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Week 0 2026: CFB LOCKS from the Cover 3 Podcast!

Posted on August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 by gamedaycole

Welcome back to college football season. Our very first post of the year is from the LOCKS episode of the Cover 3 podcast. Be sure to check out the full video or podcast for all of the analysis.

ATS picks:

Pick	Name
TCU vs North Carolina 1H Under 23.5 (-110)	Bud Elliott
Virginia vs NC State Under 53.5 (-110)	Bud Elliott
Eastern Michigan-9.5 vs Sacramento State (-110)	Chip Patterson
Florida State-30.5 vs New Mexico State (-110)	Chip Patterson
North Carolina 1H+6.5 vs TCU (-110)	Chip Patterson
Virginia vs NC State 1H Under 27.5 (-110)	Chip Patterson
Florida State-30.5 vs New Mexico State (-110)	Danny Kanell
Jacksonville State+7.5 vs North Dakota State (-110)	Danny Kanell
Southern Cal-38.5 vs San Jose State (-110)	Danny Kanell
Hawaii+3.5 vs Stanford (-110)	Danny Kanell
TCU vs North Carolina Under 47.5 (-110)	Danny Kanell
UNLV-4.5 vs Memphis (-110)	Danny Kanell
NC State+4.5 vs Virginia (-110)	Danny Kanell
North Dakota State 1H-3.5 vs Jacksonville State (-110)	Tom Fornelli
TCU vs North Carolina Under 47.5 (-110)	Tom Fornelli
Virginia vs NC State Under 53.5 (-110)	Tom Fornelli

Money line sprinkles:

Picks	Name
Memphis +167 vs UNLV	Bud_Elliott_ML
North Carolina +295 vs TCU	Chip_Patterson_ML
NC State +165 vs Virginia	Danny_Kanell_ML
Memphis +167 vs UNLV	Tom_Fornelli_ML

2025-26 Season: College football gambling final grades!

Posted on January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 by gamedaycole

The 2025-26 college football season has come to an end, and the picks from our gamblers are graded. Let’s jump right in and crown a champion.

Our college football ATS champion is Collin Wilson of the Action Network, who managed a profit of 18.84 units and a record of 165-130-5 this season. Congratulations to Collin on a great season picking games against the spread. Shoutout to Wes Reynolds and Danny Kanell who were right on his tail with 16 units and some change in profits this season.

Our college football money line champion is BY FAR Bud Elliott of the Cover 3 podcast, who managed a profit of 15.89 units across 55 picks this season.

Our unified champion is Danny Kanell, who had a combined ATS and money line profit of 16.87 units ATS and 9.07 units on the money line for a total of 25.94 units profit.

Congratulations to Collin Wilson, Bud Elliott and Danny Kanell on a great 2025-26 season. Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this year.

