Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Phil Steele (and Doug Kezirian)!

Week 13 rolls along with Phil Steele’s picks via the Behind the Bets podcast with Doug Kezirian.  His five official picks were BYU, Texas A&M, TCU, Memphis and Virginia.  He explicitly agreed with Doug Kezirian about Michigan, Notre Dame, Miss State, and then said his computer projects the WVU/OU total around 92 so he likes the over.  I’m counting them all for the record.

As always I will be updating with any other picks Phil gives out on podcasts, radio shows, Phil Steele Plus preview, or anywhere else I find him.

Phil Steele on Behind the Bets:

Date Pick
11/24/18 BYU + 13.5 vs Utah
11/24/18 Texas A&M  -2.5 vs LSU
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -10.5 vs Southern California
11/24/18 TCU + 5 vs Oklahoma State
11/23/18 Memphis  -7 vs Houston
11/23/18 West Virginia vs Oklahoma Over 83.5
11/23/18 Virginia  -3.5 vs Virginia Tech
11/22/18 Mississippi State  -10.5 vs Mississippi

Doug Kezirian talked some games and said he’s definitely giving out Mississippi State-10.5 in the Egg bowl, but is deciding on his other official picks.  He said he likes Notre Dame-10.5, Michigan-4, and Kentucky but didn’t give a line.

The following two picks have been added from this week’s Campus Conversation podcast:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Boston College  -7 vs Syracuse
11/23/18 Central Florida  -14 vs South Florida

The following two picks have been added from his Phil Steele Plus week 13 preview.

Date Pick
11/24/18 Georgia Southern  -10.5 vs Georgia State
11/24/18 Nicholls State  -14 vs San Diego

Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks from Barstool Sports!

We are starting week 13 off with RIVALRY WEEK picks from those guys at Barstool Sports.  These are from their Barstool Pick’em podcast released earlier today.

Dave Portnoy:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Alabama  -24 vs Auburn
11/24/18 BYU + 13 vs Utah
11/24/18 California  -12.5 vs Colorado
11/24/18 Florida  -5.5 vs Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  -17 vs Georgia Tech
11/24/18 Northwestern  -18 vs Illinois
11/24/18 Kentucky  -17 vs Louisville
11/24/18 LSU  -2.5 vs Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  -10 vs Minnesota
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -10.5 vs Southern California
11/24/18 Stanford  -6.5 vs UCLA
11/24/18 UCLA vs Stanford Over 57.5
11/24/18 Connecticut vs Temple Over 67
11/24/18 Boise State + 3 vs Utah State
11/23/18 Nebraska + 10 vs Iowa
11/23/18 West Virginia + 1.5 vs Oklahoma
11/23/18 Washington State  -3 vs Washington

Dan Katz:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Alabama  -24 vs Auburn
11/24/18 Florida  -5.5 vs Florida State
11/24/18 Northwestern  -18 vs Illinois
11/24/18 Kentucky  -17 vs Louisville
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  -10 vs Minnesota
11/23/18 Nebraska + 10 vs Iowa
11/23/18 West Virginia vs Oklahoma Over 81.5
11/23/18 Texas  -15 vs Kansas
11/23/18 Washington State  -2.5 vs Washington
11/22/18 Mississippi + 10.5 vs Mississippi State

Rico Bosco:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Arizona vs Arizona State Over 64.5
11/24/18 Alabama vs Auburn Over 52.5
11/24/18 Georgia Tech + 17 vs Georgia
11/24/18 North Carolina State  -6.5 vs North Carolina
11/24/18 Troy + 11 vs Appalachian State
11/24/18 Boise State vs Utah State Over 67.5
11/24/18 Louisiana Tech  -11 vs Western Kentucky
11/23/18 Toledo  -18.5 vs Central Michigan
11/23/18 West Virginia vs Oklahoma Over 81
11/23/18 Washington State  -3.5 vs Washington

Week 12 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

The week 12 college football grades are in.  Let’s examine.

Winners this week include Andrea Adelson (9-2), Lou Holtz (8-2), Phil Steele (12-3 straight up, 13-6 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Rick Neuheisel (7-3), Rufus Peabody (4-1 ATS), and Scott Spreitzer (4-1 ATS).  However, after splitting a weekly win last week, @GamedayJen sits atop the throne going 13-3 on picks this week.  That’s two in a row and three overall this season, so I expect her to get called up to ESPN any day.

Losers this week include Scott Van Pelt (3-5 ATS), Dan Katz (4-6 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-3 ATS), and Brett McMurphy (3-4 ATS).  However this week’s loss definitely goes to Bruce Feldman at 5-6 straight up; 3-7 ATS.

Lee Corso posted a big win at 12-3, including a win with this headgear pick UCF over Cincinnati.  Special guest celebrity Maury Povich had a nice winning week at 10-4.  The Bear had a losing week 3-4 ATS, but Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week.  Everyone else was somewhere in between to check out the results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0
Chris.Doering 100% 5 0
Pat.Forde 100% 2 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 2 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 1 0
Marcus.Spears 100% 1 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 1 0
Jonathan.Vilma 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 2 0
Andrea.Adelson 81.82% 9 2
Jennifer 81.25% 13 3
Lee.Corso 80% 12 3
Steve.Coughlin 80% 4 1
Lou.Holtz 80% 8 2
Phil.Steele 80% 12 3
Paul.Finebaum 75% 3 1
Chris.Low 75% 3 1
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33% 11 4
Celebrity.Guest 71.43% 10 4
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Joel.Klatt 66.67% 2 1
Pete.Thamel 66.67% 2 1
Desmond.Howard 64.71% 11 6
Randy.Cross 60% 6 4
Brian.Jones 60% 6 4
Mark.May 60% 6 4
Aaron.Taylor 60% 6 4
Stewart.Mandel 54.55% 6 5
David.Pollack 50% 1 1
Matt.Leinart 50% 1 1
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Adam.Rittenberg 50% 2 2
Mark.Schlabach 50% 2 2
Bruce.Feldman 45.45% 5 6
Chris.Fallica 44.44% 4 5
Dusty.Dvoracek 40% 2 3
Greg.McElroy 0% 0 1
Robert.Smith 0% 0 1

ATS grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
rufus.peabody.grade 80% 4 1 0
scott.spreitzer.grade 80% 4 1 0
jeff.ma.grade 75% 3 1 0
phil.steele.grade 68.42% 13 6 0
rico.bosco.grade 57.14% 4 3 0
dusty.dvoracek.grade 50% 2 2 0
pat.forde.grade 50% 3 3 0
doug.kezirian.grade 50% 1 1 0
stewart.mandel.grade 50% 5 5 0
pete.thamel.grade 50% 3 3 0
chris.fallica.grade 42.86% 3 4 0
brett.mcmurphy.grade 42.86% 3 4 0
steve.coughlin.grade 40% 2 3 0
dan.katz.grade 40% 4 6 0
scott.van.pelt.grade 37.50% 3 5 0
bruce.feldman.grade 30% 3 7 0
tim.cowlishaw.grade 25% 1 3 0