PAC-12 CONFERENCE: #4 Washington (11-1) vs #8 Colorado (10-2); Santa Clara; 9 PM ET; FOX … Hands up anybody who had Washington versus Colorado in their pre-season conference championship pool. Hey! hands up anybody who even had either the Huskies or Buffs as their pick. Didn’t think so! But here we are with Washington playing Colorado in one… Read More »
UCLA DT in; Iowa LB out of draft … UCLA junior DT Eddie Vanderdoes has announced that he will be entering the 2017 draft despite the fact that he still has a year of college eligib ty left. Vanderdoes was an emerging draft star heading into the 2015 season, but he ended up sitting out almost all of… Read More »
Dismissed Canes LB to enter draft … Former Miami OLB Jermaine Grace, who was dismissed from the Hurricanes football team one week before the start of the season, has decided to enter the 2017 draft, rather than transfer for his final year of eligibility. Grace was dismissed from the Hurricanes along with DE Al-Quadin Muhammad for violating NCAA… Read More »
Is Irish QB Kizer leaning toward draft? … With their team’s season’s still underway, most underclassmen thinking of entering the 2017 draft took the political correct route and generally said when asked that hadn’t really thought about it and/or would be talking with their families and coaches once the season was done. Of course, the majority of top… Read More »
It will be just like old times in Columbus on Saturday afternoon (Noon ET; ABC) when the Buckeyes host the Wolverines with just about everything that matters on the line. For 3rd ranked Michigan, a win over OSU and they are off to next weekend’s Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis, likely against Wisconsin with a ticket to… Read More »
Apple Cup hilites Friday college sched … It has been a long time since the Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State had any meaning outside the state. However, one could make a pretty good case that the 2016 version of the Apple Cup, set to kick off at 3:30 PM ET on Friday afternoon on FOX, is… Read More »
It has been a long time since the Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State had any meaning outside the state. The last time that both teams were ranked entering the state derby was 2001 and the last time both teams had a chance to win the conference championship was 1981. In fact one could make a pretty… Read More »
LSU (6-4) at Texas A&M (8-3); 7:30 PM ET; ESPN … It wasn’t all that long ago that people were thinking that this game could actually have an impact on this year’s college playoff field. Instead it has turned into what could be called the ‘Disappointment Bowl’ as the Tigers have lost 4 times this fall (and already… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces another set of players … The Senior Bowl has announced another group of 17 players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game including RB Jamaal Williams of BYU; Florida State FB Freddie Stevenson; WRs Zay Jones of East Carolina, Trent Taylor of Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma’s Dede Westbrook; Mississippi TE Evan Engram; Temple OT… Read More »
LSU LB; Butkus finalist out for year with knee … LSU LB Kendell Beckwith, one of five finalists for this year’s Butkus Award to annually to the best linebacker in the nation, will not play Thursday when LSU hosts Texas A&M and could miss the Tigers’ eventful bowl game, because of an undisclsoed knee injury suffered in the… Read More »
It is kind of an awkward time for underclassmen thinking of entering the 2017 NFL draft. On the one hand, most of the top guys have to have pretty much decided that they will be turning pro this winter, but with their teams still involved in the fight for bowl positions, they don’t want to be a distraction… Read More »
Upsets reigned supreme in college football yesterday as each of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ranked teams were all knocked from the ranks of unbeaten teams. The shocks started early when Pittsburgh stunned #2 Clemson 43-42 on a 48-yard FG with just 6 seconds to play. Then 4th ranked Washington lost at home 24-13 to resurgent Southern California,… Read More »
Bonus coverage … Folks that haven’t seen much of North Carolina junior QB Mitch Trubisky, one of the rising stars of the 2017 draft class, so far this fall have a chance to check him out later this evening when the Tar Heels play at Duke at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. Indeed, more than one scout around… Read More »
Washington has confirmed that senior OLB Joe Mathis, one of the team’s leaders on defense, will miss the remainder of the regular season with a foot injury. Mathis actually missed the last three games, but still lead’s the 4th ranked, unbeaten Huskies team leader in sacks. Washington, though, hopes that Mathis could return for the Huskies’ bowl game.… Read More »
Ups and downs from Michigan derby … NFL types are still buzzing about the performance of Michigan redshirt sophomore LB/S Jabrill Peppers in the #2 ranked Wolverines road win over intrastate rivals Michigan State on Saturday. What was most remarkable about Peppers’ day was the incredible versatility as he ultimately played as many as 10 different positions over… Read More »
1- Cleveland Browns: DeSHONE KIZER – SOPH – QB – NOTRE DAME 2- San Francisco 49ers: BRAD KAAYA – JR – QB – MIAMI 3- Chicago Bears: DeSHAUN WATSON – JR – QB – CLEMSON 4- Carolina Panthers: LEONARD FOURNETTE – JR – RB – LSU 5- New York Jets: MYLES GARRETT – JR – DE/OLB – TEXAS… Read More »
For those not riveted by the NFL’s Thursday night matchup between Jacksonville and Tennessee, both of which are sub-.500 teams, there are a couple of intriguing college games on ESPN later this evening with some interesting draft implications of their own. At 7 PM ET, Pittsburgh hosts #25 Virginia Tech in a critical ACC divisional game. Both Pitt… Read More »
1) ALABAMA 8-0 Still look like the best, head and shoulders above the rest. 2) MICHIGAN 7-0 Cruising toward showdown game with now imperfect Buckeyes. 3) WASHINGTON 7-0 The young Huskies look like the best of the Left Coast teams. 4) CLEMSON 7-0 Better be ready to be better on Offense or FSU could bite them. 5) LOUISVILLE… Read More »
#6 Texas A&M (6-0) at #1 Alabama (6-0); 3:30 PM ET; CBS … NFL scouts have had this game circled since the schedule came out with the prospect of having the consensus top prospect overall in Texas A&M junior DE Myles Garrett going up against the consensus #1 OT in this year’s draft class in Alabama junior LT… Read More »
There are a couple of potentially intriguing games on the college football schedule this evening for those who aren’t baseball fans and are not enamored with the NFL’s Thursday night match-up as Miami (4-2) plays at Virginia Tech (4-2) at 7 PM ET on ESPN in what amounts to a virtual elimination game for both team’s ACC playoff… Read More »
Vols RB injured; likely out a month … Tennessee junior RB/KR Alvin Kamara will miss the next 2-4 weeks after suffering an LCL sprain as well as an undisclosed meniscus injury that may need arthroscopic surgery after he took a late hit out of bounds on a punt return in the Alabama game Saturday. Kamara, a nifty change-of-pace… Read More »
College injury updates … Florida OLB Jarrad Davis, who we have rated as the #3 guy at the position for the 2017 draft, is out indefinitely after suffering what is being described as a badly sprained ankle in the Gators’ win over Missouri on the weekend. Meanwhile, Oklahoma junior RB Samaje Perine, one of the top prospects at… Read More »
Corner rankings posted … Slowly working away on the initial 2017 rankings with what is looking like a pretty good potential CB class the latest to be previewed.
Week 5 games with draft implications … The fifth full Sunday on the NFL regular season schedule kicks off in just a few hours with several games with implications for the early selection order for the 2017 draft. In fact, this weekend’s NFL schedule includes several games between 1-3 teams including Chicago at Indianapolis and Tennessee at Miami;… Read More »
THE best position at the 2017 draft … looks like it will be the DEs – with apologies to the RBs! Here is our initial ranking of this year’s DE prospects for the upcoming draft, although as we noted in the offensive rankings there is still a ton of sorting out to be done.
