Draft race goes prime time … It probably isn’t exactly what the NFL schedule makers had in mind when they scheduled Denver to play at Kansas City on this week’s Thursday night prime time game, but what we’ll get is the AFC’s worst team in the Broncos, who would have the 3rd pick in the 2024 draft were… Read More »
#8 Oregon (5-0) at #7 Washington (5-0); 3:30 PM ET; ABC … This will be the 115th meeting between these two programs – and last as members of the Pacific conference – but its the first one ever in which both teams are ranked in the top ten. In fact, Saturday’s match-up between the Ducks and Huskies has… Read More »
Mid-season mock posted … With the college football season technically at its mid-point and the initial weekly first-round selection for the 2024 draft now on the board, it seemed like as good a time as any to post an updated projection for the upcoming draft. And no real surprises at the very top of the mock as Chicago… Read More »
Falcons add vet WR Jefferson from Rams for future late-round pick swap … Atlanta has reportedly acquired WR Van Jefferson from the LA Rams in a deal involving one of those proverbial late-round draft pick swaps. To complete the deal, the Rams will get a 6th round pick in 2025 from Atlanta while the Falcons get a #7… Read More »
Bears 1-2; Broncos 3 in first full weekly selection order …Chicago will have the first two picks in the initial ‘if the draft were held this week’ selection order for the opening round of the 2024 draft here.
Fox draft analyst posts mid-season top 25 … For those that haven’t seen it yet, Rob Rang, Fox’s lead draft analyst has posted his mid-season Top 25 for the 2024 draft. We note it because Rang has proven in the past to be one of the better analysts in the business; we also note it because he has… Read More »
Utah QB Rising knee worse than first reported; other QB updates … Star Utah QB Cam Rising, who has yet to play this fall, indicated during a local interview yesterday that the knee injury he suffered during last season’s Rose Bowl was more serious than has been reported to date. Rising tore his ACL during the bowl game… Read More »
Red River Rivalry hilites weekend college sked … Its been awhile since the Red River Rivalry has meant much outside the two states, but in this, their final meeting as members of the Big XII, the stakes are more what he came to expect of Texas and Oklahoma: both are unbeaten and both are ranked with the winner… Read More »
Oklahoma (5-0) vs Texas (5-0); Dallas; Noon ET, ABC … Its been awhile since the Red River Rivalry has meant much outside the two states, but in this, their final meeting as members of the Big XII, the stakes are more what he came to expect of Texas and Oklahoma: both are unbeaten and both are ranked with… Read More »
Positional rankings updated … For the record, the GBN positional rankings for the upcoming draft have been updated as per the drop-down menu above. Again, we point out that these rankings are meant to reflect as best as we can, not necessarily our own grades for the different players, but where we hear that NFL teams have them… Read More »
For the record, the GBN positional rankings for the upcoming draft have been updated as per the drop-down menu above. Again, we point out that these rankings are meant to reflect as best as we can, not necessarily our own grades for the different players, but where we hear that NFL teams have them ranked. And it is… Read More »
Winless team battles ‘lowlite’ Sunday NFL sked … How’s this for genius NFL scheduling: the league’s four remaining winless teams play each other this week. It will be #1 versus #2 Sunday afternoon when Chicago, which would have had the first pick overall were the 2024 held this past week, hosts Denver, which would pick second, in one… Read More »
QB dual hilites weekend college sked … This week’s college football schedule lacks the outright sizzle of last weekend’s terrific slate. However, there are are several games worth at least a look. And it starts with a match-up between two of the top QB prospects – Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders -when Southern Cal plays at Colorado on… Read More »
#6 Southern California (4-0) at Colorado (3-1); Noon ET; Fox … A whole lot of the shine rubbed off the story of resurgent Colorado last weekend when Deion Sanders’ Buffs were throttled 42-6 up at Oregon. However, the Buffalos still have been the big story through the first month of the schedule and we’ll get to see another… Read More »
Bears, Broncos at top of early draft order … We are still a couple of weeks away from an official posting of the selection order for the 2024 draft; however, we can report that with the third week of the regular schedule we can confirm that Chicago would have the first pick if the draft were held this… Read More »
College football observations … For those that missed it really was a terrific weekend of college football with two of the three big games on the day going down to the last play. That included Ohio State’s dramatic 17-14 win over Notre Dame in South Bend when the Buckeyes pushed across the deciding TD with just one second… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s really big games this weekend … Truth be told, there haven’t necessarily been a lot of truly must-see games through the first three weeks of the college football schedule. However, that all changes on Saturday with as many as a half a dozen key contests all with major conference and national implications.… Read More »
#4 Florida State (3-0) at Clemson (2-1); Noon ET; ABC … One of the key questions in college football to be answered this fall was ‘Are the Seminoles indeed back?’ And so far, the returns have been mostly positive, although the ‘Noles did almost let last week’s win over lowly Boston College get away from them. However, Saturday’s… Read More »
Vikes get Rams RB Akers; swap future picks … Minnesota has acquired veteran RB Cam Akers in a conditional trade with the LA Rams. The Vikings will also send a 7th round pick in 2026 to the Rams and will get a 6th rounder that year in exchange. Both picks have been described as conditional.
Broncos would pick first if draft held this week … We noted over the weekend, that we don’t intend to start posting a weekly selection order for the 2024 draft for a least another couple of weeks when we should start to see some real early trends. However, we can say of the 8 teams that are 0-2… Read More »
Army (1-1) at Texas-San Antonio (1-1); 7 PM ET (Friday); ESPN … UTSA has gotten off to a bit of a slow start after the Roadrunners, now in the American Athletic Conference after posting 11 wins last year as a member of C-USA, were considered to be one of several teams across the country with a legitimate shot… Read More »
Some late thoughts on weekend college games … In the wake of Texas’ big upset win over Alabama right in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night, questions whether the Longhorns are indeed back have swirled about the college football landscape. Meanwhile, the other big question being asked this week is whether Alabama has any realistic chance to still make the… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s big games on Saturday … College football fans can only hope that Saturday’s return match-up between Alabama and Texas is as good a game as last year’s meeting in Austin when when the Tide pulled out a dramatic one-point win thanks to some late heroics by QB Bryce Young, who of course… Read More »
#11 Texas at #4 Alabama; 7 PM ET; ESPN … College football fans can only hope that Saturday’s return match-up between Alabama and Texas is as good a game as last year’s meeting in Austin when when the Tide pulled out a dramatic one-point win thanks to some late heroics by QB Bryce Young, who of course went… Read More »
Bengals, Niners to Super Bowl in GBN fearless forecast … With the Lions and Chiefs set to kick-off the 2023 regular season Thursday evening it is time for our annual ‘Fearless Forecast’ of the upcoming NFL season in which we see Cincinnati playing San Francisco in the Super Bowl. Here’s the full forecast including our picks for the… Read More »
