Time to check in our three heroes at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.

ESPN.com

"Auburn RB Kenny Irons needed to regain some momentum after struggling through an injury-riddled senior season, and he did just that by clocking a 4.47 in the 40-yard dash. Ohio State’s Antonio Pittman (4.40), Florida State’s Lorenzo Booker, Cal’s Marshawn Lynch (4.46) and Florida’s DeShawn Wynn (4.46) also helped their respective causes by running in the 4.4-second range in the 40."

Go Marshawn.  4.46 isn’t really outstanding, I think, given some of the other eyepopping numbers we’ve seen, but it’s in line with what we wrote earlier and is certainly fast enough given Marshawn’s hard running style.  Still seems like he’ll be the second RB taken, although I’m starting to get the feeling now that he’ll go to Buffalo to replace Willis McGahee if/when he gets dealt.

SI.com

"Desmond Bishop/MLB/California: Bishop did nothing to dispel the belief that he is just a two-down linebacker. After running a pair of slow 40s which averaged almost 4.8-seconds, Bishop looked stiff and struggled to move in anything other than a straight line."

Whoops.  Still looks like a poor man’s Jeremiah Trotter.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that - just don’t expect him to be lighting up anybody but punters on returns. 

NFL.com

 
24 isn’t horrible, I mean, I can probably do, maybe 5.  (Which is still 5 more than you, I’m sure.)  Put another way, Brady Quinn had 24.  Maybe he really is Superman.

More NFL.com 

"The participation throughout has been fantastic; just about everyone who has been capable of running has run. The only players in the first group of defensive backs who failed to run were hurt.

The 40-yard dash times for the first group of defensive backs were phenomenal. Among the highlights were safety LaRon Landry of LSU running a 4.32, Chris Houston of Arkansas (4.35), Leon Hall of Michigan (4.38), Michael Griffin of Texas (4.41), Tarell Brown of Texas (4.48) and Michael Coe of Alabama State (4.49). Overall, it was a very fast group."

So yeah, no Hughes.  I didn’t know if he was going to run, but it looks like he didn’t.  Given that his chief competition (Leon Hall) to be the first CB taken ran a blistering 4.38, it’s not looking good for our hero.  Then again, Hall was projected to have the same question that Hughes does, which is his top-end speed.  Maybe Daymeion will be able to put up the same kind of showing when it’s his turn to shine.

Zach Brown was in court yesterday.  Here is the Chron blurb.

What really is interesting to me is the quote by Ms. Compost (which is a great name if it is actually real).  Ok, so yeah, You Are Gonna Get Yours could mean 1,000 different things.  But how do you interpret "I Am Going To Shoot You (Expletive)." 

Perhaps Runningwolf just wanted to put the cop in a movie.  Little Miss Sunshine II:  Big Mister ClowdsnRain?  UCPD:  The Motion
Picture?

Perhaps Runningwolf was offering him a circus job where he would get shot out of a cannon.  Perhaps Runningwolf was inviting the cop to a local paintball tournament.  I mean who wouldn’t want to be on ESPN2 at 2:30 in the morning on a weekday night????

Yeah, right. 

So, now the hippies are liars AND hopeful cop killers.  This just keeps getting better and better. 

We need to save the oaks from Runningwolf.  He might shoot them!

And, btw, more great reporting from Carolyn Johnson and the Chron.  Did she even ask Mizz Compost about the other parts of the threat?  Ugh.  He makes a clear threat against the police (caught on tape, btw) and the Chron focuses on the one part of it that is wishy washy and could be talking about St. Francis of Assissi coming back to kick the UCPD in their collective shin.  This is why Cal needs to run a stronger PR campaign.