Matt Ortega

This weekend is the NFL Draft, a two-day event that makes millions of football fans yearn for August training camps. Oliver Willis noticed that the New England Patriots received the worst reception of any team this afternoon.

The Oakland Raiders selected Arkansas RB Darren McFadden as their top draft choice and fourth overall.

Arizona Wildcats CB Antoine Cason went in the first round to the San Diego Chargers and 27th overall. Cal alum wide receiver DeSean Jackson went 18th in the second round, and 49th overall, to the Philadelphia Eagles.

In related news, retired QB Brett Favre will grace the cover of Madden ‘09 this summer. This move makes a lot of sense given NFL commentator John Madden’s storied man-crush on the hall of fame shoo-in.

Updated 04/27/08 at 10:05pm: Three more Arizona alumni, all defensive players, were selected in the second day of the draft. LB Spencer Larsen was selected 17th in the sixth round, 183rd overall, by the Denver Broncos.

CB Wilrey Fontenot, the second half of Arizona’s solid corners, was taken 5th in the seventh and final round, by the Atlanta Falcons.

DT Lionel Dotson, selected 38th in the seventh round and 245th overall, goes to the Miami Dolphins.

Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre announced that his Hall of Fame-bound career is finally over. Favre retires after 17 seasons, almost all of which were with the Packers (two games and five passing attempts with the Atlanta Falcons in 1991), and setting several career passing records last year.

John Madden must be crushed.

(Hat tip: Oliver Willis)

That was quite a fourth quarter in Glendale, Arizona where the New York Giants topped the now-once beaten New England Patriots, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII.

Also, check out some of your favorite Super Bowl commercials at MySpace. The Diet Pepsi Max commercial was probably my most favorite of the night:

Updated 02/04/08 at 12:04am: Well, it looks like Michael Graham, known to be not such a big fan for Senator John McCain will be voting for the Arizona senator. Here he is quoting himself from Friday at the National Review’s Corner:

I am so confident of both a Patriots win today and a Romney win in Massachusetts on Tuesday that I made this pledge on the air Friday: “If the NY Giants beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl, I will vote cast my Super Duper Tuesday primary vote for (shudder) John McCain.”