Week 14 picks:
USC over Stanford (by about 10)
Toledo over Akron (by 17)
OU over TCU (something like 38-27)
Auburn over Georgia (by a TD)
Ohio St over Wisconsin (by 7, no play)
FAU over UNT
Arkansas St over Troy
UCF over Memphis (Memphis keeps it closer than expected)
Georgia Southern over Coastal Carolina (by 3, on the number)
NM St over South Alabama
UMass over FIU
USC-3.5 vs Stanford
Akron+21.5 vs Toledo
Miami FL+9.5 vs Clemson (he said it’ll get to 10, so wait for 10)
OU-7 vs TCU
Auburn-2.5 vs Georgia
UCF vs Memphis over 83
Memphis+7.5 vs UCF
Idaho+6.5 vs Georgia St
Louisiana+15 vs App St
UMass+1.5 vs FIU
UL-Monroe+27 vs FSU
Phil Steele is a recent addition to the blog, but he has been around the game doing this longer than most. Famous for his yearly college football preview, he is a man who is involved in many aspects of covering the game. He is a master of computer-based score projections (in case you may have an interest on the spread) as well a man who claims to put in an hour each week per FBS team. Yes, as in 128+ hours per week breaking down the week’s games. He does bowl projections. He ranks mascots. He picks bowl games. He has a legendary mustache. Some of us think he may be a college football robot sent from the future.
Since he sells his full slate of picks each week on ESPN Insider and PhilSteele.com, I will try my best to avoid getting sued. All of the picks I track and post of his on this blog are picks which he releases to the public each week on ESPN Championship Drive podcasts, Twitter and CFB Daily’s The Edge. If you are in desperate need of his full slate of picks each week then I suggest you pay the man his money.
We are also pleased to announce that Phil Steele is our 2015-16 season champion at 77.03% straight up and 53.53% against the spread!
Due to some issues with the formatting of Phil’s picks, I am only posting his season records here at this time. This is his record in straight up picks.
2008-09 Season | 66.67% | 10-5 |
2009-10 Season | 75.10% | 549-182 |
2010-11 Season | 74.87% | 593-199 |
2011-12 Season | 75.06% | 590-196 |
2012-13 Season | 77.09% | 249-74 |
2013-14 Season | 74.52% | 117-40 |
2014-15 Season | 68.85% | 210-95 |
2015-16 Season | 77.13% | 597-174 |
2016-17 Season | 73.22% | 257-94 |
2017-18 Season | 70.34% | 166-70 |
Totals | 74.73% | 3338-1129 |
And his record against the spread:
2011-12 Season | 50.00% | 1-1-0 |
2013-14 Season | 33.33% | 1-2-0 |
2014-15 Season | 53.64% | 29-25-1 |
2015-16 Season | 53.51% | 121-105-2 |
2016-17 Season | 51.24% | 182-173-8 |
2017-18 Season | 47.98% | 115-125-7 |
Total | 51.00% | 449-431-18 |
53 % against the spread with steele thats just average thought he was suppose to be a guru