2018-19 College Football Season: Picks are graded. Final results are in; yearly champion is crowned!

We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes with our team of scientists, mathematicians, and the boys down in the lab.  The numbers have been crunched and the results are in for your 2018-19 college football season.  Without further delay, we are proud to announce Stanford Steve Coughlin as our 2018-19 college football picking champion.  Steve Coughlin put forth a 65-22 record picking games straight up on his ESPN Chalk column, which is a nice 74.71% picking record.  However, Stanford Steve blew the doors off the competition 57-29-1 AGAINST THE SPREAD which is 66.09%.  If you followed his picks and invested in them you are probably a millionaire reading this website from your new beachfront property.  This is an all-time great performance, so if you see Steve please buy him a drink for me.

Everyone else with more than 10 games picked is below, so enjoy the full 2018-19 grades below.

Straight up records:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Jordan.Rodgers 85% 17 3
Brett.McMurphy 80.65% 25 6
Kevin.Carter 80% 8 2
Matt.Leinart 76.47% 13 4
Paul.Finebaum 75.86% 88 28
Tim.Tebow 75% 51 17
Steve.Coughlin 74.71% 65 22
Chris.Doering 74.60% 47 16
Joey.Galloway 74.36% 29 10
Colin.Cowherd 74.07% 20 7
Rece.Davis 73.33% 11 4
Les.Miles 73.33% 33 12
Lou.Holtz 72.86% 102 38
Heather.Dinich 71.67% 43 17
Jennifer 71.16% 190 77
Phil.Steele 70.87% 163 67
Andrea.Adelson 70.81% 114 47
Marcus.Spears 69.74% 53 23
David.Pollack 69.64% 39 17
Tim.Cowlishaw 69.23% 27 12
Jake.Trotter 68.57% 48 22
Joel.Klatt 67.35% 33 16
Rick.Neuheisel 67.16% 45 22
Jonathan.Vilma 66.67% 12 6
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.04% 35 18
Mark.Schlabach 65.96% 62 32
Lee.Corso 65.91% 145 75
Dari.Nowkhah 65.22% 15 8
Greg.McElroy 65% 39 21
Jesse.Palmer 64.86% 24 13
Chris.Fallica 64.80% 81 44
Corso.Headgear 64.71% 11 6
Trevor.Matich 64.71% 11 6
Dave.Wannstedt 64.29% 9 5
Pat.Forde 64.06% 82 46
Kirk.Herbstreit 64.02% 137 77
Houston.Nutt 64% 16 9
Chris.Low 63.64% 35 20
Celebrity.Guest 63.41% 130 75
Pete.Thamel 62.63% 62 37
Brian.Jones 62.03% 49 30
Aaron.Taylor 61.43% 43 27
Randy.Cross 61.33% 46 29
Desmond.Howard 61.18% 145 92
Andy.Staples 61.06% 127 81
Bruce.Feldman 60.30% 120 79
Robert.Smith 60% 9 6
Ryan.McGee 60% 36 24
Mark.May 59.44% 85 58
Adam.Rittenberg 59.18% 58 40
Emmanuel.Acho 58.82% 10 7
Ivan.Maisel 58.33% 35 25
Stewart.Mandel 56.16% 114 89
Danny.Kanell 53.85% 21 18
Gene.Chizik 50% 6 6
Dan.Orlovsky 29.41% 5 12

ATS Records:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
steve.coughlin.ats 66.09% 57 29 1
dusty.dvoracek.ats 62.65% 52 31 0
brett.mcmurphy.ats 60.19% 32 21 1
phil.steele.ats 58.78% 129 90 3
rufus.peabody.ats 58.55% 44 31 1
kirk.herbstreit.ats 57.69% 7 5 1
danny.kanell.ats 56.33% 43 33 3
doug.kezirian.ats 56.10% 23 18 0
adam.kramer.ats 55.56% 49 39 2
jeff.ma.ats 55.07% 38 31 0
todd.fuhrman.ats 54.95% 60 49 2
rico.bosco.ats 54.69% 69 57 2
dave.portnoy.ats 54.59% 110 91 6
scott.spreitzer.ats 54.55% 42 35 0
rece.davis.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
chris.fallica.ats 52.27% 57 52 1
lee.corso.ats 50% 6 6 1
scott.van.pelt.ats 49.17% 58 60 2
dan.katz.ats 48.22% 80 86 3
dari.nowkhah.ats 46.67% 7 8 0
stewart.mandel.ats 45.99% 73 86 3
pat.forde.ats 44.26% 53 67 2
tim.cowlishaw.ats 43.38% 28 37 3
pete.thamel.ats 42.21% 51 70 1
bruce.feldman.ats 41.46% 64 91 3
jake.trotter.ats 41.18% 7 10 0
desmond.howard.ats 37.50% 4 7 1

2018-19 Bowl Season: Picks are graded; results are in!

