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2015-16 Preseason predictions reviewed #cfb

Posted on January 16, 2016 by gamedaycole

Now is the time for us all to reflect back to the 2015 preseason where we can all look at our bold predictions (and yes, MANY were bold) and laugh at ourselves for thinking that we knew anything about anything when it came to predicting the 2015 season.

For starters, pretty much nobody was even close on any predictions for the playoff and/or championship. The best anyone did was Tom Luginbill, who correctly predicted two of the four teams in the playoff (Alabama and OU). Other than that, most people didn’t even get one team right.

On Heisman predictions, nobody even had Derrick Henry on their radar, so let’s move on.

Brad Edwards knocked the ball out of the park, going 7-2 on the season totals bets. Really impressive stuff. Chris Fallica also had a winning record at 9-7 on the totals.

Things are graded pretty arbitrarily below and not included in our official record, but we can still have some fun with it. Looking back, most people below tried to get pretty cute with their preseason picks (myself included), and cute usually doesn’t end up winning. Take a look below, have some laughs, and enjoy.

Lee Corso: Not even close, 0/4 playoff teams
WRONG SEC to have 2 teams or 0 teams in playoff
WRONG Notre Dame 8 wins
WRONG FSU over VaTech in ACC Championship
WRONG Baylor to win Big 12
WRONG Ohio St to win Big 10
WRONG Oregon to win Pac-12
WRONG LSU to win SEC
WRONG Leonard Fournette to win Heisman
0/4 Final Four: Ohio St over Oregon, LSU over Baylor
WRONG LSU over Ohio St for Championship

Kirk Herbstreit: 2 right predictions, 1 partial, 1/4 playoff teams
PARTIAL CREDIT Arizona St over Stanford in Pac-12 Championship
WRONG LSU over Tennessee in SEC Championship
RIGHT Notre Dame to go 10-2 (Twitter 8/24)
WRONG Ezekiel Elliott to win Heisman (8/26 Twitter)
WRONG Michigan 8 wins at most
WRONG GaTech over FSU to win ACC
RIGHT OU to win Big 12
WRONG Ohio St to win Big 10 over Wisconsin
1/4 Ohio St vs. OU, Ariz St vs. LSU
WRONG Ohio St vs. LSU
WRONG Ohio St to win Championship

Desmond Howard: 2 right, 1/4 playoff teams
Recycled his Brady Hoke hiring speech for Jim Harbaugh
WRONG Notre Dame 9 wins
WRONG VaTech to win ACC
WRONG TCU to win Big 12
RIGHT Michigan State to win Big 10
RIGHT Stanford to win Pac-12
WRONG TAMU to win SEC
0/4 Final Four: TCU, Mich St, Stanford, TAMU
WRONG Stanford wins championship

Jennifer’s Picks: 1 right, 0/4 playoff teams
RIGHT Clemson to win ACC
WRONG TCU to win Big 12
WRONG Ohio St to win Big 10 (but watch out for Michigan St!)
WRONG Arizona St to win Pac-12
WRONG Auburn to win SEC
WRONG SEC Champion to have 2 losses
0/4 Final Four: (1) Ohio St vs. (4) Mich St, (2) TCU vs. (3) Ariz St
WRONG TCU over Ohio St for Championship

Cole’s Picks: Couldn’t have been more wrong, 0/4 playoff teams
WRONG GaTech to win ACC
WRONG Auburn to win SEC
WRONG Texas to win Big 12
WRONG Ohio St to win Big 10
WRONG Oregon to win Pac-12
0/4 Final Four: Oregon, Auburn, Ohio St, Texas
WRONG Oregon over Texas, Auburn over Ohio St
WRONG Oregon over Auburn for Championship

Charles Arbuckle: 2 right predictions, 1 partial
RIGHT Duke under 9 wins
WRONG FSU wins ACC
WRONG No ACC in playoff
RIGHT Stanford over 9 wins
WRONG UCLA over USC
PARTIAL Stanford over UCLA in Pac-12 championship (wrong LA team)

Mike Bellotti: 1 right prediction, 1/4 playoff teams, 1/5 Heisman favorites
RIGHT Duke under 9 wins
WRONG FSU wins ACC
WRONG No ACC in playoff
WRONG Stanford under 9 wins
WRONG USC to win Pac-12
1/4 Final Four: (1) Ohio St, (2) TCU, (3) Alabama, (4) USC
1/5 Heisman Favorites: (1) Trevone Boykin, (2) Ezekiel Elliott, (3) Deshaun Watson, (4) Nick Chubb, (5) Cody Kessler

