Because of this, I find the NFL Draft to have very little bearing on the progress of Notre Dame football. It is true that the draft can be an effective indicator of how well a college football program has recruited top talent, but it is not the end all in the matter. After all, was it just divine intervention that allowed Notre Dame to go 120 in the regular season with a top ranked defense while it's starting linebacker and starting safety were slower than George Burns..Florida LB Brandon Spikes is an oldschool middle linebacker who has superior instincts and probably is a better allaround player than DE Jermaine Cunningham who was taken nine picks ahead of him. In the fifth round, the Pats took punter Zoltan Mesko of Michigan and he figures to make the team. Grade: B+.

With the Rev. Paul Wagner preach on "Failure" and listen to Bill Cain's organ mastery and the Chancel Choir, directed by Dr. Scott Buchanan, singing "Sorrow to Joy" (by Joseph M.On 30 Ju