2015-16 Bowl Season: SEC Network bowl picks! #cfb #cfbplayoff #bowlmania

It has only been a little over 24 hours since we found out the 2015-16 college football playoff schedule and bowl matchups, but those boys over at the SEC Network couldn’t WAIT to get some picks on the record.  Yesterday the crew at SEC Now were eager to play a little bowl pick’em and that means it is officially open season for bowl picks.  We will be updating often over the next 6 weeks, and predictions can change, so always check the front page to see the latest and greatest picks from all of your favorites.  Here we go!

Paul Finebaum:
Memphis over Auburn (SEC Now 12/6)
Miss St over NC St (SEC Now 12/6)
TAMU over Louisville (SEC Now 12/6)
Georgia over Penn St (SEC Now 12/6)
Arkansas over KState (SEC Now 12/6)
LSU over TTU (SEC Now 12/6)
Tennessee over Northwestern (SEC Now 12/6)
Michigan over Florida (SEC Now 12/6)
Ole Miss over Okla St (SEC Now 12/6)
Alabama over Mich St (SEC Now 12/6)

Greg McElroy:
Auburn over Memphis (SEC Now 12/6)
Miss St over NC St (SEC Now 12/6)
Louisville over TAMU (SEC Now 12/6)
Georgia over Penn St (SEC Now 12/6)
Arkansas over KState (SEC Now 12/6)
LSU over TTU (SEC Now 12/6)
Tennessee over NW (SEC Now 12/6)
Michigan over Florida (SEC Now 12/6)
Ole Miss over Okla St (SEC Now 12/6)
Alabama over Mich St (SEC Now 12/6)

Booger McFarland:
Memphis over Auburn (SEC Now 12/6)
Miss St over NC St
TAMU oveR Louisville (SEC Now 12/6)
Georgia over Penn St (SEC Now 12/6)
Arkansas over KState (SEC Now 12/6)
LSU over TTU (SEC Now 12/6)
Tennessee over NW (SEC Now 12/6)
Michigan over Florida (SEC Now 12/6)
Ole Miss over Okla St (SEC Now 12/6)
Alabama over Mich St (SEC Now 12/6)

Marcus Spears:
Memphis over Auburn (SEC Now 12/6)
Miss St over NC St (SEC Now 12/6)
TAMU over Louisville (SEC Now 12/6)
Penn St over Georgia (SEC Now 12/6)
Arkansas over KState (SEC Now 12/6)
LSU over TTU (SEC Now 12/6)
Tennessee over NW (SEC Now 12/6)
Michigan over Florida (SEC Now 12/6)
Ole Miss over Okla St (SEC Now 12/6)
Alabama over Mich St (SEC Now 12/6)

Post-bowl season updates

Bowl season has been over for a couple weeks and I am finally done inputting numbers and now I am updating pages. Here’s how everyone came out from my tracking:

Robert Smith: 9-3, 75% Correct
Desmond Howard: 4-2, 66.67% Correct
Todd McShay: 20-11, 64.52% Correct
Trevor Matich: 14-8, 63.64% Correct
Howie Schwab: 22-13, 62.86% Correct
Mike Golic: 22-13, 62.86% Correct
Colin Cowherd: 20-15, 57.14% Correct
Mike Greenberg: 20-15, 57.14% Correct
Mark May: 20-15, 57.14% Correct
Lou Holtz: 19-16, 54.29% Correct
Kirk Herbstreit: 17-15, 53.13% Correct
Rod Gilmore: 16-15, 51.61% Correct
Craig James: 18-17, 51.43% Correct
Skip Bayless: 8-10, 44.44% Correct
Pat Forde: 14-21, 40.00% Correct
Lee corso: 2-3, 40.00% Correct

Note I only counted the guys who have more than 10 games picked in addition to Lee Corso and Des Howard because they’re on the Gameday crew.

I guess Robert Smith takes the crown going 9-3 but I am giving it to Todd McShay for the highest correct pick percentage amongst those who picked over 30 games.

Other than that, check individual pages for updates.

Friday update

I’ve been hammering through picks all day to get some updated numbers. Random pages are updated to this point (Colin Cowherd, Kirk Herbstreit and Pat Forde being the biggest updates).

Colin Cowherd also added Boise St over Utah BIG according to my sources. Look for more updates late tonight and Saturday as we kick off bowl season!