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Week 9 2021: CFB Picks from Brady Quinn and Danny Kanell!

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Week 9 is upon us, and this week Brady Quinn and Danny Kanell took the challenge on CBS Sports HQ to pick every top 25 matchup against the spread. Here are the picks!

Brady Quinn:

Fresno State + 1 vs San Diego State
San Diego State vs Fresno State Under 45.5
Notre Dame  -3.5 vs North Carolina
Notre Dame vs North Carolina Under 62.5
Florida + 14 vs Georgia
Florida vs Georgia Under 51
Iowa + 3.5 vs Wisconsin
Wisconsin vs Iowa Under 36.5
Ole Miss + 2.5 vs Auburn
Auburn vs Ole Miss Under 66
Baylor  -2.5 vs Texas
Baylor vs Texas Over 61
BYU  -2.5 vs Virginia
BYU vs Virginia Under 64
SMU + 1 vs Houston
Houston vs SMU Over 62.5
Michigan  -4.5 vs Michigan State
Michigan State vs Michigan Over 51
Kentucky  -1 vs Mississippi State
Mississippi State vs Kentucky Under 47
Penn State + 18.5 vs Ohio State
Ohio State vs Penn State Under 60
Texas Tech + 20 vs Oklahoma
Oklahoma vs Texas Tech Over 66.5
Kansas + 30.5 vs Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State vs Kansas Over 54.5
Oregon  -24 vs Colorado
Oregon vs Colorado Under 49
Pittsburgh  -9.5 vs Miami (FL)
Pittsburgh vs Miami (FL) Under 61
Cincinnati  -24.5 vs Tulane
Tulane vs Cincinnati Under 62
Wake Forest  -16.5 vs Duke
Wake Forest vs Duke Over 70
West Virginia + 7 vs Iowa State
West Virginia vs Iowa State Under 47.5
Coastal Carolina  -18.5 vs Troy
Coastal Carolina vs Troy Under 52

Danny Kanell:

San Diego State  -1 vs Fresno State
San Diego State vs Fresno State Under 45.5
North Carolina + 3.5 vs Notre Dame
Notre Dame vs North Carolina Over 62.5
Florida + 14 vs Georgia
Florida vs Georgia Under 51
Iowa + 3.5 vs Wisconsin
Wisconsin vs Iowa Under 36.5
Auburn  -2.5 vs Ole Miss
Auburn vs Ole Miss Under 66
Texas + 2.5 vs Baylor
Baylor vs Texas Over 61
Virginia + 2.5 vs BYU
BYU vs Virginia Over 64
Houston  -1 vs SMU
Houston vs SMU Over 62.5
Michigan State + 4.5 vs Michigan
Michigan State vs Michigan Under 51
Mississippi State + 1 vs Kentucky
Mississippi State vs Kentucky Over 47
Penn State + 18.5 vs Ohio State
Ohio State vs Penn State Over 60
Texas Tech + 20 vs Oklahoma
Oklahoma vs Texas Tech Under 66.5
Kansas + 30.5 vs Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State vs Kansas Under 54.5
Oregon  -24 vs Colorado
Oregon vs Colorado Under 49
Miami (FL) + 9.5 vs Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh vs Miami (FL) Under 61
Cincinnati  -24.5 vs Tulane
Tulane vs Cincinnati Under 62
Wake Forest  -16.5 vs Duke
Wake Forest vs Duke Over 70
West Virginia + 7 vs Iowa State
West Virginia vs Iowa State Under 47.5
Troy + 18.5 vs Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina vs Troy Over 52
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Week 8 2021: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 8 is in the books and the picks from our expert panel of college football analysts are graded. Once again we will be using our experimental GDC Value (Game Day Cole Value) to weight picks.

Lee Corso went 6-5 on the week but missed on his headgear pick of UCLA over Oregon. Celebrity guest picker Bill Walton went 5-6 but put on an amazing performance on the show itself. Winners this week included Tom Fornelli (14-5, 7.755 GDC), Brady Quinn (11-3, 6.886 GDC) and Lou Holtz/Mark May (both 7-0, 6.763 GDC). This week’s winner is David Hale for going 11-2 with a GDC value of 8.471.

Everyone else is somewhere in between, so be sure to check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

***GDC is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, whereby any specific pick can be assigned a positive/negative value based on the ratio of team ratings.

