by Pigskin Paul Guillemette I almost forgot to relate to you, what I felt, was one of the first newsworthy events of Senior Bowl week. Maybe it’s fitting to wrap up our coverage with the first thing that happened at the beginning of the player weigh-in. For the second year in a row Game Director PHIL SAVAGE informed… Read More »
Now that the dust has settled on the game week, but before we completely put the 2015 Senior Bowl in the rear view window I will be ranking every player from the final game roster based on what I saw of them at the weigh-in, during practices and in game action. This is not to imply that this… Read More »
The 2015 SENIOR BOWL is in the books. I’ve departed Mobile and am in route to Central Florida. Despite a relatively lopsided score the game was competitive for almost a full 3 quarters. For the 17 years I have attended this game today was the most run heavy game I have ever seen for any All-Star game. A… Read More »
Senior Bowl Practice Stars: Had a chance to reflect on everything we’ve seen at Senior Bowl practice sessions this week in Mobile and here’s my list of the top performers that I saw on each team. Will be interesting to see if these guys can maintain the pace in the actual game tomorrow. NORTH: #86 NICK BOYLE/TE #3… Read More »
And then it was over. I still have a hard time seeing 3 days of practice as enough to mold a team or to get a great read on prospects, but it is still better than nothing and another tool to use in evaluating a player. The weather was more like normal Mobile today with lower temperatures, and… Read More »
From a practice standpoint today marks the second of only 3 days of practice this year. Still trying to get my head around that. But the skies were blue, the wind was light and I can think of no better way to spend a day than at Ladd-Peebles watching two practices. AM PRACTICE NORTH The Yankees hit the… Read More »
Phil Savage’s new condensed Senior Bowl week starts out with a back breaker and has to get easier from here on out. We started with the weigh-in at 8:30 this morning and followed up with two team practices and Media Night. Enough of my whining how about some football talk. Colin has already posted this mornings weigh-in results… Read More »
The dust has settled and after a full Sunday of NFL Play-Off action it’s time to reflect back on some good things from last week’s Shrine action and some bad, specifically in the game itself. I will go on record one more time as saying I do believe that these All-Star Games have value in evaluating prospects. Too… Read More »
Practice week for the SHRINE Game is over and it’s time for a little post-practice, pre-game contemplation. I for one, am grateful for the day off with no driving thru Tampa traffic and over the bridge twice today. A quick couple of Thursday practice observations and then my All-Practice Squad selections. It looked like the light went back… Read More »
EAST-WEST SHRINE CLASSIC REPORTS by Pigskin Paul Guillemette; GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Wednesday AM/EAST PRACTICE Sorry for the delay, but our Wednesday night podcast ate up all my ambition. So here we go playing catch-up. Perhaps the nicest surprise package of the week is turning out to be TRE’ McBRIDE/WR/WM & MARY #3. This young man… Read More »
It’s the post-Bowl season, except for the new Championship game; NFL PLay-Offs are marching forward; most importantly it is now NFL DRAFT season. By this time next week I will be over in St.Petersburg, FL watching SHRINE practices. By Monday the 19th we should have the official NFL list of Declared Underclassmen for the Draft. Then the Senior… Read More »
I still have at least a dozen Bowl Games recorded so you can count on several more prospect reports over the next few weeks until I head over to St. Pete to watch Shrine action. Here are a bakers dozen additional prospects Who Caught My Eye. MICKEY BAUCUS/T/ARIZONA/6’7/305 #68 BAUCUS recorded his 52nd career start in the Fiesta… Read More »
The Bowls are just about wrapped up and we’re two weeks from the NFL deadline for Underclassmen to declare for the 2015 Draft. So in that spirit I will reveal the New Year’s Prospect ranking by position, as I see it. The next real change will come shortly after the 15th when we know which underclassmen are really… Read More »
National playoff semi-finals: #3 FLORIDA STATE (13-0) vs. #2 OREGON (12-1); Rose Bowl; 4:30 PM ET; ESPN … The preliminaries are done and its time to get down to the real business in college football defending national champion Florida State, the only remaining unbeaten team in the FBS ranks, faces rising West Coast power Oregon in the first… Read More »
‘BUCK’ ALLEN RB SOUTHERN CAL JR 6’1/215 #37 vs Nebraska/Holiday Bowl … It seems hard to believe in this day and age that any college players fly under the perverbial radar just because they play most of their games when folks East of the Mississippi River are in bed. But how else do we explain the seeming indifference… Read More »
Clearly the Head Coach/Quarterback relationship between Notre Dames BRIAN KELLY/EVERETT GOLSON is at a rocky point. It was announced last night that GOLSON would NOT start in today’s Music City Bowl. #8/MALIK ZAIRE/rFR, will be the starter. KELLY did say that he expected GOLSON to play in the game, clearly telling us that GOLSON is not an injury… Read More »
Tuesday, December 30 NOTRE DAME (7-5) vs LSU (8-4); MUSIC CITY BOWL Nashville; 3PM ET; ESPN … Let’s hope the Fighting Irish have found a way to rejuvenate themselves after folding at the end of their schedule this fall, with 4 straight losses to end their season. In fact, it wasn’t all that long ago that Irish QB… Read More »
PINSTRIPE BOWL BRONX, NY 4:30PM/ET/ESPN BOSTON COLLEGE (7-5) vs PENN STATE (6-6) If you are planning a late dinner, this may be the game during which you take a nap. Coach ADDAZIO is retooling the BC football program with hard work and fundamentally solid play on the field. But he’s still trying to restock the talent base. The… Read More »
Last week we took a look at the NFC head coaches and where they stand relative to job security. This time around it’s the AFC. BALTIMORE It is hard to imagine that anyone is more secure right now than JOHN HARBAUGH. He possesses his brother’s passion, but is less explosive and combatant. He is also a good soldier… Read More »
Leonard Williams, Southern California; 6-4, 290; 4.90; JR … True junior who is drawing comparisons to such NFL stars as J.J. Watt and Richard Seymour; indeed, Williams is one of the top 2-3 position prospects for the 2015 draft with the potential to be the first player selected overall; impressive physical specimen with the frame to ultimately play… Read More »
Another weekend of exciting and meaningful college football action has already kicked off with week night games. But the real fireworks are yet to come. Here are 4 top games we’re watching and which potential NFL Draft Picks should be drawing your attention. MISSISSIPPI STATE (9-0) @ ALABAMA (8-1) by 4 3:30/ET/CBS At this point there seems to… Read More »
We are headed down the home stretch of the 2013 College Football season. I have fallen hopelessly behind on my weekly game watching, so from this point forward the thumbnails we present here may be based on games from a bit earlier in the season, as I catch up. I will mention the specific games that my observations… Read More »
T.J. CLEMMINGS/OT/PITT #68 6’6/315 .. Recently made the switch from basketball to football and looks like a legit NFL prospect. He’s raw but still should project into a Friday (rounds 2/3) selection. Watched him closely in the almost upset of Duke and overall he is already better than OK. Needs a stronger hand punch, but his arm length… Read More »
With another weekend of a half dozen Top 25 match-ups in play here are some key games with their key pro prospect players who you should be paying attention to. BAYLOR @ OKLAHOMA by 3 Noon/ET/Fox Sports 1 Sometimes it seems that my loyalty to certain programs gets me in trouble when pick time rolls around. I still… Read More »
It always gets a bit disconcerting when I get to that point of he season when the week count hits double digits, and here we are in Week 10 of College Scouting thumbnails. It’s a true sign that for another football season that started, seemingly like yesterday, we are now in the stretch run of the regular season.… Read More »
