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Week 12 2014: Weekday college picks! #cfb #saturdayselections #BamaVsMissSt

Posted on November 13, 2014 by gamedaycole

~~Thursday~~ Friday afternoon means it is once again time for our weekday college picks for week 12 of this glorious football season. We will plenty more leading up to another big Saturday of college football, so check back often to see how things shake out.

Colin Cowherd:
Ohio St over Minnesota 44-24
Alabama over Miss St 33-26
Arizona over Washington 38-20
Wisconsin over Nebraska 30-27
ND over NW 44-24
Stanford over Utah 23-17
Auburn over Georgia 41-33
FSU over Miami Fl 36-33
LSU over Arkansas 26-23
Oregon St over Ariz St 30-27

Phil Steele:
Alabama over Miss St 34-17 (best bet of the week)
FSU over Miami Fl 38-30
Georgia over Auburn 44-40
Arkansas over LSU 20-16
Wisconsin over Nebraska 31-20
Marshall over Rice
Texas over Okla St
Ohio St over Minnesota 38-20
Stanford over Utah 26-13
Clemson over GaTech 31-24
Idaho over Troy 38-27
Tennessee over Kentucky 31-17
VaTech over Duke 24-23 (upset special)

Trevor Matich:
Alabama over Miss St
FSU over Miami Fl
TCU over Kansas
Ohio st over Minnesota

Todd McShay:
Alabama over Miss St
Ohio St over Minnesota
Miami Fl over FSU

Chris Fallica:
Miami Fl over FSU 34-27
Alabama over Miss St 30-24
Auburn over Georgia 41-31
Oregon St over Ariz St 28-24
VaTech over Duke 23-21
S.Carolina over Florida 31-17

Kirk Herbstreit:
Alabama over Miss St
Marshall over Rice

Desmond Howard:
Ohio St over Minnesota

David Pollack:
Ohio St over Minnesota
FSU over Miami Fl

Skip Bayless:
Miss St over Alabama 30-27

Paul Finebaum:
Arkansas over LSU

Lou Holtz:
Miami Fl over FSU
Ohio St over Minnesota
Georgia over Auburn
Alabama over Miss St

Mark May:
Wisconsin over Nebraska
Auburn over Georgia
Alabama over Miss St
Miami Fl over FSU

Robert Smith:
Alabama over Miss St
Miami Fl over FSU
Ohio St over Minnesota

Greg McElroy:
S.Carolina over Florida 31-28
Tennessee over Kentucky 28-17
TAMU over Mizzou 34-28
Arkansas over LSU 21-17
Auburn over Georgia 42-38
Alabama over Miss St 31-24

Booger McFarland:
Alabama over Miss St 24-21
Auburn over Georgia 31-28
Florida over S.Carolina 28-24
Tennessee over Kentucky 35-31
TAMU over Mizzou 38-35
FSU over Miami Fl
LSU over Arkansas 27-24

Charles Arbuckle:
Alabama over Miss St
Auburn over Georgia
FSU over Miami Fl
Marshall over Rice
Ohio St over Minnesota
~~Wisconsin over Nebraska~~
Nebraska over Wisconsin
Ariz St over Oregon St
Clemson over GaTech
Duke over VaTech
TAMU over Mizzou

Jon Berger:
Alabama over Miss St
Georgia over Auburn
FSU over Miami Fl
Ohio St over Minnesota
Wisconsin over Nebraska

Brian Griese:
Miss St over Alabama
FSU over Miami Fl
Wisconsin over Nebraska
Auburn over Georgia