The 2018-19 college football season is in the books.  Here are the bowl grades to tie you over until we determine our yearly champion.  Obviously not everyone qualifies for our made-up bowl competition, so our panel of scientists has made the following determinations.

Our 2018-19 bowl season will award a straight-up champion and a gambling champion since it is hard to separate the two.  Our straight-up picking champion for this bowl season is actually a tie.  @GamedayJen and Mark Schlabach both went 26-15 on the bowl picks this year and topped all of our experts who picked a full slate of games.  Our ATS gambling champion is going to be Dusty Dvoracek at 9-3 ATS.  Nobody picked the full slate of games ATS, but nobody really had a good bowl season picking ATS, so he wins.

Congratulations to all of our competitors this year.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 3 0
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 1 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 1 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 2 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 2 0
Houston.Nutt 100% 2 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 80% 4 1
Jake.Trotter 75% 3 1
David.Pollack 71.43% 5 2
Mark.May 70% 7 3
Lee.Corso 66.67% 16 8
Andrea.Adelson 66.67% 2 1
Colin.Cowherd 66.67% 2 1
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 4 2
Heather.Dinich 66.67% 2 1
Mike.Greenberg 66.67% 2 1
Lou.Holtz 66.67% 6 3
Chris.Low 66.67% 2 1
Ivan.Maisel 66.67% 2 1
Ryan.McGee 66.67% 2 1
Marcus.Spears 66.67% 6 3
Tim.Tebow 66.67% 4 2
Randy.Cross 63.64% 7 4
Aaron.Taylor 63.64% 7 4
Jennifer 63.41% 26 15
Mark.Schlabach 63.41% 26 15
Paul.Finebaum 62.50% 5 3
Pete.Thamel 60% 21 14
Emmanuel.Acho 58.82% 10 7
Greg.McElroy 58.54% 24 17
Jonathan.Vilma 58.33% 7 5
Phil.Steele 57.50% 23 17
Joel.Klatt 57.14% 4 3
Rick.Neuheisel 57.14% 4 3
Stewart.Mandel 55% 22 18
Adam.Rittenberg 53.66% 22 19
Kirk.Herbstreit 52.38% 11 10
Pat.Forde 51.22% 21 20
Desmond.Howard 50% 12 12
Skip.Bayless 50% 1 1
Steve.Coughlin 50% 6 6
Chris.Fallica 50% 8 8
Bruce.Feldman 50% 20 20
Joey.Galloway 50% 2 2
Tom.Luginbill 50% 1 1
Booger.McFarland 50% 1 1
Todd.McShay 50% 1 1
Dari.Nowkhah 50% 1 1
Jesse.Palmer 50% 2 2
Robert.Smith 50% 1 1
Dave.Wannstedt 50% 1 1
Celebrity.Guest 47.37% 9 10
Andy.Staples 46.34% 19 22
Brian.Jones 45.45% 5 6
Jim.Mora.Jr 42.86% 3 4
Trevor.Matich 40% 2 3
Dan.Orlovsky 29.41% 5 12
Jordan.Rodgers 25% 1 3
Gene.Chizik 0% 0 1
Chris.Doering 0% 0 1
Mike.Golic 0% 0 1
Chip.Kelly 0% 0 1
Stephen.A.Smith 0% 0 1
Dan.Wetzel 0% 0 1
Trey.Wingo 0% 0 1