Kevin Carter: 1 right
RIGHT OU at least 9 wins
WRONG Baylor wins Big 12
WRONG Auburn best chance for SEC to make playoff

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 0/4 playoff teams
0/4 Final Four: Winner of USC/UCLA, Ohio St, Auburn, FSU

Colin Cowherd preseason over/unders: 1 right, 1 push
WRONG ND at 9 wins or less, trap bet
PUSH Arkansas over 8 wins
WRONG Michigan under 7.5 wins
WRONG USC over 9 wins
RIGHT Nebraska under 8 wins

Ed Cunningham: 1 right
RIGHT Notre Dame over 9 wins
WRONG Texas under 7 wins

Rece Davis: 1 right
RIGHT Louisville over 7.5 wins
WRONG USC over 9.5 wins

Heather Dinich: 0/4 playoff teams
0/4 Final Four: Auburn, Ohio St, TCU, USC

Chris Doering:
WRONG Miss St to go 6-6

Brad Edwards: 7 right
WRONG Vanderbilt under 3.5 wins (best bet)
RIGHT Tennessee over 8 wins (best bet)
RIGHT S. Carolina under 6.5 wins (best bet)
WRONG Arkansas 8-4
WRONG Auburn over 8 wins
RIGHT Georgia over 8 wins
RIGHT Kentucky under 5.5 wins
RIGHT LSU over 8.5 wins
RIGHT Ohio St over 11.5 wins
RIGHT FSU over 9.5 wins
WRONG Okla St to win Big 12

Chris Fallica: 9-7 on totals, 0/4 playoff teams
PUSH TAMU over 8 wins (best bet)
RIGHT Florida over 7 wins (best bet)
WRONG Alabama under 9.5 wins (best bet)
WRONG Arkansas 8-4
WRONG Auburn over 8 wins
RIGHT Georgia over 8 wins
WRONG Kentucky over 5.5 wins
WRONG LSU under 8.5 wins
RIGHT Ole Miss over 8.5 wins
RIGHT Miss St over 7 wins
WRONG Mizzou over 7.5 wins
RIGHT Ohio St over 11.5 wins
RIGHT FSU over 9.5 wins
RIGHT OU over 8.5 wins
WRONG Clemson under 9.5 wins
RIGHT Louisville over 7.5 wins
RIGHT USC under 9.5 wins
0/4 Final Four: Ohio St, UCLA, TAMU, Louisville

Paul Finebaum: 1/4 playoff teams
RIGHT One team possible to make playoff from SEC: Winner of Iron Bowl
WRONG TAMU to go 9-3

Pat Forde: 1/4 Playoff teams
1/4 Final Four: Ohio St, TCU, Alabama, UCLA

Joey Galloway: 2 right predictions
WRONG Ohio St undefeated
WRONG USC/UCLA meet undefeated
WRONG Michigan at 7 wins
WRONG Notre Dame under 9.5 wins
RIGHT OU over 8.5 wins
WRONG Clemson under 9.5 wins
RIGHT Louisville over 7.5 wins
WRONG USC over 9.5 wins

Mike Greenberg final four: 0/4 playoff teams (only picked three)
WRONG Ohio St
WRONG TCU
WRONG Georgia

Mike Golic final four: 0/4 playoff teams
WRONG Ohio St
WRONG TCU
WRONG LSU
WRONG Stanford

Danny Kanell: 3 right, 0/4 playoff teams
WRONG Notre Dame 9 wins
WRONG Texas over 7 wins
WRONG Ohio St to go undefeated
WRONG Michigan at 8 wins
RIGHT OU over 8.5 wins
RIGHT Clemson over 9.5 wins
RIGHT Louisville over 7.5 wins
WRONG USC over 9.5 wins
0/4 Final Four: Ohio St, UCLA, Baylor, Georgia

Tom Luginbill: 2/4 playoff teams
RIGHT Alabama best chance for SEC to make playoff
2/4 Final Four: (1) Ohio St, (2) OU, (3) Alabama, (4) USC

Trevor Matich: 1/4 playoff teams
1/4 Final Four: Ohio St, Oregon, Alabama, Baylor
WRONG Baylor to win championship
WRONG Seth Russell for Heisman

