GBN All-America and college award picks … No big here, but Alabama redshirt sophomore Tua Tagovailoa and Oklahoma junior Kyler Murray were the consensus choices for QB when the senior GBN staff sat down and made their picks for this year’s All-America team. The staff did split a bit, though, with GBN Editor and Publisher Grumpy Lindsay and… Read More »
Pigskin posts final rankings … With just the bowls left in the college football season, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his final college rankings.
Former Tiger QB Bryant still a Tiger … Former Clemson QB Kelly Bryant announced earlier today that he will be transferring to Missouri where he will be eligible immediately for the 2019 season as a grad transfer. Bryant led Clemson to 16 wins in 18 starts, but lost his starting job to freshman sensation Trevor Lawrence earlier this… Read More »
Bills cut WRs Benjamin, Holmes … Interesting that on the same day that Mississippi junior A.J. Brown, the consensus top receiver prospect in this year’s draft class, announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft, Buffalo released veteran WR Kelvin Benjamin and Andre Holmes. Benjamin is currently second on the Bills this season with 354 receiving yards,… Read More »
Ole Miss WR Brown enters draft … Mississippi junior WR A.J. Brown, arguably the top receiver prospect in the 2019 draft class, has announced that he will be turning pro and entering the upcoming draft. The 6-1, 230-pound Brown led the SEC with 85 receptions for over 1,300 yards and 6 scores. Meanwhile, Notre Dame junior TE Alize… Read More »
Auburn QB Stidham to enter draft … Several media outlets around the Auburn football program are reporting this morning that the Tigers’ junior QB Jarrett Stidham is going to enter the upcoming draft. Stidham was rated as a possible mid-first round pick entering the season, but his grade slipped significantly as he had a very up-and-down year in… Read More »
Ohio State coach Meyer to retire … A bit of a shocker in college football as Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer will reportedly announce at a 2 PM press conference that he will be retiring after the Rose Bowl. Meyer will be replaced by offensive coordinator Ryan Day who did replaced Meyer earlier this year when the… Read More »
Rising Cowboys’ ER enters draft … It was one of the worst kept secrets around the Oklahoma State program, but rising junior edge rusher Jordan Brailford has confirmed that he will be bypassing on his final year of college eligibility and entering the 2019 draft where he is projected to be a second-day pick. The 6-3, 250-pound Brailford,… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the Monday night game pretty much in the books, the first-round selection order for the 2019 draft were it to be held this week has been updated here.
CMU CB Crawford enters draft … Central Michigan junior CB Xavier Crawford is the latest underclassman to indicate they will be entering the 2019 draft. Crawford made the announcement on twitter earlier this evening. While not necessarily an elite prospect going forward, Crawford is likely going to get some interest from NFL teams this winter. He’s got decent… Read More »
‘Noles ER Burns enters draft … Florida State junior DE Brian Burns has become the third underclassman in the past few hours to announce that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he is considered to be a mid-to-late first round prospect after posting 10 sacks this past season.
NC State WR Harmon enters draft … North Carolina junior WR Kelvin Harmon is the latest underclassmen to announce that they will be forgoing their final year of eligibility and entering the 2019 NFL draft. Harmon also indicated that he will not play in NC State’s Gator Bowl date against Texas A&M. The 6-2, 220-pound Harmon, who caught… Read More »
Okie State RB Hill to enter draft … Oklahoma State junior RB Justice Hill has confirmed that he will be skipping his senior year of eligibility to enter the 2019 draft. Hill also indicated that he will not play in the Liberty Bowl where the Cowboys are scheduled to play Missouri. At barely 5-10, 190, Hill isn’t all… Read More »
LSU’s Greedy CB enters draft … LSU redshirt sophomore CB Greedy Williams has announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he is projected to be a top 5-10 selection.
Looks like draft could run thru bay area … There is still a month to go in the NFL’s regular schedule, but it is looking more and more like the bay area will be draft central this coming April as San Francisco and Oakland, the league’s two remaining two-win teams, will be holding the 1st and 2nd picks… Read More »
College playoff teams to be announced … The 4 teams to play in the next month’s college football playoffs will be announced on ESPN at Noon ET later this morning, but once again there are going to be a lot of unhappy people around the country. And with good reason. For those that don’t watch college football, Alabama… Read More »
No automatic wins at top of selection order … Hard to believe, but the NFL regular schedule hits the three-quarter pole this weekend with all teams playing their 12th game of the campaign. And for the second week in a row there is a better than even chance that there may not be any changes in the current… Read More »
Sooners hold serve; win Big XII but lose star WR Brown … Oklahoma rallied from an early deficit to defeat long-time rival Texas 39-27 in this afternoon’s Big XII Conference championship game. Having done their part, the Sooners will now sit back and watch the other conference finals to see if they did enough to make the 4-team… Read More »
List of declared underclassmen grows to double digits with three new names … The list of underclassmen who have declared in one way or another has grown to ten with news today that junior TEs Noah Fant of Iowa and Utah State’s Dax Raymond, along with Central Michigan junior CB Sean Bunting will be turning pro this winter.… Read More »
Who to watch in Saturday’s conference championship games … Conference championship weekend in college football actually gets underway later this evening with the PAC-12 and MAC title games. However, the real action begins tomorrow when the other power 5 conferences have their championship games including when #1 Alabama faces #4 Georgia for the SEC title which, for all… Read More »
Pigskins weekly prospects review … While we wait for the start of the conference championship games which get underway later this evening, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has weighed in with his weekly column on the players that caught his eye in the final week of regular college football action last weekend.
Big uglies hilite latest Senior Bowl acceptance list … The Senior Bowl announced the names of 20 more players who have agreed to participate in this year’s game including Kansas State C/T Dalton Risner, OG Dru Samia and OT ben Powers of Oklahoma, and OGs Beau Benzschawel and Michael Deiter of Wisconsin. Washington State Gardner Minshew, who may… Read More »
Who to watch in Friday’s conference championship games … Its championship weekend in college football weekend and it all starts with a couple of games on Friday evening. The MAC championship game kicks off at 7 PM ET on ESPN2 when Buffalo plays Northern Illinois in Detroit. And while its the MAC, both the Bulls and Huskies have… Read More »
Second round of Shrine acceptances confirmed … According to GBN Investigative College Football Analyst Larry Parker, the East-West Shrine All-star game has confirmed a second set of 19 players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. Included in this batch of Shrine acceptances are QBs Taylor Cornelius of Oklahoma State, Ole Miss’ Jordan Ta’amu and David Bough… Read More »
Emerging SDSU LT off roster … Potentially interesting situation at San Diego State where emerging redshirt sophomore LT Tyler Roemer has been removed from the roster after being suspended the past couple of games for an unspecified violation of team rules. According to team officials, the 6-6, 315-pound Roemer, a freshman All-American last fall who had started 23… Read More »
