Week 1 2016: Saturday morning #CFB Picks! #getup4gameday

I can’t believe we made it.  Kickoff Saturday is here and that means we can really get down to the business of finding out who knows how to pick winners and who doesn’t.  There’s a ton of weekday picks posted already, but we will be updating all morning with the latest freshly baked Saturday morning picks right here as soon as they come in.  Check back often to see who your favorite (or most hated) picked in the biggest games this weekend.

Lee Corso:
LSU over Wisconsin (Headgear pick)
NDSU over Charleston So.
BC over GT
Arizona over BYU
Michigan over Hawaii
ND over Texas
FSU over Ole Miss
Georgia over UNC
Auburn over Clemson
OU over Houston
Alabama over USC
WVU over Mizzou

Kirk Herbstreit:
UNC over Georgia
NDSU over Charleston So.
OU over Houston
UCLA over TAMU
Clemson over Auburn (close)
Michigan over Hawaii
Arizona over BYU
W.Michigan over NW
Texas over ND
WVU over Mizzou
LSU over Wisconsin

Desmond Howard:
NDSU over Charleston So.
OU over Houston
UCLA over TAMU
Clemson over Auburn (BIG)
UNC over Georgia
BYU over Arizona
Alabama over USC
Michigan over Hawaii
Texas over ND
FSU over Ole Miss
WVU over Mizzou
LSU over Wisconsin (BIG)

Aaron Rodgers:
Texas over ND
FSU over Ole Miss
Georgia over UNC
Clemson over Auburn
OU over Houston
UCLA over TAMU
Alabama over USC
BYU over Arizona
WVU over Mizzou
Wisconsin over LSU

David Pollack:
NDSU over Charleston So.
LSU over Wisconsin
Houston over OU
Clemson over Auburn
Georgia over UNC
BYU over Arizona
Alabama over USC
LSU over Wisconsin

Jennifer’s Picks:
NDSU over Charleston So.
Clemson over Auburn
Georgia over UNC
Arizona over BYU
Alabama over USC
Texas over ND
FSU over Ole Miss
Houston over OU (Upset special!)
UCLA over TAMU
WVU over Mizzou
LSU over Wisconsin

Paul Finebaum: Predicted no upsets in top 10
ND over Texas (CFB Live 8/19)
Alabama over USC
Clemson over Auburn
OU over Houston
LSU over Wisconsin
Ohio St over BGSU
Michigan over Hawaii
Stanford over KState
Tennessee over App St
Vanderbilt over S.Carolina
FSU over Ole Miss
Georgia over UNC
TAMU over UCLA

Marcus Spears:
Florida over UMass
Georgia over UNC
LSU over Wisconsin
Miss St over S. Alabama
Vanderbilt over S.Carolina
Tennessee over App St
Clemson over Auburn
FSU over Ole Miss
Alabama over USC
TAMU over UCLA

Tim Tebow:
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
Tennessee over App St
Clemson over Auburn
LSU over Wisconsin
Ole Miss over FSU
Georgia over UNC
Alabama over USC
TAMU over UCLA

Chris “The Bear” Fallica: (Behind the Bets Podcast 8/31)
LSU over Wisconsin 33-17
LSU vs Wisconsin over 44.5
OU over Houston
OU-11.5 vs Houston
UCLA over TAMU
UCLA+3 vs TAMU (Bear’s Bank)
Tx St+21 vs Ohio (Bear’s Bank)
UNC+3 vs UGA (Bear’s Bank)
UNC over UGA
UNC ML vs UGA

Trevor Matich:
OU over Houston
TAMU over UCLA
UNC over Georgia
LSU over Wisconsin
Alabama over USC

Jason Sehorn:
OU over Houston
UCLA over TAMU
Georgia over UNC
Alabama over USC
Texas over ND
FSU over Ole Miss
LSU over Wisconsin

Mel Kiper Jr.:
Alabama over USC
Arkansas over LT

Dari Nowkhah:
FSU over Ole Miss
Ohio St over BGSU
OU over Houston
TAMU over UCLA
LSU over Wisconsin
Georgia over UNC
Alabama over USC
Clemson over Auburn
Texas over ND
FSU over Ole Miss

 

 

2015-16 Season results and champion Phil Steele! #cfb

The 2015-16 season of college football brought excitement and many hours wasted in front of the television, and it is with great sadness that we now enter the offseason.  However, that also means that it is time to crown the 2015-16 GAMEDAYCOLE.COM SEASON CHAMPION!!!  Competition was fierce this year, with 4,271 picks tracked this year and an average correct pick rate of 70.03% on the season.  We had 33 competitors eligible for this year’s championship, and it is without further adieu that I present to you our 2015-16 season champion, Mr. Phil Steele!

