Bowl build-up continues Saturday … Each day that passes gets us that much closer to the CFP semi-finals, the only bowls that really matter, on New Year’s Day. However, for those that just can’t wait the bowl build-up continues on Saturday with another half dozen games plus and while there won’t be a lot of top draft prospects… Read More »
Would the real ‘Year of the QB’ please stand up! … Back at the beginning of the current season the word around the NFL was that any team looking for an upgrade at QB probably didn’t want to delay as the 2024 class at the position looked to be potentially one of the best ever while pickings in… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week down and just three to go in the regular season, the first-round selection order for next April’s draft has been updated.
Players to watch in Tuesday bowl … The annual bowl fest leading up to the only bowls anyone really cares about continues on Tuesday with a Frisco Bowl (9 PM ET: ESPN) match-up between 8-4 UTSA and 6-6 Marshall. And as luck would have it there are several players worth watching; unfortunately, it could have even been more… Read More »
Home cooking to impact top of selection order … Interesting that for the first time in quite some time there are no games this weekend between teams with early picks in the current first-round selection order for the 2024 draft. In fact, the closest thing this week was on Thursday night when #6 Las Vegas hosted the LA… Read More »
Bowl season set to kick off … Yes, Virginia, there are still bowl games. Lots of ’em in fact, although nobody knows why. They never did matter all that much, at least the non-New Year’s Day big games, and now they matter even less with the evolution of the CFP playoffs. This year’s bowls get underway with 6… Read More »
One RB in; one out of draft; other college moves … A couple of top-ranked 3rd year RBs made their 2024 choices known today. Notre Dame All-American Audric Estime, for example, has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the upcoming draft after he exploded for over 1,300 yards and 18 TDs on the… Read More »
3rd year players: Who’s in, who’s out … As noted in an earlier report today, Notre Dame OT John Alt became the latest top 3rd year prospect to put his name earlier this afternoon. Of course, underclassmen not already automatically eligible for the 2024 draft have until January 15th to file paperwork with the NFL office in order… Read More »
Top pick musings … A couple of thoughts related to the top pick overall at the 2024 draft. First, we haven’t really highlighted it, but Chicago is very close to wrapping up the top pick with still a month to go in the regular schedule. The Bears, of course, own Carolina’s pick courtesy of the 2023 draft trade… Read More »
Another Top 100 posted … We are in the late stages of updating our positional rankings and Big Board and hope to have them finalized early next week. In the meantime, long-time NFL draft analyst Frank Coyle over at Draft Insiders Digest has just released his latest ranking of the top 100 prospects for the upcoming draft. What… Read More »
LSU QB Daniels wins Heisman … Pretty much as expected, LSU QB Jayden Daniels was awarded this year’s Heisman Trophy at the annual ceremony in New York. Daniels edged out Washington QB Michael Penix for the award, with Oregon QB Bo Nix a little farther behind at #3 in the voting and Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison 4th.… Read More »
QB Daniels, WR Harrison headline GBN All-America team … Its award season in college football and we thought we’d get in on the fun posting our annual All America team headed by LSU QB Jayden Daniels and Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison. Of course, both are among the four finalists for this year’s Heisman Trophy – along with… Read More »
Post (college) -season mock posted … With the regular college football season now nicely in the books it seemed like a good time to post an updated projection for the first round of the upcoming draft. And again we remind readers that the value of a projection at this time is not that we, or anyone for that… Read More »
Houston, we have a problem! … Or at least wherever the CFP playoff committee is based after Alabama upset 2-time defending national champion Georgia 27-24 in this afternoon’s SEC championship game in Atlanta. One just has to assume Alabama, the SEC champ gets in; and with Washington and almost asuredly Michigan already pretty much guaranteed spots in the… Read More »
#7 TEXAS (11-1) vs #18 OKLAHOMA STATE (9-3); Noon ET; ABC … Championship Saturday kicks off with Texas facing Oklahoma State in the Big XII title game. Its a particularly big game for the Longhorns who still have an outside chance of making it to the CFP playoffs, although they’ll also need a lot of other stuff to… Read More »
#2 MICHIGAN (12-0) vs #16 IOWA (10-2); 8 PM ET; FOX … Conference championship Saturday wraps up with the Big Ten title game which means absolutely nothing. Nada! Zilch! Zippo! Michigan is already in the CFP playoffs win, lose or draft while if the Hawkeyes pull the upset they don’t even get to go to the Rose Bowl… Read More »
Add one more QB to transfer portal … Washington State QB Cam Ward announced today that he will be putting his name into the transfer portal, although he also indicated that he has not totally ruled out entering the 2024 draft. Ward spent two seasons at WSU after transferring originally from FCS Incarnate Word. This season, the 6-3,… Read More »
#1 GEORGIA (12-0) vs #8 ALABAMA (11-1); 4 PM ET; CBS … I think we have seen this before in the SEC championship game with 2-time defending national champion Georgia playing Alabama. Indeed, its the 4th time in the past 6 seasons that the Bulldogs and Tide have met for conference honors. And there is no secret why… Read More »
#4 FLORIDA STATE vs #14 LOUISVILLE (10-2); 8 PM ET; ABC … The ACC final is one of the last couple of games on the Saturday schedule, but in many ways it may have the biggest impact on the CFP Final 4. In reality, Michigan, Georgia and the winner of the Pac-12 championship game have all but locked… Read More »
QBs: Shedeur Sanders, Colorado Carson Beck, Georgia Riley Leonard, TR-Duke Cam Rising, Utah KJ Jeffereson, TR-Arkansas DJ Uiagalelei, TR-Oregon State Will Howard, TR-Kansas State Will Rogers, TR-Mississippi State Grayson McCall, TR-Coastal Carolina
#5 OREGON (11-1) vs #3 WASHINGTON (12-0); 8 PM ET; Friday; ABC … College football fans can only hope that the Pac-12 title game is anywhere near as good as their regular season game back on October 14th when the teams combined for almost 950 yards of total offence and was only decided when the Ducks missed a… Read More »
Selection order updated … With Miami apparently on its way to a win over the NY Jets in the Black Friday game, we have updated the first-round selection order for next April’s draft.
Who’s leaving, who’s staying … Of course, underclassmen not automatically eligible for the 2024 draft have until January 15th to file paperwork with the NFL office in order to be in the draft, but with the regular college schedule now over save for next week’s conference championship games, one can expect to start hearing from various prospects, particularly… Read More »
Top picks unchanged as early selection order set … In the end, there will be very little change in this week’s early selection order for the 2024 draft; in fact, the first 4 picks will be the same as last week: Chicago, with Carolina’s pick, will hold the #1 pick overall for at least another week, while it… Read More »
#16 OREGON STATE (8-3) at #6 OREGON (11-0); 8:30 PM; FOX … The ‘Civil War’ in Oregon, which has traditionally never actually been all that civil, is another of those rivalry games where you just throw the records out. No need to this year, though, as both the Ducks and Beavers have had excellent seasons. And while winning… Read More »
