SEC makes three … The college football season continues to teeter. Following a meeting of the league’s presidents and chancellors, the SEC announced earlier today that it will go with a 10-game, conference-only schedule for the 2020 college football season. The SEC schedule was originally scheduled to start the weekend of September 5th, but now plan to get… Read More »
Top pick Burrow signs; other unsigned #1 on covid list … Just in time to avoid a formal holdout, former LSU QB Joe Burrow, the first player selected at the 2020 draft, has signed with Cincinnati and will be working out with his new teammates later today. On the other hand, it may be awhile, before Tennessee OT… Read More »
Full football camps to open … What could be the weirdest season that anyone has ever experienced gets underway in earnest tomorrow when all NFL training camps open to veteran players. For now, the regular season is still to get underway on the weekend of September 10th-14th. In fact, the pre-season schedule will be completely new. Instead of… Read More »
Bolts sign first rounders; complete rookie class … With NFL teams preparing for the opening of full camps on Tuesday, the LA Chargers have announced the signing of both their first round picks at the 2020 draft: former Oregon QB Justin Herbert, whom the team selected with the 6th overall selection, and former Oklahoma ILB Kenneth Murray, the… Read More »
Raiders sign remaining draft class including 2nd #1 … Las Vegas came to terms with its remaining unsigned picks from the 2020 draft including former Ohio State CB Damon Arnette, whom the Raiders selected with the 19th pick overall this past April. In addition, the Raiders signed RB Lynn Bowden, LB Tanner Muse and WR Bryan Edwards, all… Read More »
Bears get late conditional pick from ‘Phins for TE Shaheen … Chicago cleaned out a little of its logjam at TE by sending TE Adam Shaheen to Miami for what is being reported as a conditional 6th round pick in 2021. The sixth-round pick is believed to hinge on Shaheen being on the Miami roster at some unspecified… Read More »
Seahawks get star Jets S Adams for multiple picks … The NY Jets have traded disgruntled star FS Jamal Adams to Seattle for a package that includes two first-round draft picks. The Jets will get the Seahawks first round picks in both 2021 and 2022, along with a third-rounder in 2021. The Jets will also get veteran safety… Read More »
More #1s sign … Three more first round picks from the 2020 draft came to terms with their respective teams today. That included WRs Jerry Jeudy and CeeDee Lamb, the 15th and 17th picks this year, who came to terms with Denver and Dallas respectively. Meanwhile, Minnesota signed CB Jeff Gladney, the 31st pick.
No-names sign #2 DE Young … Washington, which hasn’t had much to smile about these days, got some good news overnight with the announcement that former Ohio State DE Chase Young, the second player selected overall at the 2020 draft, has come to terms with the team. No details were announced, but Young is believed to have signed… Read More »
Three more top picks sign … Three more 2020 1st rounders signed today including Tampa Bay OT Tristan Wirfs, the 13th player selected this past April, Minnesota WR Justin Jefferson, the 22nd overall selection, and Baltimore ILB Patrick Queen, the 28th overall selection. That brings the total to 20 opening round selections that have signed contracts.
TCU gets Husker transfer WR … Former Nebraska WR J.D. Spielman, the son of Minnesota G.M. Rick Spielman, has announced that he has transferred to Texas Christian. Spielman isn’t technically eligible for a grad transfer, but he has reportedly received a special waiver from the NCAA and will be able to play immediately. Spielman is only 5-9, 180,… Read More »
Four more #1s signed; half plus in the books … With NFL training camps set to open literally within hours, the pace of rookie signings has continued to accelerate. Late today, another four more teams announced that they had signed their 2020 first round selections including Arizona which came to terms with former Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons, the… Read More »
Pigskin Paul’s NFL teams to watch … We are either getting closer to the start of the 2020 NFL season – or we’re not – so for now we are kind of working on the premise that there will be a season of some sort. With that in mind, as he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin… Read More »
League agrees to no pre-season games … With NFL training camps scheduled to open this week, negotiations between the league and players’ association continue as the two sides try to hammer out the parameters for this season. The NFL has reportedly agreed that there will be no pre-season games this year. The league had originally hoped to still… Read More »
Vols DT gets boot from Rocky Top … Tennessee has dismissed DT Emmit Gooden after he was arrested for an altercation in which he hit his girlfriend in the head with a glass jar candle causing lacerations on her left eyebrow and the corner of her left eye that required sutures. Gooden missed the entire 2019 season with… Read More »
Jags sign first of two top picks … Jacksonville came to terms yesterday with one of their two first round picks from the 2020 draft. The Jags signed former Florida CB C.J. Henderson , the 9th overall selection in this year’s opening round, to a 4-year contract worth $20.5M that is fully guaranteed with no offsetting language. The… Read More »
NFL tells teams camp opening a go … The NFL sent out a memo to all 32 teams earlier today informing them that despite ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, training camps will open as scheduled. According to the current schedule, rookies are to report on July 21st – for the record that’s Tuesday – with QBs and… Read More »
Cavs land top TE transfer prospect … Following up on yesterday’s reporting that Central Michigan TE Tony Poljan was going to transfer, he announced earlier today that he is going to be attending Virginia for his senior season. The 6-7, 260-pound Poljan, who stared his CMU career as a QB before finally switching to TE full-time last year… Read More »
Top TE prospect to transfer … Emerging Central Michigan TE Tony Poljan has entered college football’s transfer portal and will play his final season of eligibility at another school. The 6-7, 260-pound Poljan is considered to be one of the top prospects at the position for the 2021 draft with second day potential. Poljan came to CMU as… Read More »
MEAC 3rd conference to postpone fall season … The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has become the 3rd league to suspend all fall sports, including football, indefinitely because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The MEAC reportedly hasn’t ruled out playing football and other sports in the spring and will continue to discuss the options. The MEAC is the third conference… Read More »
Lions sign #3 pick … Detroit has announced that former Ohio State CB Jeff Okudah, the 3rd player selected at the 2020 draft, has come to terms. Contract details were not announced, but it is believed Okudah signed a standard four-year deal, with a fifth-year club option. With Okudah signed, the Lions have signed eight of the nine… Read More »
Patriot League also out for fall … A second Division 1 college football conference has formally announced that all sports, including football, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, the Ivy League had announced the same decision. Like the Ivies, the conference left open the possibility of playing the season at a later point.… Read More »
QB Daniels eligible at UGA; cue QB controversy … Former Southern California QB J.T. Daniels announced today that he has been granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA, turning up the heat a notch on Georgia’s quarterback competition. Daniels, a former starter at USC who transferred to UGA this summer, announced via social media that the NCAA approved his… Read More »
And the times they are a changin’: Redskins are no more … After years of adamantly refusing to even consider the idea, Washington announced this morning that the team will no longer be called the Redskins. In a formal statement, the team said owner Dan Snyder and head coach Ron Rivera are “working closely” to develop a new… Read More »
And there there were two: PAC-12 joins Big Ten playing only league sched … The Big Ten let the world know that the 2020 college football season was in real jeopardy when the conference announced that they’d be playing only in-conference games this fall. The PAC-12 then became the second league to go that route last night, announcing… Read More »
