Yes Virginia! There are still bowl games … Imagine our surprise to learn that even though there is now a full 12-team college football playoff there there are still 600 or so bowl games! We kid of course! For whatever reason they were never actually going anywhere. And of course the second and third rounds of the CFP… Read More »
Could Deion get his Raiders’ draft … The NFL was abuzz over the past few days when video of Deion Sanders telling Las Vegas coach Antonio Pierce that he ‘needed him to draft those Sanders boys’ at a Super Bowl party in Vegas last February. The Sanders’ boys, of course, are QB Shedeur and S Shilo, both of… Read More »
CFP playoff field set; SMU in, Bama out … For those that missed it earlier in the day, but the initial 12-team CFP college football playoff field was announced earlier this afternoon. There were no surprises among the 4-seeded teams with conference champions Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona getting opening round byes. Indeed, the only surprise of… Read More »
Raiders, Giants go to 1-2 with Jags win … There will be a new #1 in town this week as Las Vegas will move up into the #1 position in this week’s selection order for the opening round of the 2025 draft after the Raiders lost in Tampa Bay to drop to 2-11, while Jacksonville, which had been… Read More »
No Carson Beck; no prob for UGA which goes to CFP with OT win in SEC final … It didn’t look all that promising for Georgia at the half in their SEC final matchup with Texas earlier this afternoon. The Bulldags were down three at the breal, and worse star QB Carson beck was out of the game… Read More »
Ashton who? RB Skattebo stars as Sun Devils’ win way to CFP … Arizona State is off to this year’s 12-team CFL playoff after a resounding 45-19 win over Iowa State in the Big XII championship game earlier this afternoon in Dallas. The 11-2 Sun Devils were led by RB Cam Skattebo who was literally untackleable as he… Read More »
KU QB Daniels to return … Kansas QB Jalon Daniels has announced that he will be returning to the Jayhawks next fall for what will be a 6th year with the program. At barely, 6-0. Daniels isn’t considered to be more than a fringe pro prosepct, but he has had some very productive years with the Jayhawks. Unfortunately,… Read More »
Star RB Jeanty; top TE Taylor confirm draft entry … A couple more top 3rd junior prospects have confirmed that they will be entering the 2025 draft including star Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty and LSU TE Mason Taylor. Jeanty, of course, is one of the top 2-3 Heisman candidates for this year who has already run for… Read More »
Who to watch in Saturday’s conference championships … It is conference championship weekend coming up in college football with some very intriguing games on the docket, particularly on Saturday. Indeed, both the SEC and Big Ten title games would be pretty much national semi-finals in the old 4-team CFP format with #1 Oregon facing #3 Penn State in… Read More »
Who to watch in Friday night college title games … There are a trio of conference championship games on Friday evening including a key CFP play-in contest with #10 Boise State hosting #20 UNLV for the Mountain West title (8 PM ET; FOX). In fact, not only will Boise State make the playoffs with a win over UNLV,… Read More »
QB issues to impact Jags, Giants runs to top pick … It now appears that the season of Jacksonville QB Trevor Lawrence is indeed over. Earlier in the day, the Jags announced that Lawrence was going on IR as a result of that late hit he took against Houston on Sunday. That meant that he would miss at… Read More »
OSU OT Simmons confirms draft entry despite injury … Ohio State OT Josh Simmons, a 4th year junior with a year of eligibility remaining announced this morning that he will be entering the upcoming draft despite the fact that he missed the second half of the current season after tearing an ACL in the Buckeyes’ loss at Oregon.… Read More »
Random thoughts on CFP and the conference championships … It is conference championship weekend coming up in college football with some very intriguing games on the docket. Indeed, both the SEC and Big Ten title games would be pretty much national semi-finals in the old 4-team CFP format with #1 Oregon facing #3 Penn State in the B10… Read More »
A&M QB Weigman to portal … Texas A&M redshirt sophomore QB Connor Weigman, another QB who was being talked about as a potential riser for the 2025 draft, has announced that he will be entering the transfer portal and be back at school somewhere next fall. In fact, Weigman will have two years of eligibility remaining.
LSU OT Campbell to enter draft … LSU 3rd year junior OT Will Campbell has announced that he will be foregoing his final year of college eligibility and entering the 2025 draft where he is projected to be a top 10-15 candidate. It is that time of the year when top prospects with remaining eligibility on team’s that… Read More »
Jags, Raiders, Giants 1-2-3 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, the top three picks in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft will belong to Jacksonville, Las Vegas and the NY Giants. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played… Read More »
Mizzou WR to enter draft; USC QB to transfer … No big surprise here as Missouri junior WR Luther Burden has announced that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite having a year of remaining eligibility. Burden, who has been comped to the 49ers Deebo Samuel, is considered to be a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming… Read More »
Iowa RB Johnson to enter draft … Iowa junior RB Kaleb Johnson, who emerged from obscurity to become one of the top backs in the country this fall, has announced that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite the fact that he has a year of eligibility remaining. Johnson was not even the Hawkeyes’ starter at the… Read More »
Jags keep #1 pick; top 7 set for week … Although there are still a couple of games to go to wrap up this weekend’s action, but Jacksonville will hang onto the #1 pick overall in the opening round of the 2025 draft for at least another week. The Jags will be followed, again at least for this… Read More »
Jags QB Lawrence carted off after return … Jacksonville QB Trevor Lawrence’s return to action this afternoon after missing the past several weeks with a shoulder injury was relatively short-lived as we was just carted off the field with a head injury in their game with Houston. Lawrence was in the process of sliding when he took a… Read More »
‘Horns star OT Banks dinged … For those not watching the SEC rivalry game between #3 Texas and #20 Texas A&M, Kelvin Banks, the Longhorns’ star LT who is a legit top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming draft, had to be helped off the field with a lower leg injury. It didn’t necessarily look all that bad and… Read More »
Canes CFP hopes crushed; Irish, Lions move on … Miami looked like they were on cruise control to the ACC title game and an almost guaranteed spot in the CFP playoffs when they jumped out to a 21-0 lead at Syracuse this afternoon; however, it was not to be as the Orange stormed back to stun the ‘Canes… Read More »
Bucks lose THE game again! Likely out of conference title game … It does not appear as if there will be a replay of the #1 and #2 teams in the country after 2nd ranked Ohio State was upset by Michigan 13-10 in THE game earlier this afternoon in a game that ended with an ugly on-field brawl… Read More »
Top QB prospects to star games??? … While we wait for the KOs of today’s college football games, there are a couple of updates from the post-season all-star games. In a bit of a surprise, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, arguably the top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft, and very possibly a strong candidate to be… Read More »
Raiders snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in KC; will keep top 3 pick for the week … Almost incredibly, for the second time in as many days, a prohibitive NFL underdog botched a chance at a major upset in the final few seconds of a game. Yesterday, of course, Chicago, in position to possibly kick a… Read More »
