Week 14 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Week 14 of our college football season brought us a shorter slate of games due to conference championships, so let’s get to it.

Winners this week included Rufus Peabody (3-0 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-1 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-1 ATS), Phil Steele (14-2 straight up), Lou Holtz (6-2), Rick Neuheisel  & Houston Nutt (7-3).  This week’s win is going to Brian Jones at 8-2 on the week.

Losers this week included Stewart Mandel (3-8 ATS), Dave Portnoy (3-7 ATS), Bruce Feldman (3-7 ATS), Pete Thamel (2-4 ATS), with a lot of small losers against the spread this week.  The official loss is going to be shared by Tim Cowlishaw and Dusty Dvoracek at 1-4 ATS.

Lee Corso had a good week at 8-3, including his headgear pick Alabama over Georgia.  Special celebritiy guest Quavo (?) went had a tough week at 6-5.  @GamedayJen marches on with another win at 9-3.  Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week.  Everyone else is somewhere in between, so check out the full grades below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0
David.Pollack 100% 1 0
Andrea.Adelson 100% 5 0
Gene.Chizik 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 4 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 5 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100% 2 0
Chris.Fallica 100% 5 0
Paul.Finebaum 100% 4 0
Joel.Klatt 100% 4 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 2 0
Greg.McElroy 100% 1 0
Ryan.McGee 100% 5 0
Jordan.Rodgers 100% 1 0
Robert.Smith 100% 2 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 2 0
Phil.Steele 87.50% 14 2
Pat.Forde 85.71% 6 1
Brian.Jones 80% 8 2
Ivan.Maisel 80% 4 1
Adam.Rittenberg 80% 4 1
Mark.Schlabach 80% 4 1
Jennifer 75% 9 3
Steve.Coughlin 75% 3 1
Lou.Holtz 75% 6 2
Lee.Corso 72.73% 8 3
Desmond.Howard 72.73% 8 3
Randy.Cross 72.73% 8 3
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Houston.Nutt 70% 7 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Aaron.Taylor 66.67% 6 3
Pete.Thamel 66.67% 4 2
Mark.May 62.50% 5 3
Bruce.Feldman 60% 6 4
Kirk.Herbstreit 54.55% 6 5
Celebrity.Guest 54.55% 6 5
Stewart.Mandel 54.55% 6 5
Chris.Doering 0% 0 1
Marcus.Spears 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
doug.kezirian.grade 100% 1 0 0
rufus.peabody.grade 100% 3 0 0
steve.coughlin.grade 66.67% 2 1 0
jeff.ma.grade 66.67% 2 1 0
rico.bosco.grade 50% 2 2 0
chris.fallica.grade 50% 2 2 0
phil.steele.grade 50% 5 5 0
pat.forde.grade 40% 2 3 0
scott.van.pelt.grade 37.50% 3 5 0
dan.katz.grade 33.33% 2 4 0
scott.spreitzer.grade 33.33% 1 2 0
pete.thamel.grade 33.33% 2 4 0
bruce.feldman.grade 30% 3 7 0
dave.portnoy.grade 30% 3 7 0
stewart.mandel.grade 27.27% 3 8 0
tim.cowlishaw.grade 20% 1 4 0
dusty.dvoracek.grade 20% 1 4 0

Week 14 2018: #CFB Picks from Barstool Sports!

Here are the week 14 picks from Barstool sports.  On most of these games they didn’t give an actual line.  They only said they like one side or the other, so I took the most common line out there from yesterday.

In addition, Rico liked Memphis+140 moneyline and said he was teasing Oklahoma and Memphis if you’re interested in that type of thing.

Dave Portnoy:

Date Pick
12/1/18 Georgia + 13 vs Alabama
12/1/18 Pittsburgh + 27.5 vs Clemson
12/1/18 North Carolina State  -23.5 vs East Carolina
12/1/18 Boise State  -1 vs Fresno State
12/1/18 Central Florida  -3.5 vs Memphis
12/1/18 Oklahoma vs Texas Over 78
12/1/18 Texas + 8 vs Oklahoma
12/1/18 California + 3.5 vs Stanford
11/30/18 Buffalo  -3 vs Northern Illinois
11/30/18 Utah + 5.5 vs Washington

Dan Katz:

Date Pick
12/1/18 Memphis + 3.5 vs Central Florida
12/1/18 Oklahoma vs Texas Over 78
12/1/18 Texas + 8 vs Oklahoma
12/1/18 California + 3.5 vs Stanford
11/30/18 Northern Illinois + 3.5 vs Buffalo
11/30/18 Washington  -5.5 vs Utah

Rico Bosco:

Date Pick
12/1/18 North Carolina State  -23.5 vs East Carolina
12/1/18 California + 3.5 vs Stanford
11/30/18 Buffalo  -3 vs Northern Illinois
11/30/18 Washington  -5.5 vs Utah

Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks from Barstool Sports!

We are starting week 13 off with RIVALRY WEEK picks from those guys at Barstool Sports.  These are from their Barstool Pick’em podcast released earlier today.

Dave Portnoy:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Alabama  -24 vs Auburn
11/24/18 BYU + 13 vs Utah
11/24/18 California  -12.5 vs Colorado
11/24/18 Florida  -5.5 vs Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  -17 vs Georgia Tech
11/24/18 Northwestern  -18 vs Illinois
11/24/18 Kentucky  -17 vs Louisville
11/24/18 LSU  -2.5 vs Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  -10 vs Minnesota
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -10.5 vs Southern California
11/24/18 Stanford  -6.5 vs UCLA
11/24/18 UCLA vs Stanford Over 57.5
11/24/18 Connecticut vs Temple Over 67
11/24/18 Boise State + 3 vs Utah State
11/23/18 Nebraska + 10 vs Iowa
11/23/18 West Virginia + 1.5 vs Oklahoma
11/23/18 Washington State  -3 vs Washington

Dan Katz:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Alabama  -24 vs Auburn
11/24/18 Florida  -5.5 vs Florida State
11/24/18 Northwestern  -18 vs Illinois
11/24/18 Kentucky  -17 vs Louisville
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  -10 vs Minnesota
11/23/18 Nebraska + 10 vs Iowa
11/23/18 West Virginia vs Oklahoma Over 81.5
11/23/18 Texas  -15 vs Kansas
11/23/18 Washington State  -2.5 vs Washington
11/22/18 Mississippi + 10.5 vs Mississippi State

Rico Bosco:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Arizona vs Arizona State Over 64.5
11/24/18 Alabama vs Auburn Over 52.5
11/24/18 Georgia Tech + 17 vs Georgia
11/24/18 North Carolina State  -6.5 vs North Carolina
11/24/18 Troy + 11 vs Appalachian State
11/24/18 Boise State vs Utah State Over 67.5
11/24/18 Louisiana Tech  -11 vs Western Kentucky
11/23/18 Toledo  -18.5 vs Central Michigan
11/23/18 West Virginia vs Oklahoma Over 81
11/23/18 Washington State  -3.5 vs Washington