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 »
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 »
