I opened David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity for myself back in 2005
(I have been re-reading it every few months since then). Getting Things Done, commonly
abbreviated as GTD, is a work-life management system based on simple but very effective
principles. Here is how I used GTD to help me in my waking up experiments...
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Olin Buchanan, of Rivals.com and special to SI.com, wrote a great post-Spring Practice article called "Rise and fall: Who stood out and who slipped in spring practice." Check out the full article and take notice of our Fantasy College Impact notes below.RisersGraig Cooper, RB, Fresh, Miami Hurricanes, "the freshman showed he's a big-time threat . . ."Fantasy College Impact: Those of you banking on Javarris James better take notice. Cooper was hyped-up a while back as a big talent and head coach Randy Shannon is looking for a playmaker to start off his career right. This could turn into a dreaded RBBC at the least.DeMarco Murray, RB, Fresh, Oklahoma Sooners, "The shifty redshirt freshman appears to be the most explosive of a stable of talented OU running backs." Fantasy College Impact: Despite Murray looking sharp, there's a bunch of talent at the OKLA running back position that you can't overlook. Allen Patrick and Chris Brown are not out of the picture despite Murray's strong spri
The 2007 NFL Scouting Combine is in the bank and the Pro Day workouts are starting to come in, so we are seeing some movement on the draft boards from some of the elite small school prospects. Here is a brief rundown on a few of the small school prospects that are seeing considerable improvement in their 2007 NFL Draft Grade.Jacoby Jones, Lane CollegeWR Jacoby Jones from Tiny Lane College (Division II) has had quite the post season ride. Jones was invited and played in the prestigious East-West Shrine game where he looked outstanding catching 4 passes for 57 yards. He then moved on to the 2007 NFL Scouting combine where he measured in at 6’ 2.5” 210 pounds. At the combine he looked very good running routes and catching the ball, he ran a 4.53 second 40 yard dash, a 7.06 second time in the 3-cone drill, and had a spectacular broad jump of 10’ 9”. Jones kept his nose to the grind stone training twice a day and on March 5th at Lane’s Pro Day he improved his speed. He gained 4 po
With all the bowl games and the College All-Star games complete, we can now take a look at how the prospects have faired in hurting or helping their draft stock. Here is a brief look at my risers and fallers for the 2007 NFL Draft, in no particular order:Risers:QB Drew Stanton, Michigan StateQB Jeff Rowe, NevadaQB John Beck, BYUQB Jeff Smith, Georgetown (Ky)RB Tony Hunt, Penn StateRB Thomas Clayton, Kansas StateRB Kenny Irons, AuburnRB Eldra Buckley, Tennessee-ChatanoogaRB Steve Baylark, MassachusettsFB Brian Leonard, RutgersFB Le'Ron McClain, AlabamaTE Ben Patrick, DelawareWR Rhema McKnight, Notre DameWR Audrae Allison, East CarolinaWR Dwayne Bowe, LSUWR Chris Davis, Florida StateWR Jason Hill, Washington StateWR Paul Williams, Fresno StateWR Courtney Taylor, AuburnWR David Ball, New HampshireWR Jacoby Jones, LaneOC Ryan Kalil, USCOC Kyle Young, Fresno StateOT Levi Brown, Penn StateOT/G Tony Uguh, ArkansasOG Ben Grubbs, AuburnOG Josh Beekum, Boston CollegeOG Mansfield Wrotto, Georgia
