Sunday morning college football thoughts … Heading into the season, the thinking around the NFL season was that the 2023 draft could very well be the ‘year of the QB’ with so many good passers dotting the college football landscape. Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and Bryce Young of Alabama, the two rated QBs this year, have generally held… Read More »
Pigskins AFC preview … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette continues his series of divisional previews with a look at the AFC East.
Who to watch in college football this weekend … After the first couple of weeks on the college football schedule which featured some truly big games between traditional powers, it does appear as if there are any games in the class this weekend. However, what this week lacks in quality it makes up for in quantity with at… Read More »
Pigskins weekly college football review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some thoughts and observations from a very interesting second week on the college football schedule here.
Giants Report: First impressions on first win … Some thoughts on the Giants’ stunning season opening win over Tennessee here.
UK RB to return October 1; college injury notes … Star Kentucky RB Chris Rodriquez has reportedly been cleared to return the to the team as of October 1. Rodriquez, the second leading rusher in the SEC last fall when he piled up almost 1,400 yards on the ground, is currently suspended after he plead guilty to charges… Read More »
Pigskin previews NFC East … Not one to rest on his laurels, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be previewing each NFL division over the next week or so starting today with the NFC East which kind of got turned on its head with the injury to Dallas QB Dak Prescott in last night’s loss to Tampa… Read More »
UGA ER; TCU WR rise in Pigskin’s latest top 25 prospects ranking … GBN Associate Editor Pigksin Paul Guillemette has updated his ranking of the Top 25 prospects overall for the 2023 draft. And while there aren’t a lot of surprises in his top ten, Pigskin has Georgia ER Nolan Smith up to #12 and TCU WR Quentin… Read More »
Is Jerry J thinking about call for Jimmy G … That’s the buzz around the league this morning after Dallas QB Dak Prescott was injured late in last night’s loss to Tampa Bay. Prescott will be back later in the season, but will require surgery to repair a thumb injury and is expected to miss the next 6-8… Read More »
Sun Belt rises; top QBs stumble in Sunday morning college notes … Its not exactly like the call has gone out across the college football world to ‘Break up the Sun Belt’ but the conference certainly did create a little buzz yesterday with three major upsets. The biggest had Appalachian State stunning SEC power Texas A&M 17-14, while… Read More »
Tide-Texas, top QB duel headline second full week on college sked … Another terrific slate of college football coming up this weekend with #1 ranked Alabama playing at Texas the headliner. And while Alabama has the consensus top draft class ahead of the 2023 draft including QB Bryce Young and DE Will Anderson, one can make the case… Read More »
Rams extend Super Bowl architects Snead, McVay … Just hours before the defending Super Bowl champion LA Rams kick off defense of their 2022 title, the team announced that both G.M. Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay have both agreed to contract extensions which will keep them with the team at least through the 2026 season.
Illini RB heads fall list of top CFL prospects … Illinois RB Chase Brown is the #1 prospect overall on the CFL’s fall ranking of prospects for the Canadian leagues 2023 draft this coming spring. And keeping it in the family, Brown’s twin brother Sydney, a safety with the Illini, is the #3 CFL prospect at this time.… Read More »
‘Hawks nab Buckeye QB Stroud first overall in latest mock; 4 QBs in top ten … We actually tried to post our latest first-round projection for the 2023 draft last night, but the only thing we could link to for some reason was our mock from earlier this spring. So let’s try that again here. As noted in… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college football prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be spending his weekends this fall watching – and then rewatching – the big college football games. Here is his review of who caught his eye this past weekend.
Bills GBN staff Super Bowl pick … Could this be the year that the Buffalo Bills win their first Super Bowl. The GBN staff thinks that the answer just may be yes as each of Editor Colin Lindsay, Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette and Chief Scout Larry Parker tabbed the Bills to win it all this year in… Read More »
Giants Report: Why I am more bullish on the Giants than most; its all about the math … It’s not necessarily unanimous, but there does seem to be a solid consensus out there, both among the fans and media, that 6-7 wins this season is pretty much the ceiling for the Giants this coming season. Call me a… Read More »
Monday morning college comments; updated … Just a follow-up to the note on LSU WR Kayshon Boutte below after his very disappointing outing against Florida State late night. There are now actually some concerns that he’s even still with the program. However, Boutte has reportedly scrubbed any and all references to LSU from his social media profile which… Read More »
Waiting for injury update on star OSU WR … We are still waiting further information on the status of star Ohio State WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba who was injured early in the Buckeyes’ big 21-10 win over #5 Notre Dame in Columbus last night. Smith-Njigba went down awkwardly when tackled on his first reception early in the game. He… Read More »
Sunday night college football preview … At this time next week we’ll be watching NFL football, but for this week, Sunday night football will be college football as Florida State plays at LSU at 7:30 PM ET on ABC. And it wouldn’t be FSU-LSU without some pretty good prospects on display, although they are almost exclusively Tigers. Indeed,… Read More »
CFP votes to expand … After what seems like months of dithering, the College Football Playoff’s Board of Managers has agreed to expand the national championship playoff to 12 teams in 2026 when the current contract with ESPN expires. The Board, though, is also reportedly encouraging the various conference commissioners to try to implement it as soon as… Read More »
Who to watch in this week’s big – really big – college football games … Wow! What a way to start the season with two of college football’s great programs going head-to-head when #2 Ohio State hosts #5 Notre Dame Saturday evening. And you can warm up for that one that afternoon with defending national champion Georgia hosts… Read More »
Tide ER, UGA DT head first GBN Big Board … Alabama DE Will Anderson and Georgia DT Jalen Carter are the top 2 prospects for the 2023 draft on the initial GBN Big Board ranking of the top 50 prospects overall for the upcoming draft. QBs Bryce Young of Alabama and C.J. Stroud of Ohio State are right… Read More »
First full college weekend kicks off tonite … The really big games on this the first full weekend of college football are on Saturday when Notre Dame travels to Ohio State and defending national champion Georgia hosts Oregon, but the week actually kicks off later tonight with several games that could be of interest to draft watchers. If… Read More »
