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Week 7, 2011 Results

Posted on October 17, 2011 by gamedaycole

Here’s the results of our Week 7 selections. I have to put this week’s loss on Mark May going 4-3 on his picks. A few other mediocre weeks from Tom Luginbill (6-4), Lee Corso and Desmond Howard (both 7-4). This week’s top performers are David Pollack (9-2), Colin Cowherd (6-1), but I’d like to give credit to Robert Smith going 5-1 for being the only analyst other than Howie Schwab to pick Ohio State over Illinois. Maybe its because he’s a huge Ohio State homer; maybe not. Skip Bayless continues to perform at a high level. Through the first 50 picks of his I tracked he was one of my lowest ranked analysts, but this year he has been on fire (7-3 this week).

I’ve also decided to add an experiment each week. I will be asking my girlfriend Jennifer to pick a dozen games a week (including her upset special) to see how she can stack up to some of these so-called experts. She went 8-4 this week, so this should be interesting.

David Pollack: 9-2
RIGHT   OkSt over Texas
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Indiana
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
RIGHT   VaTech over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Georgia over Vanderbilt
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
WRONG   Florida over Auburn
RIGHT   KState over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St

Jesse Palmer: 3-0
RIGHT   OkSt over Texas
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Indiana
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee

Colin Cowherd: 6-1
RIGHT   Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
RIGHT   Stanford over Wash St
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St

Lou Holtz: 5-2
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Indiana
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
RIGHT   Auburn over Florida
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
WRONG   Texas T ech over KState

Mike Belotti: 6-3
WRONG   Florida over Auburn
RIGHT   VaTech over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Kansas State over Texas Tech
RIGHT   OkSt over Texas
WRONG   Michigan over Michigan St
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
RIGHT   Clemson over Maryland
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee
WRONG   Baylor over TAMU

Tom Luginbill: 6-4
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
WRONG   Florida over Auburn
WRONG   Wake Forest over VaTech
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
RIGHT   Kansas State over Texas Tech
RIGHT   OkSt over Texas
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
RIGHT   Clemson over Maryland
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee

Robert Smith: 5-1
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
WRONG   Florida over Auburn
RIGHT   KState over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Ohio St over Illinois
RIGHT   Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St

Skip BaylesS: 7-3
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
RIGHT   Auburn over Florida
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee
RIGHT   KState over Texas Tech
RIGHT   VaTech over Wake Foreset
WRONG   Miss St over S.Carolina

Mark May: 4-3
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
WRONG   Baylor over TAMU
WRONG   Florida over Auburn
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
RIGHT   KState over TTU
RIGHT   OU over Kansas

Desmond Howard: 7-4
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
WRONG   Baylor over TAMU
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT   Auburn over Florida
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
RIGHT   Rutgers over Navy
RIGHT   BYU over Oreg St
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
WRONG   UNC over Miami
RIGHT   KState over Texas Tech
RIGHT   S.Carolina over Miss St

Kirk Herbstreit: 8-3
RIGHT   Rutgers over Navy
RIGHT   BYU over Oreg St
RIGHT   Ohio St over Illinois
RIGHT   Georgia over Vanderbilt
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
RIGHT   KState over Texas Tech
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
WRONG   UNC over Miami
WRONG   Baylor over TAMU
RIGHT   S.Carolina over Miss St
RIGHT   Auburn over Florida

Lee Corso: 7-4
RIGHT   Rutgers over Navy
RIGHT   BYU over Oreg St
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas
RIGHT   KState over Texas Tech
WRONG   Michigan over Mich St
WRONG   UNC over Miami
RIGHT   TAMU over Baylor
WRONG   Miss St over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Auburn over Florida
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St(Headgear picks 6-1)

Howie Schwab: 2-1
RIGHT   Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT   Ohio St over Illinois
WRONG   Texas Tech over KState

Trevor Matich: 1-0
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan

Todd McShay: 3-0
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee
RIGHT   Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT   Bama over Ole Miss

Jennifer’s Picks: 8-4, Upset Special 0-1
RIGHT   Mich St over Michigan
WRONG   Baylor over TAMU
RIGHT   LSU over Tennessee
RIGHT   OkSt over Texas
RIGHT   Oregon over Ariz St
RIGHT   Boise St over Colorado St
RIGHT   Stanford over Wash St
WRONG   Florida over Auburn
WRONG   Illinois over Ohio St
WRONG   Ole Miss over Bama (Upset special 0-1)
RIGHT   Clemson over Maryland
RIGHT   Oklahoma over Kansas

College Gameday: Week 7 (Saturday picks)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by gamedaycole

Here’s the Saturday morning picks. Also my girlfriend Jennifer has put out her upset special of the week as Ole Miss over Alabama so lock it up.

