Egg Bowl kicks off college rivalry fest … College football’s big game this weekend doesn’t come up until early Saturday afternoon when #3 Michigan plays at #2 Ohio State for the Big Ten East spot in the conference championship game next week. Michigan-Ohio State, though, is just one of a bunch of traditional rivalry games that actually get… Read More »
Rams’ QB Stafford out this week; maybe longer … Just when the defending Super Bowl champion LA Rams thought that their miserable season couldn’t get any worse comes word that QB Matt Stafford is back in concussion protocol with a neck issue and will not play this weekend when the 3-7 Rams play Kansas City. In fact, there… Read More »
More players added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced over the past couple of days the addition of 8 more players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. The latest batch of acceptances includes several players that pro teams are eager to see in Mobile including Utah TE Dalton Kincaid, BYU OT Blake… Read More »
Pigskin top 25 updated … As he does every year at this time to help celebrate the season, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted an updated version of his top 25 prospects for the 2023 draft. And it wouldn’t be a Pigskin Top 25 without a few surprises. Read more
QB carousel could impact top of draft order … It is quite possible that when the upcoming NFL kicks off this week that each of the teams currently sitting on one of the top three picks in the updated selection order for the upcoming draft could have a new starting QB. In fact, Carolina, which would have the… Read More »
Updated selection order posted … With San Francisco running away with the Monday nighter down in Mexico, the updated selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft were it to be held this week has been posted here.
Trio added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has confirmed that three more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Michigan OT Ryan Hayes, Auburn LB Owen Pappoe and BYU WR Puka Nacua. That brings the total number of accepted invites to this year’s game to 49. Hayes, a mid-second day prospect for the… Read More »
Jacks’ TE to enter draft … South Dakota State TE Tucker Kraft, one of the top pro prospects in the FCS ranks, has announced via twitter that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2023 draft. Kraft, a 4th year player who actually has two seasons of eligibility remaining was a FCS All-American in… Read More »
Two confirm draft entry; more Senior Bowl acceptances … Both rising DE Tyree Wilson of Texas Tech and Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman confirmed last night that they will not be using the extra year of college available to them and will be entering the 2023 draft. Wilson, in particular, is a first-round candidate with some top ten… Read More »
Argos win upset Grey Cup thriller … The Toronto Argonauts won the 109th edition of the CFL’s Grey Cup with a dramatic 24-23 win over the two-time defending champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers this evening. The Argos were able to prevail when they blocked what would have been a game-winning FG attempt in the final minute. That came just… Read More »
Vols QB Hooker lost for year … Tennessee has confirmed what just about everybody feared last night. Star QB Hendon Hooker did indeed tear an ACL when he fell awkwardly while trying to make a cut late in the Vols’ loss to South Carolina. Hooker was one of the top Heisman favorites this year and was considered to… Read More »
Texans move closer to securing top pick; Panthers up to #2 … With Las Vegas stunning Denver with a dramatic win in OT in a late afternoon game. Houston has moved that much closer to earning the #1 pick overall at the 2023 draft. The Texans actually may have thought they had a good chance of pulling an… Read More »
Bombers, Argos vie for CFL’s Grey Cup … Its championship weekend in Canada where the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts will vie for the CFL championship in the 109th edition of the Grey Cup game in Regina on Sunday. Kick-off is set for 6:30 PM ET with coverage on TSN in Canada and ESPN2 in the U.S.… Read More »
Clock ticking on another KO Sunday … Interesting week on the NFL schedule with several intriguing match-ups with playoff implications including Dallas at Minnesota, Kansas City at the LA Chargers, and the NY Jets playing at New England. Then, of course, there is that crazy game in Buffalo where the Bills were supposed to play Cleveland, but it… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college prospects review … As he does every week, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with his observations from last weekend’s big college games with an eye toward the 2023 draft.
Who to watch in college football this weekend … With most of the big rivalry games coming up next weekend, the watchword in college this week is ‘Go west young scout!’ In fact, there are a couple of Pac-12 games between ranked with #7 Southern Cal playing #16 UCLA while #10 Utah will be at #12 in what… Read More »
Star game rosters start to take shape … The post-season college football all-star games are still roughly two months away, but they are already starting to fill in their rosters. The Senior Bowl, for example, has already confirmed the names of upwards of 40 players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s game on February 4th… Read More »
Rising Bobcat QB injured … Star Ohio QB Kurtis Rourke, one of the most prolific passers in the country, was forced to leave last night’s win over Ball State with an undisclosed knee injury. Rourke had to be helped off the field after being hit following a pass late in the second quarter and spent the second half… Read More »
Clemson, Pitt QBs undecided about futures … Interesting time for college players thinking about entering the upcoming draft. There are still two weeks left in the regular college season so its a little early for most to have formally declared their intentions on whether to turn pro this winter. In those two weeks, though, just about every team… Read More »
GBN mock updated … With the NFL season now officially past the mid-point, the GBN projection for this year’s opening round has been updated with the picks based on where teams currently stand in the if the draft were held this week selection order for next April’s first round.
ASU FB to enter draft … Arizona State FB Case Hatch has indicated that he will be entering the 2023 draft despite the fact that he has remaining eligibility. Hatch came to ASU as a LB, but shifted to offense where he can play FB and TE; he’s also an older player who has put in a mormon… Read More »
College football notebook … There are a number of recent injuries to prominent college players that we are following. Perhaps the potentially most impactful on the 2023 draft involves rising Texas Tech DE Tyree Wilson who was helped off the field in this past weekend’s game with Kansas with an ankle or foot injury and left the stadium… Read More »
Corks popping in Miami as 2023 selection order posted … They are no doubt popping champagne corks down in Miami where the 1972 Dolphins will be celebrating the fact that there will be no undefeated teams in the league this year after Philadelphia was stunned at home by Washington for their first loss. And that brings to a… Read More »
As the QB turns … There are a number of storylines we’re following related to the QB situation of several teams with early picks at the 2023 draft. Houston head coach Lovie Smith, for example, didn’t exactly give QB Davis Mills a ringing endorsement when asked after Sunday’s loss to the Giants in New York whether he was… Read More »
Pigskin’s top 15 college power ranking … Regular readers of the GBN will know that in addition to being brilliantly observant NFL draft analysts, we are also just plain college football fans. And it’s a great time of the year for college football fans as the conference races, as well as battle for spot in the 4-team CFP… Read More »