ATS results:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	Profits
Collin_Wilson_ATS	55.93	165	130	5	18.84
Wes_Reynolds_ATS	54.47	256	214	14	16.46
Danny_Kanell_ATS	54.69	210	174	2	16.87
Jeff_Ma_ATS	68.18	30	14	0	13.27
Rufus_Peabody_ATS	72.41	21	8	0	11.06
Chris_Fallica_ATS	56.34	80	62	4	10.29
Ralph_Russo_ATS	57.69	45	33	1	7.91
Phil_Steele_ATS	57.32	47	35	4	7.73
Steve_Coughlin_ATS	55.75	63	50	0	7.33
Todd_Fuhrman_ATS	55.26	63	51	2	6.27
Geoff_Schwartz_ATS	58.18	32	23	0	6.09
Nick_Saban_ATS	64	16	9	0	5.55
Kayce_Smith_ATS	56	42	33	0	5.18
Pat_McAfee_ATS	62.5	15	9	0	4.64
Matt_Youmans_ATS	54.03	67	57	5	2.98
Kirk_Herbstreit_ATS	60	15	10	0	3.64
Lucy_Burdge_ATS	66.67	8	4	0	3.27
Kenny_White_ATS	53.57	60	52	2	2.55
Todd_McShay_ATS	63.64	7	4	0	2.36
Bud_Elliott_ATS	53.05	87	77	2	2.07
Lee_Corso_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Jim_Donnan_ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Chip_Patterson_ATS	52.63	90	81	1	0.73
Grace_Remington_ATS	60	3	2	0	0.73
Celebrity_Guest_ATS	54.55	6	5	0	0.45
Greg_McElroy_ATS	53.12	17	15	0	0.45
Randy_Cross_ATS	53.85	7	6	0	0.36
Stewart_Mandel_ATS	52.56	41	37	1	0.27
Colin_Cowherd_ATS	50	1	1	0	-0.09
Brady_Quinn_ATS	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Andy_Staples_ATS	52.31	68	62	3	-0.18
Brent_Musburger_ATS	0	0	1	0	-1
Jason_McIntyre_ATS	33.33	1	2	0	-1.09
Josh_Pate_ATS	51.68	77	72	0	-2
Bryant_McFadden_ATS	40	4	6	0	-2.36
Ryen_Russillo_ATS	28.57	2	5	0	-3.18
Stuckey_ATS	51.38	93	88	6	-3.66
Aaron_Taylor_ATS	41.18	7	10	0	-3.64
Desmond_Howard_ATS	44	11	14	0	-4
Anita_Marks_ATS	33.33	4	8	0	-4.36
Rece_Davis_ATS	35.71	5	9	0	-4.45
Pamela_Maldonado_ATS	50.41	62	61	0	-4.71
Ross_Dellenger_ATS	33.33	5	10	1	-5.45
Kyle_Hunter_ATS	49.55	55	56	3	-5.96
Kelly_Stewart_ATS	46.3	25	29	3	-6.27
Brian_Jones_ATS	31.25	5	11	1	-6.45
Rick_Neuheisel_ATS	29.41	5	12	0	-7.45
Doug_Kezirian_ATS	47.62	40	44	1	-7.59
Brandon_Walker_ATS	46.58	34	39	0	-8.09
Dusty_Dvoracek_ATS	48.11	51	55	1	-8.64
Pat_Forde_ATS	47.19	42	47	0	-8.82
Joe_Fortenbaugh_ATS	45.95	34	40	0	-9.46
Joel_Klatt_ATS	46.51	40	46	0	-9.64
Dave_Portnoy_ATS	49.75	98	99	3	-9.91
Scott_Spreitzer_ATS	43.1	25	33	1	-10.27
JD_Pickell_ATS	46.07	41	48	0	-10.73
Scott_Van_Pelt_ATS	47.27	52	58	0	-10.73
Megan_Nunez_ATS	44.44	32	40	3	-10.95
Mikey_Over_ATS	48.73	77	81	0	-11
Tom_Fornelli_ATS	48	72	78	0	-12.55
Dan_Katz_ATS	50.56	182	178	4	-12.55
Bruce_Feldman_ATS	43.59	34	44	1	-13.09
Mackenzie_Brooks_ATS	43.04	34	45	0	-13.76
Adam_Kramer_ATS	47.3	70	78	1	-14.36
Clay_Travis_ATS	47.87	90	98	0	-16.18
Iain_MacMillan_ATS	40.91	36	52	1	-19.27
Ari_Wasserman_ATS	43.8	53	68	2	-19.82
Brett_McMurphy_ATS	36.23	25	44	1	-21.27
Rico_Bosco_ATS	46.15	108	126	1	-27.82
Shehan_Jeyarajah_ATS	46.55	135	155	5	-32.27
Richard_Johnson_ATS	45.57	144	172	5	-41.09
Emory_Hunt_ATS	47.37	207	230	3	-43.26

Money line results:

