Bowl season kicks off with twofer … The preliminary bowl season gets underway on Friday with a doubleheader including the Bahamas Bowl (11;30 AM ET; ESPN), which is played in the Bahamas, and the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl (3 PM ET; ESPN), which fortunately isn’t played in Duluth, but in Orlando. And while in most years the very… Read More »
Cards GM on personal leave; QB done for year … Hard to imagine a team having a worse day than Arizona had to today. First, the team announced that G.M. Steve Keim will be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team because of an undisclosed health situation. In his absence the G.M. duties will be shared… Read More »
Update updated: Fifth junior enter draft fray … And then there were 5! True juniors entering the 2023 draft as Tennessee WR Jalin Hyatt, this year’s Biletnikoff winner and a consensus 1st team All-American, has announced that he will be entering this year’s draft where he is another player projected to be a late first or early second… Read More »
More Senior Bowl additions … Over the past day or so the Senior Bowl has announced that a half dozen more players have committed to this year’s game including Ohio State DE Zach Harrison, Clemson DT Tyler Davis, CBs Rejzohn Wright of Oregon State and South Carolina’s Darius Rush, Florida OT Richard Gouraige, and Oklahoma FB/TE Brayden Willis.… Read More »
Coach Mike Leach passes away at 61 … Once again real life interjected itself into the college world with news overnight that Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach passed away from complications of a heart condition. He was 61. Leach also had tenures as head coach at Texas Tech and Washington State. He was a polarizing figure at… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the books, the selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft, were it to be held this week, has been updated.
Star Coastal QB to transfer; other college notes … Once again college football fans will need a program next fall to figure out who is QBing who! And yet another top QB appears to be on the move as Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina, one of the most efficient passers in college football, has entered the transfer portal… Read More »
Star Army ER, two others added to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl has announced that three more players have committed to this year’s game including Army DE/OLB Andre Carter who if he played anywhere else in the country could very well be being talked about as a top ten pick for the upcoming draft. Carter will be… Read More »
Three more juniors enter draft … A trio of promising true 3rd year juniors have indicated that they will be entering this year’s draft including LSU DE B.J. Ojulari, Wisconsin LB Nick Herbig and Penn State WR Parker Washington. The 6-3, 250-pound Ojulari is a late first round prospect who is currently ranked #33 on the GBN Big… Read More »
Broncos loss boosts Seahawks to #2 pick … Like Houston, which gave Dallas all they could handle earlier this afternoon, Denver threw a scare into Kansas City, rallying from a 27-0 deficit to make a game of it against the Chiefs, but ultimately fell short and dropped to 3-10. As a result, Seattle, which owns the Broncos first-round… Read More »
Texans close, but still inch closer to top securing top pick … Houston threw a scare into Dallas earlier this afternoon, but still came up short when the Cowboys scored with just 41 seconds on the clock to beat the Texans 27-23. That dropped Houston to 1-11-1 and leaves them with a magic number of 3 to clinch… Read More »
Quiet day at top of board … It will be a relatively quiet day for teams currently sitting on early picks in the 2023 draft selection order. Indeed, of the ten teams with the first ten picks at next April’s draft, only 4 are in action today. And all four are in tough. Houston, which would have had… Read More »
Cardinal get top FCS coach … It is not quite the sexy hire that several other prominent FBS programs made in filling their vacant head coaching position, but Stanford may have got a good one when they hired Troy Taylor away from Sacramento State, the #2 ranked team in the FCS ranks this fall. That would be the… Read More »
Three more added to Senior Bowl; roster hits 100 … The Senior Bowl has announced that three more players have committed to this year’s game including Miami CB Tyrique Stevenson, Alabama OT Tyler Steen and LS Robert Soderholm from VMI. With the addition if these three, the total number of senior Bowl acceptances to date has hit 100.… Read More »
UNC WR Downs enters draft … North Carolina 3rd year junior WR Josh Downs has confirmed that he will be entering the 2023 draft where figures to be either a late-first or early second round pick. Downs isn’t all that big at 5-10, 175, but he’s got sub-4.4 speed and was very productive for the Heels catching 195… Read More »
Badger C enter draft; ‘Noles OT stays put … Wisconsin C/G Joe Tippmann, a 4th year junior with mid-round potential, has announced that he will be entering this year’s draft, while Florida State 3rd year junior OT Robert Scott has indicated that he is returning to school for the 2023 college season.
Irish DE; three more added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that four more players have committed to this year’s game including Notre Dame DE Isaiah Foskey, a top 15-20 prospect for the upcoming draft who will be one of the higher rated players in Mobile this year. Meanwhile, the other additions include a… Read More »
Thursday night stunner leaves top of draft order unchanged … The expectation prior to last night’s prime time midweek NFL game was that Las Vegas wouldn’t have much trouble with the injury depleted LA Rams. And that was pretty much the case for almost 55 minutes of what was essentially a lifeless game, but just when you thought… Read More »
Cardinal QB McKee enters draft … Stanford QB Tanner McKee, a 3rd year junior, has announced that he will be leaving school and entering the 2023 draft. At 6-6, 230 with a strong arm, McKee looks like a prototype NFL pocket passer, but he’s coming off a couple of somewhat disappointing seasons with the disappointing Cardinal. This year,… Read More »
Kiper updates top 25; DT Carter to #1, Levis top QB … For those that haven’t seen it, ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper has updated his top 25 prospects for the 2023 draft with the regular college football season having been completed. we note it because there are several noteworthy changes. On the one hand, Kiper has slipped… Read More »
Star Heels’ QB staying put; Irish DE entering draft; Tide WR returning in busy day of college moves … It was a busy on the college football waiver wire with a number of moves and/or announcements. Star North Carolina redshirt freshman Drake Maye, who is currently considered to be a potential elite prospect in the 2024 draft, has… Read More »
UM DT Smith takes plea; to keep playing … Michiagn DT Mazi Smith, a second-day prospect for the 2023 draft, has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor weapons possession charge stemming from a traffic stop early in October. Smith was originally charged with a felony weapons charge of possessing a concealed weapon without… Read More »
Three more added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that three more players have committed to this year’s game including Alabama DT D.J. Dale, LSU S Jay Ward and Clemson TE Davis Allen. With the addition if these three, the total number of senior Bowl acceptances to date is up to 94. This year’s… Read More »
Draft implications in Thursday nighter … It probably wasn’t at all what the NFL schedule makers were thinking when Las Vegas was drawn to play the defending Super Bowl champion Rams in this week’s Thursday night game in what was expected to be a battle between two contending teams with serious playoff aspirations. The Raiders do still have… Read More »
Falcons pull plug on QB; rook Ridder to start … After losing 4 of their last 5 starts to drop to 5-8, Atlanta is making a change at QB. Veteran Marcus Mariota is being benched and replaced by rookie Desmond Ridder, the Falcons’ 3rd round pick at the 2022 draft. At least Ridder will have a little time… Read More »
