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Week 4 2021: CFB Picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast!

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Its that time of the week again. Stanford Steve and the Bear dropped a new podcast today for all of our benefit. The picks are below, and be sure to listen to the whole thing for full breakdown, leans, stayaway games and much more.

DISCLAIMER: The following are the unofficial week 4 picks as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are always found on ESPN Chalk.

DISCLAIMER: The following are the unofficial week 4 picks as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are always found on ESPN Chalk.

Stanford Steve:
Syracuse+6 vs Liberty
Minnesota-31 vs Bowling Green
UTSA+3 vs Memphis
Kent St+14.5 vs Maryland
Nebraska+5 vs Michigan State
Alabama-45 vs Southern Miss
Air Force-4.5 vs Florida Atlantic

The Bear:
Syracuse+6 vs Liberty
Mississippi State ML vs LSU
Mississippi State+2.5 vs LSU
UTSA+3 vs Memphis

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Week 3 2021: Gambling picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 3 is in the books and our picks from our wagering experts are graded.

Super Dog picks went 3-2 on the week with Herbie and Pollack missing their picks. Bear’s Board went 3-0 on the week, which means weeks 1 through 3 have gone: 3-0, 0-3, 3-0. Fallica went 5-4 on the week overall. SVP went 4-4 on his WINNERS this week. This week’s winner is going to be Norm Hitzges for going 8-2 against the line this week.

I included Money Line Sprinkle results at the bottom. I’ll give our money line win to Tom Fornelli and Danny Kanell for profiting 3.2 units on their sprinkles this week (all money line plays are assumed to be one unit)

Congratulations to all competitors. Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

ATS Results:

NamePctWinLossTie
Lee.Corso.ATS100100
Desmond.Howard.ATS100100
Rece.Davis.ATS100100
Tyler.Fulghum.ATS100300
Greg.McElroy.ATS100300
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS100100
Norm.Hitzges.ATS80820
Stewart.Mandel.ATS72.73830
Clay.Travis.ATS72.73830
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS69.23940
Colin.Cowherd.ATS66.67210
Pat.Forde.ATS66.67420
Brandon.Walker.ATS66.67420
Dan.Wetzel.ATS66.67420
Matt.Youmans.ATS66.67210
Bill.Connelly.ATS60320
Steve.Coughlin.ATS60320
Tom.Fornelli.ATS57.14430
Phil.Steele.ATS57.14430
Kelly.Stewart.ATS57.14430
Rico.Bosco.ATS55.88971
Bud.Elliott.ATS55.56540
Chris.Fallica.ATS55.56540
David.Hale.ATS55.56540
Adam.Kramer.ATS55.56540
Brady.Quinn.ATS55.2621170
Barrett.Sallee.ATS551190
Bruce.Feldman.ATS54.55650
Matt.Barrie.ATS50110
Chris.Doering.ATS50220
Pete.Thamel.ATS50330
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS50440
Danny.Kanell.ATS4812130
Dave.Portnoy.ATS47.22891
Pamela.Maldonado.ATS45.45560
Dan.Katz.ATS44.8717211
Megan.Makin.Money.ATS44.44450
Katie.Pondiscio.ATS41.67570
Doug.Kezirian.ATS40230
Wes.Reynolds.ATS40230
Kayce.Smith.ATS40230
Joey.Galloway.ATS38.89351
Tony.Barnhart.ATS33.33240
Mark.May.ATS28.57250
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS25260
Brett.McMurphy.ATS12.5170
Chip.Patterson.ATS11.11180
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS0010
Blaine.Brown.ATS0040
Anita.Marks.ATS0010
David.Pollack.ATS0010

Money Line results:

NameROI.PctUnits.Up.DownN.Picks
Tom.Fornelli.ML106.673.23
Danny.Kanell.ML106.673.23
Pamela.Maldonado.ML78.753.154
Doug.Kezirian.ML2052.051
Chip.Patterson.ML58.331.753
Bud.Elliott.ML851.72
Kelly.Stewart.ML-6.67-0.23
Todd.Fuhrman.ML-100-11
Jon.Berger.ML-100-22

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Week 3 2021: Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 3 is in the books and the picks from our expert panel of analysts have been graded. Once again, we will be using our experimental GDC Value (Game Day Cole Value) to weight picks and assign value.

Lee Corso won his headgear pick going with Penn State over Auburn, and booked an 8-4 (3.55 GDC) record overall. Celebrity guest Saquon Barkley went 6-6 (.008 GDC) on the week. Brady Quinn went 11-1 (7.63 GDC) on the week picking games straight up, but he was nudged out by @GamedayJen going 11-2 on the week posting a strong 8.13 GDC Value on her picks.

Congratulations to all competitors this week. Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!

***GDC is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, whereby any specific pick can be assigned a positive/negative value based on the ratio of team ratings.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Dennis.Dodd95.2420117.055
Tom.Fornelli85.7118313.189
Chip.Patterson76.191659.439
Brady.Quinn91.671119.053
Jennifer84.621128.489
Danny.Kanell88.89816.16
Stewart.Mandel72.73834.888
Lee.Corso66.67843.845
Jon.Berger100403.746
Joey.Galloway100403.652
Steve.Coughlin80412.843
Paul.Finebaum100302.824
Dan.Wetzel100302.773
Pete.Thamel80412.759
Bruce.Feldman63.64742.753
Lou.Holtz71.43522.59
Phil.Steele100302.581
Chris.Doering100302.551
Andrea.Adelson63.64742.49
David.Hale60962.304
Colin.Cowherd100202.002
Kirk.Herbstreit58.33751.894
Greg.McElroy100201.875
Aaron.Taylor62.5531.866
Tim.Tebow66.67211.046
David.Pollack100101.019
Reggie.Bush100101.019
Corso.Headgear100100.992
Jordan.Rodgers66.67210.938
Bob.Stoops100100.922
Stephen.A.Smith100100.889
Roman.Harper66.67210.84
Brian.Jones55.56540.828
Eric.Mac.Lain57.14430.785
Mark.Richt57.14430.785
Desmond.Howard53.85760.662
Mark.May57.14430.624
Rick.Neuheisel55.56540.609
Celebrity.Guest50660.003
Matt.Leinart001-0.956
Chris.Fallica42.8634-1.124
Randy.Cross44.4445-1.221
EJ.Manuel42.8634-1.245
Brett.McMurphy4023-1.381
Pat.Forde47.0689-1.396
Average69.59238104NA
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