Greg McElroy: 1/4 playoff teams
WRONG Kentucky to go 6-6
WRONG S.Carolina to go 6-6
WRONG Miss St to go 6-6
WRONG Mizzou to 9-3
WRONG Tennessee to go 10-2
1/4 Four teams possible to make playoff from SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Arkansas

Ryan McGee: WRONG
WRONG SEC West winner has two losses

Brett McMurphy: WRONG
WRONG USC to make playoff

Todd McShay: 0/4 playoff teams
0/4 Final Four: LSU, TCU, Oregon, Ohio St
WRONG Oregon over Ohio St in championship
WRONG Trevone Boykin for Heisman

Jesse Palmer:
WRONG Tennessee to win SEC East

Ryen Russillo: 0/4 playoff teams
0/4 Final Four: Ohio St, USC, TCU, Auburn

Robert Smith: WRONG
WRONG Auburn to make playoff

Clint Stoerner:
WRONG Arkansas to go 9-3

Jason Sehorn: 1 right
RIGHT 10 wins for OU
WRONG TCU to win Big 12

Robert Smith: Oops
WRONG SEC to miss playoff

Phil Steele: 3 right, 1/4 playoff teams
WRONG Utah St 9 wins in regular season
WRONG Boise St to top the “Group of 5” in bowls
1/4 Final Four: Ohio St, Alabama, TCU, USC
WRONG Cody Kessler to win Heisman
RIGHT Miami Fl over 7 wins
WRONG VaTech over 8 wins
RIGHT LSU over 8.5 wins
RIGHT LSU starts 8-0 (we are crediting the McNeese St win)

Marcus Spears:
1/4 Four teams possible to make playoff from SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU

Matt Stichcomb:
WRONG Kentucky to go 9-3

Clint Stoerner:
WRONG Mizzou to go 8-4

Scott Van Pelt: 0/4 playoff teams
Ohio St
TCU
Mich St
USC

Dari Nowkhah Playoff Predictions: 0/4 playoff teams
(1) Ohio st over (4) Auburn
(2) TCU over (3) Stanford,
(2) TCU over (1) Ohio st 27-23
Georgia to win SEC East, not make playoff

Dari Nowkhah Heisman predictions: WRONG
1. Trevone Boykin
2. Nick Chubb
3. Cody Kessler

Dari Nowkhah Big 10 Predictions: WRONG
Ohio St to win Big 10
Michigan as sleeper
Minnesota overrated
Ezekiel Elliott Player of the Year

Dari Nowkhah SEC Predictions: WRONG
Auburn to win SEC
Arkansas as sleeper at 10 wins
Alabama overrated
Nick Chubb as player of the year

Dari Nowkhah ACC Predictions: WRONG
FSU to win ACC
UNC as sleeper
Louisville overrated
Justin Thomas as player of the year

Dari Nowkhah Big 12 Predictions: WRONG
TCU to win Big 12
KState as sleeper
Nobody is overrated
Trevone Boykin as player of the year

Dari Nowkhah Pac-12 Predictions: RIGHT (on the champion)
Stanford to win Pac-12
Utah as sleeper
Oregon overrated
Cody Kessler player of the year
Boise St undefeated

Mel Kiper Jr. Playoff Predictions: 0/4 playoff teams
(2) TCU over (3) USC
(4) Auburn over (1) Ohio St
(2) TCU over (4) Auburn

Mel Kiper Jr. Heisman Predictions: WRONG
1. Trevone Boykin
2. Ezekiel Elliott
3. Jeremy Johnson

Mel Kiper Jr. Big 10 Predictions: WRONG
Ohio St to win Big 10
Michigan as sleeper
Minnesota overrated
Ezekiel Elliott player of the year

Mel Kiper Jr. SEC Predictions: WRONG
Auburn to win SEC
Tennessee as sleeper
S. Carolina overrated
Nick Chubb player of the year

Mel Kiper Jr. ACC Predictions: WRONG
FSU to win ACC
UNC as sleeper
Miami (Fl) overrated
Deshaun Watson player of the year

Mel Kiper Jr. Big 12 Predictions: WRONG
TCU to win Big 12
Oklahoma St as sleeper
KState overrated
Trevone Boykin as player of the year

Mel Kiper Jr. PAC-12 Predictions: WRONG
USC to win Pac-12
Arizona St as sleeper
UCLA overrated
Cody Kessler player of the year

Mel Kiper Jr. miscellaneous predictions:
Boise St to lose 1 or 2 games

Week 4 2015: Picks are graded; results are in! #cfb #cfbpicks

Posted on September 27, 2015 by gamedaycole

The slate of week 4 games did not seem like the best schedule going into this week, but Saturday delivered plenty of excitement, close games and upsets. Lots of trendy picks again this week, with plenty of our experts jumping on the Tennessee, Auburn, and Arizona bandwagons. We saw lots of tough results this week in the predictions game, but had a few standout performances from some of our competitors.