NamePctWinLossTieGDC.Value
Average64.832231210NA
David.Hale84.6211208.471
Tom.Fornelli73.6814507.755
Brady.Quinn78.5711306.886
Lou.Holtz1007006.763
Mark.May1007006.763
Chip.Patterson68.4213605.899
Pete.Thamel1006005.82
Danny.Kanell71.4310405.015
Dan.Wetzel1005004.758
Dennis.Dodd63.1612703.955
Eric.Mac.Lain83.335103.887
Mark.Richt83.335103.887
Joey.Galloway83.335103.777
Bruce.Feldman707303.766
Colin.Cowherd1003002.836
Stewart.Mandel63.647402.815
Andrea.Adelson71.435202.711
EJ.Manuel66.674201.955
Dusty.Dvoracek753101.939
Brett.McMurphy753101.936
Sam.Acho1002001.916
Chris.Doering1002001.883
Houston.Nutt753101.794
Jennifer58.337501.68
Reggie.Bush1001000.974
Scott.Van.Pelt1001000.974
Paul.Finebaum1001000.965
Roman.Harper1001000.965
Jordan.Rodgers1001000.965
Tim.Tebow1001000.965
Bob.Stoops1001000.953
Brian.Jones55.565400.908
Jon.Berger66.672100.82
Steve.Coughlin57.144300.803
Kirk.Herbstreit53.857600.774
Lee.Corso54.556500.722
Kevin.Carter50330-0.076
Pat.Forde50880-0.209
David.Pollack33.33120-0.978
Corso.Headgear0010-0.981
Matt.Leinart0010-0.981
Greg.McElroy0010-0.981
Chris.Fallica33.33120-0.994
Aaron.Taylor42.86340-1.02
Randy.Cross44.44450-1.034
Celebrity.Guest45.45560-1.14
Rece.Davis0020-1.911
Phil.Steele25130-2.062
Desmond.Howard42.86680-2.221
Rick.Neuheisel30370-3.858
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Week 8 2021: CFB Picks from Brady Quinn & Danny Kanell!

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Week 8 is upon us, and we are kicking this week off with picks from Brady Quinn and Danny Kanell. These gentlemen undertook this week’s challenege on CBS Sports HQ to pick every top 25 game against the spread. Enjoy.

Brady Quinn:

Notre Dame  -7 vs Southern Cal
Notre Dame vs Southern Cal Over 58
San Diego State + 3.5 vs Air Force
Air Force vs San Diego State Under 40
UTSA  -7 vs Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech vs UTSA Under 59
Wake Forest  -3 vs Army
Army vs Wake Forest Over 52
Cincinnati  -27.5 vs Navy
Navy vs Cincinnati Over 49.5
Penn State  -23.5 vs Illinois
Penn State vs Illinois Under 46.5
Alabama  -23.5 vs Tennessee
Alabama vs Tennessee Under 67
Ohio State  -20 vs Indiana
Indiana vs Ohio State Under 60
Oklahoma State + 7 vs Iowa State
Iowa State vs Oklahoma State Under 47
Oklahoma  -38.5 vs Kansas
Kansas vs Oklahoma Over 67.5
NC State  -3 vs Miami (FL)
Miami (FL) vs NC State Under 51.5
Northwestern + 23.5 vs Michigan
Michigan vs Northwestern Under 51
Ole Miss  -9.5 vs LSU
Ole Miss vs LSU Under 75.5
Clemson + 3 vs Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh vs Clemson Under 46.5
Purdue + 3 vs Wisconsin
Purdue vs Wisconsin Over 40
Texas A&M  -21 vs South Carolina
Texas A&M vs South Carolina Over 45
Oregon + 2.5 vs UCLA
UCLA vs Oregon Under 59
SMU  -13.5 vs Tulane
SMU vs Tulane Over 70
Coastal Carolina  -4 vs Appalachian State
Appalachian State vs Coastal Carolina Under 59.5

Danny Kanell:

Notre Dame  -7 vs Southern Cal
Notre Dame vs Southern Cal Over 58
San Diego State + 3.5 vs Air Force
Air Force vs San Diego State Under 40
UTSA  -7 vs Louisiana Tech
Wake Forest  -3 vs Army
Army vs Wake Forest Over 52
Navy + 27.5 vs Cincinnati
Navy vs Cincinnati Over 49.5
Penn State  -23.5 vs Illinois
Penn State vs Illinois Under 46.5
Alabama  -23.5 vs Tennessee
Alabama vs Tennessee Under 67
Ohio State  -20 vs Indiana
Indiana vs Ohio State Over 60
Oklahoma State + 7 vs Iowa State
Iowa State vs Oklahoma State Under 47
Kansas + 38.5 vs Oklahoma
Kansas vs Oklahoma Over 67.5
NC State  -3 vs Miami (FL)
Michigan  -23.5 vs Northwestern
Michigan vs Northwestern Under 51
LSU + 9.5 vs Ole Miss
Ole Miss vs LSU Over 75.5
Pittsburgh  -3 vs Clemson
Pittsburgh vs Clemson Under 46.5
Purdue + 3 vs Wisconsin
Purdue vs Wisconsin Under 40
Texas A&M  -21 vs South Carolina
UCLA  -2.5 vs Oregon
UCLA vs Oregon Under 59
SMU  -13.5 vs Tulane
SMU vs Tulane Under 70
Coastal Carolina  -4 vs Appalachian State
Appalachian State vs Coastal Carolina Over 59.5
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