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NEW YORK -- Andrew Luck knows exactly where hes heading, and so does Robert Griffin III. For the rest of the college stars preparing for the NFL draft Thursday night, the anxiety is building. Nobody is looking forward to the green room at Radio City Music Hall. "It kind of made me a little nervous when we were talking to the commissioner and he said, Youll be back there for an hour and itll feel like youve been back there for five days," Southern California tackle Matt Kalil said. "Ill be sweatin up a storm back there, and I want to have my name called and not have to wait too long." He shouldnt have to worry much about that. Most mock drafts project Kalil to go third overall to Minnesota after Luck heads to Indianapolis and Griffin to Washington. But he knows better than to put much stock in the predraft chatter. "I stopped paying attention to all of that stuff," said Kalil, attending an NFL event at a playground in Manhattan. "No one really has a clue. Unless youre the GM of a team, you dont really know who a team is going to pick, so you just let it all play out." Thats the approach for the nearly two dozen other players wholl be at Radio City and have no idea when they might walk onto the stage, shake Commissioner Roger Goodells hand and hold up the jersey of the team with which theyll start their professional career. "For Luck and RGIII, they know whats going on and they know where theyre going to live and all that kind of stuff," Alabama safety Mark Barron said. "A lot of us other guys, were still wondering where were going to be living for the next however many years." Griffin, the Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor, is comforted by already knowing hell be a member of the Redskins. But he thinks he might actually miss the draft-day jitters. Well, at least a little bit. "It kind of puts yourself at ease," he said, "but it does kind of rob you of that natural draftee experience where you dont know where youre going and youre in limbo." Added South Carolina defensive end Melvin Ingram: "Yeah, I guess that would be kind of different. You wont get that adrenaline of, Oh, man. I hope they pick me, when you know where youre going." Luck will go No. 1 overall to Indianapolis after a terrific career at Stanford. Like Griffin, he is also expected to step right into a starting job as a rookie. "I guess its nice, but theres always competition in football and if I go out there and lay an egg and Im not the best quarterback out there, I hope they dont start me," Luck said. "Im excited, though. Im going to go out there and hopefully play, obviously, and put my best foot forward and enjoy all the guys." Luck, the son of former NFL quarterback Oliver Luck, acknowledged that it was a "relief" to know hell be going to the Colts -- even if theyre starting from scratch after they released Peyton Manning. "Obviously, the slate has been wiped somewhat clean with some new coaches and some players who have gone or left, but Ill try to come in there and work as hard as I can," Luck said. "If that means its a rebuilding process, I guess you can label it as that. The guys Im sure are working very hard and I just want to get out there and join them." After Luck and Griffin, Texas A&Ms Ryan Tannehill is expected to be the next quarterback taken -- possibly eighth overall by Miami, where hed be reunited with Mike Sherman. The new Dolphins offensive co-ordinator was Tannehills head coach the last four years. "If I did happen to go there, it would be good," said Tannehill, who would compete with starter Matt Moore. "It would give me some familiarity with the offence, so I think it would help ease the transition a little bit." Oklahoma States Justin Blackmon will likely be the first wide receiver picked, possibly as high as No. 4 by Cleveland. Notre Dames Michael Floyd, Georgia Techs Stephen Hill and Baylors Kendall Wright are other receivers who might go in the opening round. "Its a great time to come into the league if you are a receiver," said Blackmon, a two-time winner of the Biletnikoff Award as college footballs top receiver. "More teams are throwing the ball a lot more, its more wide open than ever on offence." Other players who could be top-10 picks are Ingram, Alabama running back Trent Richardson, LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne, Mississippi State defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and North Carolina defensive end Quinton Coples. After winning the national championship in January, Alabama could be a big winner in the opening round. Crimson Tide teammates Barron, Richardson, linebackers Courtney Upshaw and Donta Hightower, and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick could all hear their names called Thursday night. "This is a great experience, especially when you have a team where we came from," Richardson said. "All these guys are going to the draft and were all going to be in the first round. Alabama set the bar high last year when they had four come out and all four went in the first round. Hopefully we can break that record and have five." nfl cheap jerseys . Here are five storylines to watch in the seven-game series: 1. Original Six returns Its the first time two Original Six teams are meeting in the Stanley Cup final since the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers in 1979. cheap jerseys online . -- EJ Manuel followed the worst game of his career with the best. http://www.nflcheapjerseysfromchinaonline.com/. The 24-year-old Pavelec also received a six-month suspended prison sentence for causing a traffic accident May 26 in his hometown of Kladno, west of the capital Prague. Pavelec hit a car with his BMW. cheap jerseys . -- Anaheim Ducks prospect Stefan Noesen is out for the season with torn ligaments in his left knee. cheap jerseys from china . Kevin Martin and Kevin Love paced the Timberwolves like they do so often. Martin had 27 points with some key baskets down the stretch, Love had his usual double-double, and the Timberwolves snapped a three-game losing streak with a 112-106 victory Saturday night over the suddenly slipping Dallas Mavericks.(Sports Network) - Special team mistakes cost the Sabres last time out, but miscues have been far and few as of late when facing the Senators. Buffalo aims to beat Ottawa for a seventh straight time and send its division rival to a fourth setback in a row overall as the two clubs clash tonight at First Niagara Center. Ottawa looks to rebound after Saturdays 4-1 defeat to visiting Vancouver. Colin Greening scored the Senators only goal and it came with his club already down three goals. "It was a tough game out there tonight and we just didnt get the result we wanted," said netminder Craig Anderson, who made 24 saves. Ottawa has dropped five of its last six and another defeat in this game would give the club its longest slide since a season-high five-game drought from Nov. 1-11. The Sens have also lost five of their last six on the road, but head coach Paul MacLean said after the Canucks game his team is close to turning things around. "Youre always concerned when you dont win," said MacLean. "The way we did it tonight, I thought for the most part we continued to play and play hard against a real good team. We played them physical, but there are still areas of our game that have to get better." The Sabres will play the fourth of a five-game homestand this evening and are 1-1-1 on the residency thus far. That regulation loss came last time out on Saturday versus the Rangers, a 4-1 decision that saw New Yorrk score a pair of short-handed goals against Buffalos seventh-ranked penalty kill unit.dddddddddddd Thomas Vanek, who scored his team-leading 14th goal in the loss, said the short-handed goals cost the Sabres the win. "When we get in trouble is when we hold on to [the puck] and kind of look for the pretty plays instead of making the quick plays, getting pucks to the net and just taking charge. I think thats what happened tonight," said Vanek. Head coach Lindy Ruff, though, liked the way his team looked at times versus the Rangers. "I thought we had more energy and skated a lot better," he said. "We made a couple more mistakes, but we didnt spend a lot of time in our own end." Jhonas Enroth made 29 saves for the Sabres, who recorded a 5-1 home victory over the Senators when the clubs met on Nov. 11 for the second time this season. Enroth made 36 saves in that game, while Derek Roy, an Ottawa native, had a goal and two assists. The victory was the Sabres eighth in their last nine versus the Senators and third in a row at home in the series. Ottawas Filip Kuba missed his sixth game in a row with an upper-body ailment, while fellow defenseman Sergei Gonchar sat out with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day. Buffalos Nathan Gerbe is doubtful to play in this game due to a concussion, while Jochen Hecht (lower body) and Corey Tropp (upper body) are questionable. ' ' '
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