Day: September 16, 2014

Week 3 was advertised as a pretty boring weekend with only one ranked-vs-ranked matchup, but it actually turned out to be a pretty exciting little weekend with a lot of close games and a few nice upsets.  I’m sure you know who beat who already, so the important question is who picked Boston College to upset USC?  Well, nobody actually.  Lou Holtz is the only one who even gave them a chance, but even he stopped short of calling for the upset.

Winners this week include Lee Corso (11-3), Kirk Herbstreit (10-2), Greg McElroy (6-1), and Pat Forde (25-5).  Our champion of the week was Desmond Howard who dropped a nice 11-2 week on us.  Nobody had a really disastrous week this week, so we will give our loss this week to Chris Fowler, who only picked one game, but called for the exceedingly rare QUADRUPLE-NOT-SO-FAST upset of Maryland over WVU.  Being that bold is something to take pride in, but getting it wrong is just so glorious.

Lee Corso got the headgear pick right with an easy pick of NDSU over Incarnate Word.  This week’s special guest picker Brock Jensen had a so-so week at 6-4.  Tim Tebow had another 5-0 week, and has started this year undefeated through three weeks at 11-0.  Newcomers Booger McFarland and Jay Walker went 4-1 and 4-2 respectively.  Jennifer got back on track this week at 8-3 after a slight setback in week 2, including an upset special in WVU over Maryland.  Charley the cat picked another winner with NDSU over Incarnate Word, so she stays even with Lee Corso at 3-0 on the year for headgear picks.  The only two members of our panel of experts to pick S.Carolina over Georgia were Dr. Lou Holtz (shocking) and Greg McElroy.  The best pick of the week will go to Phil Steele, with the upset special pick of UVA over Louisville.

We have also decided to release @GamedayJen’s playoff top four each week going forward.  This week’s top four:

1.  Oregon
2.  FSU
3.  Texas A&M
4.  Baylor

Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!

Lee Corso: 11-3
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Bama over S.Miss
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
WRONG USC over BC
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Kent St
RIGHT Coast Guard Academy over Merchant Marines Academy
RIGHT Hawaii over N.Iowa
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
WRONG UCF over Mizzou
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU
RIGHT NDSU over Incarnate Word (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 10-2
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
WRONG TTU over Arkansas
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Bama over S.Miss
RIGHT Nebraska over Fresno St
WRONG USC over BC
RIGHT Coast Guard Academy over Merchant Marines Academy
RIGHT Hawaii over N.Iowa
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT NDSU over Incarnate Word

Desmond Howard: 11-2
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Bama over S.Miss
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
WRONG USC over BC
RIGHT Coast Guard Academy over Merchant Marines Academy
RIGHT Hawaii over N.Iowa
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT NDSU over Incarnate Word

Brock Jensen: 6-4
WRONG N.Iowa over Hawaii
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG TTU over Arkansas
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG USC over BC
WRONG Texas over UCLA
RIGHT NDSU over Incarnate Word

Chris Fowler: 0-1
WRONG Maryland over WVU (Quadruple Not-so-fast!)

Jennifer’s Picks: 8-3
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Hawaii over N.Iowa
RIGHT WVU over Maryland (upset special)
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG TTU over Arkansas
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG USC over BC
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT NDSU over Incarnate Word

David Pollack: 2-0:
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU

Dari Nowkhah: 3-2
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
WRONG VaTech over ECU
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-2
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
WRONG VaTech over ECU
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU

Charley the Cat: 1-0
RIGHT NDSU over Incarnate Word

Mack Brown: 0-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina

Tim Tebow: 5-0
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU
RIGHT OU over Tennessee

Marcus Spears: 4-1
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina

Paul Finebaum: 5-0
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU

Colin Cowherd: 6-2
RIGHT Oregon over Wyoming
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG USC over BC
RIGHT Notre Dame over Purdue
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT Ariz St over Colorado
RIGHT Ohio St over Kent St

Todd McShay: 2-1
WRONG Georgia ver S.Carolina
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT UCLA over Texas

Lou Holtz: 1-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia

Mark May: 0-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina

Brian Griese: 1-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia

Chris Fallica: 4-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT Miss St over S.Alabama
RIGHT Ole Miss over UL-Lafayette

Phil Steele: 10-4
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT Bama over S.Miss
RIGHT Marshall over Ohio
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT Baylor over Buffalo
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG VaTech over ECU
RIGHT Ohio St over Kent St
RIGHT Oregon over Wyoming
RIGHT Stanford over Army
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
WRONG Indiana over BGSU
RIGHT UVA over Louisville
WRONG Iowa over Iowa St

Ryen Russillo: 2-0
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT TAMU over Rice

Mike Bellotti: 1-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT UCLA over Texas

Greg McElroy: 6-1
RIGHT Bama over S.Miss
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
WRONG VaTech over ECU

Danny Kanell: 2-0
RIGHT BYU over Houston
RIGHT UCLA over Texas

Joey Galloway: 1-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT OU over Tennessee

Robert Smith: 1-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky

Trevor Matich: 2-1
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT UCLA over Texas

Rece Davis: 1-1
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina

Jason Sehorn: 2-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT UCLA over Texas

Jon Berger: 2-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT UCLA over Texas

Booger McFarland: 4-1
RIGHT Miss St over S.Alabama
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Arkansas over TTU
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky

Jay Walker: 4-2
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
WRONG Louisville over UVA
WRONG VaTech over ECU
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF

Pat Forde: 25-5
RIGHT Cinci over Toledo
RIGHT Baylor over Buffalo
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
WRONG Louisville over UVA
WRONG USC over BC
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
WRONG VaTech over ECU
RIGHT Ariz St over Colorado
RIGHT Mizzou over UCF
RIGHT OU over Tennessee
RIGHT Iowa St over Iowa
RIGHT Ohio St over Kent St
RIGHT Utah St over Wake Forest
WRONG Indiana over BGSU
RIGHT Syracuse over C.Mich
RIGHT Arizona over Nevada
RIGHT Oregon over Wyoming
RIGHT Stanford over Army
RIGHT Washington over Illinois
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Bama over S.Miss
RIGHT LSU over UL-Monroe
RIGHT Ole Miss over UL-Lafayette
RIGHT UCLA over Texas
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT TCU over Minnesota
RIGHT Nebraska over Fresno St
RIGHT Hawaii over N.Iowa
RIGHT ND over Purdue