Week 11 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Phil Steele!

Here’s the week 11 picks from Phil Steele via the Behind the Bets podcast.  I’ll be updating if he gives out more picks on Campus Conversation, Inside the Pressbox preview, or any other appearances I come across.  He said he has Ohio State winning by 7 (line is 3.5) but it isn’t one of his plays this week.  Georgia wasn’t one of his official picks, but when asked by Doug about the game said he’d side with Georgia so I marked it down.

Date Pick
11/10/18 Georgia  -14 vs Auburn
11/10/18 Boston College + 20 vs Clemson
11/10/18 Nebraska vs Illinois Over 68
11/10/18 Texas A&M  -11.5 vs Mississippi
11/10/18 Cincinnati  -14 vs South Florida
11/10/18 Florida Atlantic  -20 vs Western Kentucky

Adding the following picks from the Campus Conversation podcast:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Southern California  -5 vs California
11/10/18 Ohio State  -3.5 vs Michigan State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  -20.5 vs Oklahoma State

The following picks are added from his Inside the Pressbox preview from week 11, including two FCS picks.  If you are paying attention at home, he has been spitting hot fire with the FCS picks this season.

Date Pick
11/10/18 Pittsburgh  -3 vs Virginia Tech
11/10/18 Eastern Washington + 3 vs California-Davis
11/10/18 Stony Brook  -3.5 vs Delaware

Week 11 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Stanford Steve & Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica!

Week 11 is under way and that means we have picks from Stanford Steve & The Bear.  As a reminder, these picks are from their weekly podcast and aren’t their official picks from ESPN Chalk (which come out tomorrow).  You’ll need to listen to the full podcast for all the juicy analysis as well as the Jim Donnan Super Condo Steamer.  Enjoy.

Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Georgia  -14.5 vs Auburn
11/10/18 Ohio State  -3.5 vs Michigan State
11/10/18 Houston  -4.5 vs Temple
11/10/18 Penn State  -9 vs Wisconsin

Stanford Steve Coughlin:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Notre Dame  -17.5 vs Florida State
11/10/18 Texas A&M  -12 vs Mississippi
11/10/18 Ohio State  -3.5 vs Michigan State
11/10/18 Oregon State + 23.5 vs Stanford
11/10/18 Cincinnati  -14 vs South Florida

Week 10 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Its time for the week 10 results from our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.

Winners this week included Paul Finebaum (6-1), Pat Forde (5-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-3), Mark May (7-2), Phil Steele (7-5), Brett McMurphy (6-1 ATS), Lou Holtz (8-1), Rufus Peabody (4-1 ATS), Danny Kanell (6-2 ATS), The Bear (5-2 ATS), Stanford Steve (4-2 ATS), and Rick Neuheisel (7-3).  However this week’s big win is going to go to Dusty Dvoracek at 5-0 against the spread on his picks this week.

Losers this week include Marcus Spears (2-3), Tim Cowlishaw (1-4 ATS), Scott Spreitzer (1-4 ATS), Stewart Mandel (3-8 ATS), Dave Portnoy (5-9 ATS), Dan Katz (5-9 ATS), and Bruce Feldman (5-6 ATS).  Cowlishaw and Spreitzer can share this week’s loss in my book.

Coach Corso had a great week at 12-2 on his picks, including winning his headgear pick Alabama over LSU.  Special guest celebrity Alex Bregman went 7-6 on his picks this week, but I honestly would have guessed he did worse based on how many games he faded the Gameday crew.  @GamedayJen was near the top this week at 14-3, continuing her dominance this season.  The Bear went 1-2 on the week but still posted a winning week at 5-2 overall against the spread.  Everyone else is somewhere in between, so check out the full grades 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
Skip.Bayless 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 2 0
Chris.Doering 100% 2 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100% 3 0
Brad.Edwards 100% 1 0
Joey.Galloway 100% 4 0
Mike.Golic 100% 2 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 2 0
Mel.Kiper.Jr 100% 1 0
Joel.Klatt 100% 3 0
Trevor.Matich 100% 1 0
Ryan.McGee 100% 4 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 1 0
Adam.Rittenberg 100% 4 0
Mark.Schlabach 100% 4 0
Pete.Thamel 100% 4 0
Jonathan.Vilma 100% 2 0
Lou.Holtz 88.89% 8 1
Lee.Corso 85.71% 12 2
Paul.Finebaum 85.71% 6 1
Pat.Forde 83.33% 5 1
Jennifer 82.35% 14 3
Kevin.Carter 80% 4 1
Brett.McMurphy 80% 4 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 78.57% 11 3
Mark.May 77.78% 7 2
Heather.Dinich 75% 3 1
Chris.Low 75% 3 1
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1
Les.Miles 75% 3 1
Jesse.Palmer 75% 3 1
Phil.Steele 70.59% 12 5
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Desmond.Howard 66.67% 10 5
Steve.Coughlin 66.67% 4 2
Houston.Nutt 66.67% 2 1
Andrea.Adelson 63.64% 7 4
Randy.Cross 63.64% 7 4
Bruce.Feldman 63.64% 7 4
David.Pollack 60% 3 2
Brian.Jones 60% 6 4
Tim.Tebow 60% 3 2
Chris.Fallica 55.56% 5 4
Celebrity.Guest 53.85% 7 6
Tim.Cowlishaw 50% 1 1
Aaron.Taylor 50% 5 5
Stewart.Mandel 45.45% 5 6
Marcus.Spears 40% 2 3
Greg.McElroy 0% 0 2

ATS Grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 100% 5 0 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 85.71% 6 1 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 75% 6 2 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 71.43% 5 2 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 66.67% 4 2 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 58.33% 10 7 1
Rico.Bosco.ATS.Grade 57.14% 8 6 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 55.56% 5 4 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 45.45% 5 6 0
Dan.Katz.ATS.Grade 35.71% 5 9 0
Dave.Portnoy.ATS.Grade 35.71% 5 9 0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS.Grade 27.27% 3 8 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade 20% 1 4 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 20% 1 4 0