CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP; #1 CLEMSON (14-0) vs. #2 ALABAMA (13-1); 8:30 PM ET; ESPN The prelims are done and the stage is set for what could be a very good CFP national championship game between unbeaten, top-ranked Clemson and perennial power Alabama in Glendale Santa Clara later Monday evening. Despite its one loss, Alabama comes in as the… Read More »
Tide-Tigers to battle for college title … The 2015 college national championship will be decided later this evening when unbeaten and top-ranked Clemson plays perennial power Alabama in Glendale with kick-off set for 8:30 PM ET on ESPN. And in many ways this could be the classic dual with the upstart Tigers, who have always been good, but… Read More »
Wild card weekend settles four more picks … With this weekend’s 4 wild card games now in the books, four more picks in the opening round of the 2016 draft have been secured. Washington, which lost late this afternoon to Green Bay, will have the 21st pick on April 28th, while Houston will pick 22nd, Minnesota 23rd and… Read More »
QB Cook to skip Senior Bowl … Former Michigan State QB Connor Cook has reportedly decided to pass on the opportunity to participate in this year’s Senior Bowl. That’s likely to set of some grumbling among the NFL scouting community. Cook is generally considered to be the 2nd and 3rd rated QB for this year’s draft behind either… Read More »
‘Canes’ WR to return to school … Miami junior WR Stacy Coley has announced that he will be returning to school for his senior season.
Hogs RB enters draft … Arkansas junior RB Alex Collins has announced that he will forego is senior season and enter the 2016 draft where he projects to be a second-day pick. The 5-10, 225-poumd Collins, the 3rd rated RB for the upcoming draft on the GBN positional list, rushed for almost 1,600 yards and 20 touchdowns this… Read More »
‘Other’ star weeks kicks off … The major post-season all-star games do not get underway for another week, but this is a big week for second-tier prospects for the upcoming draft. For starters, the College Gridiron Showcase starts today in Bedford, Texas. This a four-day event running through the 13th in which players go through individual and team… Read More »
Bungles clinch 24th pick; 3 others on line today … The only pick that was formally decided after yesterday’s first two wild card games was that Cincinnati will have the 24th pick at the 2016 draft following last night’s absolutely stunning loss to Pittsburgh. Meanwhile, Houston will select no lower than 22nd after losing to Kansas City yesterday… Read More »
Tide OLB rethinking pro decision … Alabama junior OLB Tim Williams indicated at the end of the regular college football season that he would return to Alabama for his senior season. However, Williams has apparently had a change of heart and is at least reconsidering his options. Williams, who had 10.5 sacks in Alabama’s last 11 games, despite… Read More »
Bonus coverage … For those looking for a little football fix before this weekend’s NFL wild-card playoff games – not to mention Monday night’s national collegiate championship game between Alabama and Clemson – the FCS championship game between North Dakota State and Jacksonville State is on ESPN2 as we speak. And NDSU, which is going for its 5th… Read More »
Lions raid Pats for G.M. … Detroit has agreed in principle with New England personnel exec Bob Quinn to become the Lions’ new general manager. The 39-year-old Quinn, who most recently has been the Patriots’ director of pro scouting, replaces Martin Mayhew two months ago along with team president Tom Lewand. The first order of business for Quinn in… Read More »
Surgery reportedly goes well Irish LB Smith … Sports Illustrated is reporting that according to sources, the surgery to repair the knee of star Dame Notre junior OLB Jaylon Smith went about ‘as well as could be expected.’ Smith tore both the ACL and LCL is his knee early in Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State… Read More »
Three more added to Senior Bowl rosters … The Senior Bowl announced the addition of three more players to the roster today including Arkansas QB Brandon Allen, BYU DE Bronson Kaufusi and Alabama CB Cyrus Jones.
Former LSU CB enters draft … One-time emerging LSU CB Rashard Robinson has announced he will be entering the 2016 draft. Robinson looked like a future star when he started several games for LSU in 2013, but was suspended indefinitely mid-way through the following season for undisclosed reasons and spent the 2015 season working out on his own… Read More »
GBN projection updated … The GBN projection for the opening round of the 2016 draft has been updated. As we always do, we advise readers not to get too excited about the particular picks for particular teams, because even the best mocks get very few specific picks dead on; instead what a good mock will do is give… Read More »
Trade mart updated … With the NFL regular schedule now in the books, we have been able to update the GBN trade mart – with a huge assist from reader Michael Z – listing traded picks for the 2016 draft based on their conditions etc. With those trades, we have also been able to put together a very… Read More »
Mountain West DPOY withdraws from draft … On further review, San Diego State junior CB Damontae Kazee, the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year, has decided to withdraw his application to the 2016 draft after talking it over with his parents and others close to him. Underclassmen, who have until January 18th to file paperwork with the… Read More »
Jags to join Cowboys coaching at senior Bowl … For the 3rd year in a row, Jacksonville will be coaching one of the two teams at this year’s Senior Bowl. The Jaguars staff will join the Dallas staff in Mobile with the Cowboys under Jason Garrett to run the North team, while Gus Bradley and the Jags coaches… Read More »
Enigmatic Cards’ DE not leaving nest … As suggested by earlier reports, Louisville junior DE Devonte Fields has confirmed that he will be returning to school for his senior season next fall. Fields looked all the part of a future #1 pick after he tore up the Big XII as a freshman at TCU back in 2012 and… Read More »
Irish LB Smith to undergo surgery today; football future on hold … Notre Dame junior OLB Jaylon Smith is scheduled to undergo surgery later today to repair the torn ACL and MCL he suffered when he landed awkwardly after a play during last week’s Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State. Smith had been considered to be one of… Read More »
Three more juniors enter draft … With the day almost done, three more juniors have been added to the list of underclassmen who have declared in one way or another for the 2016 draft including LSU OT Jerald Hawkins, Auburn OT Shon Coleman and West Virginia RB Wendell Smallwood. Hawkins has second-day potential for this year’s draft, while… Read More »
Shriners add three more to roster … The East-West Shrine all-star game has added three more players to its roster including Florida State DT Nile Lawrence-Stample, Georgia Tech CB D.J. White and Iowa FS Jordan Lomax. Shrine practices get underway on January 18th with the game scheduled for the 23rd.
SEC MLB Brown enters draft … Mississippi State lost its third junior to the 2016 draft when junior MLB Beniquez Brown announced he will forgo his final year of eligibility and turn pro this winter. Brown joined former Bulldog teammates WR De’Runnya Wilson and DT Chris Jones, two other juniors who had previously declared for the draft. The… Read More »
Sophs staying put … It may seems like every known underclassmen in college football is heading to the 2016 draft, but some in fact are sticking around for next year in school. Indeed, two of the more intriguing redshirt freshmen in the country have opted to return to school as both Auburn DE Carl Lawson and 6-5 Texas… Read More »
Spartan OT; Noles PK head list of latest draft entrants … Michigan State OT Jack Conklin, Florida State PK Roberto Aguayo, Florida SS Keanu Neal and North Carolina State TE David Grinnage are the latest underclassmen to have announced they will be entering the 2016 draft. The 6-5, 320-pound Conklin is a top 20-25 prospect for the upcoming… Read More »