Big winners this week included Tim Tebow (4-0), Paul Finebaum (4-1), Greg McElroy (4-1), Brett McMurphy (3-0 ATS), newcomer Chris Doering (4-1), and Brad Edwards (6-0-1, 2-0-1 ATS). Our official winner this week was Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica, who put up a 13-3-1 record this week, including a BEEFY 6-2-1 record against the spread. He is printing money this year, so collect it while you can!

Losers this week were many in number, and included Desmond Howard (4-7), David Pollack (4-5), Dari Nowkhah (1-3), and Phil Steele (11, 4-7 ATS) . Our official losers of the week will be Stanford Steve Coughlin, who went 3-7 (2-3 ATS) and Dr. Lou Holtz, who went 0-3. I have to stop and mention Joe Tessitore, because it is always funny when someone like Tessitore always stays neutral while piloting a show like SEC Nation. However, he went out of his way to let you know that he felt so strongly about Auburn winning this week that you should make note of it. Well, we did, and Auburn didn’t, so we are having a little fun with that.

Other notes of interest: Lee Corso went 6-6 on the week, and 0-1 on his headgear pick Arizona. This week’s special celebrity guest Bob Baffert went a respectable 6-4 on the week, and our first ever special celebrity horse American Pharoah went 1-0 on the week. Charley the Cat also went 1-0 on the week going with UCLA, and Jennifer went 10-4 on the week. One highlight of note was Heather Dinich predicting Oregon to go down to Utah; the only soul who had the guts to pick that one. On a final note, Pat Forde put up what may be the worst pick of the year so far this week. He picked Old Dominion to beat App State, and unfortunately they went on to lose 56-0. Oh well, better luck next time.

Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!

Lee Corso: 6-6
RIGHT Rutgers over Kansas
WRONG Oregon over Utah
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Duke
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas (by 2)
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
WRONG Mizzou over Kentucky
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT TCU over TTU
WRONG Arizona over UCLA (headgear pick)

American Pharoah: 1-0
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona

Kirk Herbstreit: 6-6
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Rutgers over Kansas
WRONG Auburn over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG TTU over TCU
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
WRONG Oregon over Utah
WRONG Ariz St over USC
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Duke
RIGHT Kentucky over Mizzou

Desmond Howard: 4-7
WRONG Kansas over Rutgers
WRONG Auburn over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG TTU over TCU
WRONG Texas over Okla St
WRONG Ariz St over USC
RIGHT Florida over Tennessee
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Duke
RIGHT Kentucky over Mizzou
WRONG Arizona over UCLA

Bob Baffert: 6-4
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
RIGHT Duke over GaTech
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
WRONG Arkansas over TAMU
WRONG Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT Kentucky over Mizzou
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Arizona over UCLA

David Pollack: 4-5
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Oregon over Utah
WRONG Arizona over UCLA
WRONG St. John’s over St. Thomas
WRONG Auburn over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Okla St over Texas

Jennifer’s Picks: 10-4
RIGHT Boise St over UVA
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Duke
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT Kentucky over Mizzou
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
RIGHT TCU over Texas Tech (close)
RIGHT TTU+6.5 vs TCU
WRONG Ariz St over USC (upset special)
WRONG Arizona over UCLA
RIGHT Notre Dame over UMass
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan

Rece Davis: 1-0
RIGHT USC over Ariz St

Chris Fallica: 13-3-1 (6-2-1 ATS)
WRONG Texas over Okla St
PUSH Texas+3 vs Okla St (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT TCU over TTU 41-35
RIGHT TTU+7.5 vs TCU
WRONG Oregon over Utah 30-24
RIGHT Utah+14 vs Oregon
RIGHT Alabama over UL-Monroe 38-14
RIGHT UL-Monroe+38 vs Alabama (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Notre Dame over UMass 38-17
WRONG UMass+29 vs Notre Dame (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Marshall over Kent St 24-17
RIGHT Kent St+9 vs Marshall
RIGHT LaTech over FIU 34-24
RIGHT FIU+14.5 vs LaTech
RIGHT USC over Ariz St 31-21
RIGHT USC-5.5 vs Ariz St

