Giants report: First (and last) impressions of Monday loss in Tampa … Just in case anyone was wondering what it looks like when a really good team, say the defending Super Bowl champions, which started the season 6-1, but are all fired up after losing a couple of games in a row, plays a not-so-talented team which is… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds top TE; 4 others … The Senior Bowl continues to release the names of players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s event in Mobile. The latest group of accepted invites includes rising Coastal Carolina TE Isaiah Likely, along with Michigan State TE/FB Connor Heyward, Pitt CB Damarri Mathis, North Dakota OT Matt… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the Bucs not surprisingly blowing out the Giants in tonight’s Monday night game to wrap up another week’s action in the NFL, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Lions inch closer to top pick; Jets back to #2 … Detroit, with somebody named Tim Boyle starting at QB, gave Cleveland all it could handle in one of today’s early games, but ultimately came up short at 13-10 to drop to 0-9-1. Given that every other team in the league now has at least two wins, that… Read More »
Ducks dunked; Bearcats, Irish lurking … The path to the CFP playoff got a shakeup this evening when Utah knocked 3rd ranked Oregon out of contention with a crushing 38-7 loss. That should re-open the door to a possible bid for Cincinnati, which is looking to become the first non-Power 5 conference to make the NCAA playoffs. Oregon’s… Read More »
Giants Report: Two guys talking Giants football … One of the great things about the internet – and there’s a lot that’s not good – at least for me is that it has allowed me to meet – sometimes even in person – a whole range of Giants’ fans from all over the country that never would have… Read More »
‘Big’ AFC East game hilites Sunday draft sked … Okay, so its not really a ‘big’ game, but the key matchup Sunday, at least from a draft perspective, though, has the 2-7 NY Jets, which would have the 3rd pick overall were the draft held this week, hosting 3-7 Miami, which is currently sitting on the 5th pick,… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds top CB … Auburn CB Roger McCreary, one of the top prospects at the position, was one of four players that the Senior Bowl announced as accepted invites in the past 24 hours. McCreary is currently the 56th rated played on the GBN Big Board. He’ll be joined in Mobile by Iowa State TE Charlie… Read More »
Bucks take care of business; set up epic UM clash next week … Any drama in this afternoon’s virtual elimination game between #4 Ohio State and #7 Michigan State dissipated pretty quickly as the Buckeyes scored the first four times they had the ball and led 28-0 before the second quarter was a minute old. And it didn’t… Read More »
Ole Miss QB Corral to enter draft … Mississippi QB Matt Corral pretty much confirmed this evening what everybody pretty much knew anyway and that is that he’ll be entering the 2022 draft. Corral put out a twitter earlier this evening which indicated that tomorrow’s game with Vanderbilt would be his last home game. The Rebels close out… Read More »
Latest Senior Bowl additions … The Senior Bowl has continued to release the names of players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. In fact the number is now up to 55. Included among the players announced are several that we are really looking forward to seeing including RBs Abram Smith of Baylor and Rachaad White of… Read More »
NFLPA, Hula Bowl star games announce coaches … Both the NFLPA’s Collegiate Bowl all-star game and the Hula Bowl announced their head coaches for this year’s game, in both cases well-known former NFL names. The NFLPA game, for example, will have Jeff Fisher and Marvin Lewis as its head coaches, while the Hula Bowl will have Brian Billick… Read More »
Bucks, Ducks under gun with college football winding down … It really is down to crunch time in college football and for those that don’t follow the sport all that closely as there are essentially 4 teams across the country that pretty much can control their own destinies as far as the national championship playoffs are concerned by… Read More »
Clemson WR Ross now out for year; to enter draft … Clemson has now confirmed that WR Justyn Ross will undergo surgery for a stress fracture in his foot that will end his regular season. The injury is not believed to be serious and Ross reportedly could conceivably play in a bowl game, but that is unlikely. The… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Here’s Paul’s column covering last weekend’s slate of games.
Senior Bowl announces first accepted invites … With the 2021 college football season starting to wind down, the Senior Bowl has released the names of the first batch of players to have accepted invitations to this year’s game scheduled for February 5th in Mobile. In fact, the early list actually includes 33 players, most of whom would be… Read More »
Rich DE class getting richer … There are still 164 days to go until the 2022 draft, so there is still plenty of sorting out to be done before the picks actually start coming off the board. And while much of the attention has been on the ups and downs of the QB class, the group that has… Read More »
Winless Lions could be without QB next few games … While Detroit head coach Dan Campbell strongly reiterated earlier today that Jared Goff will remain the winless Lions starter at QB, circumstances may force his hand. In particular, Goff reportedly has an oblique injury that could sideline his for awhile, although the Lions won’t know for sure until… Read More »
Heels’ QB Howell coy on draft plans … There have been mixed signals from the North Carolina program about whether QB Sam Howell is headed to the 2022 draft. While technically a junior, Howell will be participating in the team’s Senior Day ceremony this weekend, which usually indicates a player is leaving; however, has been quoted as saying… Read More »
Clemson WR Ross could be done for year … Clemson WR Justyn Ross has been ruled out of the Tigers’ home finale against Wake Forest this weekend because of a foot injury that will require surgery that could conceivably end his season, although it is still possible he could return at some time this fall. At least it… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the 49ers surprisingly blowing out the Rams in tonight’s Monday night game to wrap up another week’s action in the NFL, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Auburn PK done for year … In addition to losing QB Bo Nix for the year, Auburn will be without PK Anders Carlson for the remainder of the campaign after he suffered a torn ACL in the Tigers’ loss to Mississippi State over the weekend. Carlson is currently rated as the 5th best PK for the 2022 draft… Read More »
Star ‘Horns RB Robinson out year … Could things get any worse at Texas. Literally just hours after the Longhorns suffered one of the most embarrassing upsets in school history, a home loss to Kansas, which just never beats anybody ever, the program announced that All-American sophomore RB Bijan Robinson will miss the rest of the season with… Read More »
Auburn QB Nix to miss season finales … Auburn QB Bo Nix will reportedly miss the final two games of the regular season with an ankle injury that will require surgery. No word on whether Nix will also miss the Tigers’ bowl game next month. What Nix, who is considered to be a mid-to-late round prospect for the… Read More »
Lions hang tough; still lose and hang onto top pick … The Detroit Lions, the NFL’s last remaining winless team, didn’t lose today, but they didn’t either as they battled to a 16-16 OT tie in rainy Pittsburgh. As a result, the Lions record goes to 0-8-1 and means that they will hold onto the top pick in… Read More »
