Jags, Raiders, Giants 1-2-3 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, the top three picks in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft will belong to Jacksonville, Las Vegas and the NY Giants. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played… Read More »
Mizzou WR to enter draft; USC QB to transfer … No big surprise here as Missouri junior WR Luther Burden has announced that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite having a year of remaining eligibility. Burden, who has been comped to the 49ers Deebo Samuel, is considered to be a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming… Read More »
Iowa RB Johnson to enter draft … Iowa junior RB Kaleb Johnson, who emerged from obscurity to become one of the top backs in the country this fall, has announced that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite the fact that he has a year of eligibility remaining. Johnson was not even the Hawkeyes’ starter at the… Read More »
Jags keep #1 pick; top 7 set for week … Although there are still a couple of games to go to wrap up this weekend’s action, but Jacksonville will hang onto the #1 pick overall in the opening round of the 2025 draft for at least another week. The Jags will be followed, again at least for this… Read More »
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Bucks lose THE game again! Likely out of conference title game … It does not appear as if there will be a replay of the #1 and #2 teams in the country after 2nd ranked Ohio State was upset by Michigan 13-10 in THE game earlier this afternoon in a game that ended with an ugly on-field brawl… Read More »
Top QB prospects to star games??? … While we wait for the KOs of today’s college football games, there are a couple of updates from the post-season all-star games. In a bit of a surprise, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, arguably the top prospect at the position for the upcoming draft, and very possibly a strong candidate to be… Read More »
Who to watch in Saturday’s key college football games … As noted earlier, the really key college football games with conference and national playoff implications this weekend are on Saturday including traditional rivalries Ohio State-Michigan and Texas-Texas A&M. Here’s who we’ll be watching in those games with an eye toward the 2025 draft.
Michigan (6-5) at #2 Ohio State (10-1); Noon ET; FOX … It was pretty much a given in recent years that THE game between old rivals Ohio State and Michigan had huge national implications. Not so much this year, though, as the Buckeyes would appear to be in the CFP playoffs win or lose on Saturday, while Michigan… Read More »
Friday Heisman watch party … The really big college football games with national playoff implications this weekend, including traditional rivalries like Ohio State-Michigan and Texas-Texas A&M, don’t come up until Saturday. However, folks will get a chance to compare and contrast arguably the two top Heisman candidates in early games on Friday afternoon. One of those features Boise… Read More »
More random thoughts on the latest CFP playoff rankings … Again, for those that don’t follow college football all that closely and may have missed it, but the CFP playoff committee released their weekly rankings. And no surprise, the top 4 teams – Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State – were unchanged, while Notre Dame, Miami, Georgia,… Read More »
Jags, Giants, Raiders 1-2-3 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, the top three picks in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft will belong to Jacksonville, the NY Giants and Las Vegas. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played… Read More »
College football Sunday morning update … It was supposed to be a quiet weekend in college football as teams warmed up for next week’s rivalry games and regular season finales, but instead it turned into upset Saturday as a number of prominent teams suffered upsets that have severely jeopardized their playoff aspirations. That list included Alabama which was… Read More »
ECU CB Revel declares for draft … East Carolina junior CB Shavon Revel announced earlier today that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite tearing an ACL earlier this season. The 6-2, 195-pound Revel, who had been considered to be a rising star in the upcoming draft class with first-round potential, tore an ACL in practice back… Read More »
Saturday college QB coverage … There are only 2 more weeks in the regular college football schedule which means there’ll only be 2 more chances to see the top QB prospects for the 2025 draft, at least in a regular season setting. Fortunately, though, almost all will be playing in nationally televised games tomorrow. In no particular order,… Read More »
The ‘other’ big game in college football … Several readers have asked why we didn’t also preview Saturday’s game (7 PM ET; NBC) in New York between #6 Notre Dame and #19 Army, one of the only 3 remaining unbeaten FBS teams. OK! I guess. Clearly, it will be a huge game if Army can actually pull off… Read More »
Buckeyes, Hoosiers hilite weekend college action … As we noted in a post earlier this week there are in fact only a couple of big games involving CFP playoff contenders going head-to-head left on the college football schedule and one of those comes up on this weekend’s docket. That’s when #2 Ohio State hosts #5 Indiana, one of… Read More »
Random thoughts on the latest CFP rankings … For those that don’t follow college football all that closely, the CFP committee released the latest rankings for next month’s 12-team playoff. For the record, Oregon remains #1, followed by Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, and Indiana rounding out the top 5. The one potentially major change was that BYU… Read More »
Buckeyes’ C done for year … Ohio State will be without C Seth McLaughlin when the Buckeyes host #5 Indiana on Saturday for what could be a showdown for a spot in the Big Ten conference championship game next month. McLaughlin, a mid-to-late round prospect for the 2025 draft wo transferred up from Alabama this year, tore an… Read More »
All-star game season approaching … If its late November and the regular college football season is winding down then a young football player’s fancy turns to the upcoming all-star games. Or something like that. In fact, while most of the college football world is focused on the initial 12-team playoff that gets underway in less than a month,… Read More »
Jags, Titans 1-2 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, it will be an all-AFC South party at the very top of the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft with Jacksonville in the top spot and Tennessee at #2. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule… Read More »
2024 Grey Cup preview … As noted earlier in the week, the Canadian league championship will be decided this weekend when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers face the Toronto Argonauts in the 111th edition of the CFL’s Grey Cup game at BC Place in Vancouver. Kick-off is a 6pm ET on Sunday with coverage in Canada on CTV, TSN… Read More »
Vols-Dawgs hilite weekend college action … It may sound a little bit like a broken record, but the one really key game on this weekend’s college football schedule is in the SEC where #7 LSU takes on #12 Georgia at 7:30 PM ET Saturday evening on ABC. The game is particularly critical for Georgia’s playoff chances as the… Read More »
Browns easiest path to #1 pick … Was chatting with a couple of other draft watchers earlier in the week and none of us could remember a time when the draft order changed so dramatically in just one week, especially this late in the season. And with 5 teams with just 2 wins to date this fall and… Read More »
Dad/coach Deion confirms he’ll be involved in Shedeur, Travis Hunter drafts … He’s been very quiet of late, but Colorado coach Deion Sanders indicated during an interview earlier this week that he’ll be ‘getting involved’ if the wrong team were to draft either star Buffs’ QB Shedeur Sanders and WR/CB Travis Hunter. Sanders, the dad/coach, though, also indicated… Read More »
