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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  … A very happy, healthy and safe Thanksgiving with lots of turkey and football to everyone from the staff of Great Blue North!!!

Vols may get OL back; lose one

Vols may get one OL back; lose one … There is a report out of Tennessee that 5th year C Brandon Kennedy plans to appeal to the NCAA for a 6th season of eligibility next fall. Kennedy was originally a 5-star recruit at Alabama before transferring to Tennessee two years ago. He would be eligible for the 6th… Read More »

Pigskins weekly prospects review

Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … Every week, GBN Associate Editor/Scouting Director Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his observations from the past weekend’s college football highlights focusing on players that stood out with an eye toward the 2020 draft. Here is this week’s post.

Bengals back to Dalton at QB;

Bengals give ball back to Dalton; QB on draft horizon … Cincinnati’s experiment with rookie QB Ryan Finley is over after three games as the Bengals have announced that veteran Andy Dalton will start this weekend against the NY Jets on Sunday; in fact, barring injury, the Bengals expect Dalton to start the remainder of the year. Cincinnati… Read More »

Bengals inch closer to top pick; Giants slide into #2 pick

Bengals inch closer to top pick; Giants slide into #2 pick … Cincinnati gave division rival Pittsburgh a fight earlier today, but in the end it was deja vu all over again for the Bengals who fell to 0-11 as a result of a 16-10 loss to the Steelers. In fact, as a result of Washington’s last-minute win… Read More »

Home cooking on tap for draft order

Home cooking on tap for draft order … Interesting day on the NFL schedule today with the four teams currently holding the top picks in 2020 draft selection order playing against .500 or less opponents. And the teams with the top two picks – Cincinnati and Washington – are both at home. Cincinnati, the league’s only still winless… Read More »

Bombers, Cats square off in CFL finals

‘Cats, Bombers to face off in CFL title game … Somebody is going to put to bed a long winless streak later today when Hamilton plays Winnipeg in the 107th edition of the Grey Cup game in Calgary. Hamilton hasn’t one a CFL championship in 20 years, while its been 29 for the Blue Bombers. KO for today’s… Read More »

Banner day in Columbus; Bucks clinch division, get vet DE back

Banner day in Columbus; Bucks clinch division as Young stars, get vet DE back … Pretty good day for the home side today in Columbus where Ohio State clinched the BIG TEN East title with a tough 28-17 win over Penn State. Of course, the Buckeyes still have to win at Michigan next week and knock off either… Read More »

Young back on the field as Bucks host Lions

Young back on the field as Bucks host Lions … Just in case there was any doubt, Ohio State junior DE Chase Young, the consensus #1 non-QB prospect – and just maybe THE best prospect period – for the 2020 draft, is indeed back in uniform and playing – in fact, he already has a sack – as… Read More »

Sooner TE retires; Wildcat RB enters draft

Rising Sooners’ TE Calcaterra retires … Oklahoma junior TE Grant Calcaterra has decided to retire from football because of multiple concussions, including a recent one in practice. The 6-4, 227-pound Calcaterra was a rising prospect, who had been #6 on the GBN positional ranking, has barely played this year because of the injuries after posting breakout numbers in… Read More »

Weekly draft order tweaked

Updated weekly draft order tweaked … As a result of last night’s game in which Houston edged Indianapolis 20-17, the Texans took over first place in the tight AFC South from the Colts. As a result, Oakland moved into the final playoff spot in the updated weekly selection order for 2020, were it to be held this week,… Read More »

PSU TE added to draft lists

PSU soph TE added to TE list … For the record, the GBN has added Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth to the positional ranking for 2020 despite the fact that he has only been in the program for two years. In fact, the GBN staff have Freiermuth listed as the top TE prospect for the upcoming draft on… Read More »

Pigskins weekly prospects review

Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … Every week, GBN Associate Editor/Scouting Director Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his observations from the past weekend’s college football highlights focusing on players that stood out with an eye toward the 2020 draft. Here is this week’s post.

Big Board updates

Post Tua big board thoughts … In the wake of the significant hip injury suffered by Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa that ended his season and jeopardized his draft standing, the GBN scout staff have chosen to take a worst case scenario position and, for now at least, have dropped Tagolaivoa all the way to the bottom of the… Read More »

Two more added to Senior Bowl

Senior Bowl announces another couple of commitments … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the names of 2 more players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Alabama safety Jared Mayden and Penn State DT Robert Windsor. These additions bring the total number of players that have committed to this year’s Senior Bowl to… Read More »

LSU LB Divinty returns to team

LSU LB Divinty returns to team; playing status still TBD … Interesting story out of LSU where LB Michael Divinity has reportedly returned to the team a couple of weeks after leaving the program for what was described as a personal issue. Divinity, a mid-to-late round prospect for the upcoming draft, practiced with his teammates, although it not… Read More »

Tua injury draft impact

Tua injury draft impact … The buzz continues to percolate around the NFL regarding the devastating hip injury star Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa suffered last weekend and its potential impact on the early picks at the 2020 draft. Of course, so much will depend on what the doctors say about Tagovailoa’s condition based on pre-draft medical tests.… Read More »

Three more added to Senior Bowl rosters

Senior Bowl announces another three commitments … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the names of 3 more players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Oregon OG Shane Lemieux, Utah DE Bradlee Anae and Cincinnati FB/TE Josiah Deguara. These additions bring the total number of players that have committed to this year’s Senior… Read More »

To QB or not to QB post

To QB or not to QB … Interesting times in the NFL as both Cincinnati and Washington, which currently hold the first and second picks overall in the weekly 2020 draft selection order respectively, have been starting rookie QBs the past couple of weeks with the hope that hope that those guys were in fact their ‘QBs of… Read More »

Tua undergoing surgery

Tua undergoing surgery … Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa, one of the top 2-3 prospects for the 2020 draft, is undergoing hip surgery as we speak in Houston. Tagovailoa dislocated his hip late in the first half of Saturday’s win over Mississippi State after going down awkwardly as he was trying to throw the ball away. While this… Read More »

Pigskin updates his college football rankings

Pigskin updates his college football rankings … With the college football season now hurtling toward the end, the positioning for the four CFP playoff spots is really heating up. The latest official rankings will come out Tuesday, but GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has jumped the gun a little bit and posted the second edition of how… Read More »

Easy as 1-2-3

Easy as 1-2-3 … Actually, its as easy as 1-2-3-4 as the top 4 positions in the 2020 selection order will remain unchanged this week. Cincinnati gave Oakland a battle, but came up short in the Bay area to drop to 0-10 and hang onto the #1 overall for at least another week. At the same time, Washington,… Read More »

More college injury updates

More college football injury updates … Amid the angst at Alabama after the devastating injury to star QB Tua Tagovailoa, there was a little bit of good news for the banged up Tide. Tagovailoa, who is out for the year with a dislocated hip suffered in yesterday’s win at Mississippi State, wasn’t the only potential Tide first rounder… Read More »

CFL Semi-finals set to KO

CFL Semi-finals set to KO … Just to remind folks, the CFL decides the two participants in next week’s Grey Cup championship game with a pair of semi-finals set to go this afternoon. Edmonton will play at Hamilton at 1 PM ET for the Eastern berth in the Grey Gup, while Saskatchewan will host Winnipeg at 4:30 PM… Read More »

Jets, ‘Skins in key draft matchup

Jets, ‘Skins in key draft matchup … There is the potential for a major shakeup in the current 2020 draft selection order after today’s game in Washington where the NY Jets will play the Redskins in an early Sunday afternoon game. If the draft had been held last week, the 1-8 Redskins would have had the 2nd pick… Read More »