Week 1 2015: Weekday college picks! #saturdayselections

Week 1 college games are less than 24 hours away as I am typing this, which means we are doing pushups and drinking Red Bull and getting as jacked up as possible.  With the dawn of a new season, we would like to welcome the greatest first half QB in Dallas Cowboys history, Clint Stoerner, to our world of picks and predictions.  We have lots of early picks this week as everyone wants to throw out predictions before we know anything, so let’s get with it.  Check back Thursday and Friday for some more updates as the week heads into Saturday!

Lee Corso:
Utah over Michigan

Kirk Herbstreit:
Utah over Michigan
PSU over Temple
Tennessee over BGSU

Desmond Howard:
Michigan over Utah

Charles Arbuckle:
Oregon over EWU

Mike Bellotti:
Oregon over EWU

Kevin Blackistone:
Ohio St over VaTech

Kevin Carter:
S.Carolina over UNC (CFB Daily 8/5)

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama over Wisconsin U49.5 (27-10)
TAMU-3.5 over Ariz St (48-44)
Ohio St over VT
Stanford over NW+12.5 (27-17)
PSU vs Temple O40 (24-20)
Auburn over Louisville O55 (38-28)

Colin Cowherd:
Notre Dame over Texas 34-16
Utah over Michigan

Butch Davis:
Ohio St over VaTech

Brad Edwards:
Ohio St over VaTech

Chris Fallica:
Alabama-10.5 over Wisconsin (27-10)
TAMU-3 over Ariz St (41-31)
Ohio St over VT (30-17)
Louisville over Auburn (31-24)
Penn St over Temple (20-17)
USC over Ark St (47-21)

Paul Finebaum: (Sportscenter 8/30)
Alabama over Wiscnosin
Ohio St over VaTech
S.Carolina over UNC
Auburn over Louisville
Vanderbilt over WKU

Pat Forde:
Mich St over W.Michigan
Baylor over SMU
Army over Fordham
Boise St over Washington
Clemson over Wofford
FSU over Tx St
Penn St over Temple
Iowa St over N Iowa
Mizzou over SE Missouri
Nebraska over BYU
OU over Akron
Stanford o ver NW
NIU over UNLV
Oregon over EWU
USC over Ark St
UCLA over UVA
Georgia over UL-Monroe
Tennessee over BGSU
Alabama over Wisconsin
Arkansas over UTEP
Auburn over Louisville
LSU over McNeese St
Ole Miss over UT-Martin
TAMU over Ariz St
Notre Dame over Texas
Buffalo over Albany
Marshall over Purdue
Ohio St over VaTech
UNC over S.Carolina
Utah over Michigan

Joey Galloway:
Ohio St over VaTech
USC over Ark St
UCLA over UVA
TAMU over Ariz St
Alabama over Wisconsin
UNC over S.Carolina
Michigan over Utah

Rod Gilmore:
Ohio St over VaTech (CFB Live 8/27)

Lou Holtz:
Notre Dame over Texas
Alabama over Wisconsin
Ohio St over VaTech

Danny Kanell:
Ohio St over VaTech
Utah over Michigan
Ariz St over TAMU
Alabama over Wisconsin
UNC over S.Carolina
Auburn over Louisville

Mel Kiper Jr.:
TCU over Minnesota
Boise St over Washington

Tom Luginbill:
Ohio St over VaTech

Ivan Maisel:
Alabama over VaTech

Trevor Matich:
Ohio St over VT
BYU over Nebraska
UCLA over UVA

Greg Mcelroy:
UNC over S.Carolina 38-35
WKU over Vandy 35-21
Alabama over Wisconsin
Kentucky over UL-Lafayette
Miss St over S.Miss

Booger McFarland:
Miss St over S.Miss (by 1)
Auburn over Louisville 42-20
TAMU over Ariz St 35-28
Alabama over Wisconsin 31-7

Todd McShay:
Ohio St over VT (Ohio St to cover)
Temple over Penn St
UCLA over UVA

Dari Nowkhah:
TCU over Minnesota 41-20
UNC over S.Carolina
Auburn over Louisville
Boise St over Washington
Ohio St over VT
Michigan over Utah

Ryen Russillo:
Ariz St over TAMU (outright)
Texas+9.5 vs Notre Dame
Wisconsin+12 vs Alabama
VaTech+14 vs Ohio St
Auburn-10 over Louisville

