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1. Colts: Andrew Luck, quarterback, Stanford.

Just as they did in ?98, the Colts play it safe at No. 1.

2. Redskins: Robert Griffin III, quarterback, Baylor.

RG3 will restore Washington as an NFC East contender.

3. Vikings: Matt Kalil, tackle, USC.

Minnesota can?t pass on the best left tackle in the draft.

4. Browns: Trent Richardson, running back, Alabama.

Cleveland must find a way to begin moving the chains.

5. Buccaneers: Michael Brockers, defensive lineman, LSU.

Greg Schiano wants to get more physical in the trenches.

6. Rams: Morris Claiborne, cornerback, LSU.

St. Louis spurns receivers in favor of the draft?s top defender.

7. Jaguars: Justin Blackmon, receiver, Oklahoma State.

The Jags pull the trigger to solidify Blaine Gabbert?s supporting cast.

8. Dolphins: Quinton Coples, defensive end, North Carolina.

The Fins will wait for their next second-round quarterback flop.

9. Panthers: Melvin Ingram, defensive end, South Carolina.

Ingram gives Carolina an impact bookend for Charles Johnson.

10. Bills: Riley Reiff, tackle, Iowa.

Buffalo uses its first-rounder on the draft?s second best tackle.

11. Chiefs: Ryan Tannehill, quarterback, Texas A&M.

Kansas City can?t pass on Tannehill if he slips past Miami.

12. Seahawks: Stephon Gilmore, cornerback, South Carolina.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll loves big, press-man corners.

13. Cardinals: David DeCastro, guard, Stanford.

Arizona will use this pick on the best offensive lineman left.

14. Cowboys: Dontari Poe, defensive tackle, Memphis.

It?s no secret that Dallas is high on Poe?s immense upside.

15. Eagles: Fletcher Cox, defensive tackle, Mississippi State.

Cox fits line coach Jim Washburn?s scheme as a gap shooter.

16. Jets: Michael Floyd, receiver, Notre Dame.

Floyd?s blocking ability will come in handy for the run-first Jets.

17. Bengals: Mark Barron, safety, Alabama.

He?s a natural replacement for Chris Crocker at strong safety.

18. Chargers: Courtney Upshaw, linebacker, Alabama.

San Diego can finally wash its hands of Larry English.

19. Bears: Whitney Mercilus, defensive end, Illinois.

The Bears believe pass rusher is their biggest draft need.

20. Titans: Cordy Glenn, guard, Georgia.

A college tackle, Glenn would kick inside for the Titans.

21. Bengals: Dre Kirkpatrick, cornerback, Alabama.

This pick may come down to Kirkpatrick vs. Janoris Jenkins.

22. Browns: Brandon Weeden, quarterback, Oklahoma State.

Weeden won?t struggle to defeat Colt McCoy in a camp battle.

23. Lions: Jonathan Martin, tackle, Stanford.

He could start at right tackle and eventually replace Jeff Backus.

24. Steelers: Coby Fleener, tight end, Stanford.

Pittsburgh passes on line help to draft the best player left.

25. Broncos: Doug Martin, running back, Boise State.

Peyton Manning will love Martin?s ability to pick up blitzers.

26. Texans: Kendall Wright, receiver, Baylor.

Wright adds a new dimension to Houston?s vertical pass game.

27. Patriots: Nick Perry, defensive end, USC.

A one-trick pony, Perry slips to the pass rush-needy Pats.

28. Packers: Shea McClellin, linebacker, Boise State.

He gives Green Bay a high-motor bookend for Clay Matthews.

29. Ravens: Rueben Randle, receiver, LSU.

Randle has a realistic chance to be this draft?s best receiver.

30. 49ers: Peter Konz, guard, Wisconsin.

Konz can play guard and center, both need areas in San Fran.

31. Patriots: Devon Still, defensive tackle, Penn State.

The best player left upgrades New England?s interior pass rush.

32. Giants: Luke Kuechly, linebacker, Boston College.

Kuechly drops because inside ?backers are devalued in the NFL.

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Reuters has a story today about Rick Santorum’s campaign swing to Puerto Rico, whose upcoming Sunday primary has 23 delegates at stake. On that trip, Santorum suggested that if Puerto Rico wanted to become a state, it would have to adopt English as its official language. So, go ahead and add the lion’s share of those delegates to Romney’s count. With zero precincts reporting, I can now call Puerto Rico for Mitt Romney!

Per Reuters:

In an interview with El Vocero newspaper, Santorum said he supported Puerto Ricans’ right to self-determination regarding the island’s political status.

