Canes, Beck crash into Cards … For those who missed it last evening, #2 Miami’s dreams of winning a national title took a major hit when the Hurricanes were upset 24-21 at home by Louisville. And enigmatic Miami QB Carson Beck was well, enigmatic. Beck did complete an impressive 25 of 35 pass attempts against the Cardinals for… Read More »
The college football focus shifts back to the southeast this weekend with a pair of top-10 matchups on the SEC schedule including #5 Mississippi at #9 Georgia on Saturday afternoon and #11 Tennessee at #6 Alabama that evening, while there’s a third matchup of ranked teams when #20 Southern California plays at #13 Notre Dame also Saturday night.… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: October 18th … The college football focus shifts back to the southeast this weekend with a pair of top-10 matchups on the SEC schedule including #5 Mississippi at #9 Georgia and #11 Tennessee at #6 Alabama. Here’s who we’ll be watching with an eye to the 2026 draft in those two games… Read More »
#5 MISSISSIPPI (6-0) at #9 GEORGIA (5-1); 3:30 PM ET; ABC: Top-ten match-up should give some sense just how real the unbeaten Rebels are when they play at Georgia Saturday afternoon. We’ll also get a sense just how real is Rebs’ QB Trinidad Chambliss (#6, 6-0, 200), arguably the best player in college football whom the vast majority… Read More »
Mid-season mock posted … With the college season at the halfway mark, we have put together an updated first-round projection for the upcoming draft. As usual, we note that the goal of such an enterprise isn’t really to try and predict which particular player a particular team will select at a draft that is still more than 6… Read More »
Some late thoughts on Mendoza versus Moore … One of the first rules we operate by in this draft business is never put too much weight on one individual game. So we’re not going to go overboard over-analyzing Saturday’s big game between Indiana and Oregon that featured arguably the top two QBs prospects for the 2026 draft in… Read More »
Star Aggie RB Moss out for extended period … Texas A&M has confirmed that star RB Le’Veon Moss will miss what is being described as a ‘significant’ amount of time with an undisclosed ankle injury sustained in Saturday’s win over Florida. Moss, who leads the 4th ranked Aggies with 389 yards and 6 rushing TDs so far this… Read More »
Weekly selection order updated … With another week in the books the opening round selection if the draft were held this week has been updated here.
Mid-season Big Board updated … With the college season season essentially at the half-way mark, the GBN Big Board ranking the top 50 or so prospects for the upcoming draft has been updated. Same thing for the various positional rankings per the drop-down menu above. Again, please note that these rankings reflect less how are staff has the… Read More »
Top 8 almost set for week … There are still three more games to be played in this week’s schedule, so it is still possible for some late shifts in SOS numbers, but it does appear, again at least for the week, that Cleveland will spend the week sitting on the second pick overall in the ‘if the… Read More »
Jets turn offensive stinker into 6th straight loss; keep to pick another week … The NY Jets reached several new lows in futility this morning when the they dropped to 0-6 with a 13-11 loss to Denver somewhere over in Europe. Almost remarkably, the Jets had minus yards passing, just 8 first downs and barely 82 yards in… Read More »
PSU QB Allar out for year … Penn State has confirmed that QB Drew Allar, a potential 1st-round pick at in the 2026 NFL draft, will miss the rest of the season after suffering an undisclosed lower leg injury late in the 4th quarter of today’s loss to Northwestern. Allar, of course, came into the season rated as… Read More »
OU QB Mateer probable for Red River Shootout … It now appears that rising Oklahoma QB John Mateer could very well play when the 6th ranked Sooners play Texas in their annual red River Shootout in Dallas tomorrow afternoon. While we won’t know for sure until kick-off tomorrow, Mateer has been listed as probably for the game on… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this week … There is a really interesting day coming up on the college football schedule for tomorrow with as many as 8 intriguing games including 4 in the SEC, three in the Big 10 (including what looks to be the ‘game of the week when #7 Indiana ravels west to face… Read More »
Jags, Browns swap corners, picks … In a deal last evening, Jacksonville and Cleveland traded veteran CBs with the Browns getting Tyson Campbell, while the Jags get Greg Newsome. To complete the deal the teams also swapped late round picks that they had previously acquired from other teams. The Jaguars, for example, get the Jets’ 6th-round pick in… Read More »
NOON PM ET: #1 Ohio State (5-0) at #17 Illinois (5-1); FOX: This is something of an interesting challenge for the defending national champion and top-ranked Buckeyes as it is their only road game this year against a ranked opponent. Certainly, Ohio State, which has had had at least one player selected in the first round the past… Read More »
Ravens, Chargers swap vets, picks … Baltimore has reportedly acquired S Alohi Gilman to the LA Chargers f0r ER Odafe Oweh in a deal in which the Ravens will geta 5th round pick in 2026 while the Chargers will receive a seventh-round pick in 2027.
Browns trade QB Flacco to Bengals … In a rare, in-state, in-division trade, Cleveland has agreed to send veteran QB Joe Flacco to Cincinnati where he will try ad help fill in until Joe Burrow returns from the injury list later this season. In fact, it was almost a gift to their division rivals as the trade simply… Read More »
Missou AA LT out of Bama game … Unfortunately, Missouri All-American LT Cayden Green has been ruled out of Saturday’s big SEC game against #8 Alabama with an undisclosed foot injury. Green, who is considered to be one of the top 2-3 OG prospects for the upcoming draft, reportedly injured the foot several weeks ago and underwent what… Read More »
Jets top first weekly selection order … The NY Jets, the NFL’s only remaining winless team, would have the first pick overall were the 2026 draft held this week. Here is the first full updated weekly selection order for first round of the upcoming draft. Please note that the strength of schedule figures are for each teams full… Read More »
Ducks’ QB Moore to NFL: ‘er, maybe not so fast!’ … The college football season has essentially reached the midway mark of the campaign; however, if anyone hoping that we’d finally be getting some clarity on the QB situation for the 2026 is probably going to be sorely disappointed. The consensus around the NFL still appears to be… Read More »
Titans also off schneid; top 8 picks for week set (sort of) … Tennessee became the second previously winless team to get their initial W of the season this weekend when the Titans came from behind to upset Arizona on a last-play FG. The leaves the Jets as the NFL’s only remaining winless team; the Jets will also… Read More »
Jets to #1 for week as Saints get off schneid … It does not appear as if there’ll be any question who will be sitting on the first overall pick at 2026 draft, at least for this week. It will be the still winless NY Jets who got thumped at home by Dallas in one of today’s early… Read More »
Clank! Clank! Clank! … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, that’s the sound emanating from the Texas and Penn State programs this morning as the top two rated teams in the country coming into the season find their post-season playoff hopes on life support with still over half the season to go after upset… Read More »
Who to watch in college football: October 4th … Its something of a quiet weekend coming up in college football with only a couple of games involving ranked teams. One of those games – #3 Miami at #18 Florida State on Saturday evening – represents a huge road test for the 3rd ranked Hurricanes who have a couple… Read More »
