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 »
College playoff positioning underway … Interesting week in college football this past weekend in which all the teams still in contention for the 4-team CFP all held serve. Indeed, with just two full weeks left on the regular schedule, plus the conference championship games, it appears there are still 9 teams with a shot at making the real… Read More »
College football notebook … Michigan State RB LJ Scott, once an emerging draft prospect, has indicated he will return for a fifth season of eligibility next year by taking advantage of new NCAA redshirt rules. Scott injured an ankle in the Spartans’ second game on the season and has played sparingly since. The 6-0, 225-pound Scott is closing… Read More »
Giants, others watch top QB prospect on weekend … Speaking of the NY Giants, who currently are sitting on the #1 pick at the 2019 draft, G.M. Dave Gettleman and assistant G.M. Kevin Abrams, were two of several senior NFL personnel people at the Oregon-Utah game on Saturday eveing to check out Ducks’ junior QB Justin Herbert, the… Read More »
Top pick on line in Monday nighter … Once again the NFL schedule makers have outdone themselves managing to end up with the teams currently holding the 1st and 3rd picks overall in the 2019 opening round selection order were the draft held this week when the NY Giants play the 49ers in San Francisco in this week’s… Read More »
Parker projection posted … With just three weeks to go in the regular college football season, GBN Investigative College Football Analyst Larry Parker has posted his latest opening round projection for the 2019 draft.
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.
Weekly prospects preview … After last week’s slew of great college games between teams with both national and conference aspirations, this week’s slate is a little thinner – well, actually way thinner – as there are really no must-see head-to-head match-ups on this week’s schedule. However, there are still a number of potentially interesting situations with draft-related implications,… Read More »
College football into the home stretch … With essentially three weeks to go in the regular college football season, the playoff picture is quickly starting to come into focus. It certainly appears that Alabama and Clemson are destined to make the 4-team playoff, while unbeaten Notre Dame certainly controls its own fate, although there are no exact gimmies… Read More »
Updated selection order posted … With another week in the books, here is the updated full order for the opening round of the 2019 were it to be held this week.
UDub OT Adams to return … Washington head coach Chris Peterson confirmed earlier today that star LT Trey Adams, who has been out all season after having back surgery in September, plans to return to school for the 2019 season. Peterson, though, did indicate that the decision isn’t written in stone as “things are always fluid.” Adams was… Read More »
Updated: Top 6 picks set … Updating the earlier report on the weekly selection order for the upcoming draft, as a result of some of the later games a gap has emerged between the strength of schedule figures for San Francisco and Buffalo. As a result, the 49ers will have the 3rd, at least for this week, while… Read More »
Weekly prospects preview … Hope nobody has plans for tomorrow as we have one of the best weekends of the year on the college football schedule. Headlining this week’s docket are a pair of what are in essence divisional championship games in the SEC as #1 Alabama plays at LSU for the SEC West lead, while #6 Georgia… Read More »
49ers crush Raiders; drop out of 2nd pick … For those who went to bed early last night, the Battle of the Bay for the 2nd pick overall at the 2019 dud as San Francisco showed up, but Oakland apparently didn’t. In the end, the 49ers prevailed 34-3 in a game that was never close. As a result,… Read More »
OU RB Anderson declares for draft … Injured Oklahoma junior RB Rodney Anderson has become the third underclassmen to announce that he will be passing on his final year of eligibility and entering the 2019 draft. Anderson had a breakout year in 2017 when he ran for almost 1,200 yards and 13 TDs despite not playing much early… Read More »
Bay area battle for #2 pick in Thursday nighter … In a bit of TV scheduling magic that only a draft guy could love, 1-7 San Francisco hosts 1-6 Oakland in this week’s Thursday night game. The loser of tonight’s game will hold the 2nd pick overall in the in next week’s updated selection order for the 2019… Read More »
Ducks QB Herbert back at practice … Oregon junior QB Justin Herbert, currently the top-rated passer for the upcoming draft, returned to practice yesterday and appears to on track to start this weekend when the Ducks host UCLA in the return of former head coach Chip Kelly who is now running the Bruins. Herbert had been in concussion… Read More »
Pigskin’s Hallowe’en prospects’ review posted … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his weekly prospects review column in which he highlights players who caught his eye last weekend.
Flurry of trades as deadline passes … It was a relatively busy trade deadline day in the NFL with as many as 5 deals involving prominent players. Green Bay was the most active team sending veteran FS Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix to Washington for a 4th round pick in 2019 and RB/WR Ty Montgomery to Baltimore for a 7th round… Read More »
