PAC-12 to meet Friday; return a real possibility … The conference presidents of the PAC-12 will reportedly meet tomorrow to discuss a possible return to the college football wars this fall. Like the Big Ten, the PAC-12 is considering playing an 8-game conference schedule starting on October 24th. It doesn’t leave much wiggle room if there are postponements… Read More »
#1 vs #1 in Thursday niter … Interesting match-up in tonight’s Thursday night game as two of the three QBs selected with the first pick overall in the last three drafts go head-to-head when Cleveland hosts Cincinnati, with KO set for 8:20 PM ET on the NFL Network. For Joe Burrow, whom the Bengals selected with the first… Read More »
B1G to return late October; schedule to come … It took a little longer than expected but the Big Ten conference presidents have indeed voted to restart their season on the weekend of October 24th. The conference had shut down all fall sports until the spring, but had faced growing pressure from players, coaches, parents and fans to… Read More »
Still waiting word on fate of B1G, OSU CB latest to opt out … There is still no official word this morning as to whether the Big Ten football season will in fact be moved back into the late fall. Conference presidents met yesterday to discuss the possibility of starting up their season as early as mid-October, but… Read More »
Top prospect Lawrence appears to declare for draft … Clemson junior QB Trevor Lawrence, the consensus favorite to be the first player selected at the 2021 draft, appeared to indicate that this will definitely be his final year in college during a pre-game interview yesterday on ESPN’s College Game Day. Lawrence, who still hasn’t officially declared, was quoted… Read More »
B1G conference prezs talking football return … Literally as we speak Big Ten university presidents are talking about playing football this fall after all. The conference opted to postpone its season to the spring earlier this summer, but has faced tremendous pressure from players, parents, coaches, and fans – not to mention boosters – to get back in… Read More »
Titans top pick in DUI accident … Tennessee rookie OT Isaiah Wilson, the Titans’ first round pick at the 2020 draft, was arrested last evening for DUI after he lost control of his vehicle and struck a concrete wall. Its not the first off-field incident for Wilson, whom the Titans selected with the 29th pick overall this past April… Read More »
Bonus coverage … Its sort of the first full week on the college football schedule with at least the ACC sort of getting underway. And while so many of the top prospects for the 2021 draft have opted out for the season, one who has not not is Wake Forest DE Carlos Basham (#9, 6-5, 285), a full-sized… Read More »
Top OSU OG Davis opts out … Another one bites the dust, or at least opts out! Ohio State junior OG Wyatt Davis has become the latest top prospect for the 2021 draft to indicate they will not be playing this season and instead will start prepping for the 2021 draft. The 6-4, 315-pound Davis is considered to… Read More »
Cardinal OT Little; three others opt out, enter draft … Four more college players, including star Stanford OT Walker Little, have announced they are opting out of the current season and will enter the 2021 draft. Walker was expected to be a top pick at this year’s draft, but ended up missing all but one game last fall… Read More »
QBs Lawrence, Fields 1-2 in GBN pre-season projection … No big surprise here as QBs Trevor Lawrence of Clemson and Ohio State’s Justin Fields are the first two players off the board in the GBN’s pre-season first round projection for the 2021 draft. Here.
Star B1G TE; Duck CB opting out, entering draft … A couple of more college players have indicating that they will be opting out of the upcoming season and entering the 2021 draft including star Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft. Freiermuth will be joined in… Read More »
Initial Big Board posted … As part of our pre-season preview with the NFL’s regular schedule set to kick-off Thursday evening, here’s the initial GBN Big Board ranking of the top 100 prospects for the 2021 draft. Of course, a lot is likely to change between now and April, especially given the rather chaotic circumstances college football finds… Read More »
GBN Fearless Forecast posted … Its that time of the year again. With the NFL actually set to kick off the regular schedule this weekend, here are our annual predictions and picks for the upcoming season. Here
Cut-down day tough on undrafted rookies … One of the concerns around the NFL this odd off-season was that because of the limited training camps, it was going to be relatively difficult for later round draft picks, as well as undrafted signees, to make a final roster. Turns out that that was not the case for this year’s… Read More »
Final QB domino falls; ‘Phins name vet Fitzpatrick starter … No big surprise here, but Miami has named veteran Ryan Fiztpatrick as the team’s starter over rookie Tua Tagovailoa, the 5th player selected at the 2020 draft. In fact, just about everybody has now settled on a starter at least to open the season which kicks off later… Read More »
Top OT Sewell, Cal CB Bynum opt out, declare … The number of top prospects for the 2021 draft opting not to play this year continues to grow as both Oregon OT Penei Sewell and California CB Camryn Bynum announced today that are opting out of the current season to begin preparing for next April’s draft. Sewell, in… Read More »
Roster process marches on … With cut-down day now in the books, players who were released prior to yesterday’s deadline can be claimed off waivers until Noon ET today. Then starting at 1 PM ET, teams can begin to sign their practice squads which this year have been increased to 16 players up from 12. New this year… Read More »
Draft class survives Turk … One of the fears entering the 2020 season was the fact that because of training camp limitations it might be harder for late round picks this past April to earn a roster spot. Turns out those concerns may have been overstated as there was in fact very little difference in the number of… Read More »
‘Phins acquire Vegas 3rd rounder … Here’s something you don’t see every day, or at least every cut-down day. Miami has acquired WR/RB/KR Lynn Bowden from Las Vegas. Bowden was a 3rd round pick by the Raiders this past April. The Dolphins will also get a 6th round pick from the Raiders, while Las Vegas will get a… Read More »
Good day so far for 2020 picks … One of the fears entering the 2020 season was the fact that because of training camp limitations it might be harder for late round picks this past April to earn a roster spot. At this hour, roughly half the NFL’s 32 teams have announced their opening day 53-man rosters and… Read More »
PA not kind to 6th rounders … With NFL teams in the process of cutting down to their 53-man opening day rosters, it was a bad day for 6th round picks selected by Pennsylvania teams. Pittsburgh, for example, cut FS Antoine Brooks, their 6th round pick this year, while Philadelphia axed OT Prince Tega Wanogho, the Eagles’ #6… Read More »
Rams cut 7th rounder … The LA Rams got down to the 53-man opening day roster by cutting 9 players including LB Clay Johnston a 7th round pick this year.
Broncos first to cut pick … Denver became the first team to cut a 2020 pick enroute to today’s 53-man opening day roster when the Broncos released OLB Derrek Tuszka, a 7th round pick this year.
Panthers, Browns first to get to 53 … With this afternoon’s 4 PM ET deadline for teams to get down to their 53-man-opening day rosters looming, Carolina and Cleveland appear to be the first two teams to have gotten down to the roster limit. Of note, neither the Panthers nor the Browns released any of their 2020 draft… Read More »