Name	ROI.Pct	Units.Up.Down	N.Picks
Bud_Elliott_ML	28.89	15.89	55
Danny_Kanell_ML	14.87	9.07	61
Todd_McShay_ML	85.96	2.58	3
Chris_Fallica_ML	4.02	2.45	61
Mikey_Over_ML	4.73	1.7	36
Andy_Staples_ML	50	1.5	3
Brandon_Walker_ML	27.5	1.1	4
Richard_Johnson_ML	11.83	1.06	9
Doug_Kezirian_ML	83.33	0.83	1
Megan_Nunez_ML	6.8	0.48	7
Collin_Wilson_ML	1.89	0.41	22
Stuckey_ML	-1.3	-0.09	7
Lucy_Burdge_ML	-5.36	-0.11	2
Kayce_Smith_ML	-30	-0.9	3
Joe_Fortenbaugh_ML	-100	-1	1
Anita_Marks_ML	-100	-1	1
Matt_Youmans_ML	-18.66	-1.12	6
Mackenzie_Brooks_ML	-10.52	-1.68	16
Geoff_Schwartz_ML	-100	-2	2
Todd_Fuhrman_ML	-53.26	-2.13	4
Pamela_Maldonado_ML	-28	-2.8	10
Ari_Wasserman_ML	-100	-5	5
Wes_Reynolds_ML	-22.51	-6.08	27
Emory_Hunt_ML	-42.62	-12.36	29
Kelly_Stewart_ML	-35.12	-14.75	42
Tom_Fornelli_ML	-22.18	-17.3	78
Chip_Patterson_ML	-28.78	-18.71	65

2025-26 Season: College football analyst final grades!

Posted on January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 by gamedaycole

The 2025-26 college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded. Below you will find the season standings for picking games straight-up. As is tradition, I arbitrarily select a yearly champion based on vibes.

First and foremost, I’d like to recognize Lee Corso for going 6-0 on his last and only appearance this season in week 1, including a win with his final headgear selection. Congratulations to Lee Corso on a wonderful career spanning the decades.

Without further ado, I have selected the impressive college football writer and podcast superstar Tom Fornelli as this year’s champion. Tom went 254-75 picking games for a 77.2% win rate. I selected Tom because he has the best performance compared to his sample size of selections. Congratulations to Tom Fornelli on a great season picking games.

Others receiving votes including Phil Steele, Stanford Steve, David Hale and Danny Kanell. Congratulations to all of you for great seasons.

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

Name	Pct	Win	Loss
Lee_Corso	100	6	0
Todd_McShay	100	4	0
Ryen_Russillo	100	2	0
Corso_Headgear	100	1	0
Tom_Luginbill	100	1	0
Mark_Richt	100	1	0
Phil_Steele	81.63	40	9
Steve_Coughlin	79.03	49	13
David_Hale	78.3	83	23
Danny_Kanell	78.26	126	35
Tom_Fornelli	77.2	254	75
Paul_Finebaum	77.19	44	13
Chip_Patterson	75.93	246	78
Ross_Dellenger	75	3	1
Tim_Tebow	74.58	44	15
Shehan_Jeyarajah	74.29	234	81
Andy_Staples	73.91	68	24
Richard_Johnson	73.44	235	85
Chris_Fallica	73.17	30	11
Roman_Harper	71.67	43	17
Greg_McElroy	70.15	94	40
JD_Pickell	69.52	73	32
Josh_Pate	68.82	64	29
Pat_Forde	68.48	63	29
Jimbo_Fisher	68.29	28	13
Dusty_Dvoracek	68.25	43	20
Andrea_Adelson	68.14	77	36
Jordan_Rodgers	67.92	36	17
Dan_Wetzel	67.57	25	12
Pat_McAfee	65.67	88	46
Rece_Davis	65.31	64	34
Kirk_Herbstreit	63.79	74	42
Ralph_Russo	63.08	41	24
Nick_Saban	62.96	85	50
Joel_Klatt	62.79	54	32
Jennifer	62.71	111	66
Matt_Leinart	62.5	5	3
David_Pollack	60.14	83	55
Desmond_Howard	60	81	54
Celebrity_Guest	59.83	70	47
Aaron_Taylor	59.23	77	53
Brett_McMurphy	59.09	13	9
Eric_Mac_Lain	58.54	24	17
Rick_Neuheisel	58.27	74	53
Stewart_Mandel	57.81	37	27
Pete_Thamel	57.61	53	39
Bruce_Feldman	57.53	42	31
EJ_Manuel	57.5	23	17
Ryan_McGee	57.14	4	3
Randy_Cross	57.03	73	55
Brian_Jones	56.49	74	57
Brady_Quinn	55.56	5	4
Scott_Van_Pelt	50	5	5
Urban_Meyer	50	4	4
Colin_Cowherd	42.86	6	8
Mark_Ingram	37.5	3	5
Joey_Galloway	33.33	1	2
Chris_Low	25	1	3
Booger_McFarland	0	0	1
Average	67.93	3292	1554