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 »
Who we’ll be watching in college football this weekend … Its something of a quiet weekend in college football coming up with only really big early season game. However, its a biggie as defending national champion Michigan hosts #3 Texas in a battle of teams that made last year’s 4-team CFP playoff bracket. And while both teams have… Read More »
Are you ready for some football, NFL style??? … Another NFL season kicks off Thursday with a terrific match-up in Kansas City between arguably the two top teams in the AFC when Baltimore plays at the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs with KO at 8:20 PM ET on NBC. And to help wile away the hours before game… Read More »
‘Cats DT Corleone cleared to play … Cincinnati got some good news as star DT Dontay Corleone has been cleared to resume all football activities, including playing in games. Corleone was diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs back in June and has been practising with the team during training camp, but only on a limited basis. As… Read More »
Star UGA DE to miss time with injury … Updating the injury situation involving star Georgia DE Mykel Williams, a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming draft who left Saturday’s game against Clemson in the 3rd quarter after being sideswiped by an illegal chop block; Williams has what is being described as a Grade 2 ankle sprain and… Read More »
The quiet (season) killer: injuries in the NFL … For NFL GMs and coaches its now mostly just a waiting game. They have picked their squads and while there will always be some roster tweaking throughout the season, the team they have now is pretty much the team they’ll have this season. They hope! Because the other big… Read More »
NFL teams out in force at UGA-Clemson game … With the NFL on hiatus this weekend, there was a big turnout of NFL personnel people at yesterday’s big game between Georgia and Clemson in Atlanta. Indeed, 24 teams had reps on hand including 4 with GMs in town. They included Brandon Beane of Buffalo, Chicago’s Ryan Poles, Brian… Read More »
Bonus coverage: USC vs LSU … With the NFL on idle this weekend, college football has stepped into the breach with a pretty good match-up Sunday evening between Southern California and LSU in Las Vegas with kick-off at 7:30 PM ET on ABC. It is kind of an interesting match-up in the sense that the first two players… Read More »
Star Dawgs’ DE dinged in big season opener win over Tigers … Top-ranked Georgia got the season off to a rousing start with a dominating 34-3 win over Clemson, but it may have come with a bit of a cost as star DE Mykel Williams, who has been talked about as a potential top 5-10 prospect for the… Read More »
Show me the money!!! … The NY Times has an interesting article this day for those that haven’t seen it detailing the NIL and related money going to college football players in different conferences across the country by position. Not surprisingly, SEC players make the most, although what is surprising – shocking almost – is the how much… Read More »
ESPN guys talks draft … For those that haven’t seen it, and it isn’t necessarily all that easy to find, ESPN has an interesting article out today in which its draft ‘experts’, including the venerable Mel Kiper, discuss some of their early thoughts and picks for the 2025 draft here.
Are you ready for some football!! … The first full weekend of the 2024 college schedule gets off with a bang Saturday when Clemson and Georgia, two programs that have combined to win four of the past 10 national championships, clash in Atlanta. Here’s a quick preview of which players we’ll be watching in this game as well… Read More »
