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 »
Who to watch in Saturday’s key college football games … As noted earlier, the really key college football games with conference and national playoff implications this weekend are on Saturday including traditional rivalries Ohio State-Michigan and Texas-Texas A&M. Here’s who we’ll be watching in those games with an eye toward the 2025 draft.
Michigan (6-5) at #2 Ohio State (10-1); Noon ET; FOX … It was pretty much a given in recent years that THE game between old rivals Ohio State and Michigan had huge national implications. Not so much this year, though, as the Buckeyes would appear to be in the CFP playoffs win or lose on Saturday, while Michigan… Read More »
Friday Heisman watch party … The really big college football games with national playoff implications this weekend, including traditional rivalries like Ohio State-Michigan and Texas-Texas A&M, don’t come up until Saturday. However, folks will get a chance to compare and contrast arguably the two top Heisman candidates in early games on Friday afternoon. One of those features Boise… Read More »
Giants inch closer to top pick … The Giants kept their growing hopes of ending up with the #1 pick overall at the 2025 draft alive this afternoon with an almost too close 27-20 loss to the Cowboys in Dallas that ultimately turned on a tipped pick 6 by the hosts. The loss drops the Giants record to… Read More »
More random thoughts on the latest CFP playoff rankings … Again, for those that don’t follow college football all that closely and may have missed it, but the CFP playoff committee released their weekly rankings. And no surprise, the top 4 teams – Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State – were unchanged, while Notre Dame, Miami, Georgia,… Read More »
Early start to race for top pick … The three teams – Jacksonville, NY Giants and Las Vegas – which appear to have the best chance of ending up with the #1 pick overall at the 2025 draft all are in relatively tough this weekend. And it starts early with both the Giants and Raiders playing in Thanksgiving… Read More »
Jags, Giants, Raiders 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, the NY Giants and Las Vegas. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played… Read More »
Tide LB Lawson done for year … Alabama confirmed earlier today that LB Deontae Lawson, one of the top prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, will miss the remainder of the Tide’s season after suffering what is being described as a ‘serious’ lower leg injury in their loss at Oklahoma on Saturday. There is no word… Read More »
Top 5 set for week … With the afternoon games now in the books we can confirm that Las Vegas will be sitting on the 3rd pick overall in this week’s first-round selection order for the 2025 draft after losing to Denver in one of today’s late games, while New England will be 4th and Carolina 5th. at… Read More »
College football Sunday morning update … It was supposed to be a quiet weekend in college football as teams warmed up for next week’s rivalry games and regular season finales, but instead it turned into upset Saturday as a number of prominent teams suffered upsets that have severely jeopardized their playoff aspirations. That list included Alabama which was… Read More »
ECU CB Revel declares for draft … East Carolina junior CB Shavon Revel announced earlier today that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite tearing an ACL earlier this season. The 6-2, 195-pound Revel, who had been considered to be a rising star in the upcoming draft class with first-round potential, tore an ACL in practice back… Read More »
Saturday college QB coverage … There are only 2 more weeks in the regular college football schedule which means there’ll only be 2 more chances to see the top QB prospects for the 2025 draft, at least in a regular season setting. Fortunately, though, almost all will be playing in nationally televised games tomorrow. In no particular order,… Read More »
The ‘other’ big game in college football … Several readers have asked why we didn’t also preview Saturday’s game (7 PM ET; NBC) in New York between #6 Notre Dame and #19 Army, one of the only 3 remaining unbeaten FBS teams. OK! I guess. Clearly, it will be a huge game if Army can actually pull off… Read More »
Giants release QB Jones … Somewhat surprisingly, the NY Giants have outright released QB Daniel Jones ending a rather tumultuous 6-year stint with the team. In fact, it was a rather dramatic slide for Jones who was officially benched on Monday, demoted to #3 QB on Tuesday and then further demoted to 4th string on Wednesday. In fact,… Read More »
Browns win shuffles early draft order … For those that missed it late last evening as Cleveland upset Pittsburgh 24-19 in near blizzard conditions for their third win of the year. That means the Browns, which had been sitting on the 3rd pick overall in this week’s first-round selection order for the 2025 draft, will drop all the… Read More »
Buckeyes, Hoosiers hilite weekend college action … As we noted in a post earlier this week there are in fact only a couple of big games involving CFP playoff contenders going head-to-head left on the college football schedule and one of those comes up on this weekend’s docket. That’s when #2 Ohio State hosts #5 Indiana, one of… Read More »
Buffs’ star WR/CB Hunter commits to draft; wants to play both ways … Multiple sources are reporting at this hour that star Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter, a top 5 prospect for the upcoming draft, said on a conference call earlier today that he is ‘definitely’ entering the 2025 draft despite having another year of eligibility available. Hunter, a… Read More »
Random thoughts on the latest CFP rankings … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, the CFP committee released the latest rankings for next month’s 12-team playoff. For the record, Oregon remains #1, followed by Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, and Indiana rounding out the top 5. The one potentially major change was that BYU… Read More »
Buckeyes’ C done for year … Ohio State will be without C Seth McLaughlin when the Buckeyes host #5 Indiana on Saturday for what could be a showdown for a spot in the Big Ten conference championship game next month. McLaughlin, a mid-to-late round prospect for the 2025 draft wo transferred up from Alabama this year, tore an… Read More »
All-star game season approaching … If its late November and the regular college football season is winding down then a young football player’s fancy turns to the upcoming all-star games. Or something like that. In fact, while most of the college football world is focused on the initial 12-team playoff that gets underway in less than a month,… Read More »
Savage to replace fired Jets GM Douglas … After firing GM Joe Douglas earlier in the day in the wake of a 3-8 season, the NY Jets have named long-time NFL exec Phil Savage as interim GM. Savage has been with the Jets as a senior football advisor the past six years and has previous GM experience as… Read More »
Jags, Titans 1-2 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, it will be an all-AFC South party at the very top of the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft with Jacksonville in the top spot and Tennessee at #2. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule… Read More »
Giants move on from QB Jones; to start DeVito … In what was this week’s worst kept NFL secret, the 2-8 NY Giants, who would have the 4th or 5th pick were the draft held this week, will bench starting QB Daniel Jones and replace him with Tommy DeVito. In fact, its probably the last anyone will see… Read More »
Argos win CFL’s Grey Cup game … While the NFL was wrapping up its Sunday schedule this evening, the Toronto Argonauts won the 111th edition of the CFL’s Grey Cup game with a 41-24 triumph over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at BC Place in Vancouver. Ironically, this was the CFL title the Argos thought they were on pace… Read More »
