College Football Season Open Thread.

[*Synric*]

Carson Beck is falling out of rhe first round with one game. Holy crap he looks lost.

[*bfine32*]

(09-28-2024, 10:22 PM)Synric Wrote: Carson Beck is falling out of rhe first round with one game. Holy crap he looks lost.

Maybe not

That 17 year old WR from Bama looks good

[*Synric*]

Aston Jeanty with a second 250+ yards rushing and 4+ TD game. I know Hunter is a Heisman favorite but Jeanty is putting up the Heisman RB numbers.

Ashton Jeanty is the only FBS player with multiple games with 4 Rush TD this season ?

Another video game-like performance in Boise State's 45-24 win over Wazzu ? pic.twitter.com/wDMPetF3RC

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 29, 2024

[*Synric*]

Ashton Jeanty made Washington State's defense look like a JV squad. I've never seen more forced missed tackles on a RB tape.

Just watch these 5 clips. #RB1 pic.twitter.com/kVZGdYLBeR

— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) September 29, 2024

[SouthernFan]

(09-28-2024, 10:04 PM)cinci4life Wrote: Jeremiah smith the WR from Ohio State is freaking amazing!!!

Agree, Jeremiah is the real deal!

[*Synric*]

I concur with this. I like the draft class but there's not alot of game-changers especially at Edge Rusher and OT.

Spoke to four NFL execs past week and all said same thing about upcoming 2025 draft, there's an ????????? ????? ?????? of sure-fire first rounders this year. Amount of Round 1 grades in most drafts is in mid-teens & good drafts tend to have low-20's. Based on…

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) September 30, 2024

[*Synric*]

(09-30-2024, 09:08 AM)Synric Wrote: I concur with this. I like the draft class but there's not alot of game-changers especially at Edge Rusher and OT.

Spoke to four NFL execs past week and all said same thing about upcoming 2025 draft, there's an ????????? ????? ?????? of sure-fire first rounders this year. Amount of Round 1 grades in most drafts is in mid-teens & good drafts tend to have low-20's. Based on…

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) September 30, 2024

Wanna add this means "Team Needs" will push players up or down the different teams draft boards and make day one more unpredictable. 

[SunsetBengal]

(09-29-2024, 11:54 AM)Synric Wrote:

Ashton Jeanty made Washington State's defense look like a JV squad. I've never seen more forced missed tackles on a RB tape.

Just watch these 5 clips. #RB1 pic.twitter.com/kVZGdYLBeR

— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) September 29, 2024

He's impressive. I'd say that it's more a case of "wow, that guy is hard to tackle", than "look at all of those missed tackles".

[*Synric*]

Emeka Egbuka is the slot receiver the Bengals are missing.

No block, no rock.

Emeka Egbuka's blocking was all over the MSU tape. That won't go unnoticed by NFL scouts. pic.twitter.com/3lE2Yfmb7g

— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) October 1, 2024

[SunsetBengal]

(10-03-2024, 07:01 AM)Synric Wrote: Emeka Egbuka is the slot receiver the Bengals are missing.

No block, no rock.

Emeka Egbuka's blocking was all over the MSU tape. That won't go unnoticed by NFL scouts. pic.twitter.com/3lE2Yfmb7g

— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) October 1, 2024

He's not as flashy as Harrison Jr. or Jeremiah Smith, but Egbuka's pretty good at that catch and run thing, too.

[*Synric*]

(10-03-2024, 07:51 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: He's not as flashy as Harrison Jr. or Jeremiah Smith, but Egbuka's pretty good at that catch and run thing, too.

Very good slot that can play some outside. Good size hands speed routes football IQ willingness to block. I wanted Emeka Egbuka last year lol. 

[puddycat]

(09-30-2024, 09:08 AM)Synric Wrote: I concur with this. I like the draft class but there's not alot of game-changers especially at Edge Rusher and OT.

A few QBs (4-5) will climb into the 1st round.  I like the OT class on late day1/day2; many of them are 6-6 or shorter and could be moved inside.  It looks like only a few 10 sack DEs, and they aren't the usual suspects. The renewed running game in the NFL makes a great RB class safe day 1 picks.  DT class looked excellent, but underwhelming performance so far.  I like the CB class; Revel is gonna be a very nice pick for somebody.

