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ILB rankings posted … The initial GBN inside linebacker rankings for the 2017 draft have now been posted.

Let’s try that again!! … Earlier today we posted what we thought was our ranking of the OLB position for the 2017 draft, but what actually got posted was an under construction table rather than the finished product. Here is the updated OLB ranking.

Could Fournette sit rest of year … There are growing whispers around college football that LSU junior RB Len Fournette could, or should, consider shutting it down for the rest of the year to get healthy for the draft. Fournette, who was considered to be the best player in the country period coming into the season injured an… Read More »

Injury update from around college football … Weather permitting, there is another great weekend of college football coming up with as many as 4 games between teams ranked in the top 25. Headlining this week’s schedule is an inter-divisional SEC match-up in which #9 Tennessee plays at #8 Texas A&M (3:30 PM ET) on Saturday afternoon on CBS.… Read More »

SEC postpones LSU-Florida because of storm … For those that have not heard already, the SEC has cancelled Saturday’s conference game between LSU and Florida in Gainesville because of Hurricane Matt that is bearing down on the south Atlantic coast. Mo make-up date was announced and it may ultimately be problematic that the game is ever played at… Read More »

Top prospect Fournette out again … Star junior LSU RB Len Fournette, who is generally considered to be top one of the top prospects for the 2017 draft, will miss a second straight game when the Tigers play at Florida – weather permitting – on Saturday. Fournette has been dealing with an ankle injury since the pre-season and… Read More »

Irish OT says he intends to stay in school … Notre Dame LT Mike McGlinchey was quoted earlier today as saying that he fully intends to return to school for his final season of eligibility in 2017. Of course, there is still plenty of time for McGlinchey to change his mind before the deadline for underclassmen to apply… Read More »

DT rankings posted … As noted earlier today, DE looks to be one of, if not THE strongest position at the2017 draft. However, don’t sleep on their DT counterparts who are also pretty good starting with Michigan State junior Malik McDowell, who has top 5 potential of his own. Here is our initial ranking of this year’s DT… Read More »

Who should the Browns select to end their QB woes … As the NFL’s only remaining winless team, people betting on NFL at www.sbgglobal.eu know that Cleveland is not only brown, but also crispy – in other words, we may as well stick a fork in them because they’re pretty much done. And while they may not be… Read More »

Big ugly position rankings posted … The initial positional rankings for the offensive line, including the OTs, OGs and Cs have now been posted. The plan is to get rankings for the defensive positions posted over the rest of the week and a first GBN Big Board ranking of the top 100 or so prospects overall later in… Read More »

Utes’ C/T done for year … Utah C J.J. Dielman, one of the  team’s captain and a 2015 all-conference honoree as an OT, will miss the rest of the year after suffering what is being described as a ‘lower leg’ injury in this weekend’s loss to California. As he is already past the threshold for a medical hardship… Read More »

Under the radar prospects … With the college football season now appearing its mid-way point, the 2017 draft class is starting to take shape. And while just about everybody is aware of most of the top prospects, Special Contributor Steve Callahan has some thoughts on a number of players currently flying just below the draft radar.

Winless teams done to two as Bears win; Browns lose … Jut hours after Jacksonville puts its first ‘W’ of the year on the board, Chicago followed suit with a 17-14 win over Detroit. That leaves two remaining winless teams: Cleveland and New Orleans. The Browns played well for three quarters in Washington, but turned the ball over… Read More »

Then there were three … Jacksonville got off the schneid when the Jaguars held off a late rally to post a 30-27 win over Indianapolis in London early today. That was the Jaguars first win of the year leaving three still winless teams all of whom play this afternoon against 1-2 teams. Chicago, for example, hosts Detroit in… Read More »

Ya just can’t make this stuff up … Folks who don’t watch a lot of college football – or just weren’t paying attention – missed two of the best finishes that one might ever want to see within minutes of each other in two of college football’s key games this afternoon. After Florida State took a 1-point lead… Read More »

New big dog on west coast … For those that went to bed early last night, the Pac-12 has a new leader after Washington steamrolled #7 Stanford 44-6 to become the conference’s only remaining unbeaten team. And it wasn’t so much an upset as Washington was ranked 10th itself, but the ease they did it against a talented,… Read More »

Badger OLB sidelined several weeks … Wisconsin senior OLB Vince Biegel, a solid mid-to-late round prospect for the 2017 draft, is expected to be sidelined  the next 2-4 weeks after suffering a broken bone in his foot. The injury comes at the worst time for the 8th ranked Badgers as they play at Michigan tomorrow and then host… Read More »

Good news, less good news for Tech Raider QB … Updating an earlier report on Texas Tech junior QB Patrick Mahomes, the nation’s second leading passer entering this week’s play with an average of 442 yards per game thru the air, who was forced to leave Thursday’s win over Kansas with an undisclosed injury to this throwing shoulder,… Read More »

Another big week on college football schedule … There is another pretty good line-up of games on this week’s college football schedule featuring three games between teams ranked in the top ten. And there are also plenty of prospects to watch this weekend as reported by GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette in this week’s… Read More »

Star Tide OLB charged with gun possession … Alabama OLB Tim Williams, a potential first-round pick for the 2017 draft, was arrested early this morning and charged with carrying a pistol without a permit. Williams reportedly admitted to police that the gun was his and thought the temporary permit he’d been given by the gun seller covered him,… Read More »

Giants report: reviewing Chicken Little conspiracy theories … Judging by the emails we have received from our fellow Giants’ fans this week in the wake of Sunday’s loss to Washington, one would be thinking that while the world as we know it isn’t actually about to end, but the season is just about done! However, this is one… Read More »

LSU DE suspension lifted; Fournette still gimpy … After domestic abuse charges against LSU junior DE Davon Godchaux were lifted earlier this week, he has been re-instated to the team and is expected to play this weekend when the Tigers plays Missouri this weekend. Godchaux was arrested late last week on charges of false imprisonment, domestic abuse battery… Read More »