Pats, Titans 1-2 as Giants win … The NY Giants, who have struggled to hit double figures on the scoreboard all season long put 45 on Indianapolis to end a team-record 10-game losing streak; they also avoided the ignomy of going winless at home this season. Unfortunately, though, it means the Giants will also drop out of the… Read More »
Top QB prospects hilite Saturday bowl bonanza … For those who care about these kinds of things there are 8 bowls on the schedule for Saturday starting with UConn versus North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl at 11 AM ET and running thru the Independence Bowl at 9:15 PM ET between Louisiana Tech and Army. And for a… Read More »
UGA QB Beck has surgery; done for year … Georgia announced earlier today that QB Carson Beck will not play again this season after undergoing surgery on his damaged shoulder. Beck injured his elbow just before half time of the Bulldogs SEC championship game win over Texas. Doctors say the surgery went well and that Beck will begin… Read More »
Needless to say we have literally been besieged of late with correspondence from our Giant fans friends bemoaning the fact that they feel that all they got for Christmas was this year was a lousy lump of coal! Needless to say we share the disappointment and frustration with what’s gone on with the team this fall. At the… Read More »
Raiders win! Giants to #1! … Las Vegas held off Jacksonville 19-14 in a late afternoon game today for their 3rd win of the year. As a result, the Giants, as the league’s only remaining 2-win team after losing in Atlanta earlier today, will hold the #1 pick in this week’s selection order for the opening round of… Read More »
Giants lurch closer to a top pick … The Giants threw a bit of a scare into their fans when they took an early 7-0 lead on the Falcons in Atlanta in one of today’s early games, but QB Drew Lock came to the rescue throwing a couple of pick-6s that opened the floodgates to a dismal 34-7… Read More »
Bring on the Dawgs; Irish to quarters … The first ever true multiple team college football playoff got under way last night at Notre Dame where the Irish knocked off cross-state rival Indiana 27-17 in a game that was never that close; indeed, the Hoosiers were able to save some dignity with a couple of TDs in the… Read More »
UGA QB Beck could be done for year … It appears to be increasingly likely that Georgia QB Carson Beck may not play again this season. Beck injured his elbow just before half time of the Bulldogs SEC championship game win over Texas and is now considering surgery as an option. The whole situation will also lead to… Read More »
INDIANA (11-1) at NOTRE DAME (11-1); 8 PM ET (Friday); ABC … Interesting start to the first-round of the playoffs with a couple of in-state rivals who have rarely played each other. Indeed, Notre Dame and Indiana haven’t played at all since 1991 and in fact only played that once since the late 1950s. Of course, its also… Read More »
As the QB turns … It has been sort of a wild and crazy day when it comes to QBs across the league with a number of moves that could ultimately impact how the 2025 draft plays. And maybe the biggest move of the day came in Atlanta where the Falcons have reportedly decided to finally give Michael… Read More »
Raiders, Giants, Pats stay 1-2-3 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, the top three picks in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft will again belong to Las Vegas, the NY Giants and New England. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just… Read More »
Updated: Giants hold serve; lose to Ravens and wait on Vegas re top pick … Leaving nothing to chance, the Giants lost 35-14 to Baltimore in an early afternoon to keep their hopes of ending up with #1 pick overall in the 2025 draft alive. The loss drops the Giants to 2-12 on the year and at least… Read More »
Buffs’ two-way star Hunter wins Heisman … Which team will be sitting on the #1 pick in this week’s updated selection order for the opening round of the 2025 draft won’t be decided until the very last game of the weekend as Las Vegas, which currently holds that top pick, hosts Atlanta in the 2nd of two Monday… Read More »
Rising Herd ER enters draft … We haven’t been noting every underclassmen opting to enter this year’s draft since most have long been expected to jump to the pros this year. However, we will note that Marshall redshirt sophomore DE Mike Green, arguably the best prospect in the country almost nobody has seen, has confirmed that he will… Read More »
First-round projection updated … With the college football regular season in the books it seemed like it might be a good time to update our first-round projection for the 2025 draft. As we have noted in the past, the goal here isn’t so much to try and predict which team will select which player, but to give some… Read More »
Big Board, positional rankings updated … With the regular college football season now in the books, we have updated the GBN Big Board for the 2025 draft which, for the record, is now just 136 days away. The Big Board has also been extended to include the top 150 prospects for the upcoming draft. Also for the record,… Read More »
Raiders, Giants 1-2-3 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, the top two picks in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft will belong to Las Vegas and the NY Giants. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played today.
CFP playoff field set; SMU in, Bama out … For those that missed it earlier in the day, but the initial 12-team CFP college football playoff field was announced earlier this afternoon. There were no surprises among the 4-seeded teams with conference champions Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona getting opening round byes. Indeed, the only surprise of… Read More »
No Carson Beck; no prob for UGA which goes to CFP with OT win in SEC final … It didn’t look all that promising for Georgia at the half in their SEC final matchup with Texas earlier this afternoon. The Bulldags were down three at the breal, and worse star QB Carson beck was out of the game… Read More »
Ashton who? RB Skattebo stars as Sun Devils’ win way to CFP … Arizona State is off to this year’s 12-team CFL playoff after a resounding 45-19 win over Iowa State in the Big XII championship game earlier this afternoon in Dallas. The 11-2 Sun Devils were led by RB Cam Skattebo who was literally untackleable as he… Read More »
SEC Championship (Atlanta): #3 Texas (11-1) vs #5 Georgia (10-2); 4 PM ET; ABC … The ‘Horns and Dawgs will hook up for a second time this year with a first-round bye on the line for the winner as both teams are already pretty much guaranteed a spot in the 12-team CFP field. And for the record, Georgia… Read More »
Who to watch in Friday night college title games … There are a trio of conference championship games on Friday evening including a key CFP play-in contest with #10 Boise State hosting #20 UNLV for the Mountain West title (8 PM ET; FOX). In fact, not only will Boise State make the playoffs with a win over UNLV,… Read More »
A&M QB Weigman to portal … Texas A&M redshirt sophomore QB Connor Weigman, another QB who was being talked about as a potential riser for the 2025 draft, has announced that he will be entering the transfer portal and be back at school somewhere next fall. In fact, Weigman will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Jags, Raiders, Giants 1-2-3 in updated weekly selection order … At least for this week, the top three picks in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft will belong to Jacksonville, Las Vegas and the NY Giants. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played… Read More »
Mizzou WR to enter draft; USC QB to transfer … No big surprise here as Missouri junior WR Luther Burden has announced that he will be entering the 2025 draft despite having a year of remaining eligibility. Burden, who has been comped to the 49ers Deebo Samuel, is considered to be a top 5-10 prospect for the upcoming… Read More »