Jason Sehorn:
Notre Dame-9 over Texas
Alabama over Wisconsin
Auburn over Louisville 28-17
Ariz St over TAMU
Ohio St over VaTech 30-14
Stanford over NW
UCLA over UVA
Mich St over W.Michigan
Robert Smith:
Toledo over Stony Brook
Ohio St over VaTech
Alabama over Wisconsin

Marcus Spears:
S.Carolina over UNC 31-21
Vandy over WKU 28-21
Alabama over Wisconsin

Phil Steele:
Utah over Michigan by 7
BYU over Nebraska
LSU over McNeese St
Ariz St over TAMU 34-31
Alabama over Wisconsin 28-10
Ohio St over VT 30-20
Auburn over Louisville 30-24
Notre Dame over Texas 30-17
Illinois over Kent St 34-13
Tennessee over BGSU 42-28
USC over Ark St 49-13
Penn St over Temple 25-13 (BEST BET OF THE WEEK)
Florida over NM St 41-10
FSU over Tx St 49-14
UCLA over UVA 38-14
All top 25 to win (aside from Bama/Wisc)

Matt Stinchcomb:
Kentucky over UL-Lafayette

Clint Stoerner:
Ole Miss over Tennessee-Martin (Twitter 8/28)
Arkansas over UTEP (Twitter 8/26)

Scott Van Pelt:
Minnesota+16.5 vs TCU
Temple+7 vs. PSU
BGSU+21.5
Tulane+7
VaTech+14 vs Ohio St

Andre Ware:
Ohio St over VaTech

Jennifer’s Picks:
Baylor over SMU
Boise St over Washington

Cole’s Platinum Top 25 Picks:
#1 Ohio St over VaTech
#2 TCU over Minnesota
#4 Baylor over SMU
#5 Mich St over W.Michigan
#6 Auburn over Louisville
#7 Oregon over EWU
#8 USC over Arkansas St
#9 Georgia over UL-Monroe
#10 FSU over Tx State
Texas over #11 Notre Dame
#12 Clemson over Wofford
#13 UCLA over UVA
#14 LSU over McNeese St
#16 GaTech over Alcorn St
#15 Ariz St over TAMU
#17 Ole Miss over UT-Martin
#18 Arkansas over UTEP
#19 OU over Akron
#20 Wisconsin over #3 Alabama
#21 Stanford over Northwestern
#22 Arizona over UTSA
#23 Boise St over Washington
#24 Mizzou over SE Mizzou St
#25 Tennessee over BGSU

2014-15 Bowl Season: Results are in! #cfbplayoff #cfbchampionship #bowlmania

The 2014-15 Bowl season has come to an end, which I guess means the actual season has come to an end, but let’s focus on bowl season for now.  As you know, the majority of pickers went with the 6-point-underdog Buckeyes to beat Oregon, but how about the rest of the games?  We will start off by crowning the 2014-15 Bowl Season champion.  Coming in with a record of 25-14 is 2012-13 Bowl Season champion, and 2013-14 Bowl Season co-champion, Robert Smith.  That is three years in a row winning or splitting the bowl season championship, so we are certainly impressed.  Here he is at our awards ceremony claiming his award!

Robert Smith: 2014-15 Bowl Champion!
Robert Smith: 2014-15 Bowl Champion!

Other than that, the records of our qualifying competitors are listed below:

Qualifying Pickers:
Robert Smith: 25-14
Mark Schlabach: 23-16
Ed Cunningham: 22-17
Phil Steele: 21-17 (no championship pick)
Todd McShay: 20-19
Jennifer’s Picks: 20-19
Cole’s Picks: 20-19
Stanford Steve: 19-20
Pat Forde: 17-22

And everyone else:
Charles Arbuckle: 4-4
Skip Bayless: 1-2
Mike Bellotti: 1-1
Jon Berger: 2-4
Kevin Blackistone: 1-0
Mack Brown: 1-2
Kevin Carter: 1-5
Charley the Cat: 1-1
Gene Chizik: 0-2
Lee Corso: 5-3
Colin Cowherd: 3-4
Tim Cowlishaw: 3-0
Butch Davis: 0-3
Heather Dinich: 13-7
Brad Edwards: 5-5
Chris Fallica: 10-7
Paul Finebaum: 2-5
Joey Galloway: 7-2
Rod Gilmore: 2-0
Mike Golic: 1-3
Mike Greenberg: 1-2
Brian Griese: 0-1
Kirk Herbstreiet: 8-9
Lou Holtz: 8-3
Desmond Howard: 4-7
Brock Huard: 0-2
Danny Kanell: 8-5
Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-1
Tom Luginbill: 0-3
Ivan Maisel: 0-3
Trevor Matich: 3-6
Mark May: 0-2
Greg McElroy: 2-2
Booger McFarland: 1-2
Brett McMurphy: 1-2
Matt Millen: 2-1
Brent Musberger: 1-0
Dari Nowkhah: 0-3
Woody Paige: 1-0
Jesse Palmer: 0-3
Bill Plaschke: 0-1
David Pollack: 2-7
Ryen Russillo: 0-1
Bob Ryan: 1-0
Stephen A. Smith: 1-0
Marcus Spears: 2-3
Matt Stinchcomb: 1-1
Tim Tebow: 1-3
Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
Andre Ware: 1-2

