We’ve had several correspondents write over the past few days something along the lines that ‘what the Giants need right now more than anything is an intervention similar to 1978 when then-commissioner Pete Rozelle ‘saved’ the Giants by stepping in and forcing the Maras to hire George Young as the G.M. and take over the team’s football operations.’… Read More »
Four more juniors enter draft … Four more underclassmen announced today that they will be entering the 2022 draft including Oregon FS Verone McKinley, Southern Cal CB Isaac Taylor-Stuart and WRs Kevin Austin of Notre Dame and Mississippi State’s Makai Polk. All four are generally considered to be 3rd day types with the two DBs the most likely… Read More »
Lions also clinch top 1-2 pick … After a loss to Seattle on the far coast, Detroit has clinched one of the first two picks at the 2022 draft. Jacksonville had wrapped up the other 1-2 pick earlier today with a loss in New England. For the record, both close out their regular seasons next week with the… Read More »
Jags clinch one of top 1-2 picks … Jacksonville left nothing to chance this afternoon in New England as they lost 50-10 to the Patriots to clinch at least one of the first two picks at the 2022 draft. In fact, the Jags will clinch the first overall pick if Detroit wins at Seattle in one of this… Read More »
We are into the 4th quarter against the Bears and the Giants are hopelessly behind 29-3 in a thoroughly dismal performance. The only thing we can hope is that it was the Giants intention to tank from the git-go in hopes of getting one of the top 3-4 prospects in this this year’s draft. There is simply no… Read More »
Pack G/T Ekwonu; two others enter draft … Three more players made their NFL announcements including North Carolina State G/T Ikem Ekwonu, Southern Cal DE/OLB Drake Jackson and Mississippi RB Jerrion Ealy. All three will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and entering this year’s draft. USC’s Jackson, in fact, had told reporters prior to the season that… Read More »
Ole Miss QB Corral dinged in Sugar Bowl … Mississippi QB Matt Corral , one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2022 draft, was just carted off the field after going down awkwardly late in the 1st quarter of tonight’s Sugar Bowl against Baylor. Corral stayed down for awhile holding a knee and was… Read More »
UNC QB Howell enters draft … North Carolina junior QB Sam Howell has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. Howell entered the season rated as a possible top 5 pick this year, but saw his draft stock tumble somewhat after as a result of an inconsistent campaign, although he… Read More »
Star Iowa C Linderbaum injured in bowl loss … Star Iowa junior C Tyler Linderbaum left this afternoon’s Citrus Bowl loss to Kentucky in the 4th quarter with what appeared to a leg injury. Linderbaum, a potential top 10-15 prospect for the 2022 draft, limped to the locker room after being examined in the medical tent. He did… Read More »
Happy New Year!!! … A very happy, healthy, prosperous and safe New Year to everyone from everyone here at the GBN. I mean it can’t be any worse than the year we just survived. Which is pretty much what we said last year at this time. Hang in there gang!!!
SEC vs SEC for national title … To absolutely no one’s surprise it will be the SEC versus the SEC in the CFP national championship on January 10th after Alabama and Georgia posted convincing wins in Friday’s semi-finals. Alabama was surgical in defeating Cincinnati 27-6 in the Cotton Bowl and then Georgia was just as surgical crushing Michigan… Read More »
LSU RB latest junior to enter draft … LSU junior RB Ty Davis-Price, the Tigers’ leading rusher in 2021, is the latest underclassman to announce that he’ll be entering the upcoming draft. The 6-0, 225-pound Davis-Price ran for over 1,000 yards this past season including a school-record 287 yards against Florida. He’s a tough north-south runner who is… Read More »
Auburn defensive duo to return … While cross-state rival plays in the CFP semi-finals as we speak, Auburn got some good news today with word that both DE Colby Wooden and OLB Derick Hall would be returning to school next fall. Both are third year players who combined for 14 sacks this season including 9 by Hall.
Bonus bowl coverage … Update: Of course right on cue when the game kicked off we find that neither of the OTs are in fact playing! The big games today – in fact the only college games that really matter at all these days – are the CFP semi-finals that go later this afternoon and evening. However, there… Read More »
CFP Semi-finals on tap … Truth is that the only bowls that anybody really cares about this year are the two CFP semi-final games scheduled for tomorrow and the national championship game on January 10th. And tomorrow’s semi-final games couldn’t be any different. In the first, defending national champion Alabama will play Cincinnati, the first ever playoff qualifier… Read More »
Three more underclassmen enter draft … With most of the college football world focused on tomorrow’s CFP semi-final games, three more underclassmen announced today that they would be entering the upcoming draft including RBs Kevin Harris of South Carolina and Zonovan ‘Bam’ Knight of North Carolina State, along with Oklahoma PK Gabe Brkic. Harris is a 5-10, 225-pound… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (12-1) vs #4 Cincinnati (13-0); 3:30 PM ET; ESPN; Cotton Bowl; Arlington … One is tempted to call this the 21st century David versus Goliath when defending national champion Alabama faces upstart Cincinnati, the first ever non-Power 5 conference team to make the national playoffs, face off in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, but at least… Read More »
Happy New Year projection update … I wasn’t originally planning to update my 2022 mock draft until the end of the regular season; however, with the changes to the top of the selection order it was getting old way too fast so I decided to take a shot at a New Year update here.
Thursday bowl previews … After tonight, there’ll be just one more sleep before Friday’s national championship semi-finals. Before, we get there, though, there will be four more bowl games on Thursday, assuming none are cancelled at the last minute. And in keeping with out policy of not previewing any bowl game involving 6-6 teams we shan’t comment on… Read More »
UCLA OT enters draft … No big surprise that a junior UCLA OT has entered the 2022 draft. Just not the one that NFL teams have been waiting on. The Bruins’ RT Alec Anderson has announced that he is turning pro this winter. He’s a 4th year junior with decent size (6-5, 305), but as of now, he… Read More »
Buckeyes’ OT enters draft … Ohio State junior OT Nicholas Petit-Frere has confirmed that he will be entering the 2022 NFL draft where he currently projects to be an early-to-mid second round selection. Petit-Frere had already indicated that he would not be playing in this weekend’s Rose Bowl against Utah.
NFL great John Madden passes … Sad news this evening as it has been announced that former NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden has passed away at age 85. Madden coached Oakland for ten years which included a Super Bowl win. However, his greater contribution to the game was as a television color analyst who did as much… Read More »
Bowl parade continues Wednesday; will anyone notice??… The bowl build-up towards Friday’s CFP semi-finals continues with 3 more games on Wednesday. There were actually supposed to be a fourth, but the Fenway Bowl between Virginia and Southern Methodist was cancelled because of Covid-related issues. And we simply on principle refuse to review any bowl involving two 6-6 teams,… Read More »
Top RB, P enter draft … Two more prominent underclassmen have indicated that they will be entering the 2022 draft including BYU RB Tyler Allgeier and San Diego State P Matt Araiza. The 5-10, 220-pound Allgeier, a former walk-on at BYU, had a breakout year for the Cougars as he rushed for 1,600 yards and an FBS high… Read More »
Holiday Bowl cancelled at last minute … Anyone thinking of watching tonight’s Holiday Bowl match-up between UCLA and NC State will need new plans as the game was cancelled just hours before KO because of Covid issues in the UCLA program.
