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2018-19 Season: College Gameday Season Preview!

Posted on August 25, 2018 by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone. We are officially kicking opening the 2018-19 season around here with the College Gameday Season Preview! You’ll find the preseason predictions from Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, and Desmond Howard below. We’ll be bringing you a little more preseason coverage today and tomorrow, but starting this week we will be posting the regular weekly picks until we crown a champion in January.

Lee Corso:
Trace McSorley for early Heisman favorite
Clemson over Miami (FL) in ACC Championship
Wisconsin over Penn State in Big 10 Championship
Texas over Oklahoma in Big 12 Championship
Washington over USC in Pac 12 Championship
Georgia over Alabama in SEC Championship
UCF as best G5 team
CFB Playoff: Clemson vs Washington, Wisconsin vs Georgia
Clemson vs Wisconin in CFB Championship
Wisconsin to win CFB Championship

Kirk Herbstreit:
Trace McSorley for early Heisman favorite
Clemson over Miami (FL) in ACC Championship
Penn State over Wisconsin in Big 10 Championship
Oklahoma over TCU in Big 12 Championship
Washington over Utah in Pac 12 Championship
Alabama over Georgia in SEC Championship
Boise State as best G5 team
CFB Playoff: Alabama vs Washington, Clemson vs Penn State
Clemson vs Alabama in CFB Championship
Alabama to win CFB Championship

Desmond Howard:
Bryce love for early Heisman favorite
Clemson over Miami (FL) in ACC Championship
Michigan over Wisconsin in Big 10 Championship
WVU over Oklahoma in Big 12 Championship
Washington over USC in Pac 12 Championship
Alabama over South Carolina in SEC Championship
UCF as best G5 team
CFB Playoff: Michigan vs WVU, Alabama vs Clemson
Michigan vs Alabama in CFB Championship
Michigan to win CFB Championship

@GamedayJen:
Clemson to win ACC
Penn State to win Big 10
TCU to win Big 12
Washington to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
Alabama vs Penn State, Clemson vs Washington in CFB Playoff (potentially TCU instead of Penn State)
Alabama vs Clemson in CFB Championship
Clemson to win CFB Championship

2018-19 Season: Big announcement, changes coming!

Posted on August 9, 2018 by gamedaycole

Hello everyone and welcome back. It is officially open season here at GamedayCole.com and we will be back in full force providing all of the picks and predictions from your favorite (and most hated) personalities.

I have a very exciting announcement to make. Starting this season, I am teaming up with someone who I will be referring to as Chuck the Stat Guy. Chuck is a professor of statistics at a well-respected school and has his PhD is statistical analysis, and for some reason he is generous enough to help me figure some things out. Aside from his professional duties he has a passion for sports analytics, and this somehow qualifies. He will be helping me sanitize my data, standardize my data, automate various tasks, and eventually we hope to bring you some really cool reports and visualizations of everything I track. For now he chooses to remain anonymous because he can’t risk ruining his career by associating with me, but I am grateful to have him.

In the short-term, not much will change. The posts might be formatted a little different than previous seasons, but that is because we are standardizing and automating some tasks. As the season moves along, the appearance of things might change week to week as we continue to clean up a decade of sloppy work. I literally started this blog almost ten years ago tracking picks on a legal pad, then a text file, then a chaotic Excel spreadsheet, and it is time to join the 21st century.

This partnership with Chuck the Stat Guy is a work in progress, and I hope you are as excited as we are to add him to the ever-growing group of underpaid contributors to this site.

Preseason picks will be coming out soon so stay tuned!

2017-18 #CFBPlayoff National Championship picks!

Posted on January 8, 2018 by gamedaycole

Good morning football fans and welcome back. The time has come for the official GamedayCole.com National Championship megapost of picks and predictions for your review. I will be updating all day all the way through kickoff with the Gameday crew, SEC Nation, Corso’s headgear, celebrity guests, talking heads, blowhards, trolls and anyone else we can find along the way. Check back often for the latest picks, predictions and bets!

Lee Corso:
Alabama over Georgia (headgear pick)

Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Georgia

David Pollack:
Georgia over Alabama

@GamedayJen:
Alabama over Georgia

Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Georgia

Marcus Spears:
Georgia over Alabama

Paul Finebaum:
Alabama over Georgia

Andrea Adelson: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Charles Arbuckle :Mac Attack 1/4/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Skip Bayless: Undisputed 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 20-10

Mack Brown: ESPNU radio on SiriusXM 1/7/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Gene Chizik:
Alabama to win championship

Stanford Steve Coughlin: Chad & Scooch podcast 1/4/2018
Alabama-4.5 vs Georgia
“Lay the 4.5, throw a ton on the moneyline”, said he got the moneyline at -200
Alabama-3.5 vs Georgia
Alabama-175 vs Georgia
Alabama-4 vs Georgia (BTB 1/5/2017)

Colin Cowherd: Twitter 1/6/2017
Alabama-3 vs Georgia (by a touchdown)

Tim Cowlishaw: dallasnews.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama 28-24

Heather Dinich: Twitter 1/2/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Chris Doering: espn.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama

Dusty Dvoracek: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Chris Fallica: Chad & Schooch podcast 1/4/2018
Georgia+4.5 vs Alabama (early lean only, no official pick)
Georgia+3.5 vs Alabama (Georgia outright)
Georgia+4 vs Alabama (Bear’s Bank)

Bruce Feldman: si.com
Alabama over Georgia 27-23

Jimbo Fisher:
Georgia over Alabama

Pat Forde: Yahoo.com 1/7/201
Alabama over Georgia 21-20

Joey Galloway: CFB Live 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama

Rod Gilmore: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Mike Golic: Golic & Wingo 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Brock Huard: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Danny Kanell: Off the bench 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Alabama-4 vs Georgia

Mel Kiper Jr.: Twitter 1/8/2018
Georgia+4 vs Alabama

Joel Klatt: Bad Radio 1/4/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Jen Lada: espn.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama

Tom Luginbill: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Ivan Maisel: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Gus Malzahn:
Alabama over Georgia

Trevor Matich: CFB Live 1/4
Alabama over Georgia 24-17

Greg McElroy: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Booger McFarland: CFB Live 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 21-17

Todd McShay: Championship Drive 1/7/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Brent Musburger: Podcast 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 30-17

Dari Nowkhah: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Jesse Palmer: Championship Drive 1/7/2018
Alabama over Georgia 28-17

Jordan Rodgers: WWLS 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama

Mark Schlabach: espn.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama

Howie Schwab: the Schwab Speak’s podcast
Alabama over Georgia

Stephen A. Smith: Sportscenter 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia

Andy Staples: si.com
Alabama over Georgia 17-13

Phil Steele:
Alabama-3.5 vs Georgia

Clint Stoerner: Twitter 1/4
Alabama over Georgia

Jonathan Vilma: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 20-10

Trey Wingo: Golic & Wingo 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia