The NFL draft starts on Saturday. Here’s what I look for the Vikings to do. With the 17th overall pick, I expect them to take linebacker Ernie Sims from Florida State. The Vikings have two picks in the second round. With one of them, I expect them to take another linebacker, Dallas Sartz from USC. They’ll grab a safety with the other one: Charlie Peprah out of Alabama.
Sims is pretty high on every team’s draft board. However, with the scandals and all from the Vikings last year, they need to do something to win back the fans’ hearts. I think Sartz and Peprah will make the team more palatable.
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I heard a Prince song the other day. Back in the day, I remember hearing that Prince was ahead of his time. The person saying that meant that we hadn’t heard anything like Prince’s sound before, but we would here more musicians of that style in the future. That person might have been blowing smoke, trying to jump on the Prince bandwagon so he could say “I told you so” years down the line. While Prince has remained popular, though not to the same extent, his influence doesn’t appear to have come to pass.Â
He was influential in one way, though. Think of his work:
Nothing compares 2 U
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
Dig U Better Dead
Had U
Love 2 the 9s
When 2 R in Love
U Got the Look
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So, my hypothesis is this:Â While his music wasn’t influential, Prince is the Godfather of Text Messaging.
Whatever it takes to immortalize yourself, I guess.