2017-18 Bowl Season: #BOWLMANIA picks from Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived.  Television superstar, Hollywood A-Lister and the brains behind College Gameday Chris Fallica has given out a slate of picks for bowl season this week.  He’ll be back with more picks next week in the podcast but here is where we stand today.

UPDATED 12/28 with picks from Behind the Bets:

Michigan-8 vs S.Carolina
ND+3.5 vs LSU
ND ML vs LSU
Georgia-2 vs OU
Clemson+3 vs Alabama (Clemson outright)

Picks from Sportscenter 12/27:

FSU over S.Miss
BC over Iowa
Purdue over Arizona
Texas over Mizzou

UPDATED 12/21 with picks from Behind the Bets:

UCLA+2.5 vs KState
BC+3 vs Iowa
Texas+3 vs Missouri (lean)
Purdue+3.5ish vs Arizona (didn’t give a line)
Mich St+1 vs Wash St (Mich St wins outright)
Stanford+3 vs TCU
Wake Forest-3.5 vs TAMU
Washington+2 vs Penn St
He liked Miami FL+5.5 vs Wisconsin but I don’t know if it was an official pick

Bear’s Bank (Gameday 12/9)
Oregon-7.5 vs Boise St
Mich St+3 vs Wash St (Mich St outright)
Stanford+2.5 vs TCU

Behind the Bets 12/14
Oregon-7.5 vs Boise St
UNT+6.5 vs Troy
Temple-7.5 vs FIU
C.Michigan PK vs Wyoming (assuming Josh Allen isn’t playing)
NIU+4.5 vs Duke (he kinda likes NIU+ the points, not sure if this is official)
Marshall+5.5 vs CSU (he kinda like this one too, said he’d like it at +6, not sure if official)
Michigan-8 vs S.Carolina (early pick)

2017-18 Bowl Season: #BOWLMANIA picks and ATS plays from Stanford Steve!

UPDATED 12/28 with picks from Behind the Bets:

ND+3.5 vs LSU
Georgia-2 vs OU
Alabama-3 vs Clemson

UPDATED 12/21 WITH PICKS FROM BEHIND THE BETS:

Texas+3 vs Missouri (Texas wins outright)
UVA+2 vs Navy (UVA wins outright)
Mich St+1 vs Wash St
NW-7.5 vs Kentucky
Ohio St-7.5 vs USC (buy it down to 7 if you can)
Iowa St+4ish vs Memphis (didn’t give a line, but Iowa St wins outright)
Miami FL+5.5 vs Wisconsin

You’ve been waiting patiently just like I have, and here are the picks we’ve finally gotten from Stanford Steve Coughlin via the Behind the Bets podcast.  Check out the full podcast for full details and some leans but here are the picks as best as I could track.

USF over TTU (like 41-40)
MTSU+4 vs Ark St (MTSU outright)
TTU+2.5 vs USF
SDSU-7 vs Army
Utah-6.5 vs WVU
KState-2.5 vs UCLA
Miami FL+6.5 vs Wisconsin (early pick)

2017-18 Bowl Season: #BOWLMANIA picks & ATS plays from Colin Cowherd!

Colin Cowherd gave out a few picks and plays against the spread on his podcast yesterday (12/13) so here are his picks.  I will be updating this post as we progress through the bowl season because I’m sure he will have more picks and hot takes.  I’ll be posting both straight up winners for your bowl pools, as well as plays against the spread for your wallets.

The Herd 12/25
OU over Georgia
Alabama over Clemson
OU to win championship

The Herd 12/13

Penn St over Washington
Wisconsin over Miami FL
Auburn over UCF (comfortably)
Penn St-2.5 vs Washington (by a touchdown)
Wisconsin-6.5 vs Miami FL
S.Carolina+7.5 vs Michigan
Auburn-9.5 vs UCF