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Week 12: Friday afternoon

Posted on November 18, 2011 by gamedaycole

Here’s the Friday afternoon picks for Week 12. I assume we’ll hear from Dr. Lou and Mark May later tonight so stay tuned.

Mark Schlabach:
Tennessee over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd:
Oregon over USC
Michigan over Nebraska
Wisconsin over Illinois
Ohio St over Penn St
Notre Dame over Boston College
OU over Baylor
Texas over KState
Ariz St over Arizona
Stanford over Cal

Robert Smith:
KState over Texas
Michigan over Nebraska
Oregon over USC
Houston over SMU
OU over Baylor

David Pollack:
KState over Texas
Nebraska over Michigan
Oregon over USC
Houston over SMU
OU over Baylor

Woody Paige:
OkSt over Iowa
LSU over Ole Miss
Houston over SMU

Kevin Blackistone:
OkSt over Iowa
LSU over Ole Miss

Week 12: Midweek picks

Posted on November 17, 2011 by gamedaycole

Here’s the early picks this week. As always, the early week picks are subject to change and I will post any new picks these guys have. Also please note that some of these picks are from the new ESPN touch-screen device they’ve been shoe-horning into every show where the guys can predict the rest of the season for a particular team (this device seems to fail often too but they insist upon using it). That’s why you may see such impressive picks as Tom Luginbill’s bold prediction of South Carolina over Citadel. A pick is a pick to me, so its going in the record. Check back often for updates here and on Twitter @gamedaycole.

Jesse Palmer:
KState over Texas
Stanford over Cal
Wisc over Illinois
Georgia over Kentucky
Oregon over USC
Houston over SMU
VaTech over Virgina
WVU over Pitt

Danny Kanell:
Arkansas over Miss St
LSU over Arkansas
Oregon over USC

David Pollack:
Georgia over Kentucky
Clemson over NC St
Cinci over Rutgers
S.Miss over UAB

Tom Luginbill:
Mich St over Indiana
Georgia over Kentucky
Stanford over Cal
S.Carolina over Citadel
Texas over KState
OU over Baylor
Michiggan over Nebraska
Oregon over USC
VaTech over UNC

Jason Sehorn:
S.Carolina over Citadel
Clemson over NC St
Oregon over USC

Matt Stinchcomb:
KState over Texas
OU over Baylor
Nebraska over Michigan
Oregon over USC

Pat Forde:
LSU over Ole Miss

Charlie Arbuckle:
KState over Texas

Trevor Matich:
Houston over SMU

Michael Smith:
OU over Baylor

College football: New awards

Posted on November 14, 2011 by gamedaycole

You may have heard me allude to a team “waxing that ass” against their opponent, or even the vague “Ass-waxing of the week” I’ve awarded occasionally. Well I am working to develop the “Ass-waxing index” to crown a team as waxing the most ass this year. What does that mean? It means that a team consistently puts up big scores and wins by large margins week in and week out. Overall record and strength of schedule mean nothing in this ranking. There is only one pollster (me), and the only three metrics I measure are margin of victory, running up the score, and sexiness of the win. Margin of victory is a big percent of this, but I also give extra attention if a team can drop 60, 70, or 80 points on a team to run up the score even if its not as big of a margin over their opponent. Also, the sexiness factor can include various items such as shutting out an opponent or holding them to a very low score.

I hope you’re looking forward to this segment, which is essentially the anti-sportsmanship award for college football.