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Another thing I decided to look at was how Pioli, Parcells, Haley, Clancy & Crennel drafted based on college team and conference. My theory being that like many of us are Big 12 homers, they might show favortism toward or bias against a particular conference or team.
Players drafted by conference league-wide in 2009:
SEC = 37 players drafted. ACC = 33. Pac 10 = 32. Big 12 = 28.
Big 10 = 28. Big East = 27. MWC = 15. MAC = 12. Conf USA = 10.
WAC = 6. Sun Belt = 2. Independent = 1.
I don't expect that to have shocked anyone, its just the benchmark of the league today.
Comparatively speaking the history of the above mentioned people are as follows, based on the first 3 rounds and listed in order by round (1st, 2nd, 3rd):
SEC 14 Total. ACC 14 Total. Pac 10 7 Total. Big 12 9 Total. Big 10 13 Total. Big East 4 Total. MWC 2 Total. MAC none. Conf USA 1 Total. WAC 2 Total. Sun Belt 2 Total. Independent 2 Total.
So just like in 2009 the SEC & ACC lead the way in total picks with 14 and the Big 10 coming in third with 13 while the Pac 10 was a bit further down the list with 7. The SEC & Big 10 are tied with 7 1st rounders each.
Only Parcells has picked a first rounder out of the Pac 10 and those were forever ago with Willie McGinnest & Drew Bledsoe. Perhaps there is a bias against the Pac 10.
Of Pioli's first rounders; 4 came out of the SEC with 2 more coming from each the Big 12 & ACC. He has taken 1 out of each Big 10 (Maroney) & WAC (Logan Mankins).
Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Ohio State & Michigan each had 2 first rounders selected.
The highest draft pick Pioli has ever had, since taking Seymour at # 6 and prior to TJ last year, was in 2008 when he took Jerod Mayo at #10 out of.....
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.... Tennessee. And all the Eric Berry people in the house said "hey ho, hey ho, hey hey, ho ho"
Yeah I basically wasted a bunch of time finding out nothing that we didn't already know.
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