Bowl prospects preview … Used to be one had to wait at least a month or so after the end of the college football season for the bowl schedule to get underway. Not so anymore as it feels like the bowls are simply an extension of the regular season. And that extension gets underway in earnest on Saturday… Read More »
Buckeyes’ DT Jones enters draft … Ohio State junior DT Dre’Mont Jones has confirmed that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he is projected to be a first round pick. Jones may be a tad undersized at 6-3, 290, but he is very quick and led all DTs in the country with 8.5 sacks this past… Read More »
Top CFL QB on NFL tour … Calgary QB Bo Levi Mitchell, the CFL’s reigning MVP, worked out for Denver earlier this week after visiting with the Vikings late last week in Minnesota. Mitchell, who officially becomes a free agent in September, reportedly has at least 3 other visits or workouts already scheduled, while he has also reportedly… Read More »
Spartan RB Scott shifts gears; will enter draft … Michigan State junior RB L.J. Scott has formally announced that he will in fact be entering the 2019 draft. Scott, who only played in 4 games this past season, had originally indicated he would return for a 5th year of eligibility, but ultimately decided that the threat of another… Read More »
Bills cut WRs Benjamin, Holmes … Interesting that on the same day that Mississippi junior A.J. Brown, the consensus top receiver prospect in this year’s draft class, announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft, Buffalo released veteran WR Kelvin Benjamin and Andre Holmes. Benjamin is currently second on the Bills this season with 354 receiving yards,… Read More »
Who to watch in Saturday’s conference championship games … Conference championship weekend in college football actually gets underway later this evening with the PAC-12 and MAC title games. However, the real action begins tomorrow when the other power 5 conferences have their championship games including when #1 Alabama faces #4 Georgia for the SEC title which, for all… Read More »
#6 OHIO STATE (11-1) vs #21 NORTHWESTERN (8-4); Indianapolis; 8 PM ET; FOX … Ohio State’s hopes of making this year’s CFL playoff looked to be dead in the water after an embarrassing loss at Purdue in late October, but the Buckeyes are suddenly in the hunt again after last weekend’s resounding win over Michigan to claim the… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (12-0) vs #4 GEORGIA (11-1); 4:00 PM ET; Atlanta; CBS … No surprise that the SEC championship game could be the best conference title match-up this weekend. Indeed, this is the only game this weekend from which both teams can quality for the CFP playoff with a win so it has the feel of a real… Read More »
Friday’s Conference Championship Games MAC Championship; Detroit: BUFFALO (10-2) vs NORTHERN ILLINOIS (7-5); 7:00 PM ET; ESPN2 … The MAC championship usually doesn’t rate as must-see TV for pro scouts, but this year’s match-up between Buffalo and Northern Illinois is a little different as both teams have multiple legitimate players with at least some second-day potential for the… Read More »
The 2nd batch of acceptances to the East-West Shrine Game have been announced. The latest 19 players to accept are: QB Jordan Ta’amu – Mississippi Taylor Cornelius – Oklahoma State David Blough – Purdue WR Terry Wright – Purdue TE Andrew Beck – Texas (De-committed from NFLPA Bowl) OT Tyree St. Louis – Miami Jackson Barton – Utah… Read More »
Thanksgiving college watch list … Here’s to a very happy and safe holiday weekend to everyone! And, of course, it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without plenty of football. The headliners have always been the NFL’s Thursday games, but there are also a number of key college match-ups this weekend which will feature plenty of top prospects for the 2019… Read More »
Who to watch on Thanksgiving weekend in college football: Thanksgiving Day: #18 Mississippi State (7-4) @ Mississippi (5-6); 7:30 PM ET; ESPN: Anybody who gets a little tired of all the turkey day NFL fare and flips over to the college game might be in for a little draft treat as the annual Egg Bowl just might feature… Read More »
Parker projection posted … With just three weeks to go in the regular college football season, GBN Investigative College Football Analyst Larry Parker has posted his latest opening round projection for the 2019 draft.
After last week’s slew of great college games between teams with both national and conference aspirations, this week’s slate is a little tamer – well, actually way tamer – as there are really no such head-to-head match-ups on this week’s schedule. However, there are still a number of potentially interesting situations with draft-related implications worth a look this… Read More »
College football into the home stretch … With essentially three weeks to go in the regular college football season, the playoff picture is quickly starting to come into focus. It certainly appears that Alabama and Clemson are destined to make the 4-team playoff, while unbeaten Notre Dame certainly controls its own fate, although there are no exact gimmies… Read More »
Updated selection order posted … With another week in the books, here is the updated full order for the opening round of the 2019 were it to be held this week.
Some rather significant match-ups over the past weekend may have helped us clear up some of the rankings… for now. More big games in this final month of the regular season may further clarify, or perhaps cloud, who the top teams are. For now here are my top dogs. 1) ALABAMA (9-0) They pretty much handled LSU like… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (8-0) at #3 LSU (7-1); 8 PM ET; CBS … Can anybody beat Alabama? That’s the question swirling around college football with the initial CFP playoff rankings out this week. Actually the better question might be ‘Can anybody even stay close to Alabama.’ Indeed, through 8 games this year, the defending national champs have won every… Read More »
49ers crush Raiders; drop out of 2nd pick … For those who went to bed early last night, the Battle of the Bay for the 2nd pick overall at the 2019 dud as San Francisco showed up, but Oakland apparently didn’t. In the end, the 49ers prevailed 34-3 in a game that was never close. As a result,… Read More »
Bay area battle for #2 pick in Thursday nighter … In a bit of TV scheduling magic that only a draft guy could love, 1-7 San Francisco hosts 1-6 Oakland in this week’s Thursday night game. The loser of tonight’s game will hold the 2nd pick overall in the in next week’s updated selection order for the 2019… Read More »
College football notes … Michigan State has confirmed that WR Felton Davis, the team’s leading receiver and a solid second tier prospect for the 2019 draft, will miss the rest of the campaign after he ruptured the Achilles’ tendon on his left leg during Saturday’s loss to intra-state rival Michigan. Davis is expected to undergo surgery and faces a… Read More »
More top prospects rankings posted … For those that haven’t seen them, a couple of prominent sources have posted lists of their top prospects for the 2019 draft. Pro Football Focus, for example, posted a listing of the top 32 guys for the upcoming draft, while Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks, two of the more connected draft analysts… Read More »
Giants trade DT Snacks to Lions for 5th … The housecleaning in New York continued as the Giants have traded veteran DT Damon Harrison, aka as Snacks, to Detroit. In exchange, the Giants will receive a 5th round pick at the 2019 draft which doesn’t seem like a whole lot for one of the best run stuffers in… Read More »
UCF QB Milton sits out win with ankle … If things weren’t bad enough overall for the 2019 draft QB class, star UCF QB McKenzie Milton, a dark-horse Heisman candidate, was unable to play in yesterday’s win over East Carolina because of a banged up ankle. Milton was replaced by Darrel Mack who led the unbeaten and 10th… Read More »
Vols’ Kongbo done for year with ACL … Tennessee DE/OLB Jonathan Kongbo tore an ACL is Saturday’s upset win over Auburn and will miss the rest of the year. The 6-6, 265-pound Kongbo who was a star sprinter in high school, has always looked the part of a top NFL prospect, but he’s never been overly productive in… Read More »