David Pollack:
TAMU over Baylor
Florida over Auburn
KState over Texas Tech
Mich St over Michigan
Oregon over Ariz St

Robert Smith:
TAMU over Baylor
Florida over Auburn
KState over Texas Tech
Ohio St over Illinois
Mich St over Michigan
Oregon over Ariz St

Skip BaylesS:
Oregon over Ariz St
Michigan over Mich St
TAMU over Baylor
Auburn over Florida
Illinois over Ohio St
Ok St over Texas
LSU over Tennessee
KState over Texas Tech
VaTech over Wake Foreset
Miss St over S.Carolina

Lou Holtz:
Michigan over Mich St
TAMU over Baylor
Auburn over Florida
Oregon over Ariz St
Ok St over Texas
Texas Tech over KState

Mark May:
Michigan over Mich St
Baylor over TAMU
Florida over Auburn
Oregon over Ariz St
Ok St over Texas
KState over TTU
OU over Kansas

Colin Cowherd:
Mich St over Michigan
TAMU over Baylor
LSU over Tennessee
Ok St over Texas
Illinois over Ohio St
Stanford over Wash St
Oregon over Ariz St

Desmond Howard:
Ok St over Texas
Baylor over TAMU
Michigan over Mich St
Auburn over Florida
Oregon over Ariz St
Rutgers over Navy
BYU over Oreg St
Illinois over Ohio St
UNC over Miami
KState over Texas Tech
S.Carolina over Miss St

Kirk Herbstreit:
Rutgers over Navy
BYU over Oreg St
Ohio St over Illinois
Georgia over Vanderbilt
Ok St over Texas
KState over Texas Tech
Michigan over Mich St
UNC over Miami
Baylor over TAMU
S.Carolina over Miss St
Auburn over Florida

Lee Corso:
Rutgers over Navy
BYU over Oreg St
Illinois over Ohio St
Ok St over Texas
KState over Texas Tech
Michigan over Mich St
UNC over Miami
TAMU over Baylor
Miss St over S.Carolina
Auburn over Florida
Oregon over Ariz St(Headgear picks 5-1)

Howie Schwab:
Mich St over Michigan
Ohio St over Illinois
Texas Tech over KState

Trevor Matich:
Mich St over Michigan

Todd McShay:
LSU over Tennessee
Mich St over Michigan
Bama over Ole Miss

Week 7 (Thursday night edition)

Posted on October 13, 2011 by gamedaycole

Here’s a few early picks from the week since I’ll be working most of Friday. Mike Bellotti pulled a Lou Holtz and picked A&M over Baylor early this week, then took Baylor over Texas A&M the next day. Baylor it is. Also on College Football Final last week, Lou Holtz said he thinks Wisconsin will go undefeated. I assume he that means he thinks they will beat Indiana. Book it.

David Pollack:
OkSt over Texas
Wisconsin over Indiana
LSU over Tennessee
Illinois over Ohio St
VaTech over Wake Forest
Georgia over Vanderbilt

Jesse Palmer:
OkSt over Texas
Wisconsin over Indiana
LSU over Tennessee

Colin Cowherd:
Illinois over Ohio St

Lou Holtz:
Wisconsin over Indiana

Mike Bellotti:
Florida over Auburn
VaTech over Wake Forest
Kansas State over Texas Tech
OkSt over Texas
Michigan over Michigan St
Oregon over Ariz St
Clemson over Maryland
LSU over Tennessee
Baylor over TAMU

Tom Luginbill:
Illinois over Ohio St
Florida over Auburn
Wake Forest over VaTech
TAMU over Baylor
Kansas State over Texas Tech
OkSt over Texas
Michigan over Mich St
Oregon over Ariz St
Clemson over Maryland
LSU over Tennessee

Also, courtesy of Deadspin, if you are a fan of college football humor like I am, then you should get a kick out of “Occupy Herbstreit”, the new website dedicated to people showing up at that Wallstreet protest with College Gameday signs.