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New Years Day 2015! Playoff picks and more! #cfbplayoff #rosebowl #sugarbowl #cottonbowl

Posted on January 1, 2015 by gamedaycole

It looks like we all made it through the night and into 2015, and since this is perhaps the biggest day in college football history with the official beginning of the college football playoff, I thought I would post an exclusive new years day prediction post. I will be posting new picks from today as well as the most up to date picks from everyone on today’s bowl games. Enjoy.

Lee Corso: (Gameday 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin
Tennessee over Iowa
UCLA over KState
Minnesota over Missouri
Mich St over Baylor
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: (Gameday 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Wisconsin over Auburn
Iowa over Tennessee
KState over UCLA
Missouri over Minnesota
Alabama over Ohio St

Desmond Howard: (Gameday 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin
Tennessee over Iowa
UCLA over KState
Missouri over Minnesota
Baylor over Mich St
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon

David Pollack: (Gameday 1/1)
Baylor over Mich St
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon

Mack Brown: (Gameday 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU

Chris Fallica: (Gameday 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama (espn.com podcast 12/23)
FSU over Oregon (espn.com podcast 12/23)

Paul Finebaum: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon 34-31
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Baylor over Mich St (Bowl Mania special 12/14)
Missouri over Minnesota (SEC Nation 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin (SEC Nation 1/1)

Tim Tebow: (SEC Nation 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota
Auburn over Wisconsin
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St

Marcus Spears: (SEC Nation 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota
Auburn over Wisconsin
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St

Colin Cowherd: (The Herd, 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Auburn over Wisconsin
Mich St over Baylor

Butch Davis: (Sportscenter 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St

Gene Chizik: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Heather Dinich: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama

Brad Edwards: (espn.com 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon (previously picked Oregon over FSU)
Mich St over Baylor (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota (ESPN Radio 1/1)
FSU over Oregon (ESPN Radio 1/1)

Trevor Matich: (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Auburn over Wisconsin
Missouri over Minnesota
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St

Brock Huard: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Danny Kanell: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama

Tom Luginbill: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Ohio St

Ivan Maisel: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Greg McElroy: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Booger McFarland: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Brett McMurphy: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama

Jesse Palmer: (espn.com 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
FSU over Oregon (The Herd live 1/1)

Mark Schlabach: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Phil Steele: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Matt Stinchcomb: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon

Andre Ware: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU

Todd McShay: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Alabama over Ohio St

Robert Smith: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Oregon over FSU
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama (Sportscenter 1/1)
Ohio St over Oregon

Ed Cunningham: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Alabama over Ohio St
Mich St over Baylor
FSU over Oregon
FSU over Alabama

Pat Forde: (Bowl Dash 12/17)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Baylor over Mich St

Kevin Carter: (CFB Playoff Preview 12/16)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Oregon

Lou Holtz: (Championship Drive 12/7)
Mich St over Baylor
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St

Joey Galloway: (Championship Drive 12/7)
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama
FSU over Oregon

Jon Berger: (CFB Daily The Edge 12/12)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Baylor over Mich St

Charles Arbuckle: (CFB Daily the Edge 12/12)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Mich St over Baylor

Matt Millen:
Oregon over FSU (CFB Daily 12/9)
Alabama over Ohio St (Bowl Mania Special 12/14)

Mike Bellotti:
FSU to lose semi final (Championship Drive 12/1)

Skip Bayless:
Oregon over FSU (Twitter 12/17)

Rod Gilmore:
Oregon over FSU (Championship Drive 12/7)

Stanford Steve:
Alabama over Ohio St (espn.com podcast 12/23)

Mel Kiper Jr.: (Dari & Mel 12/27)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU

Dari Nowkhah: (Dari & Mel 12/27)
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon

Tim Cowlishaw:
Mich St oveR Baylor (Twitter 12/29)

2014 Regular season standings! #cfb #cfbplayoff #bowlmania

Posted on December 14, 2014 by gamedaycole

With the close of the 2014 regular season yesterday, as noted by the completion of the Army/Navy game, it is time to get geared up for bowl season. I thought I would post a quick regular season standings post so we can all see where everyone stands for the year. Bowl season can change everything, just like that professor you had that one semester who said the final exam counted for half of your grade. With 38 bowl games coming up, that is like cramming 3 average weeks of picks for most of our pickers, so it can make or break a season for anyone bold enough to pick all 38 games and share them with their adoring public. We will be posting GAMEDAY COLE’S BIG BOWL BOARD of any and all picks we find for anyone preparing your bowl pick’em entry and those of you who need to bag on Kirk Herbstreit some more (which judging by Twitter is a LOT of you). Anyways, here’s the rankings. More stuff will come out soon.

