Jermaine Johnson, 6-5, 265, 4.55; Florida State … Rising 5th-year senior who has taken a rather circuitous path to the top of the draft board. A 2-star recruit out of Minnesota who didn’t qualify academically, he originally went the JC route where he emerged as a potentially disruptive edge-rusher with offers from all the big-time football programs. He… Read More »
Weekly prospects preview … It is down to crunch time in college football and for those that don’t follow the sport all that closely there are essentially just 7 teams across the country that control their own destinies as far as the national championship playoffs are concerned. They include Georgia and Alabama from the SEC, Ohio State and… Read More »
It is down to crunch time in college football and for those that don’t follow the sport all that closely, there are essentially just 7 teams across the country that control their own destinies as far as the national championship playoffs are concerned. They include Georgia and Alabama from the SEC, Ohio State and Michigan from the Big… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Here’s Paul’s column covering last weekend’s slate of games.
Overall: So will the real Giants please stand up! Are they the guys that bumbled their way to a disastrous 0-3 start in one of the easy parts of the schedule to open the year, or the group that has gone 3-3 during arguably the toughest part of the schedule? The simple answer is that there is no… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week’s action in the books, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Second pick up for grabs in Sunday action … Detroit is guaranteed to still be sitting on the #1 pick in the ‘if the draft were held today’ opening round selection order as the league’s last remaining winless team has its bye. At least the Lions can’t loss this week! However, the second pick overall, at least for… Read More »
LIBERTY (7-2) at #15 MISSISSIPPI (6-2); Noon; SEC Network … When it was originally scheduled, this was likely supposed to be a breather game for Ole Miss between tough SEC contests with Auburn and Texas A&M. Instead, we get treated to a head-to-head matchup between two of the top 2-3 QBs likely headed for the 2022 draft in… Read More »
Eagles get rook CB for Broncos’ 6th … In a late trade prior to today’s deadline, Philadelphia acquired CB Kary Vincent from Denver in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2022. Vincent was a seventh-round round pick this past April, but while he has spent the entire season on the 53-man roster, he has not played a… Read More »
Initial college playoff rankings released … The college football playoff committee released their initial set of rankings for this year’s 4-team national championship playoffs. And for the first time ever, a team from a non-Power 5 conference made the top 4 with Cincinnati, ranked 2nd in both the AP and Coaches polls, making the grade. Yeah sure! In… Read More »
Draft focus stays on Michigan … The eyes of college football were riveted on the state of Michigan on Saturday as Michigan and Michigan State had a titanic battle for the lead in the very competitive Big Ten East. When the smoke had cleared the underdog Spartans came away with a dramatic 37-33 win over their cross-state rivals… Read More »
Texans get 7th rounder from Saints for RB Ingram … This week’s trade between Houston and New Orleans in which the Texans sent RB Mark Ingram to the Saints was confirmed by the NFL earlier today. In exchange, the Texans will get a 7th round pick in 2024 from the Saints.
Weekly prospects preview … After a couple of quiet weeks on the college football schedule, things pick up again this week with teams heading into the homestretch final month of the season. And the focus this weekend will be on the Big Ten which has a couple of virtual elimination games on the schedule in the conference’s East… Read More »
#6 MICHIGAN (7-0) at #8 MICHIGAN STATE (7-0); Noon ET; FOX … Nobody was expecting all that much from either program heading into the season, but here we are in the final week of October and the 114th meeting between the two in-state rivals is for the Big Ten East lead. It’s also not that hard to figure… Read More »
Pickett’s ‘charge’ up draft boards … I’m sorry, but just couldn’t resist! But whether you want to call it a ‘charge’ or not, there has been a growing buzz around the NFL in the past week to ten days that Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett is suddenly a guy to watch for the 2022 draft. And that buzz evolved… Read More »
Pickett’s ‘charge’ up draft boards … I’m sorry, but just couldn’t resist! But whether you want to call it a ‘charge’ or not, there has been a growing buzz around the NFL in the past week to ten days that Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett is suddenly a guy to watch for the 2022 draft. And that buzz evolved… Read More »
NFL confirms Indy to host ’22 combine; bids for ’23 … The NFL confirmed at today’s opening of their fall owner’s meetings that the 2022 scouting combine will again be held in Indianapolis. At the same time, the league also confirmed that it will be taking bids for the 2023 event from Dallas, Los Angeles and Indianapolis. Seems… Read More »
Once again, Sunday’s win over Carolina proved one thing: Winning is way better than losing!!! And while 2-5 is way better than 1-6, you are still down there in draft pick territory. Again, what grates, and is going to grate pretty much all year is that the season was so close to really mattering. Throw out an inconsequential… Read More »
Pigskin’s week four prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Needless to say, he had plenty to chew on after another weekend of terrific games. Here’s Paul’s column for this week.
Weekly prospects preview … We college football fans have been truly spoiled through the first half of the season as there have been great games on the schedule week in and week out so far this season. Not so much this weekend, though, as there are exactly zero games between ranked opponents, which apparently ties the record for… Read More »
Texans-Dolphins talking Watson trade again: Report … John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, one of the best connected NFL analysts in the business, is reporting this evening (McClain’s original article is behind a paywall) that the Texans and Miami Dolphins are talking again about a possible trade for QB Deshaun Watson and that a deal could be finalized… Read More »
‘Mr Irrelevant’ passes … Little bit of sad news from the draft world via our long-time friend and colleague in the business Frank Coyle, editor of the Draft Insiders’ Digest. Paul Salata, the originator of the ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ award given annually to the final player selected in each year, passed away over the weekend. He was 94 and… Read More »
Anyone ever wonder what happens in a game in which the less talented team gets outworked, outhustled and outcoached. If you’re not sure, just re-watch the tape of the Giants 38-11 loss at home to the LA Rams Sunday afternoon. However, we shan’t be joining you; we know what we saw. Actually the Giants were competitive enough for… Read More »
Eclectic viewing on tap on college sked … College football have been spoiled so far this fall with one great weekend slate of games after another. Not so much this weekend though. And you know its sort of an off week when Kentucky is playing in what is arguably the most attractive game of the weekend and basketball… Read More »
Rattler benched in Sooners big comeback win … Fascinating game in Dallas earlier today as 6th ranked Oklahoma rallied from 18 points down in the 4th quarter to knock off Texas 55-48 in the Red River Shootout. And Sooners’ QB Spencer Rattler, who not that long ago was being touted as a potential top 5 candidate for the… Read More »