Dari Nowkhah: 1-3
WRONG TTU over TCU
WRONG BYU over Michigan
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
WRONG Texas over Okla St

Trevor Matich: 5-4 (2-1 ATS)
RIGHT Florida over Tennessee
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Oregon over Utah
WRONG Arizona over UCLA
WRONG St. John’s over St. Thomas
RIGHT Florida+1.5 vs Tennessee
WRONG UMass+28 vs Notre Dame
RIGHT TAMU-6.5 vs Arkansas
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas

Tim Tebow: 4-0
RIGHT Kentucky over Missouri
RIGHT Miss St over AUburn
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Florida over Tennessee

Marcus Spears: 3-1
RIGHT Kentucky over Missouri
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG Tennessee over Florida

Paul Finebaum: 4-1
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Kentucky over Missouri
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn

Greg McElroy: 4-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over UCF
RIGHT Kentucky over Missouri
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG Tennessee over Florida

Joe Tessitore: 0-1
WRONG Auburn over Miss St

Mack Brown: 2-0
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona

Mark May: 1-0
UCLA over Arizona

Brett McMurphy: 3-0 ATS
RIGHT Houston-16.5 vs Tx St
RIGHT SJSU-4 vs Fresno St
RIGHT TTU+5.5 vs TCU

Charles Arbuckle: 0-1
WRONG Oregon over Utah

Jon Berger: 2-1
WRONG Texas over Oklahoma St
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT TCU over TTU

Kevin Carter: 1-0
RIGHT UNC over Delaware

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 3-7 (2-3 ATS)
RIGHT TCU vs TTU Over 80.5
RIGHT TCU over TTU 48-40
WRONG Oregon over Utah 31-23
RIGHT Utah+14 vs Oregon
WRONG UVA over Boise St 13-12
WRONG UVA+3.5 vs Boise St
WRONG Auburn over Miss St 31-24
WRONG Auburn-2 vs Miss St
WRONG Tennessee over Florida 24-21
WRONG Tennessee-2 vs Florida

Colin Cowherd: 4-3
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
WRONG Arizona over UCLA
WRONG Oregon over Utah
RIGHT USC over Ariz St

Heather Dinich: 1-1
RIGHT Utah over Oregon
WRONG TTU over TCU

Chris Doering: 4-1
WRONG Florida over Tennessee 20-17
RIGHT Ole Miss over Vanderbilt 23-9
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas 38-23
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn 31-27
RIGHT Kentucky over Mizzou 24-13

Brad Edwards: 6-0-1 (2-0-1 ATS)
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT Miss St+2.5 vs Auburn
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT Kentucky-2.5 vs Mizzou
RIGHT Kent over Mizzou
PUSH Okla St-3 over Texas
RIGHT Okla St over Texas

Pat Forde: 22-7
RIGHT Boise St over UVA
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
WRONG GaTech over Duke
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
RIGHT Mich St over C.Michigan
RIGHT NW over Ball St
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT BGSU over Purdue
RIGHT Wisconsin over Hawaii
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Oregon over Utah
WRONG Washington over Cal
RIGHT Florida over Tennessee
RIGHT Georgia over Southern
WRONG Mizzou over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over UL-Monroe
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT Ole Miss over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Baylor over Rice
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT UNM over Wyoming
WRONG VaTech over ECU
RIGHT Notre Dame over UMass
WRONG Old Dominion over App St

Joey Galloway: 4-4
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
WRONG Cinci over Memphis
WRONG BYU over Michigan
WRONG Arizona over UCLA
RIGHT TCU over TTU
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
RIGHT Boise St over UVA

Lou Holtz: 0-3
WRONG GaTech over Duke
WRONG Tennessee over Florida
WRONG Texas over Okla St

Danny Kanell: 4-3
WRONG TTU over TCU
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT Memphis over Cinci
WRONG BYU over Michigan
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona
RIGHT Florida over Tennessee
WRONG UVA over Boise St

Booger McFarland: 5-2
WRONG Tennessee over Florida 21-17
RIGHT Ole Miss over Vanderbilt (A LOT TO A LITTLE)
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas 35-24
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn 31-17
WRONG Mizzou over Kentucky 24-21
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT USC over Ariz St