ATS grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
danny.kanell.ats 100% 3 0 0
dari.nowkhah.ats 100% 1 0 0
dusty.dvoracek.ats 75% 9 3 0
dave.portnoy.ats 72.22% 13 5 0
adam.kramer.ats 71.43% 5 2 0
dan.katz.ats 64.71% 11 6 0
steve.coughlin.ats 61.54% 8 5 0
jake.trotter.ats 60% 3 2 0
todd.fuhrman.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
rufus.peabody.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
chris.fallica.ats 52.63% 10 9 0
colin.cowherd.ats 50% 1 1 0
will.harris.ats 50% 1 1 0
doug.kezirian.ats 50% 4 4 0
scott.spreitzer.ats 50% 7 7 0
phil.steele.ats 50% 11 11 0
pete.thamel.ats 46.15% 18 21 0
jeff.ma.ats 42.86% 3 4 0
rico.bosco.ats 40% 6 9 0
pat.forde.ats 30.77% 12 27 0
tim.cowlishaw.ats 30% 3 7 0
scott.van.pelt.ats 0% 0 2 0

2018-19 College Football Championship: Picks, predictions, ATS plays, and prop bets!

Welcome back everyone.  Here is the official GamedayCole.com megapost of CFB Championship picks, predictions, ATS plays, prop bets, and anything else we can find along the way today.  I will be updating all day with the latest and greatest picks available so check back often for updates.

Corso’s Headgear:
Clemson over Alabama

Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Clemson

David Pollack:
Alabama over Clemson

Full slate of ESPN.com writer predictions can be found HERE!!!!

@GamedayJen:
Clemson over Alabama

Paul Finebaum: CFP Selection Show 12/2
Alabama over Clemson

Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Clemson 24-24

Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Clemson

Emmanuel Acho:
Clemson over Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Adelson:
Alabama over Clemson

Charles Arbuckle:
Clemson over Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip Bayless:
Alabama over Clemson 36-30

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama-4.5 vs Clemson
Alabama vs Clemson over 58.5 (not official pick but gave it out on his podcast)

Colin Cowherd:
Alabama over Clemson (by 10)

Tim Cowlishaw:
Alabama-5 vs Clemson

Randy Cross:
Clemson over Alabama

Heather Dinich:
Alabama over Clemson

Chris Doering:
Alabama over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson over Alabama (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Chris Fallica:
Clemson moneyline+180-190
Henry Ruggs to score+115
Longest TD over 52.5 yards
No defensive/special teams touchdowns-220
Tee Higgins to score+120
Justyn Ross over 69.5 receiving yards
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama (gave this out on Dari & Mel)

Bruce Feldman:
Alabama over Clemson

Pat Forde:
Alabama over Clemson

Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Joey Galloway:
Alabama over Clemson

Mike Golic:
Alabama over Clemson 35-24

Mike Golic Jr.:
Alabama over Clemson

Brian Jones:
Alabama over Clemson

Danny Kanell:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Chip Kelly:
Alabama over Clemson

Doug Kezirian:
Leans Alabama minus the points
Tua’s longest completion over 42.5 yards
No special teams or defensive touchdowns-220

Joel Klatt:
Alabama over Clemson

Matt Leinart:
Clemson over Alabama

Chris Low:
Alabama over Clemson

Jeff Ma:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama

Ivan Maisel:
Alabama over Clemson

Stewart Mandel:
Alabama over Clemson 38-31

Mark May:
Alabama over Clemson

Greg McElroy:
Alabama over Clemson

Ryan McGee:
Alabama over Clemson

Brett McMurphy:
Clemson over Alabama 35-31

Todd McShay:
Alabama over Clemson

Jim Mora Jr.:
Clemson over Alabama

Rick Neuheisel:
Alabama over Clemson

Dan Orlovsky:
Clemson over Alabama

Jesse Palmer:
Alabama over Clemson

Rufus Peabody:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama

Adam Rittenberg:
Alabama over Clemson

Rex Ryan:
Clemson over Alabama

Mark Schlabach:
Alabama over Clemson

Robert Smith:
Alabama over Clemson

Scott Spreitzer:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Phil Steele:
Alabama over Clemson

Aaron Taylor:
Alabama over Clemson

Pete Thamel:
Clemson over Alabama

Jake Trotter:
Alabama over Clemson (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Jonathan Vilma:
Clemson over Alabama 27-17

Dave Wannstedt:
Clemson over Alabama

Dan Wetzel:
Alabama over Clemson

Trey Wingo:
Alabama over Clemson 31-21