Michigan DE Gary to enter draft … No big surprise here as Michigan defensive lineman Rashan Gary has reportedly announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he projected to be a top 5-10 prospect. The 6-4, 280-pound Gary, who has the kind of athleticism to blow up the combine, posted 44 tackles, including 3.5 sacks and… Read More »
FOX out; ABC in for 2019 draft coverage … The NFL’s experiment with prime time draft coverage will have a different set of characters this coming spring as the league has confirmed that ABC will replace FOX in providing network coverage of the event. Cable coverage by ESPN and the NFL Network will be unchanged and while ABC… Read More »
Top 5 picks unchanged … There are still a couple of games to go on the weekly NFL schedule, but after all 5 teams who came into the week sitting on a top 5 picks in 2019 lost earlier today, it does not appear as if there will be any changes in the early selection order for the… Read More »
Stamps, Redblacks set for 106th Grey Cup … It is championship Sunday in the Canadian league with the Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks set to duke it out for the CFL title in the 106th version of the Grey Cup game in Edmonton. Kick-off is slated for just after 6 PM ET with coverage in Canada on TSN… Read More »
Road to top pick still runs thru Frisco … The road to the top pick at the 2019 draft continues to run through San Francisco. Indeed, after playing three straight games with teams with top 5 picks, the 49ers, who would have the #1 pick were the draft held this week, will play 3-7 Tampa Bay, which currently… Read More »
Ole Miss WR Metcalf enters draft … One of the things to look for over the next few days is underclassmen from programs which did not qualify for a bowl announcing their intentions to enter the 2019 draft no that their season is done. Mississippi redshirt sophomore WR D.K. Metcalf got the ball rolling earlier today declaring for… Read More »
College football notes … For those that got caught up in Black Friday shopping rather than watch college football yesterday, another potential CFP playoff team bit the dust when Washington State lost the Apple Bowl to cross-state rival Washington 28-15 in a snowstorm. Indeed, with the loss the Cougars won’t even play in the PAC-12 conference title game… Read More »
Thanksgiving weekend prospects preview watch; Part Deux … Here’s a quick preview of who to watch in Saturday’s prime college football action including the really big BIG TEN contest between Michigan and Ohio State, which could be quite literally an elimination game for the CFP playoff. Enjoy.
Top OLB prospect headlines first batch of Senior Bowl acceptances … The Senior Bowl has announced the first group of 20 players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game in Mobile in January. Headlining this initial list is star Kentucky OLB Josh Allen, a potential mid-first-round draft pick, who is currently third in nation in 13 sacks.… Read More »
Pigskins weekly prospects review … Here’s an overview of 2019 draft prospects who caught GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s eye in last weekend’s college football action.
Thanksgiving college watch list … Here’s to a very happy and safe holiday weekend to everyone! And, of course, it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without plenty of football. The headliners have always been the NFL’s Thursday games, but there are also a number of key college match-ups this weekend which will feature plenty of top prospects for the 2019… Read More »
First-round projection updated … Just in time for the holiday weekend, the GBN projection for the opening round of the 2019 draft has been updated, particularly given the shuffling of the selection order over the course of the past couple of weeks. Note, we are projecting that Oakland is trading incumbent starting QB Derek Carr somewhere, hence the… Read More »
Selection order updated … Often when you get one of those much anticipated match-ups of top teams as we had in tonight’s Monday nighter, it turns out to be a dud. However, all we can about tonight’s game between Kansas City and the L. A. Rams is WOW after the Rams held off the Chiefs 54-51 in the… Read More »
College playoff positioning heats up … Big week in college football coming up with the annual traditional Thanksgiving rivalry games on the schedule. And after another interesting week this past weekend in which just about all the teams still in contention for the 4-team CFP all held serve. Indeed, with just this week, plus next weekend’s conference championship… Read More »
Big Board; position rankings updated … While everyone waits for Monday Night’s big game between conference leaders Kansas City and the Rams in Los Angeles, the GBN Big Board and the positional rankings (see drop down menu above) have been updated and expanded. The big mover on the latest Big Board is Alabama junior DT Quinnen Williams who… Read More »
Race for top pick tightens up … Just when it looked like Oakland might have decided to tank the season in order to come away with the #1 pick at the 2019 draft, the Raiders rose up and knocked off Arizona on a last-second FG for their second win of the campaign. That leaves the Raiders, Cardinals and… Read More »
CFL to pick Grey Cup teams … While the NFL enters the home stretch to the regular season, the CFL is winding down to next week’s Grey Cup game in Edmonton with the league’s semi-final match-ups later this afternoon. In the East, Ottawa will host Hamilton at 1 PM ET, while the western final goes at 4:30 PM… Read More »
More shuffling of top of selection order to come … While most of the football world anxiously awaits tomorrow night’s titanic Monday night match-up of 9-1 teams between Kansas City and the Rams in Los Angeles, there should be some shuffling of the top of the selection order for the 2019 draft with a couple of games involving… Read More »
Jacket sparks sideline sparks between star UH DT Oliver and coach … They are still buzzing in Houston after last night’s 48-17 win over Tulane during which injured DT Ed Oliver, a potential top 5 pick at the upcoming draft, got into a heated shouting match with Cougars’ head coach Major Applewhite over a team jacket. Apparently, the… Read More »
College football week … With apologies to Bill Maher, it is time for some New Rules for college football. And New Rule #1 is that not now, not ever should the #1 team in college football, the defending national champions – and by that we mean you Alabama – be allowed to play a 4-5 FCS program like… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his weekly prospects review column in which he highlights players who caught his eye last weekend.
First Senior Bowl acceptances … Following up on yesterday’s note that the Senior Bowl has sent out their first 30 or so invitations to this year’s game, Appalachian State has confirmed that RB Jalin Moore has become the first player to accept an invite to this year’s game in Mobile. Moore is an underrated back who was on… Read More »
Top DT prospect Oliver remains sidelined … Houston has confirmed that star junior DT Ed Oliver, a top 5 prospect for 2019 who has already declared for the upcoming draft, will miss his 4th straight game tomorrow when the Cougars host Tulane in a key AAC West contest. Oliver bruised a knee a month ago and hasn’t played… Read More »
First star game acceptances announced … If its mid-November and the college season is quickly winding down a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of post-season all-star games. Or something like that if I remember my Tennyson correctly! While that may actually be a slight bit of hyperbole, the annual NFLPA All-star game scheduled for January 19th in… Read More »
Giants win vaults Raiders to top pick … It went right down to the final play, but the NY Giants scored late and then hung to defeat San Francisco 27-23 in tonight’s Monday night game. That raised the Giants record to 2-7 and allowed Oakland to move up into the #1 slot in the opening round selection order… Read More »
