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Year: 2020

Week 9 2020: #CFB Picks from Stanford Steve & The Bear!

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Here are the week 9 picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast.

I always recommend you listen to the full podcast, but that goes double for this week. They talked a TON of games and had a TON of opinions on games but didn’t specifically pick any games for sure. I listed the games they “like”, but nothing seemed like a sure bet this week. Listen to the podcast yourself if you need to know more opinions and leans.

DISCLAIMER: The following are the unofficial week 9 picks as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are found on ESPN Chalk every Thursday morning.

Stanford Steve:
Georgia-13 vs Kentucky
Maryland vs Minnesota over 61ish (didn’t give a line)
Rice+1.5ish vs Southern Miss (didn’t give a line)
Michigan State+24.5 vs Michigan
Georgia State+2.5 vs Coastal Carolina
Northwestern+2.5 vs Iowa
Iowa State-28.5 vs Kansas
Rutgers+12 vs Indiana

Chris “The Bear” Fallica:
West Virginia-3.5 vs Kansas State
Northwestern+2.5 vs Iowa
Virginia+7 vs North Carolina

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Week 8 2020: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 8 is in the books and the results are in.

There’s a few notes to consider for the Gameday crew this week. On the week 7 episode, the crew including celebrity guest Derrick Henry picked the week 8 Big Ten opener. Since I grade by the week, these grades have an extra pick relative to the week 8 broadcast.

Winners this week are Bruce Felmdan (9-0 straight up) and Todd Fuhrman (7-1 ATS).

Coach Corso went 12-2 on picks (including the week 7 pick of the week 8 Big 10 opener). He won his headgear pick going with Michigan over Minnesota. Celebrity guest Vince Vaughn went 10-3 on the week (Derrick Henry gets one win for the Big 10 opener). Bear’s Board went 2-1 on the week. Super Dogs went a collective 3-2 on the week. @GamedayJen booked a winner going 9-6 on the week.

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

Straight up results:

Namepctn.correctn.wrong
Corso.Headgear10010
Reggie.Bush10010
Dusty.Dvoracek10030
Bruce.Feldman10090
Lou.Holtz10050
Joel.Klatt10010
Brady.Quinn10010
Pete.Thamel10020
Scott.Van.Pelt10010
Dan.Wetzel10030
Lee.Corso85.71122
Desmond.Howard85.71122
Mark.Richt85.7161
David.Hale8082
Celebrity.Guest78.57113
Kirk.Herbstreit76.92103
Jon.Berger72.7383
Eric.Mac.Lain71.4352
EJ.Manuel71.4352
Steve.Coughlin66.6721
Joey.Galloway66.6721
Danny.Kanell66.6721
Phil.Steele66.6721
David.Pollack64.2995
Stewart.Mandel63.6474
Jennifer6096
Mark.May6032
Andrea.Adelson57.1443
Pat.Forde56.2597
Aaron.Taylor55.5654
Randy.Cross5055
Chris.Fallica5011
Roman.Harper5022
Brian.Jones5055
Tim.Tebow5022
Rick.Neuheisel4046
Jesse.Palmer33.3312
Jordan.Rodgers33.3312
Emmanuel.Acho001
Matt.Leinart001
Urban.Meyer001
Average68.3217983

ATS Results:

Namepctn.correctn.wrongn.tie
Lee.Corso.ATS100100
Rece.Davis.ATS100100
FPI.ATS100100
David.Pollack.ATS100100
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS87.5710
Bruce.Feldman.ATS77.78720
Adam.Kramer.ATS77.78720
Chris.Fallica.ATS75310
Barton.Simmons.ATS71.43520
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS70311
Norm.Hitzges.ATS70730
Steve.Coughlin.ATS66.67210
Dan.Katz.ATS66.67840
Pete.Thamel.ATS66.67420
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS66.67420
Matt.Youmans.ATS66.67420
David.Hale.ATS62.5530
Danny.Kanell.ATS57.14430
Rico.Bosco.ATS55.56540
Joey.Galloway.ATS50110
Preston.Johnson.ATS50110
Doug.Kezirian.ATS50110
Dan.Wetzel.ATS50330
Stewart.Mandel.ATS45.45560
Chip.Patterson.ATS44.44450
Mark.May.ATS40230
Dave.Portnoy.ATS35.428151
Tony.Barnhart.ATS33.33240
Bill.Connelly.ATS33.33120
Pat.Forde.ATS33.33240
Brady.Quinn.ATS33.33120
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS33.33120
Tom.Fornelli.ATS31.25251
Clay.Travis.ATS30370
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS25011
Jesse.Palmer.ATS25011
Phil.Steele.ATS25130
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS0010
Desmond.Howard.ATS0010
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Week 8 2020: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Board, Super Dogs, celebrity guests and more!