“We need to work together and determine what type of relationship we want to develop,” he told the newspaper.

But Santorum said he did not support a state in which English was not the primary language.

“Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law,” Santorum said. “And that is that English has to be the principal language. There are other states with more than one language such as Hawaii but to be a state of the United States, English has to be the principal language.”

But as Reuters goes on to point out, “the U.S. Constitution does not designate an official language” and there is no extant legal “requirement that a territory adopt English as its primary language in order to become a state,” so it’s hard to say what “compliance” issue exists, other than Rick Santorum just really, really wanting them to speak English.

In truth, Romney more or less wrapped up the Puerto Rico primary months ago, when he won the endorsement of Gov. Luis G. Fortu?o. And his position on statehood, which he offered at the Hispanic Leadership Network (HLN) conference in January, is a key reason why he won that endorsement:

“I’m looking forward to the time when the people of Puerto Rico make their decision about becoming a state,” he said as the audience cheered. “Wow, we’ve got some friends here.

“I think it’s in November you’re having a referendum and I expect the people of Puerto Rico will decide that they want to become a state and I can tell you that I will work with [Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortu?o] to make sure that if that vote comes out in favor of statehood, that we will go through the process in Washington to provide statehood to Puerto Rico.”

As ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe reported at the time, Romney’s enthusiasm for Puerto Rican statehood was much greater at the HLN conference than it had been at that week’s Univision debate. But Romney took advantage of Newt Gingrich’s muddled answer at the HLN conference to win those cheers. As Jaffe goes on to note, the state of Florida was a key factor for Romney:

Statehood is a controversial issue among Puerto Ricans and not all support the idea. Others believe it should become independent or remain a commonwealth. But many Puerto Rican voters in the United States back statehood, including many who live in Florida. Puerto Rican voters are the second-largest Latino voting bloc in the Sunshine State, with about 420,000 living here, heavily concentrated around the crucial I-4 corridor in central Florida. And Puerto Ricans tend to be a swing constituency, backing Obama in 2008 and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2010, meaning they could play a critical role in the state?s Jan. 31 primary and in the general election later.

By contrast, Rick Santorum tends to favor not wavering on his policy principles over winning popularity contests, a quality that led the National Review‘s Quin Hilyer to dub him the “un-politician” after watching him debate in Florida:

It strikes me that Rick Santorum is about the most determinedly anti-political top-level politician I?ve ever witnessed. No matter what state he is debating in, he refuses to find some wiggle room on issues where his position is at odds with a deeply held local position. For instance, tonight he has made zero attempt to provide any sops at all to the majority of Floridians who opposed drilling in the eastern Gulf ? not even any verbal nods to the idea that of course it is important to keep beaches clean, etcetera.

Santorum just believes that everyone should be in “compliance” with an English language standard, regardless of the fact that no such compliance requirement or enforcement mechanism exists. And he won’t pander to satisfy the idiosyncratic attitudes of local constituencies. Romney doesn’t have that problem. He’ll pander up a storm! And so he’ll win Puerto Rico’s delegates.

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]ContributorNetwork – Washington State favors Rick Santorum for the GOP nomination, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling (PPP).

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FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2011, file photo, John Surma, right, vice chair of the Penn State board of trustees, listens to questions after announcing the firing of university president Graham Spanier and football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. At left is Steve Garban, chairman of the trustees. Penn State trustees are scheduled to meet Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, their first gathering since November. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2011, file photo, John Surma, right, vice chair of the Penn State board of trustees, listens to questions after announcing the firing of university president Graham Spanier and football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. At left is Steve Garban, chairman of the trustees. Penn State trustees are scheduled to meet Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, their first gathering since November. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? Penn State’s trustees fired coach Joe Paterno as outrage boiled up over how school leaders handled child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant coach.

Now it’s the trustees who are increasingly feeling the heat.

The embattled, 32-member board meets Friday, its first gathering since November and the frantic first week after criminal charges were filed against Jerry Sandusky, Penn State’s retired defensive coordinator.

Paterno was dismissed Nov. 9, the same day school President Graham Spanier also departed under pressure. The trustees pledged to search for the truth of the Sandusky case, and whether Penn State officials acted appropriately.

Some alumni and former players are now wondering whether the trustees themselves have been up front with them, and are questioning why Paterno was ousted without a full airing of the facts. Dozens are lining up for a chance to get on the board.

“The unfortunate circumstances that we’ve all been living through have put a spotlight on the leadership of the university,” Maribeth Schmidt, a 1988 Penn State graduate and spokeswoman for Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship, said Wednesday. The group started in mid-November, growing out of what she said was a common frustration among members over a lack of due process at the school.

