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 »
Bombers, Argos to vie for CFL Grey Cup … It will be the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 109th playing of the Grey Cup for the CFL title next Sunday in Regina. Game time is 6 PM ET with coverage on TSN in Canada and ESPN in the US. Toronto made it to the… Read More »
Top three picks for week set … We had to wait for some of the results of the late afternoon games to come in, but at least for this week Houston will hold onto the #1 pick in the ‘if the draft were held this week’ selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft, with Las… Read More »
Early college football notes … There are still plenty of games to be played, but we have the first confirmed conference championship game match-up. That will be top-ranked Georgia against LSU in the SEC title game in Atlanta on December 3rd. And without a berth in the conference title game, it would appear that Alabama’s hopes of making… Read More »
Selection order to be shuffled … There will almost certainly be some shuffling of the top of the current selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft were it to be held this week as there are several games involving head-to-head match-ups of teams with early picks. It starts with Carolina, which came into the week… Read More »
Trojans’ RB Dye done for year … Southern Cal RB Travis Dye, a solid second-tier prospect for the 2023 draft, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a lower leg injury in last night’s win over Colorado. Dye, who transferred to the Trojans this off-season from Oregon, is the second leading rusher in the conference and… Read More »
Frogs-Horns featured match-up on college sched … Its actually a relatively quiet week coming up on the college football schedule; however, there is one game with huge national implications as 4th ranked TCU, one of just 4 remaining unbeaten FBS teams, has a tough road date at Texas. Here’s who we’ll be watching when the Horned Frogs and… Read More »
Battle for top pick heads to prime time … Probably not what the NFL, or the networks prefer, but this week’s Thursday night game between NFC South rivals Atlanta and Carolina likely will have more to do with the final selection order at the 2023 draft than with playoff positioning. That’s because the 2-7 Panthers would have the… Read More »
Greatest games in NFL history … The NFL is the most popular professional sport in the United States and one of the most lucrative sports leagues in the world. The NFL has a long history, dating back to its founding in 1920. The playoffs culminate in the Super Bowl, typically held in early February. In any given NFL… Read More »
Coastal QB McCall to miss final month of season … Coastal Carolina has confirmed that star QB Grayson McCall, one of the most efficient passers in college football history, will miss the rest of the season with a foot injury. That’s a tough break for the 8-1 Chanticleers who still have some hopes of finishing the year as… Read More »
Colts not tanking say owner, GM … Both Indianapolis owner Jim Irsay and G.M. Chris Ballard are denying that the Colts are in full tank mode after a series of odd moves over the past few days. Irsay, for example, claimed that allegations that the Colts were tanking this year are total B.S. that the team is ‘going… Read More »
Big Board tweaked, expanded … With roughly a month to go in the college football campaign, the GBN Big Board has been updated and expanded to include the top 100 prospects for the draft. Again, note that our ranking does not reflect our own grades for the players, but how we think players are being graded by teams… Read More »
The ‘other’ draft comes into focus … Why you might ask will we be watching with more than a little interest this evening when Ohio of the Mid-American Conference plays at Miami of Ohio (7:30 PM ET; ESPN2). In part, we’ll be watching because rising Ohio QB Kurtis Rourke is a Canadian. In fact, he’s the brother of… Read More »
Clemson out for year … Clemson has confirmed that veteran DE Xavier Thomas, a once promising pro prospect, will miss the rest of the season after undergoing foot surgery. The 6-2, 255-pound Thomas, a 5th year senior, originally hurt the foot in fall camp and has already missed most of the season; in fact he played in just… Read More »
Updated selection order posted … With Baltimore apparently well on the way to a win over New Orleans in the Monday nighter, the GBN Decision Desk has given us the okay to go ahead and post the updated selection for the opening round of the 2023 draft were it to be held this week here.
ERs rule; QBs drop in Pigskin mid-season mock … With the NFL season at the mid-point, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted his latest first-round projection for the 2023 draft. And it wouldn’t be a Pigskin mock without a few surprises, including no QBs in the top 5 picks and only two overall in the opening… Read More »
Lions win; Texans back to top pick … There will be a new #1 when the ‘if the draft were held this’ selection order for the 2023 draft is posted after tomorrow night’s Monday nighter after Detroit stunned Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 15-9 for their second win of the season. That will move Houston, which… Read More »
Notes from a wild and wacky college football Saturday … The much-anticipated ‘game-of-the-year- between Tennessee and Georgia turned out to be something of a dud as the UGA defense simply overwhelmed the usually dynamic Vols offense and turned what could have been a barn burner into a 27-13 yawner. And that should have Georgia back in the #1… Read More »
Key AFC battles hilite Sunday sched … There’s a relatively quiet week on the NFL schedule over the next couple of days as there are 6 teams on their byes. Still, there are a number of key matchups this week including Tennessee at Kansas City in a battle for one of the top two seeds in the AFC.… Read More »
Kiper updates top 25 … For those that haven’t seen it yet, ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper has updated his top 25 overall prospects listing for the 2023 draft as well as his positional rankings. No surprise in Kiper’s top 5 guys as they are all among the usual suspects – Anderson, Carter, Stroud, Levis and Young –… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college prospects confidential … 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.
#1 versus #2 highlights key college football weekend … Let’s face it! There is only place to be in college football this weekend and that’s Athens, Georgia when #1 Tennessee meets defending national champion Georgia, currently the second-ranked team in the country on Saturday afternoon. Obviously, the #1 ranking will be on the line; so will the SEC… Read More »
Bills beat the clock; add Colts RB Hines for RB, pick … The NFL trade deadline passed earlier this hour with only one late deal being announced so far. In that one Buffalo gets RB Nyheim Hines, a pass-receiving specialist, from Indinapolis in exchange for veteran RB Zack Moss and a conditional 6th round pick. Also just a… Read More »
Couple of more minor trades … A couple of more relatively minor trades were completed in the last little while with Denver acquiring DE Jake Msartin from the NY Jets for a swap of 2024 picks; in particular, the Jets get the Broncos’ 4th round pick that year, while Denver gets a 5th from the Jets. At the… Read More »
