Winless team battles ‘lowlite’ Sunday NFL sked … How’s this for genius NFL scheduling: the league’s four remaining winless teams play each other this week. It will be #1 versus #2 Sunday afternoon when Chicago, which would have had the first pick overall were the 2024 held this past week, hosts Denver, which would pick second, in one… Read More »
Happy Birthday Austin!! … A very happy 13th birthday to 2nd grandson Austin, the roughest, toughest 102-pound TE out there!!
QB dual hilites weekend college sked … This week’s college football schedule lacks the outright sizzle of last weekend’s terrific slate. However, there are are several games worth at least a look. And it starts with a match-up between two of the top QB prospects – Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders -when Southern Cal plays at Colorado on… Read More »
Bears, Broncos at top of early draft order … We are still a couple of weeks away from an official posting of the selection order for the 2024 draft; however, we can report that with the third week of the regular schedule we can confirm that Chicago would have the first pick if the draft were held this… Read More »
College football observations … Here are several observations we had watching some of college football’s big games this past weekend.
Star Buckeyes’ WR Harrison dinged, back in game … NFL scouts are likely breathing a little easier as we speak as star Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison, the consensus top non-QB prospect for the 2024 draft, who had to be helped off the field early in the 2nd half of the Buckeyes’ game at Notre Dame this evening… Read More »
Buffs bubble burst … You kind of knew it had to happen sooner or later, but Colorado’s dream season had a bit of a nightmare earlier today as the Buffalos were hammered 42-6 by #10 Oregon. Still, it has been a great story for the Sanders – coach Deion and QB Shedeur – and the Buffs. For the… Read More »
Messy QB situation in Bearsland could have draft implications … We are just a couple of weeks into the NFL regular schedule, but already there is a bit of a buzz out of Chicago that QB Justin Fields could be on shaky ground with the Bears in the midst of a team record 12-game losing streak. And is… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s really big games this weekend … Truth be told, there haven’t necessarily been a lot of truly must-see games through the first three weeks of the college football schedule. However, that all changes on Saturday with as many as a half a dozen key contests all with major conference and national implications.… Read More »
Vikes get Rams RB Akers; swap future picks … Minnesota has acquired veteran RB Cam Akers in a conditional trade with the LA Rams. The Vikings will also send a 7th round pick in 2026 to the Rams and will get a 6th rounder that year in exchange. Both picks have been described as conditional.
LSU S Brooks has brain tumor removed … LSU Safety Greg Brooks did not play in last week’s win over Mississippi because of what was described as a family medical emergency. Now we know the reason. Brooks, a second-tier prospect for the position had a brain tumor removed on Friday and is now waiting for the results of… Read More »
QBs Sanders, Leonard up on Kiper ranking … For those that missed it late last week, ESPN analyst Mel Kiper updated his top 25 for the 2024 draft late last week. Kiper’s top ten includes most of the usual suspects including Southern Cal QB Caleb Williams and Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison as the top two prospects; however,… Read More »
Broncos would pick first if draft held this week … We noted over the weekend, that we don’t intend to start posting a weekly selection order for the 2024 draft for a least another couple of weeks when we should start to see some real early trends. However, we can say of the 8 teams that are 0-2… Read More »
Hogs hope to have top RB Sanders back this week … One other college injury of note, Arkansas hopes to have star RB Raheim Sanders, arguably the top prospect at the position for the 2024 draft after he ran for over 1,400 yards and 10 TDs last fall, back when the Razorbacks open their SEC campaign on Saturday… Read More »
UGA OT Mims out with foot injury … Georgia will be without rising 3rd year OT Amarius Mims, one of the top 4-5 prospects at the position for the 2024 draft, for at least the next month after he underwent a procedure to repair what is being described as a ‘severe’ high ankle sprain. Mimis, in fact, is… Read More »
Cards, Broncos snatch defeat from the jaws of victory … For much of the afternoon it looked like Arizona might have to rethink any plans of tanking this fall in order to get one of the very top picks at the 2024 draft when they led the struggling NY Giants by 21 points midway through the 3rd quarter.… Read More »
Colts lead big at half, but rook QB out … Just to update that key ‘draft’ game between Houston and Indianapolis, the visiting Colts have jumped to a big 28-10 half-time lead, thanks in part to two rushing TDs by rookie QB Anthony Richardson; however, Richardson has since been ruled out with a concussion after completing 6 of… Read More »
Colts-Texans hilite low end of Sunday sked … It is still a little early in the season to be talking about key games on the way to the top picks at the 2024 draft, but one has to figure that today’s game between in Houston between the Texans and Indianapolis Colts has to be one of them as… Read More »
Orange TE/WR Gadsden to miss rest of year … Syracuse confirmed earlier today that star receiver Oronde Gadsden will miss the rest of the season because of a Lisfranc injury suffered the first week of the schedule. While nominally a TE, Gadsden is more a WR in a TE frame. He had been considered to be a late… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … There are no really key games on this weekend’s college football schedule so it gives folks a chance to do watch a bunch of players of interest to pro scouts who just weren’t all that likely to get much national TV exposure this season. In no particular order, here… Read More »
Some late thoughts on weekend college games … In the wake of Texas’ big upset win over Alabama right in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night, questions whether the Longhorns are indeed back have swirled about the college football landscape. Meanwhile, the other big question being asked this week is whether Alabama has any realistic chance to still make the… Read More »
MRI confirms torn Achilles for Jets’ QB Rodgers; pick likely to be downgraded … Updating the early report on the injury suffered by NY Jets QB Aaron Rodgers early in the team’s season-open OT winning over division rival Buffalo last night. The Jets have now confirmed that an MRI confirmed that Rodgers did indeed tore his Achilles which… Read More »
WR/TE Gadsden dinged in Orange win … Folks in Syracuse are holding their breaths today after star receiver Oronde Gadsden was forced to leave yesterday’s easy win over Western Michigan with an undisclosed lower leg injury that occurred on just the second play of the game. Gadsden spend the second half of the game on the sidelines on… Read More »
‘Canes AA safety carted off late in win over Aggies … All-American Miami FS Kamryn Kinchens, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2024 draft, was carted off the field late in the 4th quarter of the Hurricanes huge win over Texas A&M. Kinchens came up to make what appeared to be a routine… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s big games on Saturday … College football fans can only hope that Saturday’s return match-up between Alabama and Texas is as good a game as last year’s meeting in Austin when when the Tide pulled out a dramatic one-point win thanks to some late heroics by QB Bryce Young, who of course… Read More »
