Week 5 2014: Picks are graded, results are in! #saturdayselections

Week 5 picks are in.  We have some impressive performances this week from our expert pickers, even though a handful of those picks were correct on razor thin margins thanks to a few near-upsets and some great games.  Winners this week include Lee Corso (9-2), Kevin Carter (10-2), Brian Griese (5-1) and Colin Cowherd (8-1).  However, our undisputed champion of the week is none other than Phil Steele, who blew the roof off of this thing going 15-0 on the week.  Truly one of the greatest performances we have seen on this blog.  Our only real loser this week was Mack Brown (2-3), who is off to a pretty rough start in his career as a football prognosticator.

Lee Corso lost his first headgear pick of the year, going with South Carolina over Mizzou.  Our special guest celebrity picker, Kenny Chesney, went 5-4 on the week, bringing his lifetime record to 16-12 from three appearances on the show.  Tim Tebow only went 4-1  this week, and it only took him five weeks of picking games to get one wrong.  His 18-1 record has been tarnished for all time.  Jennifer is getting back on track with a 10-5 week this week, and Charley the Cat also missed the headgear pick going with South Carolina.  She currently stands one game behind Corso on the year.

As for everyone else, check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 9-2
RIGHT Minnesota over Michigan
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
WRONG Indiana over Maryland
RIGHT Miami Fl over Duke
RIGHT FSU over NC St
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 7-5
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
WRONG Army over Yale
RIGHT FSU over NC St
WRONG Michigan over Minnesota
WRONG Arkansas over TAMU
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
WRONG Indiana over Maryland
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina

Desmond Howard: 9-6
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Miami Fl over Duke
WRONG Army over Yale
RIGHT Notre Dame over Syracuse
RIGHT FSU over NC St
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St
WRONG Michigan over Minnesota
WRONG Arkansas over TAMU
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
WRONG Penn St over NW
WRONG Indiana over Maryland
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou

David Pollack: 6-2
RIGHT FSU over NC St
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
WRONG Army over Yale
RIGHT Notre Dame over Syracuse

Kenny Chesney: 5-4
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
WRONG Tennessee over Georgia
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG Washington over Stanford
WRONG Indiana over Maryland
RIGHT Minnesota over Michigan
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT FSU over NC St
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou

Jennifer’s Picks: 10-5
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St
WRONG Michigan over Minnesota
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
WRONG Washington over Stanford (upset special)
WRONG Indiana over Maryland
RIGHT FSU over NC St (closer than the experts think, letdown alert)
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Wisconsin over USF
RIGHT TCU over SMU
RIGHT Texas over Kansas

Mack Brown: 2-3
WRONG Michigan over Minnesota
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl

Danny Kanell: 3-2
RIGHT Michigan over Minnesota
WRONG Arkansas over TAMU
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT Stanford over Washinton
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl

Chris Fallica: 3-3
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT FSU over NC St
WRONG Washington over Stanford
RIGHT UCLA over Ariz St
RIGHT ND over Syracuse
WRONG Army over Yale

Phil Steele: 15-0
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT UCLA over Ariz St
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT KState over UTEP
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT Notre Dame over Syracuse
RIGHT TCU over SMU
RIGHT Toledo over C.Mich
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
RIGHT Wisconsin over USF
RIGHT Miami Fl over Duke

Kevin Carter: 10-2
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Minnesota over Michigan
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT ND over Syracuse
RIGHT FSU over NC St
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
RIGHT Cal over Colorado
RIGHT Texas over Kansas
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St

Dari Nowkhah: 4-0
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT Miami Fl over Duke

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-1
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT Miami Fl over Duke

Tim Tebow: 4-1
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT Kentucky over Vanderbilt
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee

Brett McMurphy: 4-1
RIGHT Auburn over LaTech
RIGHT Louisville over Wake Forest
RIGHT TCU over SMU
WRONG UAB over FIU
RIGHT Temple over UConn

Marcus Spears: 5-0
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT Kentucky over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee

Paul Finebaum: 4-1
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT Kentucky over Vanderbilt
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou

Greg McElroy: 5-2
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT Kentucky over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl

Ryen Russillo: 1-0
RIGHT Stanford over Washington

Heather Dinich: 0-1
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl

Colin Cowherd: 8-1
RIGHT Mich St over Wyoming
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT FSU over NC St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Notre Dame over Syracuse
RIGHT USC over Oregon St

Lou Holtz: 3-0
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT Notre Dame over Syracuse

Booger McFarland: 4-0
RIGHT Kentucky over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina

Jason Sehorn: 4-0
RIGHT FSU over NC St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Stanford over Washington

Jon Berger: 4-0
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT ND over Syracuse

Trevor Matich: 3-2
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT ND over Syracuse
WRONG Ariz st over UCLA
RIGHT FSU over NC St

