I was going to write up some Bowl Game projections… and then I took a good look at the initial group of games. Pretty pathetic contests in general, especially when you consider that many of the top players, who are Draft eligible, are going to skip their teams’ games to prepare for the NFL Draft process. That process… Read More »
Bowl season kicks off with twofer … The preliminary bowl season gets underway on Friday with a doubleheader including the Bahamas Bowl (11;30 AM ET; ESPN), which is played in the Bahamas, and the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl (3 PM ET; ESPN), which fortunately isn’t played in Duluth, but in Orlando. And while in most years the very… Read More »
More Senior Bowl additions … Over the past day or so the Senior Bowl has announced that a half dozen more players have committed to this year’s game including Ohio State DE Zach Harrison, Clemson DT Tyler Davis, CBs Rejzohn Wright of Oregon State and South Carolina’s Darius Rush, Florida OT Richard Gouraige, and Oklahoma FB/TE Brayden Willis.… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the books, the selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft, were it to be held this week, has been updated.
Star Coastal QB to transfer; other college notes … Once again college football fans will need a program next fall to figure out who is QBing who! And yet another top QB appears to be on the move as Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina, one of the most efficient passers in college football, has entered the transfer portal… Read More »
Three more juniors enter draft … A trio of promising true 3rd year juniors have indicated that they will be entering this year’s draft including LSU DE B.J. Ojulari, Wisconsin LB Nick Herbig and Penn State WR Parker Washington. The 6-3, 250-pound Ojulari is a late first round prospect who is currently ranked #33 on the GBN Big… Read More »
Broncos loss boosts Seahawks to #2 pick … Like Houston, which gave Dallas all they could handle earlier this afternoon, Denver threw a scare into Kansas City, rallying from a 27-0 deficit to make a game of it against the Chiefs, but ultimately fell short and dropped to 3-10. As a result, Seattle, which owns the Broncos first-round… Read More »
Cardinal get top FCS coach … It is not quite the sexy hire that several other prominent FBS programs made in filling their vacant head coaching position, but Stanford may have got a good one when they hired Troy Taylor away from Sacramento State, the #2 ranked team in the FCS ranks this fall. That would be the… Read More »
Irish DE; three more added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that four more players have committed to this year’s game including Notre Dame DE Isaiah Foskey, a top 15-20 prospect for the upcoming draft who will be one of the higher rated players in Mobile this year. Meanwhile, the other additions include a… Read More »
Star Heels’ QB staying put; Irish DE entering draft; Tide WR returning in busy day of college moves … It was a busy on the college football waiver wire with a number of moves and/or announcements. Star North Carolina redshirt freshman Drake Maye, who is currently considered to be a potential elite prospect in the 2024 draft, has… Read More »
Falcons pull plug on QB; rook Ridder to start … After losing 4 of their last 5 starts to drop to 5-8, Atlanta is making a change at QB. Veteran Marcus Mariota is being benched and replaced by rookie Desmond Ridder, the Falcons’ 3rd round pick at the 2022 draft. At least Ridder will have a little time… Read More »
The regular college football season has concluded, with Bowl Games just around the corner. College players are already declaring their intent to enter the Draft, or stay in school. Many of those opting to return for another college season are also entering the Transfer Portal. And the acceptance lists for the major Star games are filling in nicely.… Read More »
Who’s #1? Updated GBN Big Board posted … With the college football season now in the books, save for the bowls, the GBN Big Board for the 2023 draft has been updated and expanded. A couple of things stood out. On the one hand, even though what appears to be an inordinate number of players are opting to… Read More »
Two more juniors to return to school … Along with LSU junior WR Kayshon Boutte, who announced late yesterday that he will be returning to school next fall rather than entering the 2023 draft, two other 3rd year players including Oregon LB Justin Flowe and South Carolina TE Jaheim Bell have also made that decision. Both had been… Read More »
Another Baker’s half-dozen plus added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that 7 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Fresno State QB Jake Haener, Houston WR Nathaniel Dell, Alabama OG Emil Ekiyor, Oklahoma State DT Tyler Lacy, Boise State safety J.L. Skinner along with a pair from Clemson in DE… Read More »
Trio of juniors enter draft … Three more juniors announced today that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and will be entering the upcoming draft including Florida DT Gervon Dexter and CBs Jaylon Jones of Texas A&M and Maryland’s Deonte Banks. Jones and Dexter are third year juniors while Banks was a 4th year player this… Read More »
Frogs, Bucks make CFP; Tide, Vols out … The 4-team CFP playoff teams have been announced and it will be TCU and Ohio State joining top-ranked Georgia and #2 Michigan in the national semi-finals. Ohio State will face Georgia in the Peach Bowl, while TCU will meet Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl. both games will be played New… Read More »
Two more added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that 2 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Nebraska WR Trey Palmer and Oregon DE/LB D.J. Johnson, both of whom are intriguing second-tier types coming off breakout years. The 6-1, 190-pound Palmer, for example, had 71 receptions fo over 1,000 yards… Read More »
Let the debate begin after TCU drops Big XII title game in OT … Heading into the day the CFP picture seemed to be pretty clear. Win the Big XII championship and TCU was in; lose and the 4th and final spot in the national playoff goes to Alabama. Texas Christian did lose today’s conference final 31-28 to… Read More »
We are less than 2 months away from Senior Bowl Week in Mobile. Right now the hot topic item for the Mobile game is the Player Acceptances that are rolling in. As of this article composition the count of players accepting invites for the game is just over 70. I expect we will see a rash of acceptances… Read More »
Who to watch on college conference championship weekend … As noted in an earlier report, college football’s championship weekend has something of an odd feel to it this year. No question that two of the Power 5 title games – Southern Cal and Utah in the Pac-12 game Friday evening and the TCU-Kansas State in the Big XII… Read More »
PAC-12 Championship: #4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (11-1) vs #12 UTAH (9-3); 8 PM ET FRIDAY; Las Vegas; ABC … Southern Cal continues its somewhat improbable run to a berth in the 4-team CFP when the Trojans play Utah in the Pac-12 title in Las Vegas on Friday night. Win and it appears that USC, which has risen to #4… Read More »
Michigan takes two hits … Literally just hours before they are scheduled to played Purdue in the Big Ten conference championship game, Michigan got two doses of bad news. On the one hand, star RB Blake Corum will reportedly undergo surgery to repair a knee issue and obviously won’t be playing this weekend. There is no word, though,… Read More »
Positional rankings updated … With the college football regular season, we have tweaked and updated the various positional rankings for the 2023 draft as per the drop down menu at the top of the page. Again, these rankings are based as mush as we can on what we are hearing from around the NFL as to how teams… Read More »
And so another college football season winds up its regular season. One door closes, another opens. Now we move on to Conference Championship games, followed by Bowling For Dollars. THE GAME, as they call it in the Big Ten, was indeed the big game with MICHIGAN winning its 2nd straight showdown with Ohio State. Plenty of action, and… Read More »
