Week 11 2012: Grades are posted!
Well folks, it was an exciting Saturday of college football in case you missed it and haven’t heard about it already. It is always a great day in college football when the #1 team in the country goes down (unless you’re the #1 team). Things are behind schedule this week here at the Gameday blog due to my falling sick. I think its just a cold, and luckily the doctors have given me over a 60% chance of recovering. Since I’m sure you didn’t come here to read about me, let’s get down to the business at hand. We had a handful of great performances from our experts this week, a lot of mediocre performances, and a couple questionable performances. Let me start off by backtracking to last week, when I initially forgot to issue a HUGE win to Lee Corso for going 14-0, which ties for the best undefeated performance of the year with Trevor Matich. I hereby issue a golden unicorn star to Lee Corso for his great week last week, and he can expect to see that in the mail within 4 to 6 weeks.
This week’s guest picker was Lt. Curtis Sharp who is a navigator on the USS San Diego. He went 6-6 in picks, so make of that what you will. This week’s winner is Coach Mike Bellotti going 7-0, with other big wins going to Tom Luginbill at 5-0, Colin Cowherd at 6-1, Christian Fauria at 10-2, Pat Forde with a crazy 25-4, and Desmond Howard at 6-1. Losers this week include Kirk Herbstreit going 6-7, Davey Pollack going 2-3, and Mark Schlabach at 1-2. Todd McShay failed on another upset special this week with Penn State over Nebraska, after losing TWO of them last week. Our panel of experts went 15 to 3 in favor of Bama over Texas A&M. Those three were Lee Corso (who went 7-5, missing his headgear pick), Brian Griese (2-2, and always questionable), and Skip Bayless (1-0, he’s Skip Bayless) so its hard to give out huge props to them, but they get an extra check mark in my grade book just because. Brock Huard and Matt Millen both made picks this week, and I just got a call from the Governor’s office. He has given them a reprieve and will allow them back into the rankings while things are being reviewed going forward. Brock and Matt, if you don’t make any more picks this season then you’re gone once again, so get with the program. Also note that my girlfriend Jennifer’s upset special was Texas A&M over Bama (after coming OH SO CLOSE picking LSU over Bama last week). Check out all of the results below, and find your favorite or most hated personality to see how they did this week.
Mike Bellotti: 7-0
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Minnesota over Illinois
RIGHT S.Carolina over Arkansas
RIGHT Florida over Lafayette
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
Brock Huard: 3-0
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
Mark Schlabach: 1-2
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
WRONG Bama over TAMU
WRONG WVU over Okla St
Dan Hawkins: 1-0
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
Matt Millen: 0-1
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
Tom Luginbill: 5-0
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT UCLA over Wash St
RIGHT Rutgers over Army
RIGHT S.Carolina over Arkansas
RIGHT Florida over Lafayette
Jason Sehorn: 0-1
WRONG Bama over TAMU
Danny Kanell: 1-0
RIGHT KState over TCU
Colin Cowherd: 6-1
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT KState over Okla St
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT UGA over Auburn
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
Charles Arbuckle: 10-5
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
WRONG Miami over UVA
WRONG Iowa over Purdue
WRONG Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Ole Miss
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
Trevor Matich: 3-2
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT KState over TCU
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
WRONG Bama over TAMU
Robert Smith: 6-3
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
WRONG Miami over UVA
Christian Fauria: 10-2
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT Michigan over NW
WRONG WVU over Okla St
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Ole Miss
Iowa Nice Guy: 1-3
WRONG Iowa St over Texas
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
WRONG Iowa over Purdue
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
Skip Bayless: 1-0
RIGHT TAMU over Bama
Brian Griese: 2-2
RIGHT KState over TCU
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
RIGHT TAMU over Bama
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
Mark May: 4-2
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC
Lou Holtz: 3-1
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Notre Dame over BC
Dari Nowkhah: 13-4
RIGHT Minnesota over Illinois
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT S.Carolina over Arkansas
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
WRONG Miami over UVA
RIGHT Purdue over Iowa
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Ole Miss
WRONG WVU over Okla St
Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-0
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
Pat Forde: 25-4
RIGHT Clemson over Maryland
RIGHT NC St over Wake Forest
WRONG Miami over UVA
RIGHT ND over BC
RIGHT Rutgers over Army
RIGHT Syracuse over Louisville
RIGHT Cinci over Temple
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT OU over Baylor
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
RIGHT Michigan over NW
WRONG Nevada over Fresno St
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT USC over Ariz St
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT Washington over Utah
RIGHT UCLA over Wash St
RIGHT Florida over Lafayette
RIGHT S.Carolina over Arkansas
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
WRONG Ole Miss over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Texas over Iowa St
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT TTU over Kansas
RIGHT LaTech over Tx St
Todd McShay: 3-2
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
WRONG Bama over TAMU
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska*
David Pollack: 2-3
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
WRONG WVU over Okla St
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
RIGHT KState over TCU
WRONG Bama over TAMU
Desmond Howard: 6-1
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
Kirk Herbstreit: 6-7
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Stanford over Oregon St
WRONG Bama over TAMU
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
WRONG NW over Michigan
WRONG Indiana over Wisconsin
WRONG Miami over UVA
RIGHT KState over TCU
WRONG Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG Navy over Troy
Lee Corso: 7-5
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT TAMU over Bama
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
WRONG Miami over UVA
WRONG Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG Navy over Troy (headgear pick)
Lt. Curtis Sharp: 6-6
WRONG BC over ND
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT UVA over Miami
RIGHT Stanford Cardinals(?) over Oregon St
WRONG WVU over Okla St
RIGHT KState over TCU
WRONG Bama over TAMU
WRONG Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG Navy over Troy
Jennifer’s Picks: 10-5
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Okla St over WVU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
WRONG Oregon St over Stanford
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT TAMU over Bama (upset special)
RIGHT Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
WRONG Miami over UVA
WRONG Tennessee over Mizzou
WRONG Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG Navy over Troy
RIGHT Boise St over Hawaii
RIGHT Clemson over Maryland