Joey Galloway
FSU over Miami Fl
Miss St over Alabama
Texas over Okla St

Danny Kanell
FSU over Miami Fl
Bama over Miss st
Ohio St over Minnesota

Dari Nowkhah:
Ariz St over Oregon St

Brett McMurphy:
Miami Fl over FSU

Mike Bellotti:
FSU over Miami Fl

Woody Paige:
Alabama over Miss St

Jackie MacMullan:
Miss St over Alabama

Matt Millen
FSU over Miami Fl
Bama over Miss St

Ryen Russillo:
Arkansas over LSU
FSU over Miami Fl

Pat Forde:
Duke over VaTech
Clemson over GaTech
Mich St over Maryland
UNC over Pitt
FSU over Miami Fl
TCU over Kansas
Texas over Okla St
Ohio St over Minnesota
Wisconsin over Nebraska
Arizona over Washington
Ariz St over Oregon St
Stanford over Utah
Florida over S.Carolina
Georgia over Auburn
Tennessee over Kentucky
Miss St over Alabama
LSU over Arkansas
Mizzou over TAMU
ND over NW
Idaho over Troy
Marshall over Rice

Week 11 2014: College picks are graded, results are in! #cfb #cfbplayoff

Posted on November 9, 2014 by gamedaycole

Week 11 brought us quite the doozy of games on Saturday. The top ten was shaken up pretty big, and on the verge of being totally decimated. It should be interesting to see what this so-called “Playoff Committee” comes up with on Tuesday.

With some big upsets on Saturday, results are all over the place this week. Winners include Lee Corso (8-3), Mack Brown (4-1), Lou Holtz (4-1), Jon Berger (4-1), and since those are the only major winners this week we are awarding them all the win this week.

Losers this week include Skip Bayless (1-2), Scott Van Pelt (0-2), Ryen Russillo (2-3), and Brian Griese (2-3). Since nobody had a horrible week, we will also be awarding all of them the loss this week as a group.

Lee Corso hit a bump in the road this week picking Michigan State as his headgear pick, which brings him to 10-2 on headgear picks for the season. Special guest celebrity picker Alice Cooper had a solid week (as predicted by this expert) and went 8-3 on the week, so he will share in the fictional victory trophy this week. Jennifer went 8-5 on the week, and Charley the Cat went 1-0, making up one game on Coach Corso for the year. The only experts to pick Ohio State this week were Lou Holtz, Todd McShay, Chris Fallica, and Charley the Cat. Phil Steele had a rough week this week at 8-7, which is the worst week I’ve seen him and his computer put up in recent memory. Mack Brown, with a 4-1 record on the week, is above .500 on predictions for the first time in his brief career, so congratulations to Mack. After one brief moment on top of the overall rankings, Greg McElroy has been replaced by newcover Tim Tebow on top of the mountain.

Everyone else is somewhere in between, so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 8-3
WRONG KState over TCU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
RIGHT Penn St over Indiana
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Baylor over OU
RIGHT Texas over WVU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 7-4
WRONG KState over TCU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Marshall over S.Miss
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
WRONG Indiana over Penn St
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Texas over WVU

Desmond Howard: 6-6
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
WRONG Indiana over Penn St
RIGHT Michigan over NW
WRONG Kentucky over Georgia
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG WVU over Texas
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Alice Cooper: 8-3
RIGHT Penn St over Indiana
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Baylor over OU
WRONG WVU over Texas
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Jennifer’s Picks: 8-5
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Penn St over Indiana
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
WRONG KState over TCU (upset special)
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG WVU over Texas
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Ole Miss over Presbyterian

David Pollack: 3-3
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG KState over TCU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT FSU over UVA

Dari Nowkhah: 3-2
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG KState over TCU
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT Baylor over OU

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-1
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Oregon over Utah

Greg McElroy: 4-4
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG KState over TCU
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Tim Tebow: 3-1
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Marcus Spears: 2-2
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
WRONG LSU over Alabama

Paul Finebaum: 3-2
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Brett Mcmurphy: 5-3
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT GaTech over NC St
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT CSU over Hawaii
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
WRONG Oregon St over Wash St
RIGHT Duke over Syracuse
RIGHT TCU over KState

Mack Brown: 4-1
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Danny Kanell: 4-2
RIGHT FSU over UVA
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Phil Steele: 8-7
RIGHT Marshall over S.Miss
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT TCU over KState
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
WRONG Iowa over Minnesota
WRONG Oregon St over Wash St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Wisconsin over Purdue
RIGHT Texas over WVU (upset special)
RIGHT Louisville over BC (best bet of the week)

