Bengals end winless skid; Jags don’t in early action … It wasn’t necessarily easy but Cincinnati finally got its first win of the season earlier this afternoon with a 34-24 win in Carolina. However, Jacksonville wasn’t as lucky as the Jags fell to 0-4 with a tough 24-20 loss in Houston when the Texans pushed across the game-winning… Read More »
Tide edges Dawgs in SEC thriller … Just in case anyone missed it last evening, but #4 Alabama edged out #2 Georgia 41-34 in a thriller in Tuscaloosa that wasn’t decided until freshman CB Zabien Brown picked off a Carson Beck pass in the Alabama end zone in the final minute to seal to end Georgia’s final drive.… Read More »
‘Horns QB Ewers sits SEC opener … Probably no big surprise, but Texas QB Quinn Ewers, potentially one of the first 2-3 QBs selected at the 2025 draft who has been listed as questionable all week long with a strained abdominal muscle, is not playing in this afternoon’s SEC opener against Mississippi State. Ewers is again being replaced… Read More »
Who to watch when #2 Dawgs play #4 Tide … Every once in a while there’s a college football that just has a national championship feel and Saturday’s titanic SEC match-up between 2nd ranked Georgia and #4 Alabama which kicks off at 7:30 PM ET on ABC Saturday evening has all that feel. And why not as the… Read More »
USC DT Alexander to sit out year … In something of a surprise move, Southern California DT Bear Alexander has announced that he intends to sit out the rest of the season to preserve a year of eligibility. The 6-3, 315-pound Alexander, who has exceptional quickness for somebody that size, came into the year projected as a potential… Read More »
College QB walks away because of unmet promises … Strange situation out at UNLV where starting QB Matt Sluka has walked away from the 3-0 and almost ranked Runnin’ Rebels because he claims ‘certain representations were not being met.’ Translated, according to Sluka, promises made his NIL opportunities with the program when he transferred were not being fulfilled.… Read More »
Bengals-Titans share top picks in early 2025 selection order … As we have noted, we won’t be posting the full, updated first round selection order for next April’s draft for a couple of more weeks, but if the draft were held after this past weekend’s games Cincinnati and Tennessee would share the top two picks as they currently… Read More »
Leftover notes and observations from USC-UM thriller … Several things from the terrific USC-Michigan game Saturday evening that the Wolverines won 27-24 with a last minute TD. First, Michigan TE Colston Loveland, the top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft, did not play because of an unspecified injury. On the surface, comments from the program don’t… Read More »
LSU LB Perkins out for year … LSU has confirmed that star LB Harold Perkins will miss the rest of the year after tearing an ACL in the Tigers win over UCLA on Saturday. Perkins was being considered as a possible mid-firs round pick at the 2025. Like ECU CB Shavon Revel who also tore an ACL in… Read More »
The meek, or at least the winless, did inherit the earth today … Heading into the weekend, there were still 9 winless teams in the NFL. Two of those – Jacksonville and Cincinnati – do not play until tomorrow evening, but of the 7 0-2 taems that did play this afternoon, 6 were winners. That included Carolina which… Read More »
Panthers have gotten inquiries about QB Young … According to several sources, including ESPN, Carolina has received inquiries about the availability of QB Bryce Young, the first player picked in the 2023 draft who was benched this week in favor of veteran Andy Dalton. The Panthers have said at this time that they do not intend to trade… Read More »
Rising ECU CB out for year with ACL … East Carolina CB Shavon Revel, a rising prospect for the 2025 draft, reportedly will miss the rest of the season after tearing an ACL at practice this week. The 6-2, 200-pound Revel with reported 4.4 speed was being considered to be a likely first-round pick this coming April. Revel… Read More »
Bonus coverage: WRs on parade … We previewed Saturday’s two big college football games in an earlier post, but there are actually a couple of other potentially interesting games on the college docket this evening as Stanford plays at Syracuse (7:30 PM ET; ESPN) – and yes its a conference game between schools almost 2,800 miles apart –… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … In an earlier era, when college football conferences made at least some regional sense, games like Southern Cal-Michigan and Tennessee-Oklahoma would be considered must-see, marquee intersectional matchups. Well, those teams ARE playing this weekend AND they are must-see marquee matchups, there just must-see, marquee conference games now. And here’s… Read More »
PSU S out with ‘long-term’ injury … Penn State has confirmed that star S K.J. Winston, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2025 draft, is out indefinitely with what is being described by the team as a “long-term” injury. Winston, who was the 2nd ranked S on our positional listing, as well as… Read More »
As the QB turns: some random thoughts on the 2025 QBs … It appears that right now this is a very fluid situation. Coming into the season, Cason Beck of Georgia and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders appeared to be the consensus top 2 QBs for the upcoming draft with legit top 5 potential, while Quinn Ewers of Texas was… Read More »
UGA OG Ratledge out after ankle surgery … Georgia OG Tate Ratledge, one of the better prospects at the position for the 2025 draft will miss several weeks after undergoing TightRope surgery on a sprained ankle Monday suffered during the Bulldogs win over Kentucky on the weekend. The procedure typically has a recovery period of 4-6 weeks.
Sorry Giants fans; there ain’t no silver lining … Not surprisingly, in the wake of yet another miserable start to another season, we’ve received literally dozens of emails from our Giants’ fan friends asking if we, the eternal optimists who can almost always find the silver lining, see any hope for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, the… Read More »
Nine winless teams left … Two weeks into the current NFL season there are 9 teams sitting at 0-2. However, that list includes at least 4 teams that were considered to be playoff teams heading into the season. And those 4 include somewhat shockingly Baltimore which was thought to be a legit Super Bowl contender, while Cincinnati, Jacksonville… Read More »
Badger QB Van Dyke out for season with ACL; Texas QBs week-to-week … Wisconsin has confirmed that QB Tyler Van Dyke tore an ACL early in the Badgers’ loss to #4 Alabama on Saturday and will miss the remainder of the season. However, Van Dyke, who transferred from Miami this past off season, does have an additional year… Read More »
Panthers bench QB Young … Just two weeks into the season, Carolina has opted to replace QB Bryce Young with veteran Andy Dalton. In their two games to date this season the Panthers have been outscored 73-13 with Young, the first player selected at the 2022 draft, struggling with a 54% completion rate, a 0-3 TD-to-INT ratio and… Read More »
QB Ewers dinged in ‘Horns rout … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, Texas QB Quinn Ewers, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft. was forced to leave last night’s 56-7 win over Texas-San Antonio when he suffered what is being reported as a strained oblique in his… Read More »
Who we’ll be watching in college football this weekend … Not a whole lot of big games in college football this weekend as teams gear up for the start of conference play next weekend. Indeed, there are only a couple of games involving ranked teams this week and neither is what anyone would call a marquee match-up. However,… Read More »
Polarizing QBs on parade … Interesting day in college football on Saturday when two of the top 3 QBs in this year’s draft class to date – and arguably the two most polarizing prospects in this year’s draft class – were on the road playing Big Ten opponents. However, that’s quite literally where the similarities end as the… Read More »
Cowboys’ LB Oliver out for extended period … Oklahoma State OLB/DE Collin Oliver, a second-tier ER prospect for the upcoming draft who has 23.5 career sacks to date, will reportedly miss an extended period after suffering a foot injury during the Cowboys’ dramatic overtime win over Arkansas on Saturday. The school has indicated that they will re-evaluate Oliver’s… Read More »
