Bowl season kicks off … The 40 or so game college bowl season, which culminates in the national championship game on January 10th, gets underway with a couple of games on Friday. Toledo and Middle Tennessee will actually get things going in the Bahamas Bowl which kicks off at noon ET tomorrow on ESPN. Then Northern Illinois will… Read More »
Grumpy Xmas projection posted … With the NFL regular season at the 3/4 pole and the college campaign pretty much in the books, GBN Editor Colin Lindsay has updated his 2022 first-round projection. Here’s how it kind of went down starting with a couple of assumptions: one, that this year’s QB class, at least at this time, isn’t… Read More »
Lions lose top player for stretch run … Detroit’s chances of ending up with the #1 pick at the 2022 draft got a boost today with word that star TE T.J. Hockenson, one of the Lions’ few bright lights this year, will miss the final month of the campaign with a thumb injury. Hockenson leads the Lions in… Read More »
Wolfpack QB Strong heading to Mobile … A day after he announced that he was turning pro, Nevada QB Carson Strong was confirmed as an accepted invite at the Senior Bowl. Indeed, the Senior Bowl QB-room keeps getting better as Strong will be joining other top prospects at the position including Kenny Pickett of Pitt, Liberty’s Malik Willis,… Read More »
College notes; Part Deux … Another busyish day on the college wire today. Included among the developments was the fact that Michigan State junior RB Kenneth Walker has announced that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. And like most underclassmen turning pro these days, Walker will be skipping the Spartans Peach Bowl… Read More »
College notes: Tide comes in for CB Ricks; Prime steals one … In one of those the ‘rich get richer’ things, rising sophomore CB Eli Ricks, who figures to be a top pro prospect as early as the 2023 draft, has reportedly opted to sign with Alabama after transferring out of LSU. Ricks didn’t play much this year… Read More »
Meyer out at Jax … In kind of a shocking development with some draft implications, Urban Meyer has been fired by Jacksonville just 13 games into what was supposed to be a new era for the Jaguars. It has been a situation that has been brewing for several weeks now and came to a head in recent days… Read More »
Pack QB enters draft … Nevada junior QB Carson Strong has become the latest underclassman to confirm that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. Strong is considered to be one of the top 4-5 prospects at the position. The 6-4, 215-pound Strong, who has one of the stronger arms in this… Read More »
Hogs get 2nd underclassman back … For the second time in barely 24 hours, Arkansas received word that a promising underclassman who was considering entering the upcoming draft had ultimately decided to stick with the program for at least another year. Earlier today it was junior C Ricky Stromberg giving the Hogs the good word. Then later today,… Read More »
Trio of RBs enter draft … We haven’t heard much from this year’s RB class, but several spoke up today with three indicating that they will be entering the draft. Texas A&M’s Isaiah Spiller, who is generally considered to be the top prospect at the position this year, for example, has announced that he will in fact be… Read More »
Former OU QB Rattler headed to SEC’s SC; other college moves … Former Oklahoma starting QB Spencer Rattler will be getting to the SEC faster than his former Sooner teammates. Oklahoma, of course, will be moving to the SEC, along with Texas, at some point in the future, but Rattler will be there next year as he has… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the book, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Two more top college QBs to transfer … The QB carousel in college football continues to spin with news today that two more prominent college QBs will be transferring including Kedon Slovis of Southern Cal and Auburn’s Bo Nix. Slovis was actually being talked about as a potential mid-first round pick this coming April, but struggled early on… Read More »
Bombers win second straight CFL Grey Cup … They had to put in a little extra time, but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers made it two Grey Cups in a row with a dramatic 33-25 overtime win over the hometown Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 108th edition of the CFL’s championship game this evening. Hamilton had actually tied the game… Read More »
Vet college QB Brewer moving to Liberty … Much-traveled veteran college QB Charlie Brewer is reportedly on the move again as there are reports that is he transferring to Liberty for the 2022 season, presumably to replace Malik Willis who is off to the 2022 draft. Brewer played for Baylor for 4 years from 2017 to 2020, but… Read More »
Top 4 picks remain unchanged; Giants up to #5 … There will be no changes to the top 4 picks in the weekly selection order for the opening round of the 2022 at the end of this weekend’s action as Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, and the NY Jets, who held those spots heading into the weeks, all lost today.… Read More »
Orange PK latest to opt to stay in school … Syracuse PK Andre Szmyt, a former Lou Groza Award, has indicated that he will be taking advantage of the NCAA’s extra year of eligibility because of Covid and will return to school in the fall for what will be his 6th season with the program. Szmyt won the… Read More »
Tide QB Young wins Heisman … To no one’s great surprise Alabama sophomore QB Bryce Young was named this year’s winner of the Heisman Trophy. Young, who won’t be draft eligible until 2023, beat out Michigan DE Aidan Hutchinson and QBs Kenny Pickett of Pitt and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud for the award, the second in a row… Read More »
Draft pick race into home stretch … There are at least a couple of games on this weekend’s schedule that are going to have a major on the early selection order for the 2022 draft. Houston, which currently holds the 3rd pick overall were the draft held this week, will be hosting 4-8 Seattle, which is currently sitting… Read More »
Ti-Cats host Bombers in CFL Grey Cup … It will the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 108 edition of the Canadian league’s Grey Cup game Sunday evening in Hamilton. Kick-off is set for 6 PM ET with coverage on TSN in Canada and ESPN2 in the U.S. In fact, it will be the second… Read More »
‘Other’ SC DE off the Senior Bowl … This year’s senior Bowl got even a little more interesting earlier today with the announcement South Carolina DE Kingsley ‘JJ’ Enagbare has accepted an invitation to participate in next month’s event. Enagbare is currently rated the 43rd overall prospect for the upcoming draft on the GBN Big Board. And the… Read More »
Underrated SEC CB enters draft … Mississippi State junior CB Martin Emerson has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. The 6-2, 200-pound Emerson, who is currently rated the 87th top player for the upcoming draft on the GBN Big Board, is something of an underrated prospect as other SEC teams… Read More »
Texans to start rook QB for stretch run … The Houston Texans, who are still very much in the running to come away with the #1 pick overall at the 2022 draft, announced earlier today that rookie Davis Mills will start the rest of the season. Mills replaces veteran Tyrod Taylor who has been ineffective since returning from… Read More »
PSU QB to return for 6th year …This is the time of year when the news is filled with reports of college players opting to leave school early and enter the upcoming draft. Penn State QB Sean Clifford, though, is going the other way as he has confirmed that he will take advantage of the NCAA’s special covid… Read More »
Iowa RB Goodson to enter draft … Iowa junior RB Tyler Goodson has become the latest underclassman to announce that they’ll be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. The 5-10, 200-pound Goodson ran for over 1,100 yards and 6 scores while chipping in 31 receptions this past season; he’s considered to be a 3rd day… Read More »