Jason Sehorn: 10-5
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona
WRONG Arizona St over USC
WRONG Oregon over Utah
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT Michigan over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Duke
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse
WRONG Mizzou over Kentucky
RIGHT Ole Miss over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Cal over Washington

Robert Smith: 3-3
RIGHT Miss St over Auburn
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Oregon over Utah
WRONG Washington over Cal
WRONG TTU over TCU 52-45

Phil Steele: 11-11 (4-7 ATS)
RIGHT TCU over TTU 49-40
RIGHT TCU vs TTU over 80.5
RIGHT Michigan over BYU 23-20
WRONG BYU+5.5 vs Michigan
RIGHT UCLA over Arizona 35-27
RIGHT UCLA-3.5 vs Arizona
RIGHT USC over Ariz St 34-24
RIGHT USC-5.5 vs Ariz St
RIGHT S.Miss+22 vs Nebraska
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan 48-10
WRONG Ohio St-31 vs W.Michigan
WRONG Oregon over Utah 40-27
WRONG Oregon-11.5 over Utah
WRONG GaTech over Duke
WRONG Tennessee vs Florida under 48
WRONG Mizzou over Kentucky 20-17
WRONG Mizzou+3 vs Kentucky
WRONG Auburn over Miss St 31-24
WRONG Auburn-2 vs Miss St
WRONG UMass+29 vs Notre Dame
RIGHT Notre Dame over UMass (by 21)

Clint Stoerner: 1-1
RIGHT Ole Miss over Vanderbilt
WRONG Mizzou over Kentucky

Scott Van Pelt: 2-2-1 ATS
RIGHT ECU+10 vs VaTech
RIGHT TTU+6.5 vs TCU
PUSH Texas+3 vs Okla St
WRONG UVA+2.5 vs Boise St
WRONG Kent St+6.5 vs Marshall

Andre Ware: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over W.Michigan

Cole’s Top 25 Picks: 15-4
RIGHT 1 Ohio St over W.Michigan
RIGHT 2 Michigan St over C.Michigan
RIGHT 3 TCU over TTU
RIGHT 3 Ole Miss over Vanderbilt
RIGHT 5 Baylor over Rice
RIGHT 6 Notre Dame over UMass
RIGHT 7 Georgia over Southern
RIGHT 8 LSU over Syracuse
RIGHT 9 UCLA over 16 Arizona
RIGHT 12 Alabama over UL-Monroe
WRONG 13 Oregon over Utah
RIGHT 14 TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT 17 NW over Ball St
RIGHT 19 USC over Ariz St
WRONG 20 GaTech over Duke
RIGHT 21 Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT 22 Wisconsin over Hawaii
WRONG 22 BYU over Michigan
WRONG Texas over 24 Okla St

Week 3 2015: College picks are graded, results are in! #cfb

Posted on September 21, 2015 by gamedaycole

Week 3 was a fantastic week of college football with some big games,big names, big upsets, and big letdowns.

There were some trendy picks this week which didn’t work out which stood out to me in particular. Everyone and their mother had Georgia Tech beating Notre Dame and covering that 2.5 point spread pretty easily. I feel like we hear this same story every year when a big name gets matched up with Georgia Tech about how hard it is to prepare for the triple option. While Georgia Tech is a really solid program, and the really do occasionally take down a bigger name with the triple option, I just can’t count how many times we have been warned about the triple option and then let down by the Yellow Jackets. Our panel of expert pickers and prognosticators were 12 to 6 in favor of Georgia Tech, which was pretty heavy for a 2.5 pt spread, so let’s all point and laugh at them.

Big winners this week included Kirk Herbstreit (10-3), Chris Fallica (12-3), Phil Steele (14-5), and Greg McElroy (5-1). However this week’s undisputed winner was none other than @GamedayJen, who dropped a 14-2 week on us with some serious knowledge. She called UCLA to beat BYU, but BYU to also cover. Her upset special was Ole Miss over Alabama. She knows her stuff so give her a follow for some serious knowledge.

