will be on campus in early August, the UCO Night Out is being held much earlier.
“It would be great to make [the UCO Night Out] an annual event. Since it’s dead week, I know students will be studying, but it’d be a good way to get a free dinner and take a break,” Parks said. The event was coordinated by Commuter Students Services and the UCOMMUTE Council, which is composed of commuter and nontraditional students.
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1. Goes beyond a proper limit 2. Stimulant from foxglove 3. Disappear 4. Blue 5. ___ matter, e.g. dog do 6. Mites in stored grains 7. Tuft of feathers on bird’s head 8. “Aladdin” prince 9. Auction offering 10. Actor O’Shea 11. Cake topper 12. Bob Marley fan 13. Adjust 16. Indonesian percussion orchestra 23. Temper, as metal 25. Ascended 26. Swindler, slangily 30. Indo-European languages, e.g. Russian 32. Best 33. Wedding role 34. Repetitious 35. One who presides over a debate 36. Group with no string instruments 38. Approving 41. Habituating 45. About 1.3 cubic yards 46. Exterior 47. Advances 49. Cherry alternative 50. Money in the bank, say 53. “How ___!” 57. Setting for TV’s “Newhart” 58. Clavell’s “___-Pan” 59. Calphalon product
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VISTA NFL MOCK DRAFT 20.
21.
BUCCANEERS
CHIEFS
Adran Clayborne, DE, Iowa
Gabe Carimi, OT, Wisconsin
By Ryan Costello / Managing Editor
By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor
Tampa Bay’s defense needs to shore up on two fronts, and the balanced Clayborne would help with both. The Bucs struggled against the run and put up a meager 26 sacks, 30th in the league.
Carimi is a solid value pick here and the Chiefs need an offensive tackle. KC would love Nate Solder here but Michael Collins jumped all over him a few picks ago. Carimi is a good pick here.
22.
23.
COLTS
EAGLES
Brandon Harris, CB, Miami (FL) By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer
Jimmy Smith, CB, Colorado By Michael Collins / Sports Writer
I was going to slot a defensive tackle in this spot, but the Colts also need secondary help after losing Bob Sanders. Harris is a great value pick and could be somebody to build around in the future.
The city that booed Santa Claus will love the character-flawed Smith. He has the talent to be the top cornerback taken in the draft this year, but his off the field issues have teams thinking twice.
24.
SAINTS
Corey Luiget, DL, Illinois By Ryan Costello / Managing Editor Remember when the Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch trampled on the entire Saints defense in last season’s playoffs? Adding Scouts Inc.’s third-ranked defensive tackle would help.
27.
FALCONS
Kyle Rudolph, TE, Notre Dame By Michael Collins / Sports Writer Tony Gonzalez can’t play forever; Rudolph is a willing blocker and can get up the seam to stretch a defense. If he can add a little bulk and continue to develop he’s got good potential.
30.
JETS
Stephen Paea, DL, Oregon St. Brandon Harris makes a catch at the NFL Combine. He is projected to be a late first round pick. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Corey Luiget from Illinois is a great value as the 24th pick. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
25.
SEAHAWKS
Andy Dalton, QB, TCU By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer
26.RAVENS
Cameron Heyward, DE, OSU By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor
Baltimore needs a cornerback at 26. But with Let’s face it. Matt Hasselbeck isn’t as good as Jimmy Smith and Brandon Harris gone at this he used to be. His days in Seattle seem num- point they will go with Heyward here. bered and Andy Dalton would be a great selection at 25.
28.
PATRIOTS
Akeem Ayers, OLB, UCLA By: Ryan Costello / Managing Editor Simple math here. The Patriots could use some help at outside linebacker, and Ayers is the second best one in the draft behind only fellow OLB Von Miller.
31.
STEELERS
Aaron Williams, CB, Texas
29.
BEARS
Derek Sherrod, OT, Miss. St. By: Chris Wecott / Sports Editor Chicago’s o-line is pathetic. Let’s get real here. Jay Cutler may not be the best quarterback around, in fact I find him rather average. He is serviceable when he is standing upright.
32.
PACKERS
Brooks Reed, DE, Arizona
By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer
By Kenny Mason / UCO360 Staff
Kris Jenkins left a void in the middle for Rex’s defense. Look for them to fill in with Paea.
Pittsburg is a veteran team but they need Pittsburg is a veteran team but they need some help in the secondary against spread of- some help in the secondary against spread offenses like Green Bay. Aaron Williams would fenses like Green Bay. Aaron Williams would help fill that void. help fill that void.
By Michael Collins / Sports Writer
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MOCK DRAFT PART II The 2011 NFL Draft begins tonight at 7 p.m. CT. and the first 32 picks will be made live. The UCO360 sports staff has mocked out the entire first round of the draft. Continuing from the Tuesday issue, here are picks 17-32 starting with the New England Patriots.
17.PATRIOTS
Cameron Jorden, DL, Cal
18.
CHARGERS
J.J. Watt, DE, Wisconsin
19.
GIANTS
Nate Solder, OT, Colorado
By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor
By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer
By Michael Collins / Sports Writer
New England would like to bolster their offensive line here but Tyron Smith and Anthony Costonzo are off the board. Look for them to go defense with this pick and Cameron Jordan is exactly the kind of force the Patriots will look to pick.
Offense isn’t the problem in San Diego. They will most likely go defense in the first round and if J.J. Watt falls to them, he will be a steal. He will give the Chargers a pass rushing presence from the outside.
Eli Manning will be pleasantly pleased if he gets some offensive line help in the form of a first round pick. Solder fits the mold of a “Coughlin” guy. Solder is NFL ready to start on the right side and should eventually switch over to left side.
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