If its January … And all the bowls – but one – are done, a young football player’s fancy naturally turns to the post-season all-star games. In fact, the Senior Bowl, the gold standard for the star games will be played one month today in Mobile as we speak. And while the Senior Bowl roster is still far… Read More »
Will they or won’t they?? … With Chicago having finally clinched the #1 pick at the 2024 draft last weekend the chorus of questions whether the Bears should select a QB or not has reached literally crescendo level here and here and here and here and here and here. The question for the Bears, of course, is whether… Read More »
LSU WR Thomas enters draft … LSU WR Brian Thomas, who enjoyed a remarkable breakout year this past season, has announced that he’ll be entering the 2024 draft. The 6-4 Thomas had 68 receptions for almost 1,200 yards this fall and has started to generate some latter first-round interest for the upcoming draft. The NFL, though, is still… Read More »
Couple more top receivers enter draft … Two more highly regarded 3rd year receivers announced this evening that they will be entering the 2024 including Georgia TE Brock Bowlers, a top 5-10 prospect, and Texas WR Xavier Worthy, who is more on an early-to-mid second round candidate.
LSU DT Wingo enters draft … LSU DT Mekhi Wingo has announced that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2024 draft where he projects to be a second day pick. Underclassmen have until the end of business on January 15th to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible to be selected.
Bama ER Turner declares for draft … In the wake of Alabama’s national semi-final OT loss to Michigan in yesterday’s Rose Bowl, the Tide’s Dallas Turner announced that he will be entering the 2024 draft where he is projected to be a top 5-10 candidate.
It will be UM v UW in college final … For those that just had to go to bed early last night, Washington advanced to next week’s national championship game against Michigan after the Huskies survived an improbable last minute rally by Texas and edged the Longhorns 37-31. Huskies QB Michael Penix added to his impressive resume by… Read More »
UM to CFP final in OT … For the first time in 9 years there will be no team from the SEC in the national championship game after Michigan edged Alabama in 27-20 in overtime in the Rose Bowl to advance to next’s week’s final in Houston. The Wolverines will play either Texas or Washington, who are set… Read More »
QBs Ward to enter draft; Uiagalelei to ‘Noles … Last month, both transfer portal QBs DJ Uiagalelei, who played at Oregon State this season, and Washington State’s Cameron Ward were reportedly talking with Miami and Florida State about their QB vacancies. In the end, Uiagalelei, who played originally at Clemson, did sign with the Seminoles where he will… Read More »
Penn State CB King enters draft … Penn State CB Kalen King has just announced that he will be entering the 2024 draft. Earlier in the year King had generally been considered to be one of the top 2-3 corners in this year’s draft class, but he struggled at times when facing some of the top receivers in… Read More »
Clemson RB Shipley gets good news on injury … Clemson RB Will Shipley got some good news New Year’s Eve when an MRI confirmed that there was no structural damage that would have required surgery on the knee he injured late in the Tigers’ dramatic Pech Bowl win over Kentucky. Still no word though on whether Shipley plans… Read More »
National Semis on Tap … As noted, there is no Monday night game in the NFL this week. That’s because college football has its national semi-finals later today with Michigan playing Alabama in the Rose Bowl at 5 PM ET followed by Texas facing Washington in the Sugar at 8:45 PM ET. Both games are on ESPN. Needless… Read More »
Selection order updated … With just on week to go in the 2023 NFL regular season, the first-round selection order for next April’s draft has been updated.
Houston – or maybe its Indianapolis – we have a problem!!! … For the past few years we have jokingly asked ‘what if the gave a bowl and nobody came?’ in reference to the increasing number of top players opting out of the non-playoff bowls. Well, we found out at Friday’s Orange Bowl when Georgia crushed Florida State… Read More »
UGA OT Mims enters draft … Georgia OT Amarisu Mims has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2024 draft where he projects to be one of the first 3-4 tackles off the board despite the fact that he hasn’t necessarily played all that much to date. In fact, Mims has just… Read More »
Panthers lose; Bears clinch top pick … Chicago is guaranteed the #1 pick in the 2024 draft after Carolina lost in Jacksonville this afternoon. The rest of the top ten just shuffled though after Arizona, which had been at #2 entering the week, stunned the Eagles right in Philadelphia. That means New England and Washington are now in… Read More »
Crunch time for draft order … Chicago can clinch the #1 pick at the 2024 draft Sunday afternoon if Carolina loses in Jacksonville. The Panthers could still technically tie Arizona with 3 wins if they were to lose to the Jags while the Cardinals lose both their remaining games, but Arizona still has a much stronger SOS figure… Read More »
Clemson RB Shipley dinged, status unclear … Clemson RB Will Shipley, one of the top second-tier RBs expected to enter the 2024 draft, had to be carted off the field late in yesterday’s dramatic Gator Bowl win over Kentucky. The school has confirmed that it was a knee injury, but don’t believe it was that serious although Shipley… Read More »
OSU WR Harrison sits, but stays silent; DT Hall enters draft … In the end, as expected, star Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison, the consensus top non-QB prospect for the 2024 draft, did not play in last night’s rather dismal 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl. For the record, Harrison has also still not formally confirmed… Read More »
Couple of biggish bowls on tap … The preliminaries are almost done in the lead-up to Monday’s national semi-finals. However, there are a couple more of note on Saturday with Georgia facing Florida State in the Orange Bowl and Penn State meeting Mississippi in the Peach. And while there are a number of opt outs in those two… Read More »
Liberty Bowl bonus coverage … There is actually a 4th bowl game today as Memphis will host Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl (3:30 PM ET; ESPN). We didn’t write a separate preview of this game as there really isn’t much to see for the 2024 draft; however, Memphis QB Seth Henigan might be worth a look as… Read More »
Buckeyes-Missou in Cotton classic … Friday’s Cotton Bowl (8 PM ET; ESPN) between Ohio State and Missouri could just as well be called the ‘will he or won’t he’ bowl with the HE played by Buckeyes’ star WR Marvin Harrison (#18, 6-4, 205), the consensus best non-QB prospect in the entire draft class who isn’t likely to make… Read More »
Irish versus Beavers in cereal bowl … There was a time when Notre Dame disdained playing in any bowl; later they at least disdained playing in anything but a big New Year’s game. Friday, they’ll play Oregon State in a bowl named after the mascot for a kid’s breakfast cereal. Time’s have changed! For the record its actually… Read More »
Better day of bowls on tap … So far, bowl season has felt a little bit like ‘do I have to!’ with so many top players opting out, but things actually pick up a bit on Friday with three games for which most of the players will actually show up. In fact, there is enough to talk about… Read More »
Another day; another set of bowls … There will be four more bowl games on Thursday including the Fenway Bowl with Boston College essentially hosting SMU (11 AM ET; ESPN); the Pinstripe Bowl with Rutgers essentially hosting Miami (2:15 PM ET; ESPN); the Pop-Tarts (really!!) Bowl between North Carolina State and Kansas State (5:45 PM ET; ESPN); and… Read More »
