Who to watch in college football this weekend … Its an odd week on the college football docket without much in the way of must-see games, even though it is the second-to-last week on the regular schedule. It is, for example, ‘cupcake week’ in the SEC as several of the big-name national contenders in the conference play, well,… Read More »
Injury Updates for OSU WR Tate and UM RB Haynes … There are a couple of injury situations we are following. Ohio State, for example, is being coy with the status of star WR Carnell Tate for this weekend’s game with Rutgers. Tate, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, has missed… Read More »
Browns looking at QB early in 2026 … One of the big questions heading to the 2026 draft, especially in Cleveland, was whether would stick with their young QBs Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders next year or use one, if not both, of the their 2026 first round picks to address the position this coming April. According to… Read More »
ASU QB Leavitt not looking at portal … yet … Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt, or least his brother and agent, is denying that the star Sun Devil is already actively shopping his services for the 2026 season, at least not yet. Leavitt, a redshirt sophomore with two years of college eligibility remaining, has been sidelined the better… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books, the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft were it to be held this week has been updated here.
As the QB turns, NFL edition: Jets bench Fields, Sanders plays … A couple of QB developments in the NFL with draft implications. On the one hand, the NY Jets confirmed this morning that Justin Fields has bee benched ad will be replaced by veteran Tyrod Taylor. That likely signals the end of the Fields-era in New York… Read More »
Sask Riders win CFL’s Grey Cup … The Saskatchewan Roughriders won their first Grey Cup in 12 years with a 25-17 win over Montreal in the 112th edition of the Canadian league championship tonight in Winnipeg. Riders’ QB Trevor Harris was named the game’s MVP after completing 23 of 27 passes for just over 300 yards, while his… Read More »
Titans hang onto top pick for another week … Tennessee threw something of a scare into divisional rival Houston in one of today’s early games before losing 16-13. As a result, the Titans drop to 1-9 and will hold onto the #1 pick at the 2026 draft were it held this week, at least for the week. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Als, Riders in CFL final … The 112th edition of the Grey Cup game for the CFL championship between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders will be played Sunday evening in Winnipeg. Game time is 6:30 PM ET with coverage in Canada on TSN and RDS, while the game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network in… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … There are a couple of huge games in the SEC this weekend with #4 Texas hosting #11 Oklahoma, while #5 Georgia greets #10 Texas on Saturday. Needless to say, though, with those programs there’s be plenty of top prospects to check out. In many ways, though, the most interesting… Read More »
Big Board, positional rankings updated … The GBN Big Board has been updated and expanded to include the top 100 prospects overall for the upcoming draft. For the record, so have the positional rankings as per the drop down menu above.
Jags Hunter done for year … Jacksonville has confirmed that star WR/CB Travis Hunter, the 2nd player selected overall at the 2025 draft, will miss the remainder of the season after he underwent surgery to repair an LCL injury. Reportedly there was no additional damage to the knee and the Jaguars are hopeful that Hunter will be available… Read More »
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Titans, Saints, Giants 1-2-3 in weekly selection order … With another week in the books, the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft were it to be held this week has been updated here.
Dolphins bounce key personnel execs … Despite posting their best win of the season this past weekend, Miami continued the major shake up of its front office as the Dolphins parted ways with long-time personnel execs Adam Engroff and Anthony Hunt who had been the team’s co-directors of player personnel since 2019. The moves come just over a… Read More »
Giants fire head coach Daboll … He was a ‘dead man walking’ anyway so the NY Giants have fired head coach Brian Daboll after yet another meltdown loss yesterday that dropped the team’s record to 2-8 and left them sitting on the 3rd pick overall at the 2026 draft were it held this week. Interesting that the Giants… Read More »
Wins by Saints, Jets, ‘Phins to shuffle draft order … There will be some shuffling at the top of this week’s selection order for the opening round of the 2026 draft as teams sitting on three of the top 4 picks going into the week each won their respective games earlier today. New Orleans, which had the #1… Read More »
LSU QB Nussmeier benched in Tide loss … There was a somewhat surprising development in LSU’s loss at Alabama last night when the Tigers pulled QB Garrett Nussmeier early in the 3rd quarter with the game still very much in the balance. Nussmeier had led LSU on a long march down to inside the Alabama 10-yard line after… Read More »
Montreal to play Saskatchewan in CFL final … It will be the Montreal Alouettes against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 112th edition of Grey Cup game next Sunday evening in Winnipeg. Montreal beat Hamilton 19-16 in the CFL’s Eastern final earlier today, while Sask came from behind late to defeat the BC Lions to punch their ticket to… Read More »
Plenty for scouts to chew on after wild and wacky B1G finish … It was indeed as #2 Indiana got a last minute TD pass from QB Fernando Mendoza to star WR Omar Cooper to beat Penn State 27-24 to stay unbeaten and tied with Ohio State atop the conference standings. It was a particularly wild and wacky… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this week … Interesting week on the college football schedule with one game involving top 10 teams facing each other, as well as programs ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th facing quality opposition. For the record, that one game involving top 10 teams is actually in the Big XII as #7 BYU faces… Read More »
FCS showcase event announced … The NFL and NCAA, in collaboration with the American Football Coaches Association, announced late last week that they will be hosting a showcase for FCS draft prospects in junction with the Division I national championship in Nashville early in January. The actual FCS DI title game is slated for January 5th. Around 50… Read More »
Buckeyes top seed in first official CFP ranking … To nobody’s great surprise, defending national champion and current top-ranked college team Ohio State is the #1 team on the initial CFP playoff rankings released last evening. The other top seeds, if the playoffs started this week, are Indiana at #2, Texas A&M at #3 and Alabama at #4,… Read More »
Couple more late trades to note … There were a couple of trades that weren’t officially announced until after the deadline passed earlier today as Chicago acquired ER Joe Tyron-Shoyinka and a 2026 7th rounder from Cleveland in exchange for a 2026 6th round selection, while the LA Chargers get a conditional 7th round pick in 2028 from… Read More »
Jets shake up draft adding three firsts in big deals … Normally most years there’s a lot of buzz around the NFL in the days leading up to the trade deadline, but then pretty much crickets on the day. This year was an exception, though, thanks in large part to the NY Jets who consummated two major deals,… Read More »
