Jags clinch one of top 1-2 picks … Jacksonville left nothing to chance this afternoon in New England as they lost 50-10 to the Patriots to clinch at least one of the first two picks at the 2022 draft. In fact, the Jags will clinch the first overall pick if Detroit wins at Seattle in one of this… Read More »
Three more underclassmen enter draft … With most of the college football world focused on tomorrow’s CFP semi-final games, three more underclassmen announced today that they would be entering the upcoming draft including RBs Kevin Harris of South Carolina and Zonovan ‘Bam’ Knight of North Carolina State, along with Oklahoma PK Gabe Brkic. Harris is a 5-10, 225-pound… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (12-1) vs #4 Cincinnati (13-0); 3:30 PM ET; ESPN; Cotton Bowl; Arlington … One is tempted to call this the 21st century David versus Goliath when defending national champion Alabama faces upstart Cincinnati, the first ever non-Power 5 conference team to make the national playoffs, face off in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, but at least… Read More »
Happy New Year projection update … I wasn’t originally planning to update my 2022 mock draft until the end of the regular season; however, with the changes to the top of the selection order it was getting old way too fast so I decided to take a shot at a New Year update here.
Thursday bowl previews … After tonight, there’ll be just one more sleep before Friday’s national championship semi-finals. Before, we get there, though, there will be four more bowl games on Thursday, assuming none are cancelled at the last minute. And in keeping with out policy of not previewing any bowl game involving 6-6 teams we shan’t comment on… Read More »
Bowl parade continues Wednesday; will anyone notice??… The bowl build-up towards Friday’s CFP semi-finals continues with 3 more games on Wednesday. There were actually supposed to be a fourth, but the Fenway Bowl between Virginia and Southern Methodist was cancelled because of Covid-related issues. And we simply on principle refuse to review any bowl involving two 6-6 teams,… Read More »
No more gimmies at top of draft order … While almost nothing has been settled in the early selection order for the 2022 draft with just two weeks to go in the schedule, if there are, in fact, going to be any major shifts between now and the end of the season, it will almost certainly require a… Read More »
Bowl parade continues Tuesday; will anyone care??… The bowl build-up towards Friday’s CFP semi-finals continues with 5 games on Tuesday. Sounds good, but its also ‘buyer beware’ as 4 of the 5 games involve a 6-6 team. In fact, of the 15 bowl games scheduled for Monday through Thursday this week, 10 of the 30 teams involved were… Read More »
One CB into draft; one out … The NFL heard from a couple of the top corner prospects for the upcoming draft in the past day or so. On the one hand, Washington junior Trent McDuffie has indicated that he will in fact be turning pro this winter and entering the upcoming draft. The 5-11, 195-pound McDuffie is… Read More »
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 »
