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2024-25 Bowl Season: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, celebrity guests, playoff picks and more!

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Corso’s Headgear: Ohio State over Tennessee

Stanford Steve’s Board was unclear today. He gave some props, some picks and discussed the games but I’m not sure what the official board was. Here’s some stuff he said:
Ohio State to beat Tennessee
Tennessee+7 vs Ohio State
Penn State 1H-4.5 vs SMU (He said this on Sportscenter)
Jeremiah Smith over 69.5 rec yards

Lee Corso:

South Carolina over Illinois
Alabama over Michigan
BYU over Colorado
Miami (FL) over Iowa State
Texas A&M over Southern Cal
Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt
Ohio State over Tennessee
Texas over Clemson
Penn State over SMU

Celebrity guest AJ Hawk:

South Carolina over Illinois
Alabama over Michigan
Colorado over BYU
Miami (FL) over Iowa State
Texas A&M over Southern Cal
Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt
Ohio State over Tennessee
Texas over Clemson
Penn State over SMU

Kirk Herbstreit:

South Carolina over Illinois
Michigan over Alabama
Colorado over BYU
Miami (FL) over Iowa State
Texas A&M over Southern Cal
Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt
Texas over Clemson
Penn State over SMU
Notre Dame over Indiana

Desmond Howard:

South Carolina over Illinois
Michigan over Alabama
Colorado over BYU
Miami (FL) over Iowa State
Texas A&M over Southern Cal
Vanderbilt over Georgia Tech
Ohio State over Tennessee
Texas over Clemson
Penn State over SMU
Notre Dame over Indiana

Pat McAfee:

South Carolina over Illinois
Alabama over Michigan
Colorado over BYU
Miami (FL) over Iowa State
Texas A&M over Southern Cal
Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt
Ohio State over Tennessee
Texas over Clemson
Penn State over SMU

Nick Saban:

South Carolina over Illinois
Alabama over Michigan
Colorado over BYU
Miami (FL) over Iowa State
Texas A&M over Southern Cal
Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt
Ohio State over Tennessee
Texas over Clemson
Penn State over SMU

When Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and the celebrity guest all make the same selection they are 28-8 (77.78%) all-time! #SavingTheGraphic

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Week 13 2022: College football analyst picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 13 of our college football season is in the books, and the picks from our analysts are graded. Let’s jump right in.

Winners this week include Chip Patterson (14-7, 5.799 GDC), @GamedayJen (8-2, 5.553 GDC), and Desmond Howard (8-2, 5.499 GDC). However, this week’s biggest winner was Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports fame at 15-6 with a GDC value of 7.769.

Lee Corso was back again for the second week in a row, and booked a 5-5 week including a loss with his headgear pick of Ohio State over Michigan. Celebrity guest picker AJ Hawk went 6-4 on the week. Everyone else is somewhere in the mix so be sure to check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Dennis.Dodd71.431567.769
Chip.Patterson66.671475.799
Jennifer80825.553
Desmond.Howard80825.499
David.Hale66.671054.284
Tom.Fornelli61.91384.005
Danny.Kanell70733.474
Steve.Coughlin100302.894
Dusty.Dvoracek80412.814
Bruce.Feldman63.64742.694
Stewart.Mandel63.64742.694
Pat.McAfee60641.723
Celebrity.Guest60641.553
Greg.McElroy100100.959
Jon.Berger100100.918
Randy.Cross57.14430.886
Chris.Fallica66.67210.788
Ross.Dellenger52.94980.746
Kirk.Herbstreit55.56540.583
Brady.Quinn55.56540.461
Kevin.Carter5033-0.049
Urban.Meyer5011-0.08
Reggie.Bush5011-0.094
Mark.May5022-0.13
Paul.Finebaum5011-0.144
Roman.Harper5011-0.144
Jordan.Rodgers5011-0.144
Tim.Tebow5011-0.144
Pete.Thamel5033-0.176
Lee.Corso5055-0.207
Rece.Davis5044-0.225
Andrea.Adelson5044-0.233
Corso.Headgear001-0.991
David.Pollack001-0.991
Brett.McMurphy001-1.004
Brian.Jones42.8634-1.079
Joel.Klatt33.3312-1.115
Dan.Wetzel4023-1.191
Phil.Steele33.3312-1.245
Matt.Leinart002-2.009
Eric.Mac.Lain002-2.011
EJ.Manuel002-2.011
Mark.Richt002-2.011
Lou.Holtz2513-2.112
Rick.Neuheisel28.5725-2.945
Pat.Forde37.5610-4.299
Average56.51178137NA
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Week 13 2022: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Board, Super Dog picks, celebrity guests and more!

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Corso’s Headgear: Ohio State over Michigan

Bear’s Board:
Georgia State+6.5 vs Marshall
Kansas+12 vs Kansas State
Texas A&M+10 vs LSU

Super Dog Picks:
Lee Corso: Texas A&M+10 vs LSU
Kirk Herbstreit: Vanderbilt+14 vs Tennessee
Desmond Howard: Vanderbilt+14 vs Tennessee
Pat McAfee: Indiana+10.5 vs Purdue
David Pollack: Notre Dame+4.5 vs Southern Cal
Rece Davis: Coastal Carolina+14 vs James Madison

Lee Corso:

Ohio State  over  Michigan
Oregon State  over  Oregon
Alabama  over  Auburn
Clemson  over  South Carolina
Washington State  over  Washington
TCU  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Kansas
Southern Cal  over  Notre Dame
Indiana  over  Purdue
Wisconsin  over  Minnesota

Kirk Herbstreit:

Ohio State  over  Michigan
Oregon  over  Oregon State
Alabama  over  Auburn
Clemson  over  South Carolina
Washington  over  Washington State
TCU  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Kansas
Purdue  over  Indiana
Wisconsin  over  Minnesota

Desmond Howard:

Michigan  over  Ohio State
Oregon  over  Oregon State
Alabama  over  Auburn
Clemson  over  South Carolina
Washington  over  Washington State
TCU  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Kansas
Southern Cal  over  Notre Dame
Purdue  over  Indiana
Minnesota  over  Wisconsin

Celebrity guest AJ Hawk:

Ohio State  over  Michigan
Oregon  over  Oregon State
Alabama  over  Auburn
Clemson  over  South Carolina
Washington  over  Washington State
TCU  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Kansas
Southern Cal  over  Notre Dame
Purdue  over  Indiana
Wisconsin  over  Minnesota

@GamedayJen:

Ohio State  over  Michigan
Oregon State  over  Oregon
Alabama  over  Auburn
Clemson  over  South Carolina
Washington  over  Washington State
TCU  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Kansas
Southern Cal  over  Notre Dame
Purdue  over  Indiana
Minnesota  over  Wisconsin

Pat McAfee:

Ohio State  over  Michigan
Oregon State  over  Oregon
Alabama  over  Auburn
Clemson  over  South Carolina
Washington  over  Washington State
TCU  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Kansas
Southern Cal  over  Notre Dame
Indiana  over  Purdue
Wisconsin  over  Minnesota

David Pollack:
Ohio State over Michigan

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