College football Sunday morning update … It was supposed to be a quiet weekend in college football as teams warmed up for next week’s rivalry games and regular season finales, but instead it turned into upset Saturday as a number of prominent teams suffered upsets that have severely jeopardized their playoff aspirations. That list included Alabama which was… Read More »
ECU CB Revel declares for draft … East Carolina junior CB Shavon Revel announced earlier today that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite tearing an ACL earlier this season. The 6-2, 195-pound Revel, who had been considered to be a rising star in the upcoming draft class with first-round potential, tore an ACL in practice back… Read More »
Saturday college QB coverage … There are only 2 more weeks in the regular college football schedule which means there’ll only be 2 more chances to see the top QB prospects for the 2025 draft, at least in a regular season setting. Fortunately, though, almost all will be playing in nationally televised games tomorrow. In no particular order,… Read More »
The ‘other’ big game in college football … Several readers have asked why we didn’t also preview Saturday’s game (7 PM ET; NBC) in New York between #6 Notre Dame and #19 Army, one of the only 3 remaining unbeaten FBS teams. OK! I guess. Clearly, it will be a huge game if Army can actually pull off… Read More »
Giants release QB Jones … Somewhat surprisingly, the NY Giants have outright released QB Daniel Jones ending a rather tumultuous 6-year stint with the team. In fact, it was a rather dramatic slide for Jones who was officially benched on Monday, demoted to #3 QB on Tuesday and then further demoted to 4th string on Wednesday. In fact,… Read More »
Browns win shuffles early draft order … For those that missed it late last evening as Cleveland upset Pittsburgh 24-19 in near blizzard conditions for their third win of the year. That means the Browns, which had been sitting on the 3rd pick overall in this week’s first-round selection order for the 2025 draft, will drop all the… Read More »
Buckeyes, Hoosiers hilite weekend college action … As we noted in a post earlier this week there are in fact only a couple of big games involving CFP playoff contenders going head-to-head left on the college football schedule and one of those comes up on this weekend’s docket. That’s when #2 Ohio State hosts #5 Indiana, one of… Read More »
Buffs’ star WR/CB Hunter commits to draft; wants to play both ways … Multiple sources are reporting at this hour that star Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter, a top 5 prospect for the upcoming draft, said on a conference call earlier today that he is ‘definitely’ entering the 2025 draft despite having another year of eligibility available. Hunter, a… Read More »
Random thoughts on the latest CFP rankings … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, the CFP committee released the latest rankings for next month’s 12-team playoff. For the record, Oregon remains #1, followed by Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, and Indiana rounding out the top 5. The one potentially major change was that BYU… Read More »
Buckeyes’ C done for year … Ohio State will be without C Seth McLaughlin when the Buckeyes host #5 Indiana on Saturday for what could be a showdown for a spot in the Big Ten conference championship game next month. McLaughlin, a mid-to-late round prospect for the 2025 draft wo transferred up from Alabama this year, tore an… Read More »
All-star game season approaching … If its late November and the regular college football season is winding down then a young football player’s fancy turns to the upcoming all-star games. Or something like that. In fact, while most of the college football world is focused on the initial 12-team playoff that gets underway in less than a month,… Read More »
Savage to replace fired Jets GM Douglas … After firing GM Joe Douglas earlier in the day in the wake of a 3-8 season, the NY Jets have named long-time NFL exec Phil Savage as interim GM. Savage has been with the Jets as a senior football advisor the past six years and has previous GM experience as… Read More »
Jags, Titans 1-2 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, it will be an all-AFC South party at the very top of the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft with Jacksonville in the top spot and Tennessee at #2. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule… Read More »
Giants move on from QB Jones; to start DeVito … In what was this week’s worst kept NFL secret, the 2-8 NY Giants, who would have the 4th or 5th pick were the draft held this week, will bench starting QB Daniel Jones and replace him with Tommy DeVito. In fact, its probably the last anyone will see… Read More »
Argos win CFL’s Grey Cup game … While the NFL was wrapping up its Sunday schedule this evening, the Toronto Argonauts won the 111th edition of the CFL’s Grey Cup game with a 41-24 triumph over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at BC Place in Vancouver. Ironically, this was the CFL title the Argos thought they were on pace… Read More »
Jags, Titans 1-2 in weekly selection order as top 8 set … At least for this week, the top of the updated selection order for the first round of the 2025 draft will have a distinctly AFC South flavor as Jacksonville hangs onto the #1 spot while Tennessee will move up into the #2 spot. Meanwhile, Cleveland, Las… Read More »
Jags to hold onto top pick … With Jacksonville going down to a rather resounding defeat in Detroit, we can confirm that the Jags will hold the #1 pick in this week’s selection order. In fact, because the Jags have a relatively weaker SOS figure than the other 2-win teams, they are actually pretty well assured of keeping… Read More »
2024 Grey Cup preview … As noted earlier in the week, the Canadian league championship will be decided this weekend when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers face the Toronto Argonauts in the 111th edition of the CFL’s Grey Cup game at BC Place in Vancouver. Kick-off is a 6pm ET on Sunday with coverage in Canada on CTV, TSN… Read More »
Vols-Dawgs hilite weekend college action … It may sound a little bit like a broken record, but the one really key game on this weekend’s college football schedule is in the SEC where #7 LSU takes on #12 Georgia at 7:30 PM ET Saturday evening on ABC. The game is particularly critical for Georgia’s playoff chances as the… Read More »
Browns easiest path to #1 pick … Was chatting with a couple of other draft watchers earlier in the week and none of us could remember a time when the draft order changed so dramatically in just one week, especially this late in the season. And with 5 teams with just 2 wins to date this fall and… Read More »
Combine gets another year in Indy … The NFL announced earlier this morning that the annual scouting combine will be held again in Indianapolis in 2026. This year’s combine had already been slated for Indianapolis, but that was the last year of the NFL’s previous agreement with the city and the league had accepted bids from other cities… Read More »
Eagles, Washcoms kick off weekend action … Interesting week on the NFL schedule this weekend which kicks off Thursday evening with Washington playing at Philadelphia with first-place in the NFC East on the line. Same thing on Sunday when Baltimore plays at Pittsburgh for the AFC North lead in an early game, while Buffalo will host Kansas City… Read More »
QB issues to impact race to top pick … Three of the NFL’s 5 teams with 2 losses apiece have, or will, make decisions on their QB situati0ns that could have a major impact on who ends up with the top picks at the 2025 draft. Jacksonville, which would have the #1 pick overall were the draft held… Read More »
Dad/coach Deion confirms he’ll be involved in Shedeur, Travis Hunter drafts … He’s been very quiet of late, but Colorado coach Deion Sanders indicated during an interview earlier this week that he’ll be ‘getting involved’ if the wrong team were to draft either star Buffs’ QB Shedeur Sanders and WR/CB Travis Hunter. Sanders, the dad/coach, though, also indicated… Read More »
Random thoughts on the CFP playoff rankings … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, the CFP playoff committee released their updated playoff rankings last night as they’ll do every Tuesday between now and the end of the college season. Oregon remains the #1 team, followed by Ohio State, Texas, and Penn State with upstart… Read More »
