The QBs sucked up most of the air at the Senior Bowl, but there were in fact a relatively large number of really good performances at other positions this week in Mobile. Indeed, a pretty good case can be made that the best player in Mobile this week was Georgia OG Isaiah Wynn. Wynn, who played LT for… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … Just about all eyes were on QBs Josh Allen of Wyoming and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield at this week’s Senior Bowl practices. Both, of course, are among the top prospects overall for the upcoming draft and were hoping to close the gap on Southern California’s Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen of UCLA… Read More »
Last of Senior Bowl practice coming up … The third and final day of practice sessions at the Senior Bowl get underway in Mobile later thius afternoon with still plenty of questions to answer. The North team – with headliners Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen – hits the field at 1:30 PM ET, while the South team gets… Read More »
CFP National Championship (Atlanta): Georgia (13-1) vs Alabama (13-1); 8 PM ET; ESPN It will be an all-SEC match-up in the CFP national championship game in Atlanta on Monday evening with Georgia playing Alabama. This is old hat for Alabama which will be playing in its 5th national title games in the past 8 years, although this likely… Read More »
Horns LB Jefferson one of three to enter draft … Another ‘no surprise here’ as Texas junior All-America ILB Malik Jefferson has confirmed his intention to bypass his final year of college eligibility and enter the 2018 draft. The 6-2, 240-pound Jefferson is a second-day prospect for this year’s draft after racking up 110 tackles this fall including… Read More »
TAXSLAYER BOWL (Jacksonville): Louisville (8-4) vs #23 Mississippi State (8-4); Noon ET; ESPN The Taxslayer Bowl gives fans – not to mention pro scouts – one last chance – presumably – to watch Louisville junior QB Lamar Jackson (#8, 6-3, 210), who has arguably been the most exciting player in college football over the past three seasons. Jackson,… Read More »
Updated weekly draft order posted … With just one week to go in the regular schedule, the weekly ‘if the draft were held today’ selection order for the opening round of the 2018 draft has been posted.
Leading Big XII WR enters draft … Texas Tech junior WR KeKe Coutee hs announced that he will be entering the upcoming draft. The 5-11, 180-pound Coutee had 93 receptions for over 1,400 yards and 10 scores this past season; in fact, he is currently second in the country in receiving yards. Coutee is also currently rated as… Read More »
Top junior WR enters draft … Southern Methodist junior WR Courtland Sutton, has announced that he will be entering the 2018 draft. Sutton is expected to be one of the first WRs off the board this coming April, although there appears to still be some debate as to whether he is a legit top 10 candidate or more… Read More »
QB Allen enters draft after bowl win … To no one’s great surprise, Wyoming junior QB Josh Allen announced after today’s bowl win over Central Michigan that he will be entering the 2018 draft where he figures to be one of the top 4-5 prospects at the position despite the fact that he struggled at times this fall.… Read More »
Three more juniors declare … Three more juniors have announced they will be entering the 2018 draft including Louisville CB Jaire Alexander and OGs Taylor Hearn of Clemson and Southeastern Louisiana’s Maea Teuhema. Alexander, who has notified the team that he will not participate in the TaxSlayer Bowl against Mississippi State later this month, picked off 5 passes… Read More »
Bahamas Bowl: Ohio (8-4) vs Alabama-Birmingham (8-4); 12:30 PM ET; ESPN Getting to travel to the Bahamas is a nice reward for a couple of decent 8-4 mid-major programs. It is especially nice for UAB which made a successful return to the college football wars this fall after the program was shut down for a couple of years.… Read More »
Three more juniors declare for draft … A trio of juniors announced today that they will be entering the upcoming draft. Heading the list is Indiana WR Simmie Cobbs, a first-team All Big Ten team honoree this year. Cobbs is a big (6-3, 220), physical underneath receiver who had 72 receptions this fall despite an unsetteld QB situation… Read More »
Selection order updated … With just two weeks to go in the NFL regular schedule, the first-round selection order for the 2018 draft were it to be held this week, has been updated.
Bowl sched resumes … After a couple of days off, the college football schedule resumes Tuesday evening when resurgent Florida Atlantic plays host to Akron in the Boca Raton Bowl in of all places Boca Raton. Give folks a chance to see what all the fuss is at FAU where enigmatic Lane Kiffen took over a bedraggled program… Read More »
Browns close in on top pick … Cleveland’s magic number to clinch the #1 pick at the 2018 draft is down to one after the Browns fell 27-10 at home to Baltimore to drop to 0-14. Bottom line is that if the Browns lose either of their two remaining games – both on the road at Chicago and… Read More »
Updated first round selection order posted … With another week in the book, the opening round selection order for the 2018 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Three more juniors enter draft; other college notes … A trio of juniors have reportedly confirmed in one way or another over the past few days that they will be entering the draft. They are Florida DT Taven Bryan, Pitt S/CB Jordan Whitehead and Maryland CB J.C. Jackson. Bryan is the highest rated of the three; he’s a… Read More »
Shrine game announces roster additions … Late last week, the East-West Shrine all-star game announced the names of a second batch of players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game in St. Petersburg. That brings the number of players who have accepted invitations to the Shrine game to 66. Heading the list of players who have accepted… Read More »
Selection order updated … The opening round selection order for the 2018 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Quartet of juniors added to 2018 list … Over the course of the past few days, four more juniors have announced in one way or another that they will be skipping their final years of eligibility and entering the 2018 draft including Texas junior DBs DeShon Elliott and Holton Hill. Elliott is a FS with second-day potential, while… Read More »
Big XII Championship: #3 Oklahoma (11-1) vs #11 TCU (10-2); Dallas; 12:30 PM ET; FOX … The big-time championship games get underway on Saturday afternoon when Oklahoma plays TCU in the Big XII title contest at the Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington. And since this is the Big XII, expect a shoot-out with veteran QBs Baker Mayfield (#6, 6-1,… Read More »
SEC Championship: #2 Auburn (10-2) vs #6 Georgia (11-1); Atlanta; 4 PM ET; CBS … Fans turning into the SEC championship game expecting to see Alabama will of course be sorely disappointed as the Crimson Tide were knocked out of the SEC East division lead last week when they were upset by cross-state rival Auburn. However, Alabama still… Read More »
PAC-12 Championship: #14 Stanford (9-3) vs #9 Southern California (10-2); Santa Clara; 8 PM ET; Friday; ESPN … Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there is any realistic avenue for the PAC-12 champion to get an invite to the 4-team college football playoffs. Heck, the Cardinal and Trojans aren’t even playing for a spot in the Rose Bowl which… Read More »
QB changes could impact early draft order … Two of the three teams in the chase for the top pick at the 2018 draft made rather dramatic moves at QB yesterday which could shake up the way the top three picks ultimately shake out. For those who spent the day in another universe, the Giants announced that Eli… Read More »
