More random thoughts on the ’25 QB conundrum … We have noted on several occasions in the past several weeks there seems to be some serious rethinking of the QB situation for the upcoming draft. For the first month and a half of the college season, the consensus around the NFL appeared to be that there were a… Read More »
Couple of top CB prospects; rising QB dinged … Nothing necessarily serious here, but several college injury issues that we’ll be tracking in the next few weeks. Star Michigan CB Will Johnson, arguably the top pure corner in the 2025 draft class and a top 5 prospect for next April’s draft, sat out the second half of the… Read More »
Another super weekend on college sked … It may be hard for college football to match last weekend’s string of terrific games, but they’ll give it a go with several potentially outstanding match-ups headlined by #1 Texas hosting #5 Georgia on Saturday evening in what looks like one of those prototypical ‘Games of the Year!’ And just as… Read More »
Saturday kicks off with an interesting ACC game involving 6th ranked Miami (6-0) playing at Louisville (4-2) on ABC at Noon ET. Miami, of course, is led by QB Cam Ward, the nation’s leading passer who appears to be gaining favor among pro scouts with his unique combination of arm talent and athleticism. For the record, to date… Read More »
This another one of those SEC elimination type games as both teams have a loss, each would have a long way back to get to the CFP playoff with a second one and still close to half the season to play. And speaking of QBs under pressure this weekend, that’s where the Tide’s Jalen Milroe (#4, 6-2, 220)… Read More »
Texas QB Quinn Ewers made a triumphant return to the lineup last week when he lead the Longhorns to a 34-3 trouncing of old-rival Oklahoma in the annual Red River Rivalry game. However, Ewers and his mates didn’t have much time to rest on their laurels as they’ll host 5th ranked Georgia Saturday evening in one of those… Read More »
Vikes-Texans trade vet RB for swaps of future late picks … Minnesota has acquired veteran RB Cam Akers from Houston. In exchange the teams will flip late round conditional picks in 2026 with the Texans getting a 6th rounder and the Vikings a 7th.
Pats stay atop weekly selection order … For the second week in a row, New England would have the #1 pick overall if the 2025 draft were held this week. Here is the full, updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just… Read More »
Ole Miss and LSU in virtual elimination SEC game … It still only mid-season, but this game between SEC rivals Mississippi and LSU has all the deal of a CFP elimination game as both teams already have a loss and Saturday’s loser will pretty much have to run the table to have any chance at all to qualify… Read More »
Longhorns and Sooners in the Red River Shootout … For years, the annual Texas-Oklahoma game in Dallas was the game-of-the-year in the BIG XII. This year, its an SEC game, but its still the Longhorns and Sooners. Its also the first Red River Shootout in a while since one of the teams was the #1 ranked team. Adding… Read More »
Bucks-Ducks to get it on in battle of top 3 teams … The general consensus prior to the start of the season was the Oregon just might be the biggest obstacle to Ohio State’s hopes of winning the Big Ten conference title this year. And we’ll certainly start to find out just how much a threat the Ducks… Read More »
Pats atop first full weekly selection order … Given the proverbial old ‘if the draft were held today’ New England would have the #1 pick overall if in fact the 2025 draft were held this week. Here is the first full, updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each… Read More »
Jags end winless skid; Pats to #1, Bengals #2 as first 9 picks sort of set … With the late Sunday afternoon games now in the books we can update further what the top of the 2025 selection order will likely look like when post the first full, updated order after tomorrow night’s Monday nighter. After Jacksonville finally… Read More »
College rankings thrown for a loop as #1 and 4 go down … What a day in college football land yesterday as two of the top 4 ranked teams – and 5 of the top 11 – were knocked off. The biggest upset of the day came in Nashville where Vanderbilt, where the Commodores had never, ever defeated… Read More »
ESPN talks ‘muddy’ QB waters … For those that haven’t seen it, ESPN did a poll of NFL scouts and other personnel people asking which QB they’d take first at the 2025 draft. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders got the most votes, but it was hardly unanimous which kind of confirms what we’ve been saying the past few weeks. Indeed,… Read More »
QB fallout from Tide-Dawgs thriller … We have had more than a few readers asked who we think is the better QB prospect for 2025, Carson Beck of Georgia or Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, in the wake of Saturday’s thrilling SEC battle between the Tide and Bulldogs. In fact, we don’t like to make such evaluations based on one… Read More »
The NFL has always been known for its evolving strategies and rule adaptations aimed at maintaining a competitive and entertaining game. This year, inspired by the XFL, the NFL has introduced new kickoff rules for the 2024 season with the dual aim of increasing returns and reducing injuries. As we dive into the details of these changes, the… Read More »
Who to watch when #2 Dawgs play #4 Tide … Every once in a while there’s a college football that just has a national championship feel and Saturday’s titanic SEC match-up between 2nd ranked Georgia and #4 Alabama which kicks off at 7:30 PM ET on ABC Saturday evening has all that feel. And why not as the… Read More »
Bengals-Titans share top picks in early 2025 selection order … As we have noted, we won’t be posting the full, updated first round selection order for next April’s draft for a couple of more weeks, but if the draft were held after this past weekend’s games Cincinnati and Tennessee would share the top two picks as they currently… Read More »
Bonus coverage: WRs on parade … We previewed Saturday’s two big college football games in an earlier post, but there are actually a couple of other potentially interesting games on the college docket this evening as Stanford plays at Syracuse (7:30 PM ET; ESPN) – and yes its a conference game between schools almost 2,800 miles apart –… Read More »
#11 Southern California (2-0) at #18 Michigan (2-1); 3:30 PM ET; CBS: There was a time when geographic sanity prevailed in the world of college football that USC at Michigan in September would be a marquee intersectional match-up. However, college football, in its infinite wisdom, has opted to defy the laws of geography and now the Trojans and… Read More »
PSU S out with ‘long-term’ injury … Penn State has confirmed that star S K.J. Winston, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2025 draft, is out indefinitely with what is being described by the team as a “long-term” injury. Winston, who was the 2nd ranked S on our positional listing, as well as… Read More »
Sorry Giants fans; there ain’t no silver lining … Not surprisingly, in the wake of yet another miserable start to another season, we’ve received literally dozens of emails from our Giants’ fan friends asking if we, the eternal optimists who can almost always find the silver lining, see any hope for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, the… Read More »
Sorry Giants fans; there ain’t no silver lining … Not surprisingly, in the wake of yet another miserable start to another season, we’ve received literally dozens of emails from our Giants’ fan friends asking if we, the eternal optimists who can almost always find the silver lining, see any hope for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, the… Read More »
Badger QB Van Dyke out for season with ACL; Texas QBs week-to-week … Wisconsin has confirmed that QB Tyler Van Dyke tore an ACL early in the Badgers’ loss to #4 Alabama on Saturday and will miss the remainder of the season. However, Van Dyke, who transferred from Miami this past off season, does have an additional year… Read More »
