Tag: 2015

Welcome back once again college football fans.  We had some shakeups yesterday in the college football world, which will presumably shake up the playoff rankings come Tuesday night.  Along with those shakeups, we also had some shakeups in our expert rankings this week as the best continue to separate themselves from the rest.  Let’s dive right in.

Winners this week include everyone’s favorite 3rd string QB Tim Tebow (4-0), Booger McFarland (5-2), Andre Adelson (6-2), Charles Arbuckle (4-2), Kevin Carter (6-3), Colin Cowherd (5-3), Jason Sehorn (4-2), and Clint Stoerner (4-0).  However, this week’s only BIG winner is none other than Kirk Herbstreit, who booked a 9-2 week on Gameday.  Let’s all congratulate him on his success this week.

Losers this week include Chris Fallica (7-8, 4-5 ATS) who is finally starting to cool off after a heater to start the season, Marcus Spears (1-3), Stanford Steve (2-5-1, 1-2-1 ATS), Chris Doering (1-3), and Brad Edwards (2-3, 1-3 ATS).  However, this week’s official loss will be credited to Ryen Russillo who booked a solid 0-4 record, including 0-2 against the spread.  It is pretty easy for me to say in retrospect that laying 14 to Sparty was a bad idea.  So I will go ahead and do exactly that.  Better luck next week Russillo.

Other notes include Corso missing another headgear pick on the year, bringing him to 3-9 on the year.  Charley the Cat missed her pick as well, going with the Buckeyes over Sparty.  That brings her to 4-8 on the year, but she remains one game up on Corso for the time being.  Jennifer booked a solid 8-4 on the week, which is good enough for the silver medal this week behind Herbstreit.  Celebrity guest picker Archie Griffin may be a two-time Heisman winner, but he booked a 4-6 record yesterday in his first appearance on Gameday.  Our last peculiar note of the day is that in yesterday’s big game, our expert panel picked 25 to 1 in favor of Ohio State versus Michigan State.  I’m not sure we have ever seen a game picked that unevenly and ending up wrong since I’ve been running this blog.  Someone should start a blog to analyze my blog and then we could find out.  Anyways, the lone soul who was brave enough to come out of the woodworks and back Sparty was a rare appearance from Bill Plaschke on Around the Horn on Friday.  For this effort, we will award Bill Plaschke with one gold star.  That brings his lifetime total of gold stars to one.

Everyone else was somewhere in the middle of this mess, so check out the full slate of results below to find out how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!

Lee Corso: 6-6 (1-0 ATS)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St (headgear pick)
WRONG BC over Notre Dame
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Oregon over USC
RIGHT OU over TCU
WRONG Memphis over Temple
RIGHT UNC over VT
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
WRONG Utah over UCLA
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St
RIGHT Oregon vs USC Over 72.5

Kirk Herbstreit: 9-2
RIGHT Baylor over Okla St
WRONG VT over UNC
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC
RIGHT Wash St over Colorado
RIGHT Oregon over USC
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT Temple over Memphis
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
RIGHT UCLA over Utah
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St

Desmond Howard: 5-5
RIGHT UNC over VT
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
WRONG USC over Oregon
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT Temple over Memphis
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
RIGHT UCLA over Utah
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St
WRONG Ohio St over Michigan St

Archie Griffin: 4-6
WRONG Memphis over Temple
RIGHT UNC over VT
WRONG Penn St over Michigan
RIGHT UCLA over Utah
RIGHT Oregon over USC
RIGHT OU over TCU
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St
WRONG Ohio St over Michigan St

David Pollack: 3-1
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT Baylor over Okla St
RIGHT UNC over VT
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St

Jennifer’s Picks: 8-4
WRONG Boise St over Air Force
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC
RIGHT Oregon over USC
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT Temple over Memphis
WRONG VT over UNC (Upset Special)
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
RIGHT UCLA over Utah
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over Wake Forest
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St

Andrea Adelson: 6-2
RIGHT Miami FL over GT
WRONG Louisville over Pitt
WRONG Duke over UVA
RIGHT UNC over VT
RIGHT NC St over Syracuse
RIGHT FSU over Tennessee-Chattanooga
RIGHT Clemson over Wake Forest
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC

Charles Arbuckle: 4-2
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT UNC over VT

Skip Bayless: 0-1
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St

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

Jon Berger: 2-2
WRONG Iowa St over Kansas St
RIGHT WVU over Kansas
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT OU over TCU

Kevin Carter: 6-3
RIGHT UNC over VaTech
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT Baylor over Okla St
WRONG Utah over UCLA
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
RIGHT Clemson over Wake Forest
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 2-5-1 (1-2-1 ATS)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St 38-25
WRONG Okla St over Baylor 41-40
WRONG Utah over UCLA 27-20
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU 24-17
WRONG Ohio St vs Michigan Over 51
PUSH Okla St vs Baylor Over 80
WRONG Utah-2 vs UCLA
RIGHT Ole Miss-4 vs LSU

Colin Cowherd: 5-3
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St (by 7)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St (close)
RIGHT Baylor over Okla St
RIGHT OU over TCU
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
WRONG Wisconsin over NW
RIGHT UCLA over Utah
RIGHT Oregon over USC 30-25