Kevin Carter: 5-4
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
WRONG Iowa over Minnesota
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Baylor over OU
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
WRONG ND over Ariz St

Pat Forde: 13-9
WRONG Wyoming over Utah St
RIGHT FSU over UVA
RIGHT GaTech over NC St
RIGHT Duke over Syracuse
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Penn St over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Ohi St
WRONG Iowa over Minnesota
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Purdue
RIGHT Arizona over Colorado
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Ole Miss over Presbyterian
RIGHT Miss St over Tennessee-Martin
WRONG WVU over Texas
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT Marshall over S.Miss

Charley the Cat: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Mich St

Colin Cowherd: 5-5
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU
WRONG ND over Ariz St
WRONG WVU over Texas
RIGHT FSU over UVA
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
WRONG KState over TCU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah

Lou Holtz: 4-1
WRONG Notre Dame over Ariz St
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Mark May: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT TCU over KState
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Ariz St over Notre Dame

Todd McShay: 3-0
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Mike Bellotti: 2-2
RIGHT FSU over UVA
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG Auburn over TAMU

Trevor Matich: 3-1
RIGHT TCU over KState
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over ND

Chris Fallica: 4-4
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Ohio St over Mich St
WRONG ND over Ariz St
WRONG Ball St over NIU
WRONG Syracuse over Duke
WRONG BC over Louisville
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Jason Sehorn: 4-2
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT TCU over KState
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT FSU over UVA

Jon Berger: 4-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over ND
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT TCU over KState
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Skip Bayless: 1-2
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT TCU over KState

Stephen A. Smith: 2-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT TCU over KState
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Booger McFarland: 5-3
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT TCU over KState
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT Baylor over OU
WRONG ND over Ariz St

Scott Van Pelt: 0-2
WRONG ND over Ariz St
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Ryen Russillo: 2-3
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG ND over Ariz St
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Charles Arbuckle: 2-0
RIGHT Marshall over S.Miss
RIGHT Michigan over NW

Robert Smith: 2-1
RIGHT TCU over Kstate
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt

Brian Griese: 2-3
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Kstate over TCU
RIGHT Baylor over OU
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St
WRONG ND over Ariz St

Brad Edwards: 1-1
WRONG ND over Ariz St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah

Mike Golic: 0-1
WRONG Mich St over Ohio St

Matt Millen: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over UVA

Joey Galloway: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over UVA

Week 11 2014: College Gameday review #cfb #saturdayselections #getup4gameday

Posted on November 8, 2014 by gamedaycole

The picks are in; the morning games are coming to a close; the afternoon games are about to kick off; it is time for this week’s College Gameday review. Before we get started, I wanted to share for the record that the new woman shredding on the guitar in the new Gameday intro this year is Lzzy Hale from the band Halestorm. Lots of interest each week in who she is is or why she is our Gameday intro, and since I don’t think I ever addressed this issue I thought I would do that right now.

Lzzy Hale, comin' to your citaaay — Lzzy Hale, comin’ to your citaaay

Anyways. This week’s edition came to us live from East Lansing, Michigan for the biggest Big 10 matchup of the year, Michigan State vs. Ohio State. It was a chilly morning in East Lansing with the balmy weather somewhere around 37 degrees for the show. It should be noted that Desmond Howard was apparently broadcasting from somewhere in the Arctic circle this morning, or he was at least dressed for it.

37 degrees out in the wind is pretty chilly, but I’d like to compare it to what Kirk Herbstreit was wearing this morning:

One man wears a normal business suit, and another man is bundled up to explore the North pole. Was it never cold up there at Michigan when Desmond was busy winning Heismans? Anyways, another item we need to discuss is Kirk’s lapel rose this morning. This appears to be a recent trend in weeks where the Gameday crew (and SEC network crew) are sporting lapel roses. I’m not sure what to make of this, but lots of people are apparently interested, so let’s keep an eye out for Kirk’s lapel rose each week.

