Top DT prospect dinged running the ball … Mississippi junior DT Robert Nkemdiche, a top 5 prospect for the upcoming draft, was forced to leave today’s upset loss at Memphis with a concussion suffered when he hit his head on the turf carrying the ball on a short yardage play. In that game, Memphis junior QB Paxton Lynch… Read More »
UCLA LB done with college football; signs with agent … Any chance that UCLA junior LB Myles Jack might reconsider his decision to enter the upcoming draft and return to school next fall went by the boards with the announcement that he has signed with an agent. Jack, who entered the year rated as a potential top 10… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … We probably didn’t emphasize it even enough in our college football preview write-ups here and here for this weekend, but it is a really big weekend for several prime junior QB prospects later today. None is bigger, both literally and figuratively than 6-6, 245-pound Memphis junior Paxton Lynch who steps on… Read More »
Big week on college sked … After a couple of relatively quiet weekends, things start to reheat on the college football schedule with a number of crucial games with conference and national playoff implications. For good measure, there will also be a goodly number of the top prospects for the upcoming draft on display this weekend. Arguably, the… Read More »
Lions lose again; keep top week for another week … Detroit remains the lone winless team in the NFL after the Lions were trampled by Arizona at home on Sunday. As a result, the Lions would have the #1 pick were the draft held this week. On the other hand, the rest of the top 10 early picks… Read More »
Ole Miss OT to return in two weeks … The NCAA has suspended Mississippi junior OT Laremy Tunsil for 7 games for a variety of improper benefits. Because Tunsil has already sat out 6 games, he will be able to return next week when Ole Miss hosts Texas A&M in what is shaping up as a huge SEC… Read More »
Crazy day to be a USC head coach … Amazingly, on the same day that Southern California fired head coach Steve Sarkasian for personal reasons, legendary South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier announced that he is retiring effective immediately; an interim replacement will be named in the next couple of days.
GBN Heisman watch … Hard to believe that for all intents and purposes the college football season is nigh onto the halfway. And with that in mind, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with his list of the top half dozen Heisman Trophy hopefuls for this year.
Top C out for the year … Southern California C Max Tuerk, a potential late first-round prospect for the 2016 draft who figured to be the first center off the board this spring, will be sidelined the rest of the season because of a knee injury, the school announced Sunday. Tuerk was injured Thursday during the Trojans’ 17-12… Read More »
Update to latest on UGA RB Chubb … Georgia has confirmed that star sophomore RB Nick Chubb will in fact miss the rest of the year, although it does not appear that his ACL was damaged in that gruesome injury in Saturday’s loss at Tennessee. Chubb, though, did tear the PCL and will require surgery once the swelling… Read More »
Worst unis ever!! … We don’t usually comment on much outside the purview of the draft, but this on has kind of been rattling around our craw the past day or so since we checked in on the Georgia-Tennessee game for awhile yesterday afternoon. Great win for the Vols who finally had things go right for them at… Read More »
Some sorting out to be done … The logjam at the top of the NFL draft board will get a little sorting out later today as six of the 12 teams tied with one win apiece will be playing each other later this afternoon. In 1 PM ET games today, Jacksonville will be at Tampa Bay in a… Read More »
ACL ends Iowa DE season … The school has yet to confirm, but there are local media reports that Iowa DE Drew Ott tore an ACL in the Hawkeyes’ win over Illinois earlier today. The 6-3, 275-pound Ott, who had 5 sacks in the Hawkeyes’ 6 games to date this fall, had been considered to be solid second-tier… Read More »
College weekend previewed … Its one of those strange weeks in the college football season where there is no true’ must-see’ game, while the key games on the schedule don’t involve traditional match-ups. Indeed, hands-up all those that circled the Pac-12 game between California and Utah as the likely contender to be the ‘game of the week’ at… Read More »
One WR back in; another out … Rutgers has announced that WR Leonte Carro has been re-instated to the team and is expected to play Saturfay when the struggling Scarlett Knights host 4th ranked Michigan State. The move comes a day after a charge of simple assault charge stemming from that parking lot scuffle involving an ex-girlfriend several… Read More »
Top safety done for year … West Virginia has announced that senior All-American FS Karl Joseph, a second-day prospect for the 2016 draft who currently leads the nation with 5 interceptions, will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining a knee injury in a non-contact drill on Tuesday during practice. Prior to the injury Joseph had started… Read More »
LBs feeling the pain … Oklahoma State senior LB Ryan Simmons is tweeting that he requires season-ending surgery after tearing both an ACL and PCL in the Cowboys’ game with Kansas State. Because Simmons is a senior, and this is his final season of eligibility, the end of his 2015 season would also mean the end of his… Read More »
Pigskin ranks the pros … With the NFL at the quarter pole, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has run the tapes, scanned the schedules and deconstructed the stats in the process of power ranking the 32 teams in the league. and just to make it more fun, we’ll be using the inverse of the rankings as the… Read More »
Vikes get late rounder as part of vet trade … Minnesota has acquired a 6th round pick from San Francisco as part of a deal in which the Vikings sent starting MLB Gerald Hodges to the 49ers with Minnesota getting rookie C Nick Easton in return.
Injured LB Jack to enter draft … UCLA junior LB Myles Jack didn’t waste anytime deciding on whether he would be turning pro this winter after tearing an MCL earlier this season. Jack has reportedly already withdrawn from school and is preparing for the 2016. Jack had been considered to be a potential top 10 prospect prior to… Read More »
Still winless Lions’ #1 … With the NFL regular season pretty much at the quarter pole – already! – Detroit is the only remaining winless team after that shocking, unbelievable loss at Seattle this evening. As a result, the Lions are currently sitting on the #1 pick at the 2016 draft. However, its likely that it is going… Read More »
Troubled Auburn WR gets the boot … Auburn has dismissed WR D’haquille ‘Duke’ Williams has been dismissed from the football team. No specific reason has been given, but Williams has a long history of off-the-field troubles before and after his arrival At Auburn in 2014. Williams had been considered to be a possible second-day prospect for the 2016… Read More »
Pair of WRs dinged … Clemson has confirmed that star junior WR Michael Williams will miss the rest of the year with a neck injury. Williams suffered a small fracture in his neck when he ran into the goal post during the Tigers’ season opener. Williams was considered to be one of the top 4-5 receivers for the… Read More »
And then there was one … Remaining winless team in the NFL that is after both Chicago and New Orleans got last play wins on Sunday. The Bears, who still figure to be a leading contender for the #1 pick, edged Oakland 22-20 on a last-minute 49-yard FG, while New Orleans beat Dallas 26-20 when Drew Brees hit… Read More »
Rams get really future Ravens’ pick for vet WR … St. Louis has traded WR Chris Givens to Baltimore for a conditional 7th-round pick in 2018. However, the pick could be moved ahead to the 2017 draft based on Givens’ productivity.