Phil Steele: 2015-16 Champion
Phil Steele: 2015-16 Champion

Mr. Steele finished off this season with a record of 597-174 straight up and 121-105-2 against the spread, which comes out to 77.03% straight up and 53.54% against the spread.  I don’t know what his secret is to picking games.  Maybe it is his computer.  Maybe it is the mustache.  Maybe it is the fact that he hasn’t slept since June due to football.  Whatever it is, it works.  Congratulations Phil.  You can now add this to your long and impressive resume, and no doubt impress acquaintances at cocktail parties with this accolade.

There are plenty of other notes to get to for this season’s wrap up.  As you may notice, Greg McElroy topped the straight up percentages on the year at 84.54% with a record of 82-15 on the year.  While this is impressive and deserving of congratulations, he was hurt by the limited number of games he picked, and the fact that his picks are almost entirely SEC conference picks.  Phil Steele had a much larger body of work, and combined with his win rate against the spread that was enough to vault him over McElroy on the season.  Next year we will probably have a separate award for the experts focusing on a single conference, but it is too late to be starting that nonsense right now.

Lee Corso’s headgear picks on the year were his worst year on record.  He went 6-12 on the year in the headgear picks due to some tough breaks and close losses on underdogs.  Charley the Cat had a season on par with Coach Corso, and ended up squeezing out a 7-11 season to beat Corso on the year picking games.  Gameday Jen had her best season on record, going 153-59 (72.17%) on the year, so watch out Phil; she is coming for you!  Maybe next year we’ll have her pick against the spread and make us some money.  Our Gameday guest celebrities had an abysmal year at 56.39% picking games straight up this year.  Maybe you shouldn’t be trusting Rick Ross, the Philly Phanatic, or Eric Church for your betting advice after all.

You can see the full rankings below to see how everyone else did on the year.  We will be putting together a recap of preseason predictions this week to see how great everyone’s preseason picks surely went, so keep an eye out for that and much more to come.

Straight Up SU % ATS ATS %
Greg McElroy 82-15 84.54%
Phil Steele 597-174 77.03% 121-105-2 53.54%
Paul Finebaum 78-27 74.29%
Pat Forde 256-89 73.99%
Andrea Adelson 84-30 73.68%
Booger McFarland 80-32 72.73%
Tim Tebow 45-17 72.58%
Trevor Matich 68-26 72.34% 14-21-1 40.00%
Jennifer 153-59 72.17%
Jason Sehorn 82-33 71.30%
Kirk Herbstreit 120-49 71.01%
Marcus Spears 55-23 70.51%
Brad Edwards 89-38 70.08% 22-20-1 52.38%
Colin Cowherd 73-32 69.52%
David Pollack 71-32 68.93%
Joey Galloway 93-43 68.38%
Robert Smith 49-23 68.06% 10-17-0 37.04%
Mark May 23-11 67.65%
Kevin Carter 38-19 66.67%
Jon Berger 32-16 66.67%
Todd McShay 33-17 66.00%
Danny Kanell 88-47 65.19% 20-23-0 46.51%
Desmond Howard 111-60 64.91%
Chris Fallica 77-42 64.71% 71-67-3 51.45%
Lee Corso 101-56 64.33%
Ryen Russillo 46-27 63.01% 23-19-0 54.76%
Scott Van Pelt 5-3 62.50% 34-35 49.28%
Joel Klatt 105-64 62.13%
Celebrity Guests 75-58 56.39%
Dari Nowhkah 46-36 56.10% 10-8-0 55.56%
Lou Holtz 13-11 54.17%
Stanford Steve Coughlin 42-37 53.16% 40-44-3 48.19%
Season Average 2925-1250 70.06% 365-359-10 50.41%

Week 10 2015: College football results are in; picks are graded! #cfb #cfbpicks

Separation Saturday may have brought a bit more clarity to the college football playoff rankings this week, but brought little clarity to our season-long competition amongst our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.