Losers this week included Dari Nowkhah at 4-5, who made some bold predictions for this weekend and ended up taking it in the shorts pretty hard on Twitter. However, you won’t find a classier gentleman as he owned up to every bit of it and admits when he is wrong. Other questionable performances came from Jason Sehorn (5-4), Mack Brown (2-2), Stanford Steve Coughlin (3-7), Brad Edwards (4-3), and Trevor Matich (4-5). Normally we would give this week’s loss to Stanford Steve, but I just couldn’t resist giving this week’s official loss to Mark May, who went 2-2 on the week but looked incredibly smug when he made his picks.

Other notes include our celebrity guest picker Eric Church who went 6-5 on the week. Coach Corso went a respectable 9-4 on the week, but missed out on that headgear pick going with Alabama. Charley the Cat picked Ole Miss and takes back one week from Corso. One curious note is that the College Gameday crew of Corso, Herbie, Desmond and Eric Church all picked Kentucky to beat Florida, while the SEC Nation crew unanimously picked Florida to beat Kentucky. Weird. Everyone else was somewhere in between, so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 9-4
RIGHT Temple over UMass
RIGHT NDSU over North Dakota
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT UNC over Illinois
RIGHT NW over Duke
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss (Headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 10-3
RIGHT Temple over UMass
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT NDSU over North Dakota
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT UNC over Illinois
RIGHT NW over Duke
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers

Desmond Howard: 10-4
RIGHT Temple over UMass
RIGHT NDSU over North Dakota
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT UNC over Illinois
WRONG Duke over NW
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Stanford over USC
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss

Eric Church: 6-5
RIGHT UNC over Illinois
RIGHT NW over Duke
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
WRONG Nebraska over Miami Fl
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss

David Pollack: 3-2
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG Auburn over LSU

Jennifer’s Picks: 14-2
RIGHT Clemson over Louisville
RIGHT Temple over UMass
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT TAMU over Nevada
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
RIGHT BYU+16.5 vs UCLA
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT UNC over Illinois
RIGHT NW over Duke
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Ole Miss over Alabama (upset special)

Chris Fallica: 12-3
RIGHT Notre Dame+2.5 vs GaTech
RIGHT Notre Dame over GaTech 27-24
RIGHT Stanford+10 vs USC
WRONG USC over Stanford 20-17
RIGHT Ole Miss over Alabama 24-17
RIGHT Ole Miss+7 vs Alabama (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT LSU over Auburn 31-17
RIGHT LSU-7.5 vs Auburn
RIGHT UCLA over BYU 41-17
WRONG UCLA-16.5 vs BYU (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Purdue+6.5 vs VaTech (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT VaTech over Purdue 24-23
RIGHT Louisville over Clemson 31-23
RIGHT Louisville+6.5 vs Clemson
RIGHT Colorado over CSU

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-0
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
RIGHT LSU over Auburn

Booger McFarland: 6-2
WRONG Arkansas over TTU 35-31
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky 27-17
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina 42-13
RIGHT LSU over Auburn 24-17
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss 28-27
RIGHT Miss St over NW St
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Austin Peay
RIGHT Tennessee over W.Carolina

Dari Nowkhah: 4-5
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
WRONG GaTech-3.5 vs Notre Dame
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT Illinois over UNC

Jason Sehorn: 5-4
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT LSU over Alabama
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT Cal over Texas

Phil Steele: 14-5
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss 28-17
WRONG Illinois+9.5 vs UNC
RIGHT UCLA over BYU 38-20
WRONG USC over Stanford 32-14
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky (by 3)
RIGHT Notre Dame over GaTech 31-27
RIGHT LSU over Auburn 31-21
RIGHT Clemson over Louisville
RIGHT Cal over Texas
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU 52-10
RIGHT Okla St over UTSA 44-10
RIGHT Mich St over AF 41-21
RIGHT Oregon over Georgia St 52-17
RIGHT Cinci over Miami OH 44-16 (best bet)
WRONG BGSU over Memphis 43-42
RIGHT Mizzou over UConn 27-10
RIGHT Colorado over CSU 32-24
WRONG FAU over Buffalo 37-33
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska 31-20 (best bet)

Tim Tebow: 3-1
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT LSU over Auburn

Marcus Spears: 3-1
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT LSU over Auburn

Greg McElroy: 5-1
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Mizzou over UConn
RIGHT Miss St over NW St
RIGHT LSU over Auburn

Paul Finebaum: 4-2
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT TAMU over Nevada
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT LSU over Auburn

Brett McMurphy: 0-1
WRONG Fresno St+14 vs Utah

Mark May: 2-2
RIGHT Notre Dame over GaTech
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
WRONG USC over Stanford
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss

