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.
by Steve Callahan; GBN Special Correspondent The college football and NFL seasons have just gotten underway, yet it is never too soon to check in on the top prospects for the 2017 draft next April, major publications are already making mock drafts. Everyone is familiar with the big names at the most popular schools at the most prestigious… Read More »
Initial skill position rankings posted … A little later than usual, our initial positional rankings have been posted for the offensive skill positions including for QB, RB, WR and TE. Obviously, there is still much sorting out to be done, but our staff’s initial impression is that it looks like it could be very good years at RB… Read More »
And then there was just one!! … After a bright start in San Diego, New Orleans appeared to be on the way to a fourth straight loss to start the season when they punted the ball away down 13 points with just over 6 minutes to play. But the Chargers fumbled the ball back on subsequent play that… Read More »
In what was a wild and wacky week on the college football field, NFL scouts likely ended up holding their collective breaths as both Texas A&M junior DE Myles Garrett and LSU junior RB Len Fournette, generally considered to be the top two prospects for the 2017 draft at this time, both ended up rolling around the ground… Read More »
In conversation with … Over the course of the next few months as we head toward the 2017 draft, we’ll be talking to other draft analysts out there to get their impressions of the latest issues impacting the draft. Today’s guest is Brian Bosarge, editor of Deep Fried Draft. Brian still isn’t a household name in draft circles,… Read More »
Over the course of the next few months as we head toward the 2017 draft, we’ll be talking to other draft analysts out there to get their impressions of the latest issues impacting the draft. Today’s guest in Brian Bosarge, editor of Deep Fried Draft. Brian isn’t a household name yet in draft circles, but we keep hearing… Read More »
