Good morning New York Giants fans!<\/p>\n
Happy Saturday and welcome to Week 5 of the 2025 college football season.<\/p>\n
The schedule makers gave us one hell of a decision to make\u2026 So I\u2019m not. The evening slate is asking us to choose between Georgia vs. Alabama and Penn State vs. Oregon, and I decided to highlight both games. Each one is going to be stacked with NFL talent, and both matchups are \u201cmust watch\u201d games.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
We also have a pair of interesting games in the afternoon games that will allow us to look at some prospects that haven\u2019t been on our radar yet.<\/p>\n
Wake Forest vs. (16) Georgia Tech<\/p>\n
ESPN \u2013 noon<\/p>\n
Georgia Tech put themselves on the national map with an incredible last-second win over Clemson. Of course, Clemson followed that up with a loss to Syracuse, so feel free to wonder how big of a win that was overall, but the Yellowjackets are ranked for now.<\/p>\n
This game has some pretty interesting players, particularly running backs Demond Claiborne (who\u2019s averaging 9.9 yards per carry right now) and Jamal Haynes. Likewise, Giants fans could pay attention to Wake Forest tackle Fa\u2019alili Fa\u2019amoe and GT guard Keylan Rutledge.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Players to watch<\/p>\n
Wake Forest<\/p>\n
Fa\u2019alili Fa\u2019amoe (OT \u2013 79)<\/p>\n
Demond Claiborne (RB \u2013 1)<\/p>\n
Carlos Hernandez (WR \u2013 8)<\/p>\n
Davaughn Patterson (S \u2013 5)<\/p>\n
(16) Georgia Tech<\/p>\n
Keylan Rutledge (OG \u2013 77)<\/p>\n
Malik Rutherford (WR \u2013 8)<\/p>\n
Washington vs. (1) Ohio State<\/p>\n
CBS \u2013 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve talked about Ohio State fairly recently, and pretty much everything holds true. Safety Caleb Downs is excellent and the defense is stocked with an embarrassment of riches beyond Downs. Giants fans may want to pay attention to receiver Carnell Tate.<\/p>\n
Washington receiver Denzel Boston should also be of interest. The 6-foot-4, 210 pound receiver is averaging 15.6 yards per catch and already has 3 touchdowns on the season. He could add the size and outside presence the Giants\u2019 offense is currently lacking. Cornerback Tacario Davis is questionable for this game, but he also brings rare size to the position at 6-foot-4, 200 pounds and has allowed just 1 reception on 49 coverage snaps so far this year.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Players to watch<\/p>\n
Washington<\/p>\n
Carver Willis (LT \u2013 55)<\/p>\n
Denzel Boston (WR \u2013 12)<\/p>\n
Tacario Davis (CB \u2013 8) *Questionable<\/p>\n
(1) Ohio State<\/p>\n
Ethan Onianwa (OG \u2013 78)<\/p>\n
Kayden McDonald (iDL \u2013 98)<\/p>\n
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. (EDGE \u2013 97)<\/p>\n
Davison Igbinosun (CB \u2013 1)<\/p>\n
Jermaine Mattews Jr. (CB \u2013 7)<\/p>\n
(5) Georgia vs. (17) Alabama<\/p>\n
ABC \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
This SEC showdown is a must-watch matchup every year, but this isn\u2019t quite the titanic brawl that we\u2019ve gotten used to seeing. Georgia isn\u2019t quite as good as their glory years a few seasons ago, and Alabama is diminished in the Post Saban era.<\/p>\n
But this still should be a very good game with plenty of future NFL players on the field.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be highlighting some of the top prospects in the match-up, but this is always one of those games where my best advice is to simply watch and take note of which players distinguish themselves.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Players to watch<\/p>\n
(5) Georgia<\/p>\n
Earnest Greene (OT \u2013 71)<\/p>\n
Zachariah Branch (WR \u2013 1)<\/p>\n
Christen Miller (iDL \u2013 52)<\/p>\n
(17) Alabama <\/p>\n
Kadyn Proctor (OT \u2013 74)<\/p>\n
Parker Brailsford (C \u2013 72)<\/p>\n
Jaeden Roberts (OG \u2013 77)<\/p>\n
Germie Bernard (WR \u2013 5)<\/p>\n
Tim Keenan III (iDL \u2013 96) *Questionable<\/p>\n
L.T. Overton (DE\/EDGE \u2013 22)<\/p>\n
Deontae Lawson (LB \u2013 0)<\/p>\n
Domani Jackson (CB \u2013 1)<\/p>\n
(3) Penn State vs. (6) Oregon<\/p>\n
NBC \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t feel like watching the SEC, we have a very good game on tap in the Big10.<\/p>\n
Most of the NFL will be focusing on Penn State quarterback Drew Allar. Allar was considered a potential top QB prospect for the 2025 class, but he went back to school following a stumble in the College Football Playoffs. He has a prototypical blend of size (6-foot-5, 235 pounds) with plus athleticism and arm strength, all of which will likely have him compared to Josh Allen once he enters the draft. Teams could also be paying close attention to Oregon QB Dante Moore, who has played very well so far this year \u2014 though he\u2019s also a red-shirt sophomore.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
The Giants certainly hope that Jaxson Dart will be their quarterback of the future and they won\u2019t need to look at the position again anytime soon. For the Giants\u2019 purposes, Oregon\u2019s offensive linemen could \u2014 or should \u2014 be on their radar.<\/p>\n
Players to watch<\/p>\n
(3) Penn State<\/p>\n
Olaivavega Ioane (OG \u2013 71)<\/p>\n
Nick Singleton (RB \u2013 10)<\/p>\n
Kaytron Allen (RB \u2013 13)<\/p>\n
Dani Dennis-Sutton (DE\/EDGE \u2013 33)<\/p>\n
(6) Oregon<\/p>\n
Iapani Laloulu (OC \u2013 72)<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Pregnon (OG \u2013 75)<\/p>\n
Bear Alexander (iDL \u2013 1)<\/p>\n
Mateo Uiagalelei (DE\/EDGE \u2013 10)<\/p>\n
Dillon Thieneman (S \u2013 31)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning New York Giants fans! Happy Saturday and welcome to Week 5 of the 2025 college football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3683,5183,109103,30873,8022,71342,81198,109104,109105,62732,52864,109099,109098,40548,109100,96674,399,9228,109101,109095,68037,94871,15944,68065,1817,71341,109102,109097,398,396,397,977,349,71340,6339,2232,68050,68035,8392,25625,99,109096,39465,2002,63160],"class_list":["post-185556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-2025-college-football-season","tag-alabama","tag-bear-alexander","tag-caleb-downs","tag-college-football-playoffs","tag-dani-dennis-sutton","tag-dante-moore","tag-davison-igbinosun","tag-daylen-everette","tag-demond-claiborne","tag-denzel-boston","tag-deontae-lawson","tag-domani-jackson","tag-drew-allar","tag-earnest-greene","tag-evan-stewart","tag-football","tag-georgia-tech","tag-germie-bernard","tag-interesting-games","tag-jaeden-roberts","tag-jamal-haynes","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-jonah-coleman","tag-josh-allen","tag-kaytron-allen","tag-keon-sabb","tag-keylan-rutledge","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-nick-singleton","tag-ohio-state","tag-oregon","tag-oscar-delp","tag-parker-brailsford","tag-penn-state","tag-sonny-styles","tag-sports","tag-tacario-davis","tag-the-giants","tag-washington","tag-zane-durant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}