Mack Brown: 2-2
RIGHT Notre Dame over GaTech
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
WRONG USC over Stanford
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss

Cole’s Exclusive Insider Top 25 Picks: 16-4
RIGHT 1 Ohio St over NIU
WRONG 2 Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT 3 TCU over SMU
RIGHT 4 Mich St over AF
WRONG 6 USC over Stanford
RIGHT 7 Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT 8 Notre Dame over GaTech
RIGHT 9 FSU over Boston College
RIGHT 10 UCLA over 19 BYU
RIGHT 11 Clemson over Louisville
RIGHT 12 Oregon over Georgia St
RIGHT 16 OU over Tulsa
RIGHT 17 TAMU over Nevada
WRONG 18 Auburn over 13 LSU
RIGHT 20 Arizona over N.Arizona
RIGHT 21 Utah over Fresno St
WRONG UConn over 22 Mizzou
RIGHT 23 NW over Duke
RIGHT 24 Wisconsin over Troy
RIGHT 25 Okla St over UTSA

Charles Arbuckle: 2-0
RIGHT Oregon over Georgia St
RIGHT Cal over Texas

Jon Berger: 0-2
WRONG Texas over Cal
WRONG Arkansas over TTU

Mike Bellotti: 0-1
RIGHT UCLA over BYU

Kevin Carter: 2-0
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
RIGHT UNC over Illinois

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 3-7
RIGHT Notre Dame+2.5 vs GaTech
RIGHT Notre Dame over GaTech 19-17
WRONG USC over Stanford 38-14
WRONG USC-10 vs Stanford
WRONG Alabama-6.5 vs Ole Miss
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss 24-17
WRONG Auburn over LSU 21-17
RIGHT BYU+16.5 vs UCLA
WRONG Arkansas over TTU 38-21
WRONG Arkansas-10.5 vs TTU

Colin Cowherd: 5-3
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT Cal over Texas
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame (close)
RIGHT LSU over Auburn (by a touchdown)
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Miami Fl over Nebraska 30-27

Heather Dinich: 0-1
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss

Brad Edwards: 4-3
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU
WRONG Ohio St-34 vs NIU
RIGHT Okla St-25.5 vs UTSA
RIGHT Okla St over UTSA
WRONG Cal-5 vs Texas
RIGHT Cal over Texas

Pat Forde: 20-7
RIGHT FSU over BC
RIGHT Duke over NW
WRONG Nebraska over Miami Fl
RIGHT Mizzou over UConn
RIGHT OU over Tulsa
RIGHT Okla St over UTSA
RIGHT Iowa over Pitt
RIGHT Mich St over AF
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU
RIGHT Penn St over Rutgers
RIGHT Wisconsin over Troy
RIGHT Arizona over NAU
RIGHT Oregon over Georgia St
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG Arkansas over TTU
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT TAMU over Nevada
RIGHT TCU over SMU
WRONG CSU over Colorado
RIGHT Utah over Fresno St
RIGHT Navy over ECU
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT Rice over UNT
WRONG FAU over Buffalo

Joey Galloway: 5-3
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG UCLA-16.5 vs BYU
RIGHT Notre Dame over GaTech
RIGHT Clemson over Louisville
WRONG BC over FSU
RIGHT Ole Miss over Alabama

Danny Kanell: 4-1
RIGHT Ole Miss over Alabama
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU
RIGHT Clemson over Louisville
RIGHT FSU over BC

Trevor Matich: 4-5
WRONG GaTech over Notre Dame
RIGHT Clemson over Louisville
RIGHT Georgia over South Carolina
WRONG BYU over UCLA
WRONG USC-9 vs Stanford
WRONG GT-2 vs ND
RIGHT LSU-7 vs Auburn
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT LSU over Auburn

Ryan McGee: 0-1
WRONG Bama over Ole Miss

Matt Stinchomb: 0-1
WRONG Kentucky over Florida

Clint Stoerner: 1-1
WRONG Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Mizzou over UConn

Scott Van Pelt: 3-2
RIGHT UMass+10.5 vs Temple
WRONG Purdue+6.5 vs VaTech
WRONG SJSU+7.5 vs Oregon St
RIGHT Stanford+10 vs USC
RIGHT Notre Dame+2.5 vs GaTech

Andre Ware: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over NIU