Brad Edwards: 3-2
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT ND over Syracuse
WRONG Ariz st over UCLA
RIGHT FSU over NC St

Robert Smith: 4-1
RIGHT Ucla over Ariz St
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Ohio st over Cinci
RIGHT Fsu over NC St

Brian Griese: 5-1
RIGHT Ucla over Ariz St
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT ND over Syracuse
RIGHT Okla st over TTU
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl

Mark May: 3-1
RIGHT Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT UCLA over Ariz St
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl

Joey Galloway: 0-1
WRONG Ariz st over UCLA

Tim Cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over TTU

Pat Forde: 22-6
RIGHT Clemson over UNC
RIGHT FSU over NC St
WRONG BC over CSU
WRONG Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT ND over Syracuse
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St
RIGHT Texas over Kansas
RIGHT KState over UTEP
RIGHT Nebraska over Illinois
RIGHT Maryland over Indiana
WRONG Michigan over Minnesota
RIGHT Mich St over Wyoming
RIGHT Ohio St over Cinci
RIGHT Iowa over Purdue
RIGHT Wisconsin over USF
RIGHT Nevada over SJSU
RIGHT USC over Oregon St
RIGHT Stanford over Washington
RIGHT Georgia over Tennessee
RIGHT Kentucky over Vanderbilt
WRONG S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Auburn overLaTech
RIGHT LSU over NM St
RIGHT Ole Miss over Memphis
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG Boise St over AF
WRONG Utah over Wash St
RIGHT UL-Monroe over Troy

Week 5 2014: Weekday picks! #saturdayselections

Picks are starting to roll in this week.  Our forecast calls for a moderate chance of more picks tonight, before a full front of picks blows in tomorrow afternoon.  Bundle up wherever you are and check back often for more late breaking updates about who is picking which teams in college football this week!g

Colin Cowherd:
Mich St over Wyoming 40-10
Georgia over Tennessee 31-20
FSU over NC St 30-20
TAMU over Arkansas 42-20
Stanford over Washington 28-17
Ohio St over Cinci 31-21
S.Carolina over Mizzou 33-26
Notre Dame over Syracuse 33-23
USC over Oregon St 38-24

Lou Holtz:
Georgia over Tennessee
Stanford over Washington
Notre Dame over Syracuse

Phil Steele:
Okla St over TTU by 14+
UCLA over Ariz St
Ohio St over Cinci by 21+
Baylor over Iowa St
TAMU over Arkansas 34-31
Ohio St over Cinci 41-21
Stanford over Washington 23-20
KState over UTEP 37-16
Georgia over Tennessee 41-17
Notre Dame over Syracuse 31-17
TCU over SMU 45-3 (best bet of the week)
Toledo over C.Mich 37-30

Greg McElroy:
Ole Miss over Memphis
Kentucky over Vanderbilt
Georgia over Tennessee
TAMU over Arkansas
S.Carolina over Mizzou

Booger McFarland:
Kentucky over Vanderbilt
Georgia over Tennessee
TAMU over Arkansas
Mizzou over S.Carolina

Desmond Howard:
Georgia over Tennessee
Ole Miss over Memphis

Jason Sehorn:
FSU over NC St
TAMU over Arkansas
Ohio St over Cinci
Stanford over Washington

Jon Berger:
TAMU over Arkansas
Ohio St over Cinci
Stanford over Washington

Lee Corso:
Ohio St over Cinci

Trevor Matich:
Stanford over Washington
S.Carolina over Mizzou
ND over Syracuse
Ariz st over UCLA
FSU over NC St

Brad Edwards:
Stanford over Washington
S.Carolina over Mizzou
ND over Syracuse
Ariz st over UCLA
FSU over NC St

Robert Smith:
Ucla over Ariz St
S.Carolina over Mizzou
TAMU over Arkansas
Ohio st over Cinci
Fsu over NC St

Brian Griese:
Ucla over Ariz St
Mizzou over S.Carolina
TAMU over Arkansas
ND over Syracuse
Okla st over TTU
Duke over Miami Fl

Mark May:
Mizzou over S.Carolina
TAMU over Arkansas
UCLA over Ariz St
Duke over Miami Fl

Joey Galloway:
Ariz st over UCLA

Tim Cowlishaw:
Okla St over TTU

David Pollack:
FSU over NC St
Georgia over Tennessee

Paul Finebaum:
TAMU over Arkansas
Georgia over Tennessee

Pat Forde:
Clemson over UNC
FSU over NC St
BC over CSU
Duke over Miami Fl
ND over Syracuse
Baylor over Iowa St
Texas over Kansas
KState over UTEP
Nebraska over Illinois
Maryland over Indiana
Michigan over Minnesota
Mich St over Wyoming
Ohio St over Cinci
Iowa over Purdue
Wisconsin over USF
Nevada over SJSU
USC over Oregon St
Stanford over Washington
Georgia over Tennessee
Kentucky over Vanderbilt
S.Carolina over Mizzou
Auburn overLaTech
LSU over NM St
Ole Miss over Memphis
TAMU over Arkansas
Boise St over AF
Utah over Wash St
UL-Monroe over Troy

2013-14 Season Awards!