Big winners this week include Lee Corso (8-3), David Pollack (4-0), Booger McFarland (6-2, 1-0 ATS), Andrea Adelson (5-1), Chris Doering (5-1), Chris Fallica (16-7-1, 8-4-1 ATS), and Phil Steele (12-7, 6-3 ATS).  However, our biggest winners on the week were Colin Cowherd and Jason Sehorn who put up 7-1 records this week.  The tie will go to Colin Cowherd for picking Oklahoma State over TCU amongst his picks, and we value quality wins in this thing.  So let’s all take a minute to congratulate Colin Cowherd and his new 2015-16 season hairpiece.

Losers this week included Stanford Steve Coughlin (6-6, 3-3 ATS) who continues to struggle after a sensational 2014-15 season.  Trevor Matich (5-6, 1-2 ATS) continues to struggle with learning the fine intricacies of picking against the spread after living a full Mormon life without engaging in gambling.  However this week’s loss will go to Robert Smith at 4-6 on the week and 2-3 ATS.  He has put up some spectacular weeks and also some duds, and it seems that with him it is feast or famine.  Tough week Robert but I’m sure we will see you back on top soon.

Lee Corso went 8-3 on the week but lost his headgear pick of LSU over Alabama.  Special guest celebrity picker and self-professed fan of pears Rick Ross went 5-4 on the week.  Jennifer booked a winner at 7-4 on the week while Charley the Cat steals a game back from Corso picking Alabama.  Corso now sits at 3-7 on the year for headgear picks and Charley has taken a come-from-behind lead at 4-6 on the year.

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

Lee Corso: 8-3
WRONG LSU over Alabama (headgear pick)
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Utah over Washington
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT NW over Penn St
RIGHT Navy over Memphis
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt (by 2)

Kirk Herbstreit: 7-5
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG Pitt+9.5 vs Notre Dame
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT USC over Arizona
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG Washington over Utah

Desmond Howard: 10-4 (1-1 ATS)
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Notre Dame-9.5 vs Pitt
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG Mich St-4 vs Nebraska
RIGHT Stanford over Colorado
RIGHT USC over Arizona
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Utah over Washington
WRONG LSU over Alabama

Rick Ross: 5-4
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Notre Dame over Navy
RIGHT Clemson over ND
WRONG TCU over Okla St (Boykin is bossin’ up)
WRONG Washington over Utah
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

David Pollack: 4-0
RIGHT Stanford over Colorado
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Jennifer’s Picks: 7-4
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT USC over Arizona
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Utah over Washington
WRONG LSU over Alabama (upset special)

Tim Tebow: 5-2
RIGHT Miss St over Missouri
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Marcus Spears: 4-3
RIGHT Miss St over Missouri
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
WRONG LSU over Alabama
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Greg McElroy: 7-3
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Miss St over Mizzou
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Paul Finebaum: 7-3
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Missouri
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Booger McFarland: 6-2 (1-0 ATS)
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky 27-17
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina 24-21
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt 20-3
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas 31-24
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU 31-28
WRONG LSU over Alabama 20-17
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Arkansas+10 vs Ole Miss

JA Adande: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Andrea Adelson: 5-1
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG UVA over Miami FL
RIGHT NC St over BC

Mike Bellotti: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas State

Jon Berger: 3-1
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas St
RIGHT WVU over TTU
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
WRONG TCU over Okla St

Mack Brown 3-1
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota

Kevin Carter: 1-0
RIGHT UNC over Duke

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 6-6 (3-3 ATS)
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 24-13
RIGHT Alabama-6 vs LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU 38-24
WRONG Clemson-12 vs FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St 48-35
WRONG TCU-5 vs Okla St
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas 27-20
RIGHT Arkansas+11 vs Ole Miss
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati 48-42
RIGHT Cincinnati+9 vs Houston
WRONG Indiana over Iowa
WRONG Indiana+6.5 vs Iowa

Colin Cowherd: 7-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ohio State over Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson over FSU (by 7)
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt (by 7 or 8)
RIGHT Okla St over TCU (by 7)
WRONG Indiana over Iowa
RIGHT UCLA over Oregon St
RIGHT USC over Arizona

Rece Davis: 2-1 (1-0 ATS)
WRONG Indiana over Iowa
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson

Heather Dinich: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Chris Doering: 5-1
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky 31-9
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina 41-27
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt 24-6
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas 34-26
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU 38-35
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 24-16

Brad Edwards: 4-2 (1-2 ATS)
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Okla St+5.5 vs TCU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG LSU+7.5 vs Alabama
WRONG Tennessee-17 vs S.Carolina
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina

Chris Fallica: 16-7-1 (8-4-1 ATS)
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 28-17
RIGHT Alabama-6 vs LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU 30-24
RIGHT FSU+12 vs Clemson
RIGHT Okla St over TCU 49-45
RIGHT Okla St+5 vs TCU
RIGHT BYU over SJSU 27-20
RIGHT SJSU+12.5 vs BYU
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt 28-10
RIGHT Vanderbilt+21 vs Florida
WRONG Idaho over South Alabama 24-20
RIGHT Idaho+9.5 vs South Alabama
RIGHT Idaho+9 vs South Alabama (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana 30-27
WRONG Indiana+6.5 vs Iowa
WRONG Indiana+7 vs Iowa (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Washington over Utah 24-16
WRONG Washington-1 vs Utah
RIGHT MTSU over Marshall 37-24
PUSH MTSU-3 vs Marshall
WRONG MTSU-2.5 vs Marshall (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Wisconsin over Maryland 24-17
RIGHT Maryland+13 vs Wisconsin
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska

Pat Forde: 22-5
RIGHT BYU over SJSU
RIGHT Temple over SMU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Maryland
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT Miami (FL) over UVA
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT WVU over TTU
RIGHT Stanford over Colorado
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT OU over Iowa State
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
RIGHT Michigan over Rutgers
RIGHT NW over Penn St
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT UCLA over Oregon St
RIGHT Utah over Washington
RIGHT Wash St over Ariz St
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG Memphis over Navy

Joey Galloway: 5-4
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska

Mike Golic: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Mike Greenberg: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Israel Gutierrez: 1-1
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Lou Holtz: 2-1
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Danny Kanell: 7-4 (2-2 ATS)
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG LSU over Alabama
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Ohio State over Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG TCU-4.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson
WRONG LSU+6.5 vs Alabama
RIGHT Iowa-7 vs Indiana

Mel Kiper Jr: 0-1
WRONG TCU over Okla St

Tom Luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas State

Jackie MacMullan: 1-1
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Ivan Maisel: 1-1-1 (0-0-1 ATS)
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
PUSH Pitt+8 vs Notre Dame
WRONG TCU over Okla St

Trevor Matich: 5-6 (1-2 ATS)
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG TCU-5.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT Alabama-7.5 vs LSU
WRONG Ole Miss-9.5 vs Arkansas
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Mark May: 2-1
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Ryan McGee: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas State

Todd McShay: 1-1
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Dari Nowkhah: 2-0 ATS
RIGHT S.Carolina+17.5 vs Tennessee
RIGHT Arkansas+10 vs Ole Miss

Ryen Russillo: 3-2 (2-1 ATS)
WRONG TCU-4.5 vs Okla St
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson
RIGHT Iowa-7 vs Indiana
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Mark Schlabach: 2-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Jason Sehorn: 7-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati

Robert Smith: 4-6 (2-3 ATS)
RIGHT Clemson over FSU 27-23
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson
WRONG TCU over Okla St 51-45
WRONG TCU-4.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 20-17
WRONG LSU+6.5 vs Alabama
WRONG Memphis over Navy 24-20
RIGHT Navy+7.5 vs Memphis
WRONG Indiana over Iowa 38-35
WRONG Indiana+7 vs Iowa

Phil Steele: 12-7 (6-3 ATS)
RIGHT Ohio State over Minnesota
RIGHT Kansas St+17.5 vs Baylor
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas St
RIGHT Notre Dame-8 vs Pitt
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT FSU+12 vs Clemson
WRONG TCU over Okla St (by 7)
WRONG TCU-5 vs Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 27-20
RIGHT Alabama-6.5 vs LSU
WRONG Memphis over Navy
WRONG TAMU over Auburn (by 3)
WRONG Washington over Utah
RIGHT North Carolina over Duke
WRONG Duke+8 vs UNC (Smart Money Pick)
RIGHT Notre Dame-8.5 vs Pitt (Smart Money Pick)
RIGHT Auburn+7 vs TAMU (Smart Money Pick)
WRONG Ohio St-23 vs Minneosta (Double play, Smart Money Pick)

Clint Stoerner: 0-1
WRONG LSU over Alabama

Scott Van Pelt WINNER$!: 3-2 ATS
WRONG Indiana+7 vs Iowa
RIGHT Nebraska+6 vs Mich St
WRONG BC+4 vs NC St
RIGHT Okla St+5 vs TCU
RIGHT Navy+7.5 vs Memphis

Andre Ware: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota