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2015-16 Bowl Season: WAY too early playoff predictions! #cfbplayoff

Posted on December 9, 2015 by gamedaycole

I’ll be putting up the GamedayCole.com official Big Bowl Board soon, which is my annual massive post of any and all bowl predictions I can get my hand on. Until then, I’ll be posting little interesting tidbits here and there which I come across. Today’s post is a random collection of WAY too early playoff predictions. Everyone below decided to go ahead and throw out some hot sports predictions before breaking down any tape so the picks below are subject to change. As always, check the front page for the latest and greatest predictions from all of your favorites. Without further adieu, here’s some picks in no particular order.

Charles Arbuckle:
Alabama over Mich St (Power Hour 12/8)
Clemson over OU (Power Hour 12/8)
Clemson over Alabama (Power Hour 12/8)

Mike Bellotti:
Ohio St over ND (The Experts 12/8)
Oregon over TCU (The Experts 12/8)
OU over Clemson (Playoff Preview 12/9)
Alabama over Mich St (Playoff Preview 12/9)
OU over Alabama (Playoff Preview 12/9)

Tom Luginbill:
~~Clemson over OU (Power Hour 12/8)~~
OU over Clemson (Playoff Preview 12/9)
Alabama over Mich St (Playoff Preview 12/9)
Alabama over OU (Playoff Preview 12/9)

Robert Smith:
Clemson over OU (Championship Drive 12/6)
Alabama over Mich St (Championship Drive 12/6)
Clemson over Alabama (Championship Drive 12/6)

Mack Brown:
Clemson over OU (Championship Drive 12/6)
Mich St over Alabama (Championship Drive 12/6)
Clemson over OU (Championship Drive 12/6)

Mark May:
Clemson over OU (Championship Drive 12/6)
Alabama over Mich St (Championship Drive 12/6)
Alabama over Clemson (Championship Drive 12/6)

Mel Kiper Jr.:
Alabama over Mich St (Dari & Mel 12/7)
OU over Clemson (Dari & Mel 12/7)

Trevor Matich:
OU over Clemson (College Gameday Selection Special Podcast 12/7, CFB Live 12/9)
Alabama over Mich St (College Gameday Selection Special Podcast 12/7, CFB Live 12/9)
Alabama over OU in championship (College Gameday Selection Special Podcast 12/7, CFB Live 12/9)

Todd McShay:
OU over Clemson (CFB Live 12/9)

Dari Nowkhah:
Alabama over Mich St (Dari & Mel 12/7)
OU over Clemson (Dari & Mel 12/7)

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

Posted on December 7, 2015 by gamedaycole

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)

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

Posted on January 16, 2015 by gamedaycole

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!

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!