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Week 1 2017: ATS picks from Phil Steele! #CFB

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This week’s Strong as Steele podcast from Phil Steele is out, and we digested it as quickly as we could.  There’s a few games where his stance on a side was vague so I didn’t include those.  Listen to the full podcast for all of the details and get pumped for week 1 action!

Tennessee over GT (by about a TD)
Ohio St over Indiana (right on the number, by 21)
UNC ovet Cal (by a couple of TD)
Boise St over Troy (by a TD)
Florida over Michigan
Texas over Maryland (by 3 TD or more)
Kentucky over S.Miss
BC over NIU (close win)
UCLA over TAMU
Okla St over Tulsa
C.Michigan over Rhode Island
USC over W.Michigan
Clemson over Ken St (big)
Alabama over FSU (by 3)
VT over WVU
Tennessee-3 vs GT
UNC-12 vs Cal
App St+14 vs Georgia
Troy+11.5 vs Boise St
FAU+10 vs Navy
Florida+4 vs Michigan
Texas-18 vs Maryland
FSU+7 vs Alabama

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Week 1 2017: ATS #CFB Picks from Chris Fallica & Stanford Steve!

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We’ve finally made it to week 1…. PART 2!!!! With this week 1 being hyped once again as the greatest opening weekend ever, we couldn’t kick things off without some money makers from Chris “The Bear” Fallica and his partner in crime Stanford Steve Coughlin.  Enjoy these responsibly, and be sure to check out the full podcast for in-depth analysis.

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama-7 vs FSU
Florida+3.5 vs Michigan
USC vs W.Michigan over 57.5
BC-3 vs NIU
Texas vs Maryland over 56

Chris Fallica:
Alabama-7 vs FSU (lean)
Michigan-3.5 vs Florida
Tulsa+18 vs Okla St
Memphis-26 vs UL-Monroe
Troy+11.5 vs Boise St
App St+14.5 vs Georgia
Troy ML vs Boise St
Cal+11 vs UNC
Iowa-11.5 vs Wyoming
Ball St+7 vs Illinois
Vanderbilt-3 vs MTSU
Indiana+20 vs Ohio St

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2017-18 College Gameday Season Preview!

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And we are back.  As of this morning we have officially survived another offseason with the kickoff of Florida A&M vs Texas Southern.  However, we all know it was open season with the return of College Gameday an hour before those two teams kicked off.  Our Gameday crew was back spitting hot takes and wild ass predictions for this season.  These are usually wildly inaccurate by the end of the season, however they reminded us last year Kirk Herbstreit predicted Clemson over Alabama in the championship game on the season preview.  Without further adieu, here are this year’s official preseason predictions (along with hot picks from @GamedayJen), so bookmark this page and come see us again in January.

Lee Corso:
USC over Alabama in championship
Final Four: Ohio St, Alabama, USC, FSU
FSU to win ACC
Ohio St to win Big 10
Okla St to win Big 12
USC to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
USF as best G5 team
Mason Rudolph to win Heisman
Virginia Tech as surprise team
OU as disappointment team
FSU over Alabama as big upset this year

Kirk Herbstreit:
Ohio St over Alabama in championship
Final Four: Ohio St, USC, FSU, Alabama
FSU to win ACC
Ohio St to win Big 10
TCU to win Big 12
USC to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
USF as best G5 team
Sam Darnold to win Heisman
Kansas St as surprise team
Oklahoma St as disappointment team
SDSU over Stanford as big upset this year

Desmond Howard:
Stanford over Alabama in championship
Final Four: Wisconsin, Alabama, Stanford, Miami FL
Miami FL to win ACC
Wisconsin to win Big 10
Okla St to win Big 12
Stanford to win Pac 12
Georgia to win SEC
USF as best G5 team
Saquon Barkley to win Heisman
Miami FL as surprise team
OU as disappointment team
Wash St to beat USC as big upset this year

Jennifer’s Picks:
Alabama over Clemson in national championship
Final Four: Clemson, Alabama, Washington, Okla St
Clemson to win ACC
Penn St to win Big 10
Okla St to win Big 12
Washington to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
Boise St as best G5 team
OU as this year’s overrated team

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