2014-15 Season	Right-Wrong	% Correct
Brett McMurphy	55-18	75.34%
Colin Cowherd	99-35	73.88%
David Pollack	62-22	73.81%
Lou Holtz	45-16	73.77%
Jason Sehorn	53-19	73.61%
Greg McElroy	69-25	73.40%
Phil Steele	164-63	72.25%
Robert Smith	44-18	70.97%
Jon Berger	49-21	70.00%
Tim Tebow	46-20	69.70%
Marcus Spears	46-20	69.70%
Danny Kanell	40-18	68.97%
Pat Forde	266-120	68.91%
Paul Finebaum	48-23	67.61%
Lee Corso	113-56	66.86%
Kevin Carter	64-33	65.98%
Desmond Howard	116-61	65.54%
Booger McFarland	43-23	65.15%
Mel Kiper Jr.	39-21	65.00%
Dari Nowhkah	40-23	63.49%
Chris Fallica	54-32	62.79%
Jennifer	109-65	62.64%
Todd McShay	23-14	62.16%
Celebrity Guests	92-59	60.93%
Kirk Herbstreit	101-66	60.48%
Trevor Matich	34-23	59.65%
Mark May	28-25	52.83%

Week 15 2014: Championship week picks are graded, results are in! #cfb #cfbplayoff

Posted on December 10, 2014 by gamedaycole

Week 15 promised drama and it delivered after the championship games were complete and the playoff seeding was announced. You may love it, or you may hate it, but you didn’t come here to see my opinions on the college football playoff. You came for picks and results, so here they are.

Winners this week include David Pollack (4-0), Greg McElroy (5-0), Lou Holtz (4-1), Stephen A. Smith (5-0), Robert Smith (5-0), Jon Berger (4-1) and Jason Sehorn (5-1). This week’s champion will be Phil Steele, who got things back on track in a big way after last week, going 10-1 on the week this week.

Losers this week included Todd McShay (1-2), Heather Dinich (0-2), and Brett McMurphy (1-2). Since nobody had a horrible week, the three of them can share the honor.

Lee Corso went with the underdog road team Kansas State over Baylor for his headgear pick, and that did not work out too well. Charley the Cat took Baylor, so she gains another game on Corso. Special guest picker Mike Singletary had a pretty good week at 5-2, but had perhaps the worst pick of all time calling for Iowa State to upset TCU; a game which ended 55-3 in favor of TCU. Jennifer had another winner this week at 5-3 as well. Everyone else is somewhere in the middle, so check out the full slate below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 6-3
WRONG OU over Okla St
WRONG UConn over SMU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
WRONG KState over Baylor (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 6-2
WRONG OU over Okla St
WRONG UConn over SMU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Desmond Howard: 6-3
WRONG OU over Okla St
WRONG UConn over SMU
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Mike Singletary: 5-2
RIGHT Houston over Cinci
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
WRONG Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Jennifer’s Picks: 5-3
WRONG OU over Okla St
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
WRONG GaTech over FSU (upset special)
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Charley the Cat: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over KState

David Pollack: 4-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Greg McElroy: 5-0
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Lou Holtz: 4-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
IGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG KState over Baylor
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Dari Nowkhah: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Brett McMurphy: 1-2
WRONG Mizzou over Alabama 17-13
RIGHT Temple over Tulane
WRONG UConn over SMU

Pat Forde: 2-2
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState
WRONG GaTech over FSU
WRONG Wisconsin over OhioSt

Tim Tebow: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Marcus Spears: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Paul Finebaum: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Booger McFarland: 2-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 42-28
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St

Mack Brown: 2-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Gene Chizik: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 35-17

Tom Luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Bill Plaschke: 1-0
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Kevin Blackistone: 0-1
WRONG Arizona over Oregon

Colin Cowherd: 4-2
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona 43-27
RIGHT TCU ove Iowa St 52-17
RIGHT Baylor over KState 33-30
WRONG GaTech over FSU 36-30
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St 33-23
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 28-13

Phil Steele: 10-1
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 42-34
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin 31-30
RIGHT Baylor over KState 41-28
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 34-16
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona 41-31
RIGHT Marshall over La Tech 40-33
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St 48-27
RIGHT NIU over BGSU 34-30
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St 54-16
WRONG UConn over SMU 24-17
RIGHT Temple over Tulane 17-16

Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Ryen Russillo: 3-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin

Skip Bayless: 3-2
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 35-33
WRONG Arizona over Oregon 34-33
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St 20-17
RIGHT Baylor over KState 30-26
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 45-14

Stephen A. Smith: 5-0
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 28-24
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona 34-28
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin 24-23
RIGHT Baylor over KState 41-37
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 33-24

Robert Smith: 5-0
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin

Mark May: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Brian Griese: 3-1
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Heather Dinich: 0-2
WRONG GaTech over FSU
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Mike Bellotti: 3-1
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Charles Arbuckle: 3-1
RIGHT Bama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Chris Fallica: 3-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 31-20
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 38-24
RIGHT Baylor over KState 38-35

Todd McShay: 1-2
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
WRONG KState over Baylor
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Trevor Matich: 2-2
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT Baylor over KState
WRONG Arizona over Oregon
RIGHT FSU over GT

Danny Kanell: 2-1
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Ryan McGee: 2-2
WRONG GT over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Jon Berger: 4-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Jason Sehorn: 5-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Baylor over KState
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St

Joey Galloway: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over GaTech