Bowl (madness?) updated … Update: Friday’s Hawai’i Bowl between Memphis and host Hawai’i has been cancelled after the Rainbow Warriors had to drop out because of covid concerns. Let’s hope the Memphis players at least get a day at the beach! The college bowl season continues later today with a couple of games on the schedule. The ‘other’… Read More »
Pretty much on cue after the Giants lost their last three games which pretty much ended any hopes, however slim, of somehow trying to sneak back into the playoff race, we received the usual deluge of mail with all the usual name-calling and finger-pointing. All of which has had us asking ourselves: “Really! I mean WTF were people… Read More »
Bears loss keeps Giants at 5-6 … With Chicago apparently going down to defeat to Minnesota in the late Monday night game this evening, we can confirm that the Giants will again be sitting on both the 5th and 6th picks were the 2022 draft to be held this week. One is their own and the other they… Read More »
All-America fest as bowl sked continues … The bowl schedule continues with games just about every day this week leading up to next week’s true bowl fest which of course will include the two national CFP semi-finals on New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately, at least from a draft perspective, the pickings are not necessarily all that great this week.… Read More »
What’s old is new again; Jags back to #1 … Not sure anyone saw this coming, but with three weeks to go in the regular schedule, Jacksonville is back in the #1 spot were the 2022 draft to be held this week. Detroit, which had been sitting on the top pick for weeks, stunned Arizona, while the Jags… Read More »
USC CB Steele latest to enter draft … Southern California junior CB Chris Steele is the latest underclassmen to confirm that they will be entering to upcoming draft. The 6-0, 190-pound Steele is a true junior who started in each of his three seasons with the Trojans but didn’t have the anticipated breakout year this past season. He… Read More »
QBs on parade at busy bowl day … The bowl season just kicked off on Friday, but already Saturday will be one of the busiest days on the post-season college schedule with a full half dozen games on the docket. And while it is early in the bowl season, there are what should be some surprisingly good games… Read More »
Grumpy Xmas projection posted … With the NFL regular season at the 3/4 pole and the college campaign pretty much in the books, GBN Editor Colin Lindsay has updated his 2022 first-round projection. Here’s how it kind of went down starting with a couple of assumptions: one, that this year’s QB class, at least at this time, isn’t… Read More »
With the NFL regular season at the 3/4 pole – sort of – and the college campaign in the books, it is that time of year that we’d normally update our mock draft. We actually started the exercise earlier in the week and got off to a fast start, but then hit a major roadblock before even getting… Read More »
Wolfpack QB Strong heading to Mobile … A day after he announced that he was turning pro, Nevada QB Carson Strong was confirmed as an accepted invite at the Senior Bowl. Indeed, the Senior Bowl QB-room keeps getting better as Strong will be joining other top prospects at the position including Kenny Pickett of Pitt, Liberty’s Malik Willis,… Read More »
Former OU QB Rattler headed to SEC’s SC; other college moves … Former Oklahoma starting QB Spencer Rattler will be getting to the SEC faster than his former Sooner teammates. Oklahoma, of course, will be moving to the SEC, along with Texas, at some point in the future, but Rattler will be there next year as he has… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the book, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Draft pick race into home stretch … There are at least a couple of games on this weekend’s schedule that are going to have a major on the early selection order for the 2022 draft. Houston, which currently holds the 3rd pick overall were the draft held this week, will be hosting 4-8 Seattle, which is currently sitting… Read More »
Ti-Cats host Bombers in CFL Grey Cup … It will the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 108 edition of the Canadian league’s Grey Cup game Sunday evening in Hamilton. Kick-off is set for 6 PM ET with coverage on TSN in Canada and ESPN2 in the U.S. In fact, it will be the second… Read More »
Two top juniors enter draft … A couple of the most intriguing prospects for the 2022 draft announced earlier today that they will in fact be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. The two include Southern California WR Drake London and Florida State DE Jermaine Johnson, both of whom have top 10-15 potential for the… Read More »
DE Thibodeaux, ER Bonitto enter draft … No big surprises here Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux and Oklahoma OLB Nik Bonitto, two of the top edge rushers in college football, have announced their intention to skip their final year of eligibility and enter the 2022 draft. Both will also skip their team’s bowl and start prepping for the draft… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the book, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Ti-Cats to host Bombers for CFL title … Earlier today, Hamilton upset Toronto 27-16 in the CFL’s Eastern final, while Winnipeg held off Saskatchewan 21-17 in the Western title game. The two will next Sunday, December 12th, in the 108th edition of the Grey Cup game in Hamilton. It will be the second year in a row for… Read More »
1. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS: For Year II of the Trevor Lawrence era, the Jaguars set out to find him some more explosive weapons if they were to have any hope of scoring more than 15 PPG, the second lowest total in the NFL this fall and signing Christian Kirk away from Arizona was a great start as starting WRs… Read More »
Argos, Bombers host CFL semis … There will be renewals of a couple of the CFL’s fiercest rivalries Sunday in the Canadian league’s semi-finals. Hamilton will play in Toronto in the Eastern final at 12:30 PM ET Sunday afternoon, while out west Saskatchewan will play in Winnipeg in the Western title game with KO set for 4:00 PM… Read More »
Huskers’ QB to transfer portal … Nebraska QB Adrian Martinez has become the latest veteran college QB to announce that they will be entering the transfer portal and playing elsewhere next fall. Martinez was a 4-year starter and three-time team captain with the Huskers, but could never get Nebraska over the hump as they never won more than… Read More »
Prospects preview for college football’s conference championship weekend … It’s conference championship weekend across the country with several games on the docket holding the keys to this year’s 4-team CFP playoff line-up. It all starts Friday night with a couple of games including Oregon against Utah in the PAC-12 title contest and Western Kentucky versus Texas-San Antonio in… Read More »
#5 OKLAHOMA STATE (11-1) vs #9 BAYLOR (10-2); Noon ET; ABC; Arlington … Nobody will blame Oklahoma State if they spend as much time on Saturday watching the scoreboard as focusing on Baylor, especially if they can defeat the Bears in the Big XII championship. That would appear to put the 5th-ranked Cowboys possibly into a position to… Read More »
UTAH STATE (9-3) at #19 SAN DIEGO STATE (11-1); 3 PM ET; FOX … This another second-tier championship that one often wouldn’t merit a preview, but this game has some very good prospects. Indeed, San Diego State, in particular, has a couple of legit second-day prospects in DE Cameron Thomas (#99, 6-5, 270) and P Matt Araiza (#2,… Read More »
#1 GEORGIA (12-0) vs #3 ALABAMA (11-1); 4 PM ET; CBS; Atlanta … Batten down the hatches and get ready for battle when arguably the two most talented teams in the country face each other for the SEC title in Atlanta. Interesting, though, that its this year that unbeaten and top-ranked comes into the game as the favorite.… Read More »