Yeah so it is a little bit delayed, but here are the awards for our 2013-14 season of Cole’s Gameday Blog Football Championship Stuff Edition!!!

2013-14 Bowl Co-Champions:
Phil Steele/Robert Smith (21-14).  It was a down year in the Bowl Pick’em leagues, but our two champs this year include multiple Bowl Pick’em winner Robert Smith, and newcomer (to this blog) Phil Steele.

Best preseason pick of the year: Colin Cowherd, Ole Miss over Texas.  It was supposed to be a bounce-back year for Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns, and nobody was predicting big things for the Ole Miss Rebels.  However, Colin went out on a limb and called this one week before the season started, and was amazingly right!

Best Weeks of the Year:
Colin Cowherd, Week 9 (11-0)
Bubba Watson, Week 5 (10-0)
Jennifer’s Picks, Week 5 (13-1)
Pat Forde, Week 4 (30-3)

Worst Week of the Year:
Robert Smith, Week 8 (0-9)

Best Picks of the Year:
Lou Holtz, Week 1: NDSU over KState
Lou Holtz, Fiest Bowl: UCF over Baylor
Nobody on earth would have picked either of these upsets.  Somehow Lou Holtz picked both.  What does this mean?  I don’t know, but it is impressive.

Upset Specialists:
Jennifer’s upset specials: 10-5, 66.67%
Mark Schlabach: 7-5, 58.33%
Todd McShay: 8-10, 44.44%
Brad Edwards: 6-8, 42.86%
Lee Corso: 2-3, 40%
Kirk Herbstreit: 1-4, 20%

2013-14 Cole’s Gameday Blog SEASON CHAMPION!!!
Pat Forde: 301-95, 76.01%
This year’s champion, Pat Forde, is unusual in the sense that not only did he finish with the strongest record amongst our competitors, but he also had the most picks of anyone this year.  I would say that is strong to quite strong.  The full slate of results is below, but let’s take a minute to congratulate Pat Forde for a historic season.

The first section is our true competitors this season, and the second section are those who didn’t have enough picks to qualify for the yearly awards.

Pat Forde: 301-95, 76.01%
Phil Steele: 102-36, 73.91%
Colin Cowherd: 115-43, 72.78%
Desmond Howard: 71-30, 70.30%
Jennifer’s Picks: 149-63, 70.28%
Mel Kiper Jr.: 54-27, 66.67%
Lee Corso: 128-50, 66.07%
Mike Bellotti: 26-14, 65.00%
Mark May: 46-25, 64.79%
Kirk Herbstreit: 114-63, 64.41%
Dari Nowkhah: 117-66, 63.93%
Jason Sehorn: 72-43, 62.61%
Brad Edwards: 31-19, 62.00%
Celebrity Guests: 95-60, 61.29%
Todd McShay: 65-44, 59.63%
David Pollack: 32-22, 59.26%
Mark Schlabach: 31-24, 56.36%
Robert Smith: 70-55, 56.00%
Lou Holtz: 38-31, 55.07%

Tim Cowlishaw: 3-0, 100.00%
Tim Tebow: 1-0, 100.00%
Kevin Blackistone: 1-0, 100.00%
Charles Arbuckle: 26-5, 83.87%
Ivan Maisel: 16-5, 76.19%
Chris Fowler: 12-4, 75.00%
Trevor Matich: 29-10, 74.36%
Tom Luginbill: 24-10, 70.59%
Paul Finebaum: 15-7, 68.18%
Bill Plaschke: 4-2, 66.67%
Matt Millen: 5-3, 62.50%
Ryen Russillo: 23-14, 62.16%
Danny Kanell: 12-8, 60.00%
Joey Galloway: 3-2, 60.00%
Andre Ware: 3-2, 60.00^
Jesse Palmer: 14-10, 58.33%
Skip Bayless: 9-7, 56.25%
Brian Griese: 21-18, 53.85%
Ed Cunningham: 18-17, 51.43%
Chris Fallia: 11-11, 50.00%
Kevin Carter: 4-4, 50.00%
Scott Van Pelt: 3-3, 50.00%
Woody Paige: 2-2, 50.00%
JA Adande: 1-1, 50.00%
Mike Golic: 1-1, 50.00%
Stephen A. Smith: 1-1, 50.00%
Matt Stinchcomb: 7-8, 46.67%
Brock Huard: 2-3, 40.00%
Jackie MacMullen: 0-1, 0.00%
Mike Greenberg: 0-2, 0.00%
Rod Gilmore: 0-4, 0.00%