If Gawker Media allowed us the use of the *strike* tag, we could play along too.

Sadness.

"bloviating"?

Man, this is the most educational thing ever posted on Deadspin.

Know why Erin Andrews ain't on? Cuz Berman ate her.

(and he ate the mess she left on the rug)

no, no, no and no

Yeah, I'm pissed we can't get the strikethrough! Makes for excellent snarky comments.

fuck espn

Yea, what he said.

I haven't stopped laughing yet.

+1 Burnt Orange Nation

kiper's hair and berman's stomach could have a fight to the death.

They have been airing the draft for 28 years? My god, Berman probably only weighed 300 pounds back then.

I wish Berman and Kiper Jr. decided to go on an all day fishing trip this Saturday.

I did some clicking around and discovered that the email address for ESPN Public Relations is espnpr@espn.com. Sent off an email asking what the estimated percentage of picks Berman would be tipping ahead of time, or if he was simply going to try to shoot the moon this year.

I would say play the drinking game involving a drink of beer everytime an ESPN host felaciates Brady Quinn for the draft telecast, but I'd be dead before the end of the first round.

We may not be able to strike though, but at least we can underline.

Guess I'm the only one who thinks the whole "strikeout text and replace with cleverness" concept has been SLIGHTLY overdone.

What's John Clayton's head going to be doing?

"Man is that Berman on TV?"
"Yeah."
"He looks fat."
"Yeah, but the camera adds, like... a couple hundred pounds."

@Weed Against Speed: Clayton will be deleting the Salisbury penis pics from his inbox.

@Weed Against Speed: Reporting live from the Technodrome?

Is the draft in HD? After watching "Baseball Tonight" last night with John Kruk in HD, I'm scared for what seeing all of these ESPN guys in HD will do to my brain.

Berman looks even fatter in HD, by the way.

Well done, alma mater. Now get to work on protecting VY from the curse.

Ah, Draft Day. My favorite excuse for drinking in the morning. Other than "because I can". of course.

@Peter Cavan: If a regular camera adds 10 pounds, how many pounds does an HD camera add?

If a Schrutebag bloviates in the forest, and no one cares, does he make a sound?

You know, I'm thinking about going to the draft with a video camera to get some inside perspective. Think it's a good idea?

Anyone else think that ESPN should just show the results in a ticker at the bottom of the screen and air something more exciting, like say, golf? Or fishing? Maybe even paint drying?

@DennyCrane: HD is there to add the wrinkles...

"So, with the first pick in the draft, the Raiders go after JaMarcus 'Random 3 Dog Night Reference' Russell from LSU..."

Michael Irvin will be smoking crack during this year's NFL Draft, which makes it exactly like last year.

@SlickBomb: Absolutely. I want another CHEEZ DOODLE moment. Or someone embarrassing Berman with YWML chants.

@SlickBomb: Only if you yell about Cheese Doodles.

@Suss--: ooooo

ESPN should give the NFL Draft the "Full Circle" treatment. On ESPN, there is the usual coverage of the draft. Meanwhile, on ESPN2, there's coverage of the Jets who attend the draft only to be disappointed by their team's selection. Third, on ESPN360, there's the "Sean Salisbury Camera Phone" view. Lastly, on ESPN U ,there's a coverage of Joe Thomas on a ... oh wait.

"So, with the first pick in the draft, the Raiders go after JaMarcus 'Random 3 Dog Night Reference' Russell from LSU.... Let's go to the commissioner at the podium for the official word."

Fixed

@Peter Cavan: After seeing Kruk in HD, his wife retracted her statement about him not being as disgusting as he used to be.

@Dewey Decimal System: You're voice mail just became full of job offers

still no NORBY tag

I watch the draft for one reason:

Jets fans screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" in unison.

@Da_Mang:
I watch the draft for one reason:

Jets fans screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" in unison before Berman even has a chance to tip the pick.

Amended. Affirmed.

Isn't the joke backwards here? Isn't it supposed to be that you strikeout the cleverness, and replace it with the actual text? Isn't the joke that an editor got a hold of it and changed the dicey parts to something more politically correct? Is it sad that I notice shit like this?

I take offense at Keyshawn bring called "overpaid" give us an offensive coordinator that knows the game has progressed since 1945 and we'll actually throw the ball downfield to receivers instead of running the draw on 3rd and 7.