Heather Dinich: 1-1
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue
WRONG VaTech over UNC

Chris Doering: 1-3
WRONG Mizzou over Tennessee 24-20
WRONG Vanderbilt over TAMU 20-17
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St 31-30
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU 33-27

Brad Edwards: 2-3 (1-3 ATS)
RIGHT OU over TCU
WRONG OU-17.5 vs TCU
WRONG Okla St+2.5 vs Baylor
RIGHT Vanderbilt vs TAMU under 42
WRONG Vanderbilt+4 vs TAMU

Chris Fallica: 7-8 (4-5 ATS)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St 38-21
WRONG Okla St over Baylor 41-31
RIGHT UNC over VaTech 28-24
RIGHT TAMU over Vanderbilt 20-17
RIGHT Georgia over Georgia Southern 35-24
WRONG GaTech over Miami FL 38-27
WRONG Ohio St-13.5 vs Mich St
WRONG Okla St over Baylor PK
RIGHT VaTech+6 vs UNC
WRONG Vanderbilt+7 vs TAMU
RIGHT Georgia Southern+15.5 vs Georgia
WRONG GaTech+1 vs Miami Fl
RIGHT Georgia Southern+13.5 vs Georgia (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT VT+4 vs UNC (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Vanderbilt+6.5 vs TAMU (Bear’s Bank)

Paul Finebaum: 3-2
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT TAMU over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU

Pat Forde: 6-4
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St 24-14
RIGHT Baylor over Okla St 42-35
RIGHT OU over TCU 41-28
WRONG VT over UNC 31-30
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St 24-21
WRONG Houston over Connecticut 31-21
RIGHT UCLA over Utah 27-24
RIGHT Oregon over USC 38-31
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU 26-24
WRONG Boise St over AF 37-24

Joey Galloway: 1-2
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT OU over TCU

Mike Greenberg: 1-1
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St

Mike Golic: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue

Lou Holtz: 1-2
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT OU over TCU
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St

Danny Kanell: 5-4 (1-1 ATS)
WRONG Houston over Connecticut
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT ECU over UCF
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC
WRONG Okla St-1 vs Baylor
RIGHT Mich St+14 vs Ohio St

Trevor Matich: 5-4 (1-3 ATS)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT UNC over VT
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
WRONG USC over Oregon
RIGHT ND over BC
WRONG OU-17.5 vs TCU
WRONG Okla St+2.5 vs Baylor
RIGHT Vanderbilt vs TAMU under 42
WRONG Notre Dame-14.5 vs BC

Greg McElroy: 2-1
RIGHT Clemson over Wake Forest
WRONG Ohio State over Mich St
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue

Booger McFarland: 5-2
RIGHT Clemson over Wake Forest
RIGHT Tennessee over Mizzou 21-14
RIGHT TAMU over Vanderbilt 24-14
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St 31-17
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU 28-24
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT OU over TCU

Dari Nowkhah: 2-0
RIGHT NW+10 vs Wisconsin
RIGHT Purdue+22 vs Iowa

Bill Plaschke: 1-0
RIGHT Mich St over Ohio St

Ryen Russillo: 0-4 (0-2 ATS)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
WRONG Ohio St-14 vs Mich St
WRONG Okla St-1 vs Baylor

Mark Schlabach: 1-1
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT Notre Dame over Boston College

Jason Sehorn: 4-2
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT Alabama over Charleston Southern
RIGHT Clemson over Wake Forest
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue
WRONG Okla St over Baylor
RIGHT OU over TCU

Robert Smith: 3-3
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT UNC over VT
RIGHT Michigan over Penn St
WRONG USC over Oregon
WRONG Okla St over Baylor

Marcus Spears: 1-3
RIGHT Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Vanderbilt over TAMU
WRONG Arkansas over Miss St
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss

Phil Steele: 6-5 (2-0 ATS)
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St (by 14)
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
WRONG VaTech over UNC
RIGHT Baylor over Okla St
RIGHT OU over TCU
RIGHT UCLA over Utah
WRONG Wisconsin over NW
WRONG Houston over UConn (close)
RIGHT Temple over Memphis
RIGHT VaTech+6.5 vs UNC
RIGHT Purdue+22.5 vs Iowa

Matt Stinchcomb: 1-1
RIGHT Auburn over Idaho
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss

Clint Stoerner: 4-0
RIGHT Alabama over Charleston Southern
RIGHT Florida over FAU
RIGHT Auburn over Idaho
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU

Tim Tebow: 4-0
RIGHT Tennessee over Mizzou
RIGHT TAMU over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Miss St over Arkansas
RIGHT Ole Miss over LSU

Scott Van Pelt: 3-4 (3-3 ATS)
WRONG Maryland over Indiana
RIGHT VT+5 vs UNC
WRONG Penn St+3.5 vs Michigan
RIGHT Miss St+4.5 vs Arkansas
WRONG Vanderbilt+6.5 vs TAMU
RIGHT UCLA+1.5 vs Utah
WRONG Maryland-3 vs Indiana (bonus pick)

Andre Ware: 0-1
WRONG Ohio St over Mich St