Pigskin’s weekly college prospects review … As he does every week – even on major holidays – 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. Of course, this will be Paul’s final report of the regular college schedule, but fear not, he’ll… Read More »
PSU CB Porter to enter draft; skip bowl … Penn State junior CB Joey Porter has become the first prominent college player to announce that he’ll be skipping his team’s bowl in order to begin preparations for the 2023 draft. The 6-2, 200-pound Porter, who has two years of college eligibility left, is considered to be one of… Read More »
USC QB Williams heads GBN All-America team … With the college football regular season in the books, the GBN senior staff put their heads together and came with up our annual All-America team as well as our nods to who we fell should win this year’s major awards. And the big winner was Southern California 2nd-year sophomore Caleb… Read More »
Baker’s dozen added to Senior Bowl roster … Over the past few days the Senior Bowl has announced that 13 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Cincinnati WR Tre Tucker; TEs Dalton Kincaid of Utah and Cincinnati’s Josh Whyle; OGs Nick Broeker of Mississippi, Jarrett Patterson of Notre Dame and Utah’s Braeden Daniels; DEs… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the books, the opening round selection order for the 2023 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Top OL prospect to stick with school … In a little bit of a surprising move, rising Penn State OT Olu Fashanu, who has recently emerged as a legit top 10 candidate for the 2023 draft, has announced that he intends to return to school next fall. The 6-6. 310-pound Fashanu, a redshirt sophomore who still hasn’t turned… Read More »
B10 coach reset … We have said – somewhat in jest, but somewhat in truth too – that the Big Ten, which actually has 14 teams, should really be called the Big Three – Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State – and a bunch of other teams. Indeed, in the past five years not including the odd 2020… Read More »
Browns finally activate QB Watson … Cleveland has finally been able to activate QB Deshaun Watson, whom they acquired in that trade with Houston last winter. Watson, of course, hasn’t been able to play since because of that mess of a personal situation in which more than 20 female masseuses accused him of sexual misconduct. Ironically, Watson’s first… Read More »
Texans still #1; top 4 picks for week set, sort of … With just the prime time evening games to go on this weekend’s NFL schedule, the first four picks in this week’s selection order for the first round of the 2023 draft are set. Houston edged even closer to wrapping up the top pick overall with a… Read More »
College conference title games set … With their regular schedule now in the books, college football moves onto the conference championship games next weekend. It gets started when Southern Cal plays Utah in Las Vegas on at 8 PM ET on FOX on Friday night for the Pac-12 championship. Then on Saturday, TCU meets Kansas State in the… Read More »
Stunners shakeup playoff landscape in college football … There were a couple of really almost shocking results in the early games today with major implications for the CFP playoff. Michigan stunned Ohio State 45-23 right in Columbus to really put a dagger in the Buckeyes’ national championship hopes. Ohio State can still get an invite to the 4-team… Read More »
Saturday morning college notes … We are just over two and a half hours away from kicking off the big Big Ten game between Michigan and Ohio State in Columbus and just to update yesterday’s preview of who to watch, it appears that both of injured RBs Blake Corum of the Wolverines and the Buckeyes’ Miyan Williams will… Read More »
OSU-UM; Irish-USC wrap college football regular season … The college football season – at least the regular season – wraps up Saturday with a full slate of traditional rivalry games highlighted by THE Big Ten match-up between #2 Ohio State and #3 Michigan in Columbus, as well as the annual inter-conference battle between Notre Dame and #6 Southern… Read More »
Bonus coverage: Gator QB, ‘Noles DE to watch … Again, as we have noted more than once the one game to watch on this weekend’s college football schedule comes up tomorrow when #2 Ohio State hosts #3 Michigan for the Big Ten East spot in the conference championship game next weekend. In fact, today’s slate of games is… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college prospects review … As he does every week – even on major holidays – 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.
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 »
