2018-19 CFB Season: Mid-season grades!

Welcome back everyone.  We just completed week 9 of our 2018-19 college football season and that’s probably about halfway through the year.  I’m not really sure.  With a week 0, a single Army-Navy game in week 14, conference championship weekend, and bowl games, it is hard to tell.  So yeah, I’m calling it halfway.

Every year I like to stop down halfway through the season and post the season grades and standings.  The pressure is on down the home stretch to make big moves picking games since I assume all of these people read my blog.  Here’s the mid-season grades.  Enjoy.

Straight up records:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong n.games.predicted
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 2 0 2
Brad.Edwards 100% 4 0 4
Mel.Kiper.Jr 100% 1 0 1
Matt.Leinart 85.71% 6 1 7
Tim.Cowlishaw 77.78% 14 4 18
Rece.Davis 76.92% 10 3 13
Les.Miles 75.76% 25 8 33
Brian.Jones 75% 9 3 12
Brett.McMurphy 75% 12 4 16
Chris.Doering 74.47% 35 12 47
Steve.Coughlin 73.91% 34 12 46
Joey.Galloway 73.08% 19 7 26
Andrea.Adelson 71.96% 77 30 107
Tim.Tebow 71.79% 28 11 39
Paul.Finebaum 71.62% 53 21 74
Chris.Fallica 70.59% 48 20 68
Lou.Holtz 70.59% 60 25 85
Marcus.Spears 70% 28 12 40
Phil.Steele 70% 77 33 110
Jennifer 68.28% 99 46 145
David.Pollack 67.65% 23 11 34
Heather.Dinich 66.67% 24 12 36
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.67% 20 10 30
Adam.Rittenberg 66.67% 8 4 12
Robert.Smith 66.67% 4 2 6
Scott.Van.Pelt 66.67% 2 1 3
Joel.Klatt 64% 16 9 25
Bruce.Feldman 63.37% 64 37 101
Celebrity.Guest 62.50% 75 45 120
Colin.Cowherd 62.50% 10 6 16
Trevor.Matich 62.50% 5 3 8
Lee.Corso 62.20% 79 48 127
Kirk.Herbstreit 61.48% 75 47 122
Dari.Nowkhah 61.11% 11 7 18
Jesse.Palmer 60.87% 14 9 23
Stewart.Mandel 60.61% 20 13 33
Mack.Brown 60% 3 2 5
Dave.Wannstedt 60% 3 2 5
Pat.Forde 59.52% 25 17 42
Desmond.Howard 59.42% 82 56 138
Mark.Schlabach 59.38% 19 13 32
Danny.Kanell 51.52% 17 16 33
Mark.May 51.16% 44 42 86
Gene.Chizik 50% 5 5 10
Chris.Low 50% 6 6 12
Ivan.Maisel 50% 18 18 36
Ryan.McGee 50% 18 18 36
Houston.Nutt 50% 4 4 8
Jonathan.Vilma 50% 1 1 2
Corso.Headgear 44.44% 4 5 9
Pete.Thamel 42.86% 3 4 7
Skip.Bayless 0% 0 1 1

ATS Records:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 71.88% 34 13 1
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 65.22% 30 16 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 61.11% 71 45 1
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 57.76% 33 24 1
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade 57.58% 18 13 2
Stewart.Mandel.ATS.Grade 57.58% 19 14 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 55.56% 15 12 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 53.70% 14 12 1
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 52.88% 27 24 1
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 52.03% 38 35 1
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 50% 20 20 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 50% 20 20 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 49.11% 27 28 1
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 44.50% 44 55 1
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS.Grade 40% 6 9 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS.Grade 33.33% 1 2 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade 33.33% 4 8 0

Week 9 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Week 9 of our college football season is in the books, and that means our picks and predictions are graded.  We had quite a few upsets which made for some tough performances this week.  Let’s get to it.

Winners this week were in short supply but include Marcus Spears (4-1), Andrea Adelson (7-4), Jeff Ma (4-1 ATS), Steve Coughlin (3-1 ATS), Scott Spreitzer (2-1 ATS), and Dusty Dvoracek (3-2 ATS).  However this week’s official win goes to Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica going 5-1 against the spread this week.

Losers this week were plentiful, and include Jesse Palmer (1-3), Chris Doering (2-3), Mark May (4-5), Bruce Feldman (5-6 straight up, 5-6 ATS), Rufus Peabody (2-3 ATS), and Danny Kanell (3-4 ATS).  Our official loss this week will be shared by Pat Forde and his partner Pete Thamel for both going 2-4 ATS.

Lee Corso booked his first overall losing week this year going 6-8 on his picks, and losing his headgear pick Florida over Georgia.  Bear’s Bank went 3-0 again this week, so he’s heating up down the stretch this season.  Special guest celebrity Evander Holyfield went 8-6 on his picks this week.  @GamedayJen squeaked out with a winner this week at 9-6.  Everyone else was somewhere in the middle, so check out the full results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up results:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
David.Pollack 100% 2 0
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0
Marcus.Spears 80% 4 1
Steve.Coughlin 75% 3 1
Joey.Galloway 75% 3 1
Chris.Fallica 71.43% 5 2
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Brett.McMurphy 66.67% 2 1
Andrea.Adelson 63.64% 7 4
Jennifer 60% 9 6
Tim.Tebow 60% 3 2
Desmond.Howard 57.14% 8 6
Celebrity.Guest 57.14% 8 6
Paul.Finebaum 55.56% 5 4
Lou.Holtz 55.56% 5 4
Kirk.Herbstreit 53.85% 7 6
Phil.Steele 53.33% 8 7
Dusty.Dvoracek 50% 1 1
Danny.Kanell 50% 1 1
Ivan.Maisel 50% 2 2
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Adam.Rittenberg 50% 2 2
Mark.Schlabach 50% 2 2
Scott.Van.Pelt 50% 1 1
Bruce.Feldman 45.45% 5 6
Mark.May 44.44% 4 5
Lee.Corso 42.86% 6 8
Chris.Doering 40% 2 3
Heather.Dinich 25% 1 3
Chris.Low 25% 1 3
Jesse.Palmer 25% 1 3
Pat.Forde 16.67% 1 5
Corso.Headgear 0% 0 1
Mack.Brown 0% 0 1
Dari.Nowkhah 0% 0 1
Pete.Thamel 0% 0 3

ATS results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 75% 3 1 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 58.33% 3 2 1
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 55.56% 5 4 0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS.Grade 54.55% 6 5 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade 50% 2 2 1
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 45.45% 5 6 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 45% 9 11 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 33.33% 2 4 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade 33.33% 2 4 0