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Corso’s Headgear: Michigan over Minnesota

Super Dog picks:
Lee Corso: Indiana+6 vs Penn State
Desmond Howard: South Carolina+5 vs LSU
David Pollack: Wake Forest+10 vs Virginia Tech
Kirk Herbstreit: South Carolina+5 vs LSU
Rece Davis: San Jose State+7 vs Air Force

Bear’s Board:

Lee Corso:

Alabama  over  Tennessee
Auburn  over  Ole Miss
Texas  over  Baylor
SMU  over  Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina  over  Georgia Southern
Wisconsin  over  Illinois
Iowa State  over  Oklahoma State
Michigan  over  Minnesota
Ohio State  over  Nebraska
North Carolina  over  NC State
Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
Oklahoma  over  TCU
Indiana  over  Penn State
LSU  over  South Carolina

Kirk Herbstreit:

Alabama  over  Tennessee
Ole Miss  over  Auburn
Texas  over  Baylor
Cincinnati  over  SMU
Coastal Carolina  over  Georgia Southern
Wisconsin  over  Illinois
Oklahoma State  over  Iowa State
Ohio State  over  Nebraska
North Carolina  over  NC State
Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
Oklahoma  over  TCU
Penn State  over  Indiana
South Carolina  over  LSU

Desmond Howard:

Alabama  over  Tennessee
Ole Miss  over  Auburn
Baylor  over  Texas
Cincinnati  over  SMU
Coastal Carolina  over  Georgia Southern
Wisconsin  over  Illinois
Oklahoma State  over  Iowa State
Michigan  over  Minnesota
Ohio State  over  Nebraska
North Carolina  over  NC State
Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
Oklahoma  over  TCU
Indiana  over  Penn State
LSU  over  South Carolina

Vince Vaughn:

Alabama  over  Tennessee
Ole Miss  over  Auburn
Texas  over  Baylor
Cincinnati  over  SMU
Coastal Carolina  over  Georgia Southern
Oklahoma State  over  Iowa State
Minnesota  over  Michigan
Ohio State  over  Nebraska
North Carolina  over  NC State
Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
Oklahoma  over  TCU
Penn State  over  Indiana
LSU  over  South Carolina

@GamedayJen:

Alabama  over  Tennessee
Ole Miss  over  Auburn
Texas  over  Baylor
SMU  over  Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina  over  Georgia Southern
Wisconsin  over  Illinois
Iowa State  over  Oklahoma State
Minnesota  over  Michigan
Ohio State  over  Nebraska
North Carolina  over  NC State
Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
Oklahoma  over  TCU
Penn State  over  Indiana
South Carolina  over  LSU
Boise State over Utah State

David Pollack:

Alabama  over  Tennessee
Auburn  over  Ole Miss
Texas  over  Baylor
Cincinnati  over  SMU
Georgia Southern  over  Coastal Carolina
Wisconsin  over  Illinois
Iowa State  over  Oklahoma State
Minnesota  over  Michigan
Ohio State  over  Nebraska
North Carolina  over  NC State
Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
Oklahoma  over  TCU
Penn State  over  Indiana
South Carolina  over  LSU

Pat McAfee:

Iowa-3.5 vs Purdue
Alabama-21.5 vs Tennessee
Coastal Carolina-5.5 vs Georgia Southern

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