Congratulations to everyone above for a great showing this year, or at least trying.  We are hard at work computing records to crown the season championship, so stay tuned for at least one more update!

New Years Day 2015! Playoff picks and more! #cfbplayoff #rosebowl #sugarbowl #cottonbowl

It looks like we all made it through the night and into 2015, and since this is perhaps the biggest day in college football history with the official beginning of the college football playoff, I thought I would post an exclusive new years day prediction post.  I will be posting new picks from today as well as the most up to date picks from everyone on today’s bowl games.  Enjoy.

Lee Corso: (Gameday 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin
Tennessee over Iowa
UCLA over KState
Minnesota over Missouri
Mich St over Baylor
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: (Gameday 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Wisconsin over Auburn
Iowa over Tennessee
KState over UCLA
Missouri over Minnesota
Alabama over Ohio St

Desmond Howard: (Gameday 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin
Tennessee over Iowa
UCLA over KState
Missouri over Minnesota
Baylor over Mich St
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon

David Pollack: (Gameday 1/1)
Baylor over Mich St
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon

Mack Brown: (Gameday 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU

Chris Fallica: (Gameday 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama (espn.com podcast 12/23)
FSU over Oregon (espn.com podcast 12/23)

Paul Finebaum: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon 34-31
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Baylor over Mich St (Bowl Mania special 12/14)
Missouri over Minnesota (SEC Nation 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin (SEC Nation 1/1)

Tim Tebow: (SEC Nation 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota
Auburn over Wisconsin
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St

Marcus Spears: (SEC Nation 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota
Auburn over Wisconsin
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St

Colin Cowherd: (The Herd, 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Auburn over Wisconsin
Mich St over Baylor

Butch Davis: (Sportscenter 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St

Gene Chizik: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Heather Dinich: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama

Brad Edwards: (espn.com 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon (previously picked Oregon over FSU)
Mich St over Baylor (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota (ESPN Radio 1/1)
FSU over Oregon (ESPN Radio 1/1)

Trevor Matich: (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Auburn over Wisconsin
Missouri over Minnesota
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St

Brock Huard: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Danny Kanell: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama

Tom Luginbill: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Ohio St

Ivan Maisel: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Greg McElroy: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Booger McFarland: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Brett McMurphy: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama

Jesse Palmer: (espn.com 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
FSU over Oregon (The Herd live 1/1)

Mark Schlabach: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Phil Steele: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Matt Stinchcomb: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Andre Ware: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Todd McShay: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Alabama over Ohio St

Robert Smith: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Oregon over FSU
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama (Sportscenter 1/1)
Ohio St over Oregon

Ed Cunningham: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Alabama over Ohio St
Mich St over Baylor
FSU over Oregon
FSU over Alabama

Pat Forde: (Bowl Dash 12/17)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Baylor over Mich St

Kevin Carter: (CFB Playoff Preview 12/16)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Oregon

Lou Holtz: (Championship Drive 12/7)
Mich St over Baylor
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St

Joey Galloway: (Championship Drive 12/7)
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama
FSU over Oregon

Jon Berger: (CFB Daily The Edge 12/12)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Baylor over Mich St

Charles Arbuckle: (CFB Daily the Edge 12/12)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Mich St over Baylor

Matt Millen:
Oregon over FSU (CFB Daily 12/9)
Alabama over Ohio St (Bowl Mania Special 12/14)

Mike Bellotti:
FSU to lose semi final (Championship Drive 12/1)

Skip Bayless:
Oregon over FSU (Twitter 12/17)

Rod Gilmore:
Oregon over FSU (Championship Drive 12/7)

Stanford Steve:
Alabama over Ohio St (espn.com podcast 12/23)

Mel Kiper Jr.: (Dari & Mel 12/27)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU

Dari Nowkhah: (Dari & Mel 12/27)
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon

Tim Cowlishaw:
Mich St oveR Baylor (Twitter 12/29)