CFL makes major changes to Canadian game … The CFL announced some major to the way the game is played north of the border. Starting next fall, the Canadian league will be shortening its field from 110 to 100 yards, while also reducing the size of the end zones from 20 to 15 yards. The CFL will also… Read More »
Four teams off schneid; half dozen winless teams left … After a wild and woolly Sunday of NFL action, the number of winless teams dropped from 10 to 6 as Carolina, Cleveland, Chicago and Kansas City all got their first Ws of the season. And while we are still a couple of weeks away from starting to post… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 20th … One might be tempted to think that if the ‘game of the week’ is Illinois versus Indiana (7:30 PM ET; NBC) that its probably a week in which one could just skip college football altogether, especially if one were looking for draft prospects to watch. One would be wrong… Read More »
LSU QB dinged; playing thru it … LSU has confirmed that QB Garrett Nussmeier, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, has what been playing with what is being described as a torso injury, since the start of the season. Nussmeier reportedly suffered the injury in pre-season training camp, ostensibly because of… Read More »
Just two weeks into the season … and no we won’t be publishing an updated first-round selection order for next April’s draft at least for several more weeks. We prefer to wait until we get a little more data to get a better feeling of what are the trends. What we can say is that a couple of… Read More »
Week 3 in the NFL is often when teams begin to reveal their true identities. For bettors and fans, momentum at this stage can define how franchises enter October football. Currently, the Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers are widely regarded as the best defensive teams in the league. Their ability to shut down explosive… Read More »
QBs Sellers injured, Manning booed (at home) … It was not a great day for young QBs in college football. South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers, for example, was knocked out of yesterday’s shocking 31-7 loss at home to Vanderbilt after taking a hit to the head late in the first half and did not return. There has been no… Read More »
Pats trade injured WR Polk to Saints … New Orleans has acquired 2d year WR Ja’Lynn Polk from New England in a trade involving a swap of future late picks. For Polk, a second round pick in 2024 who is out for the year with a shoulder injury, the Patriots will get a 6th round pick in 2027,… Read More »
CFL GM passes away … Sad news from the Canadian league as Hamilton announced earlier today that Ti-Cats GM Ted Goveia had died. Goveia revealed earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer, but carried on with his work with the team. Goveia was a veteran of Canadian football having coached at… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 14th … After a very quiet weekend on the college football schedule last week, things heat up with a couple of key games involving ranked teams as #6 Georgia and #15 Tennessee open their respective SEC campaigns in Knoxville (3:30 PM ET; ABC), while #8 Notre Dame hosts #16 Texas A&M… Read More »
Vols’ CB McCoy still out … Just a note on Tennessee CB Jermond McCoy who is generally considered to be the top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft. McCoy has still not been activated by the Vols as a result of a torn ACL he suffered in January. As well, there does not appear to any… Read More »
Eagles get RB Bigsby from Jags for picks … The stories on Philadelphia’s acquisition of veteran RB Tank Bigsby from Jacksonville have been updated. Rather than swapping 5th and 6th round picks in 2026 as originally reported, Jacksonville actually gets 5th AND 6th round picks from the Eagles in exchange.
Some thoughts on the passing college QB situation … Star of the week in college football this weekend appears to be Oklahoma QB John Mateer who led the Sooners to 24-13 upset win over Michigan Saturday evening as he completed 21 0f 34 passes for 270 yards and a score, while running for another 74 yards and 2… Read More »
Belichek confirms Pats’ scouts’ ban … In the wake of North Carolina’s 20-3 win over Charlotte on Saturday, Heels’ coach Bill Belichek confirmed that he has in fact banned scouts from New England from UNC’s premises. The move apparently comes in response to the fact that Belichek feels that he has been dissed by his old employers and… Read More »
Last unsigned 2025 pick signs … Cleveland has signed former Ohio State RB Quinshon Judkins, the Browns’ second round pick at last April’s draft. Judkins, the last unsigned 2025 pick, agreed to a fully guaranteed 4Y contract worth about $11.4M which including a signing bonus worth close to $5M. Judkins had not signed after he was charged with… Read More »
Bonus coverage … As noted earlier this week, there’s really only one key game in college football today – and even that’s a bit of a stretch – when #15 Michigan plays at #18 Oklahoma later this evening. One game we will be checking out this afternoon is the renewal of the Kansas-Missouri border war (3:30 PM, ESPN2)… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: September 7th … After last weekend’s wild and wacky opening slate of game sin college football including three top 10 match-ups, this week’s fare unfortunately pales in comparison. In fact, there’s only one game this weekend involving ranked teams neither of which is in the top ten. For the record, its #15… Read More »
Pre-season mock posted … As promised, to help folks wile away the hours until Dallas and Philadelphia kick-off the 2025 regular schedule later this evening, here is our annual pre-season projection for next year’s draft, which for the record is now just 230 days away. Of course, plenty can and will change between now and the end of… Read More »
GBN fearless forecast … If you believe us – and its not entirely clear why anyone actually would – it will be Baltimore and Detroit in the 2025 Super Bowl next February in Los Angeles. At least that’s what it says in our annual Fearless Forecast predicting the outcomes across the board in the NFL this coming season.… Read More »
Pre-season Big Board posted … The first GBN Big Board of the year – ranking the top 50 prospects overall – for the 2026 draft is now up. Note that neither of 3rd-year QBs Arch Manning of Texas or South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellars are included as we just don’t see either, at least for the moment, actually turning… Read More »
Bonus coverage: college football on Sunday … Anyone thinking that was it for the week in college football after Saturday’s terrific slate of games, including a couple between top 10 teams, needs to take a couple of breaths and recharge as there is more to come Sunday with #6 Notre Dame going south to face #10 Miami (7:30… Read More »
Manning debut lands with a thud … It was billed as perhaps the ‘debut of the century’ but it looked more like the ‘dud of the century’ as Texas QB Arch Manning looked pretty much like one might expect a 3rd year QB making his first career start against the defending national champions in front of 103,000 raucous… Read More »
Vikes, Browns ‘win’ 8th round … At least from a purely draft perspective, the big story from this week’s roster reductions as NFL teams worked to get down to their 53-man opening day rosters was how the 2025 draft class fared. Part B of the exercise, though, is just how many undrafted rookie free agents ultimately made the… Read More »
Packers get star ER Parsons in blockbuster deal … Just when you thought it was almost safe enough to go back outside! Indeed, we’ll be starting a second-straight post with WOW as Green Bay has indeed acquired star ER Micah Parsons, arguably the best defensive player in the league, from Dallas in exchange for first-round picks in 2026… Read More »
Who to watch in college football on Saturday … Wow! What a way to kick-off the college football season with a couple of games between top 10 teams with legitimate national championship aspirations. That includes Ohio State, the defending national champions hosting Texas, the top-ranked team in the country heading into the campaign. That’s at Noon ET on… Read More »
