PAC-12 releases fall sched … The PAC-12 conference has finally released its abbreviated fall football schedule. The conference will kick-off what amounts to a 7-game schedule for each team on November 7th. Each team will play 6 games through December 12th and will will hold its annual conference game on Friday, December 18th. The teams not involved in… Read More »
Titans-Steelers rescheduled … The NFL announced earlier this morning that the league schedule has been juggled with the Tennessee-Pittsburgh that was to be played this Sunday, but has been cancelled because of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak, will now be played in on Sunday, October 25th. That had been the Titans’ bye week, while the Steelers had been scheduled… Read More »
Cardinal CB Adebo opts out … Stanford junior CB Paulson Adebo, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2021 draft, has opted out and declared for the upcoming draft. Adebo is considered to be a mid-to-late first round prospect for this year’s draft.
Broncos get first win; Jets still struggling … The long season for the New York Jets got a little longer this evening as they lost at home to the previously winless Denver Broncos 37-28. Oh, did we mention that the Broncos were starting a former undrafted QB making his first career start at the position. The win drops… Read More »
Thursday nighter with early draft implications … It probably wasn’t what they had in mind when they put this year’s schedule together, but tonight’s Thursday night game on the NFL Network has some major early season implications for the 2021 draft order as the 0-3 Denver Broncos play the equally 0-3 Jets in New York. Kick-off is slated… Read More »
Picks at risk over mask use … In its on-going battle to ensure that coaches wear masks on the sideline during games, the NFL has reportedly warned all teams that they risk forfeiting future draft picks if they fail to fully comply with COVID-19 game-day protocols. Beware!
Gopher WR Bateman back in; PSU LB Parsons not … With the Big Ten back playing fall football, players who had previously opted out of the season are now faced with the decision of whether to opt back in or not. One prominent player who has decided to play again is rising Minnesota junior WR Rashod Bateman. Bateman,… Read More »
Happy 10th to #14 … Big day in the family today and second grandson Austin turns the big 1-0!. Happy Birthday bud despite the pandemic. And when it’s all done we are going to celebrate in style playing a little mini-putt, going to a movie and then having pizza at a Boston Pizza!!
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemete has posted this week’s edition of his weekly college football prospects review report. Here is the full report.
Falcons would hold first pick if draft held this week … We have had several requests whether we’ll be posting the current selection order for the 2021 draft were it held this week. And the simple answer is ‘No!’ its just a little too early. Give it at least a couple more weeks. However, we can report that… Read More »
Duck DE top college player not eligible for 2021 draft … As he does every year at this time, GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker has put together a list of the top redshirt freshmen and true sophomores in college football not eligible for the 2021 draft. Heading the list this year is rising Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux, followed… Read More »
UGA QB Daniels cleared to play; Duck S Holland opts out … With SEC contender Auburn coming to town this coming weekend, Georgia got some good news when QB J.T. Daniels was finally cleared to play, although Dawgs head coach Kirby Smart says he still has to win the job in practice this week. Daniels had all the… Read More »
Panthers, Lions win to get off schneid; Bengals, Eagles tie; 6 remain winless … Interesting day so far in the NFL where two teams – Detroit and Carolina – got their first wins of the season, while Cincinnati and Philadelphia, both of whom were 0-2 coming into their game, battled to a 23-23 tie. At the same time,… Read More »
Conference championship previews hilite weekly schedule … Could be a couple of real treats on this week’s NFL schedule with a couple of games that could literally be previews of this year’s conference championship games. Indeed, one would get pretty good odds that this year’s conference title games will be Green Bay versus New Orleans in the NFC… Read More »
Falcons top pick on Covid IR … Atlanta has placed CB A.J. Terrell, the team’s first round pick at the 2020 draft, on the NFL’s COVID-19 reserve list. this season. The Falcons did not indicate whether Terrell, whom they took with the 16th overall pick this past April, has tested positive or was just in contact with someone… Read More »
Blue Devil CB Gilbert sidelined again … Duke CB Mark Gilbert is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery earlier this week to remove a loose bone fragment in his right foot. Gilbert had been a rising prospect earlier in his career, but missed the better part of two years with a hip injury.
Boiler WR Moore opts back in; LSU DT Shelvin not … Star Purdue WR/KR Rondale Moore, one of the most electric players in college football and a first round prospect for 2021, has reportedly decided to play after all this fall. Moore had opted out of the season when the Big Ten postponed its season to the spring,… Read More »
PAC-12 back in business … There likely won’t be a formal announcement for several days, but the PAC-12 reportedly has decided to return to college football beginning on November 6th. The conference will play a 7-game schedule with a championship game scheduled for December 18th, again the day before the CFP teams are announced.
Jags go after second win in Thursday niter … Interesting game with some draft implications later this evening on the NFL Network’s Thursday nighter when Jacksonville hosts Miami in a rare Battle of Florida. Kick-off is at 8:20 PM ET. A win by the Jaguars would push them to 2-1 and put the notion of ‘Tanking for Trevor’… Read More »
Defensive positional rankings posted … The initial GBN positional rankings for the defensive prospects for the 2021 draft have been posted here: DEs; DTs; ILBs; OLBs; CBs; and safeties. And because kickers are people too, here are our early rankings for the specialists: punters; PKs; and long-snappers.
Initial offensive positional rankings posted … A little later than usual, but the GBN scout staff has completed our initial positional rankings for the offensive prospects for the 2021 draft. Here are the QBs, RBs, FBs, WRs, TEs, OTs, OGs, and Cs.
Initial Pigskin college weekly review … So far this year, the pickings have been pretty slim when it comes to finding prime draft prospects on the weekly college football TV schedule given the impact of the pandemic. Fortunately, with the SEC schedule starting in earnest this week, the fare should start to improve. In the meantime, though, GBN… Read More »
‘Outcry’ protagonist gets MAC scholarship … Nice story from college football which right now can use all the positive news it can get. Eastern Michigan has signed Greg Kelley, the subject of the award-winning documentary ‘Outcry’ to a full scholarship. Kelley was a star high school player from the Austin area with hopes of getting a shot in… Read More »
Huskers at Bucks to KO B1G schedule … The Big Ten has just released its tentative 2020 schedule which is slated to get underway October 24th. Highlighting that first Big Ten weekend will have Nebraska playing in an interdivisional game at Ohio State. In many ways, though, the conference’s schedule really gets going the following week when the… Read More »
Multiple players opting back in … No big surprise here, but with the Big Ten and PAC-12 apparently back for some football this fall, a number of players who had opted out of playing have changed their minds and will play. That includes a number of prominent Big Ten prospects including star CB Shaun Wade and OG Wyatt… Read More »