[*Synric*]

College Football Week 6!



Ohio State vs Iowa - Iowa DL Yayha Black vs thr Ohio State IOL including Donovan Jackson. Sebastian Castro vs Emeka Egbuka and the Ohio State running game. A ton of NFL prospect matchups in this game.
Clemson vs Florida State - Blake Miller vs Patrick Payton
South Carolina vs Ole Miss - I wanna see that South Carolina DL vs the uptempo Ole Miss Offense.
Texas Tech vs Arizona - I missed Tajh Brooks vs Cincinnati last week so I want to remedy that this week vs Arizona.

[cinci4life]

Upset Saturday! 5 of the top 11 have lost including #1 Bama and ttun. Could be 6 has Miami is losing 28-10 to Cal currently.

[*Synric*]

(10-06-2024, 01:43 AM)cinci4life Wrote: Upset Saturday! 5 of the top 11 have lost including #1 Bama and ttun. Could be 6 has Miami is losing 28-10 to Cal currently.

Cam Ward in that second half comeback was top 10 worthy pick stuff. 

[cinci4life]

(10-06-2024, 10:47 AM)Synric Wrote: Cam Ward in that second half comeback was top 10 worthy pick stuff. 

Cal got absolutely screwed over though. That might have been the most clear cut targeting on the 3rd down play with around 2 minutes left and no flags and replay somehow screws it up too. Inexcusable.

[*Synric*]

(10-03-2024, 11:04 AM)Synric Wrote: Very good slot that can play some outside. Good size hands speed routes football IQ willingness to block. I wanted Emeka Egbuka last year lol. 

I'm a big Emeka Egbuka fan but he I don't know if he will be in Cincy's drsft range. Slot fit thr Bengals need though.

???WR Emeka Egbuka @EgbukaEmeka from @OhioStateFB reeled in 9 catches for 71 yards and 3 TDs in the #GoBucks 35-7 win over Iowa. #StocksGoingUp #TheDraftStartsInMOBILE™️ pic.twitter.com/xwC0d2iTmJ

— Reese's Senior Bowl (@seniorbowl) October 8, 2024

[*Synric*]

The Draft Network has their first 7 round Bengals mock.

1. Travis Hunter CB/WR Colorado
2. Donovan Jackson IOL Ohio State
3. Derrick Harmon IDL Oregon (my favorite pick)
4. Jayden Ott RB Cal (least favorite pick)
5. Hunter Wohler S Wisconsin
6. Connor O'Toole Edge Utah (best name)
7. Nick Nash WR San Jose State (Group of 5 WR!)

https://www.thedraftnetwork.com/2024/10/09/bengals-nfl-mock-draft-october-2024

Side note: The Draft Network doesn't have scouts anymore the only one left is Keith Sanchez.

[TecmoBengals]

(10-06-2024, 10:47 AM)Synric Wrote: Cam Ward in that second half comeback was top 10 worthy pick stuff. 

He's a fun player to watch. If we didn't have Burrow I'd start banging the drum he'd get drafted by the Bengals. Instead, I'll stick to banging my DL drum.

[SunsetBengal]

(10-09-2024, 11:10 AM)Synric Wrote: I'm a big Emeka Egbuka fan but he I don't know if he will be in Cincy's drsft range. Slot fit thr Bengals need though.

???WR Emeka Egbuka @EgbukaEmeka from @OhioStateFB reeled in 9 catches for 71 yards and 3 TDs in the #GoBucks 35-7 win over Iowa. #StocksGoingUp #TheDraftStartsInMOBILE™️ pic.twitter.com/xwC0d2iTmJ

— Reese's Senior Bowl (@seniorbowl) October 8, 2024

My dog and I are Egbuka fans as well. Every time he makes a big play, I say his name really loud, in an animated, Daffy Duck sort of voice. Gypsy then jumps up excitedly and starts trotting circles around the room.