Those concerns took center stage last week when current President Rodney Erickson ? who replaced Spanier ? hosted hundreds of alumni at town hall meetings in Pittsburgh, suburban Philadelphia and New York.

Some questioned why trustees haven’t been more accountable, while others have asked why Penn State wasn’t better prepared from a public relations perspective if school leaders knew about the investigation. They were told about the case in the spring.

State authorities arrested the 67-year-old Sandusky on Nov. 5, and he is now charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. He maintains his innocence and remains is out on $250,000 bail while awaiting trial.

Some at the alumni meetings have sought answers specifically about why Paterno was fired after 61 years with the Penn State football program, the last 46 as head coach. Paterno led the Nittany Lions to 409 victories, more than any other major college football coach, and two national titles.

Paterno, 85, testified before the grand jury investigating Sandusky, and authorities have said he is not a target of their efforts.

But the state’s top cop, among other critics, chastised Paterno and other school leaders for failing to report a 2002 allegation of abuse to authorities outside of the university.

Against that backdrop, Paterno announced his retirement effective the end of the 2011 season on the morning of Nov. 9. That day, he acknowledged that “with the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.”

The trustees announced his firing 12 hours later in a hastily-called news conference.

Mainly quiet since then, the trustees did answer queries posed at the town hall Jan.11 in Pittsburgh through a statement issued the next day, when chairman Steve Garban and vice chairman John Surma said Paterno was still a tenured faculty member, and that the school would honor the terms of his contract as if he had retired at the end of the season.

“Given the nature of the serious allegations contained in the grand jury report and the extraordinary circumstances then facing the university, the Board’s unanimous judgment was that Coach Paterno could not be expected to continue to effectively perform his duties and that it was in the best interests of the university to make an immediate change in his status,” Garban and Surma said.

Erickson, in New York last week, reiterated his support for the trustees’ decision to fire Paterno.

“There comes a time to look at more than legal issues and look at the ability to lead, and I think at that point ability to lead was compromised,” Erickson said.

But he added, “that in no way should reflect my feelings about the wonderful things Joe has contributed over the years.”

His comments, along with the board’s statement last week, seem to signal a change in the university’s public stance toward Paterno. For instance, two days after Paterno was fired, Erickson said at a news conference that Paterno would be welcome at the Nov. 12 game against Nebraska as much as any other member of the public.

Last week, Erickson promised the university would pay tribute to Paterno. And as for Paterno, he and his family still donate to Penn State, including a $100,000 gift last month.

Paterno was also diagnosed days after his firing with what his family called a treatable form of lung cancer. He remained hospitalized Wednesday for observation for what the family said was a minor complication from treatments. Paterno has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.

“He’s in the fight of his life … It just seems so unfair,” state Sen. Jake Corman said Tuesday in a speech on the floor of the statehouse praising Paterno’s accomplishments. “It just shouldn’t end this way.”

In his first public comments since his firing, Paterno told The Washington Post last week he had “no inkling” of any allegations involving Sandusky prior to 2002. He also told the Post he would reserve judgment on Sandusky until after the legal resolution to the case.

Some of the coach’s supporters have said the same approach should have been afforded to Paterno.

Among them are more than 520 ex-players who have signed an online letter organized by former players asking for “due process for Joe Paterno and the Penn State community.”

Some critics of the trustees have called for wholesale changes in how the board operates in order to better promote transparency. The issues have also drawn unprecedented interest among potential candidates for three alumni-elected seats on the board that are up for a vote this spring.

Typically, about six to 12 candidates express interest. But Wednesday, Schmidt said Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship alone had received 30 applications already seeking the group’s endorsement.

“Everybody is in this together in terms of wanting to preserve and enhance the reputation of Penn State as a world-class university,” Schmidt said. “If there’s a silver lining to any of it we have a lot more alumni interest and action and only good things can come out of that.”

Former Penn State defensive back Adam Taliaferro, now a lawyer, also plans to run but has said he is not seeking the endorsement of Schmidt’s group. Now an attorney, Taliaferro is walking again after suffering a serious spinal cord injury following a hit during a game at Ohio State in 2000.

In a letter this week promoting his candidacy, Taliaferro said “In speaking with our alumni, I believe our biggest issue is transparency.” He pledged to make information and access to trustees more easily available.

The board Friday is scheduled to hear a presentation on an “overview of Intercollegiate Athletics,” among other business. Also scheduled is the election of board officers and executive committee members.

Associated Press

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