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 »
#1 ALABAMA (5-0) at TEXAS A&M (3-2); 8 PM ET; CBS … The perennial question in the SEC every year, of course, is can anyone in the West beat Alabama? And when the schedule came out earlier this year, just about everybody red-circled this game as the rest of the division’s best chance. However, the game lost much… Read More »
Top 5 CB Stingley out indefinitely … LSU has announced that All-America junior CB Derek Stingley, a top 5 prospect for the 2022 draft, underwent surgery to address a foot problem earlier today and will be out indefinitely. Stingley originally injured the foot in training camp, but played through it early in the season. He did play in… Read More »
GBN Top 100 tweaked … With the first full month of the college season now in the books, the GBN scout staff (well actually Chief Scout Larry Parker, who does much of this stuff for us these days) has adjusted the GBN Top 100 for the 2022 draft based on how the season has played out to date.… Read More »
The meek did inherit the earth … updated … After three of the NFL’s four winless teams playing Sunday came up Ws, the early selection order for the 2022 draft were it to be held this week got a major reshuffling. Jacksonville, which lost on Thursday night holds onto the top spot, but Detroit moves up to the… Read More »
Jags oh-so close but lose again on last minute FG … For much of last night’s Thursday night game against Cincinnati it appeared Jacksonville would finally end an 18-game losing streak. The Jags led 14-0 at the half and were still up a TD early in the 4th quarter. Alas, it was not to be as the Bengals… Read More »
#7 CINCINNATI (3-0) at #9 NOTRE DAME (4-0); 2:30 PM ET; NBC … What was that old ad on TV featuring the ‘Most Interesting Man in the World’? Something like that. Well this could very well be THE most interesting game on the 2021 schedule. Certainly it has a chance to be the most impactful. Here’s the deal:… Read More »
QB class ‘slip-sliding away’??? … I live just over three hours from Syracuse and when the schedule came out with the Orange hosting Liberty, and rising star QB Malik Willis, I started thinking about trying to get down there to see what all the fuss was about. Alas, the border is still closed to Canadians so I watched… Read More »
Panthers win, lose versus Texans … Carolina has confirmed this morning that CB Jaycee Horn, whom the Panthers chose with the 8th pick overall in the first round of the 2021 draft, will miss much of the rest of the season after breaking a foot in last night’s win over Houston. Horn is expected to be out 2-3… Read More »
#7 TEXAS A&M (3-0) at #16 ARKANSAS (3-0); 3:30 PM ET; CBS … One might be tempted to ask what if they scheduled a big SEC game and a couple of old Southwest Conference teams showed. Of course, the Aggies and Hogs were both once rock-solid members of the original SWC, but both ultimately migrated to the SEC… Read More »
Shifting QB draft sands?? … Granted, we are just three games into the current college season and there is a lot of football yet to be played, but there is a bit of a buzz around the NFL that more than one team, including several with early picks, are starting to rethink the top of their QB position… Read More »
Bears’ Fields gets first start as NFL QB landscape shifts … There will be some major changes in the NFL’s QB landscape this coming week. For starters, former Ohio State star Justin Fields, the 11th player selected at the 2021 draft, will get his first career start when Chicago plays at Cleveland in an early game on Sunday.… Read More »
QB Brewer bolts Utes; Canes’ King dinged again … In something of a surprise, Utah QB Charlie Brewer, who started all three games for the Utes this fall, abruptly left the team after he was pulled from last weekend’s upset loss to San Diego State and then demoted. Brewer, of course, was a productive 4-year starter at Baylor… Read More »
Mahomes/Jackson matchup hilites Sunday NFL sched … Its game day in the NFL and folks around the league can’t wait for tonight’s featured matchup when Kansas City plays at Baltimore with the KO set for 8:20 PM ET on NBC. This is one of those games that could very well be a preview of the AFC championship game… Read More »
BC QB likely done for year … Boston College QB Phil Jurkovec could miss the rest of the season with a right wrist injury suffered last Saturday against UMass. Jurkovec underwent surgery Monday. Jurkovec had generally been considered to be an early third day type prospect if he came out early this year, but would now appear likely… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA at #11 FLORIDA; 3:30 PM ET, CBS … The SEC schedule gets off with a bang with defending national champion Alabama travelling to Florida to take on the 11th ranked Gators. Alabama did take some hits this year after 6 former Tide players were selected within the first 24 picks at the 2021 draft, including QB… Read More »
College football injury update … Alabama, which lost starting ILB Chris Allen for the year with a fractured foot during the Tide’s season opening win Miami, got another injury scare this past weekend when rising OLB Will Anderson, the team’s best pass rusher, was forced to leave the team’s win over FCS Mercer this past Saturday after taking… Read More »
That turned around fast; OSU LB granted immediate eligibility … On Thursday, Ohio State rather gloomily announced that the NCAA had turned down former USC LB Palaie Gaoteote’s petition for immediate eligibility. Then earlier today, they walked that back a bit saying that in fact no final decision had been reached. And earlier this evening, the NCAA confirmed… Read More »
Big XII back to even dozen with addition of 4 schools … The Big XII actually hasn’t had 12 teams for years and the conference’s very existence, at least as a Power-5 entity, was very much in doubt after the league’s two power programs – Texas and Oklahoma – announced earlier this summer that they would be moving… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … Last weekend’s terrific slate of games, which more than one analyst called the best opening week schedule in college football ever, more than lived up to the billing. And it should be more of the same this coming weekend with several outstanding inter-sectional match-ups including Oregon at #3 Ohio… Read More »
#12 OREGON at #3 OHIO STATE; Noon ET; FOX … The question around the NFL scouting community this day is ‘will he?, or won’t he?’ The HE is Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux (#5, 6-5, 260), arguably the top-rated prospect overall for the 2022 draft. And the ‘will he’ is whether he’ll be able to play in Saturday’s key… Read More »
Saints complete Roby deal; Texans get two picks … New Orleans finally completed that trade with Houston for veteran CB Bradley Roby. In exchange, the Saints will send Houston a 3rd rounder in 2022 and a conditional 6th-rounder in 2023. To facilitate the trade, the Texans converted almost $8M of Roby’s base salary into a signing bonus leaving… Read More »
Are you ready for some football, part deux! … The 2021 NFL regular season kicks off later this evening with defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay hosting Dallas at 8:20 PM ET on NBC. And with the season about to kick-off, we offer our league-wide predictions in our annual fearless NFL forecast. We have also posted our annual… Read More »