While we are on the topic of fashion, let’s review Gameday’s fashion version of the odd couple. Samantha Ponder was sporting a nice winter outfit this morning which Jennifer was a big fan of. She loved the jacket, loved the colors, and loved the details on the jacket. Jennifer said she loves “how sassy Samantha Ponder dresses” in the winter. She got two thumbs up from Jennifer this week. Someone who did not get two thumbs up was “Quarterback Guru to the Stars” George Whitfield. He appeared to be making progress with the matching colors this morning, but was still sporting a tiny coat with a teenie tiny lapel rose. If he was wearing “those damn brown shoes” as Jennifer calls them, at least they matched this week. Let’s keep making progress George!

We had two special feature stories this week, the first of which featured the only appearance of one Tom Rinaldi this week. It was a rehashing of a 2012 feature on Clemson wide receiver Daniel Rodriguez. Rodriguez served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and while in Afghanistan made a promise to a fellow soldier named Kevin Thompson that if he ever made it out of there alive he would play D1 college football somewhere. After a battle in which 8 soldiers were killed, including Thompson, Rodriguez was awarded a purple heart and bronze star. He returned home and put together a recruiting video with a friend and posted it to the internet. It caught the eye of Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, who saw an incredible work ethic and desire to play, which was punctuated by the fact that Rodriguez was not asking for a scholarship; only a chance to walk on. Since then, Rodriguez has played in 37 games straight. A great quote from Daniel to top it all off: “What do you do after your dream comes true? Go and live another dream”. The segment can be found here: http://goo.gl/sH9lis

The second feature of the day was presented by Gene W. and was a piece about Arizona State running back D.J. Foster. Foster’s backstory (like most Gene W. and Rinaldi pieces) is a great story of overcoming adversity. Foster lost his 19 year old sister at the age of 15, one week before his first ever varsity high school football game. He made it a point to not give up on living his life, and on the very first play of his varsity career returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. When it came time to pick a college, he committed to stay close to home and attend Arizona State university, where he has kept the team on the national radar ever since. The touching finale was the story of the five year anniversary of his sister’s death, when Foster and his father met on the Arizona State practice field to release a bundle of balloons with his sister’s picture attached. They did this not to mourn her loss, but to celebrate her life.

Now that the touching stories are finished, let’s get to some wacky signs we saw this week in East Lansing. Strong work this week included “IS THIS THE NICKELBACK CONCERT?”, a bunch of Urban Meyer/Oscar Meyer weiner references, “Urban Meyer doesn’t wet his toothbrush”, and “RUSH HOUR 3 WAS OK”. This week’s inappropriate winners are the following:

Urban Meyer stole Tim Tebow's virginity — Urban Meyer stole Tim Tebow’s virginity

And of course…

Nice work fellas.

When it came time to get down to the business of picking games, Desmond Howard could do nothing right for this Michigan State crowd, as I’m sure you can imagine. He did manage to get back on track with the “OFFICIAL DESMOND HOWARD MICHIGAN PICK OF THE WEEK”, picking Michigan to take down Northwestern. The counter is reset this week, so our running count of Michigan picks is back at 1.

Our special guest celebrity this week was Alice Cooper, of rock and roll music fame. He is from Michigan I guess. He was very casual and non-chalant with his picks, and didn’t get too technical with his picks. I feel like the overly technical celebrity pickers tend to underperform, while Katy Perry wins the week for some reason. Mr. Cooper of course went with Michigan State over Ohio State, to the delight of the crowd, so his casual selections may be a good sign for Sparty. Desmond and David Pollack both went with Michigan State as well, while Kirk had another no-pick since he is calling the game. Coach Corso reminisced over his first ever official headgear pick, when he put on the Brutus the Buckeye headgear back in 1996. This got the crowd fired up, but he quickly changed his tone, as he ripped off his overcoat to reveal green armor, and his assistants put on a gigantic Spartan headgear and set of fake hands for him. Charley the Cat went with Ohio State, and may be due for a win, so this should be a good matchup between the two.