College football notes … For those that don’t really follow college football, the major conference championship games are coming up this coming weekend. Here’s the schedule for the Power 5 conference championship games as well as several other notes from college football this past weekend in a special edition of the scouts notebook.
Rosen injured in Bruins’ finale … UCLA junior QB Josh Rosen’s college career apparently came to an end with him in civvies on the sidelines in the second half of the Bruins’ season-ending win over California last night. Rosen came out of the game late in the first half after taking a hard hit on his third sack… Read More »
Championship weekend up north … While Americans enjoy their annual Thanksgiving football fare, its championship week in Canada with the CFL title up for grabs when Calgary plays Toronto in the 105th renewal of the Grey Cup game in Ottawa at 6 PM ET on Sunday. Coverage is on TSN in Canada and on ESPN2 in the U.S.… Read More »
Alabama-Auburn set to battle in key local derby … The annual Iron Bowl game between Alabama and Auburn is always one of college football’s most hard-fought local rivalries. However, this year’s game (3:30 PM ET; Saturday; CBS) takes on added urgency with a spot in the SEC championship game against Georgia next weekend on the line. And the… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this week … Its another big weekend on the college football schedule with a number of key games with conference and national implications. That includes a potentially pretty good game this afternoon when Central Florida hosts South Florida in a game (3:30 PM ET; ABC) that could decide the non-Power 5 conference… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces first acceptances … The Senior Bowl formally has announced that 26 players have accepted invitations to this year’s game. Headlining the initial list of Senior Bowl acceptances are Oregon RB Royce Freeman and OT Tyrell Crosby, along with WRs Michael Gallup of Colorado State, Iowa State’s Allen Lazard and Anthony Miller of Memphis, TEs Adam… Read More »
Browns stay at #1; 49ers back to #2 in weekly draft order … Cleveland hit double digits in losses for the year earlier today when the Browns lost 19-7 to Jacksonville to drop to 0-10. And that means the Browns will hold onto the #1 pick in the proverbial ‘if the draft were this week’ selection order for… Read More »
Specialist rankings posted … Due to popular demand – well, not really – we have added the specialists – punters, PKs and long snappers – to the 2018 positional rankings a little earlier than we have in the past.
OU QB Mayfield won’t start this week after sideline outburst … Oklahoma has announced that star QB Baker Mayfield will not be a team captain and won’t be the starter when Oklahoma hosts West Virginia on Saturday. Mayfield, the clear frontrunner in the Heisman race and a potential first round pick at the 2018 draft, got into it… Read More »
QB Watson, RB Hunt head Pigskin halfway All-rookie team … With the NFL season now into the homestretch, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his All-rookie team through the first half of the campaign. And no surprise that Houston QB DeShaun Watson and Kansas City RB Kareem Hunt headline the team.
LSU LB Key doesn’t travel last week; WVU QB Grier injured … A couple of notes from this past weekend’s college football schedule. LSU junior OLB Arden Key, a potential top 10 pick for the 2018 draft, did not travel with the team to Tennessee for Saturday’s game with the Volunteers. Key did not practice last week because… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this week … After two great weekends on the college football schedule, it’s kind of breather week coming up with teams gearing up for their big Thanksgiving weekend games next week. Indeed, there is only one game on this weekend’s schedule involving ranked teams playing each other. That’s in the Big Ten… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … Right now, what were picking up from sources around the NFL is that there is a growing sense that QBs Sam Darnold of Southern Cal and UCLA’s Josh Rosen would be the first players off the board if the 2018 draft were held today. And NFL.com’s Dan Jeremiah did his own… Read More »
Husky LB Victor suspended for DUI … Washington senior LB Azeem Victor has been suspended indefinitely from the team after he was arrested over the weekend and charged with DUI. Victor entered the season as a pre-season All-American, but has had a tumultuous senior season that has taken a toll on his draft grade. Victor was suspended for… Read More »
Who caught Pigskin’s eye in college football last week … In the wake of last weekend’s fascinating slate of games on the college football schedule, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with some thoughts on the players that caught his eye in last weekend’s action with an eye toward the 2018 draft.
Bills bench QB Taylor; hand ball to rook … In a somewhat surprising move, Buffalo will replace starting QB Tyrod Taylor with rookie Nate Peterman, a 5th round pick at the 2017 draft, when the Bills play Tampa Bay on Sunday. The move is a surprise because the Bills would be in the playoffs if the season ended… Read More »
Bonus coverage … We’ll have our full college football weekend preview up a little later, but for now fans looking for an emerging second-tier offensive lineman should tune in tonight’s MAC conference game between Western Michigan and Northern Illinois (7 PM ET; ESPN2) and check out WMU LT Chukes Okorafor (#77, 6-6, 330), an early second day prospects… Read More »
Star game roster update … It will be awhile before the rosters for January’s all-star games are formally announced. But GBN Investigative College Football Reporter Larry Parker reports that there are confirmed reports that several top prospects have at least been invited to the Senior Bowl including WRs Courtland Sutton of SMU and Memphis’ Anthony Miller, UMass TE… Read More »
Updates on OT Williams, QBs Rosen and Allen, DE Key … Good news out of Texas this week where star junior OT Connor Williams has been cleared to return to action this weekend. Williams, a potential top 10 candidate for the upcoming draft, has been out since he sprained an MCL in his left knee in late September.… Read More »
Gamecocks’ TE first junior to declare … South Carolina has confirmed that junior TE Hayden Hurst will be giving up his final season of eligibility and declare for the 2018 draft. ccording to Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp. The NFL, however, will most likely not consider him to It is possible, though, that the NFL won’t technically consider… Read More »
Browns back to top pick in updated weekly selection order … With San Francisco getting off the schneid posting its first win of the season after beating a listless Giants on Sunday, Cleveland has reclaimed the #1 pick in the opening round of the 2018 draft selection order were it to be held today. In fact, the Browns… Read More »
Pigskin’s latest Top 20 … With the race for the 4 CFP playoff spots now in high gear, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has updated his Top 20 with a month to go in the college football schedule.
Star game gazing … If its mid-November and the college season is wrapping up a young draft prospect’s thoughts turn toward, well the draft including the all-star games. Indeed, with the end of the regular campaign we will start to see underclassmen announcing whether they intend to enter the upcoming draft or not. We will also start to… Read More »
Another great week on the college schedule … Its crunch time in college football and we get a second straight weekend with multiple games featuring ranked teams going head-to-head, all of which have huge conference and national implications. It all culminates with a Saturday night double header with Notre Dame playing at unbeaten Miami and TCU at Oklahoma… Read More »
NFL Mid-season projection posted … We’ll be brutally honest here! This far out from the draft we really have no clue how things are going to play out in Dallas on April 26th. There is just too much sorting out to be done and too much is going to change between now and then. However, that said, mock… Read More »
