2020-21 College Football picks are graded, results are in, and champions are crowned!

With the 2020-21 College Football Championship complete, our COVID football season is in the books. The picks have been graded. Now we have arrived at a day which is tradition like none other. This is the day where I have a couple of bourbons, look at the results and arbitrarily pick a winner based on undefined and vague criteria.

Without further adieu, I present to you our 2020-21 Season Champions!

Coming in at 39-23 against the spread, an impressive 62.9%, Brady Quinn is your yearly champion! He picked games on a new “Win with Quinn” segment on Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff, as well as dropping picks for you on CBSSportsHQ.com. Congratulations Brady Quinn on your incredible year!

Coming in at 95-30 picking games straight up on Twitter, David Hale is our yearly champion for picking straight up winners. Others may have had a higher percentage, but he had the highest percentage of pickers with 100+ picks and that’s my trivial criteria this year.

Coming in at 25.42% ROI, up 7.88 units (if all plays were single units), and picking 31 games, Danny Kanell is your first ever GamedayCole.com Money Line yearly champion.

Congratulations to all competitors and I hope to see you all back next year.

2020-21 ATS results:

NamePctWinLossTie
Tim.Brando.ATS100100
David.Pollack.ATS66.671050
Brady.Quinn.ATS62.939230
Preston.Johnson.ATS60.4837241
Doug.Kezirian.ATS58.6234240
Trevor.Matich.ATS58.33750
Matt.Youmans.ATS57.9436261
Barton.Simmons.ATS57.569510
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS57.523170
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS57.4553392
David.Hale.ATS56.2571552
Jesse.Palmer.ATS55.7714111
Steve.Coughlin.ATS55.6629231
Pete.Thamel.ATS55.2263511
Mark.May.ATS54.8639321
Joey.Galloway.ATS53.8514120
Pat.McAfee.ATS53.8514120
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS53.6836311
Pat.Forde.ATS53.4262541
Lee.Corso.ATS53.33870
Rece.Davis.ATS53.33870
Danny.Kanell.ATS52.9671631
Dan.Katz.ATS52.51651496
Wes.Reynolds.ATS51.4336340
Tom.Fornelli.ATS51.2262592
Bruce.Feldman.ATS50.3668672
Emory.Hunt.ATS5064641
Adam.Kramer.ATS5053530
Chip.Patterson.ATS5064640
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS5027271
Dave.Portnoy.ATS49.81221238
Rico.Bosco.ATS49.75991002
Norm.Hitzges.ATS49.6774752
Chris.Fallica.ATS49.3839402
Stewart.Mandel.ATS49.3777792
Dan.Wetzel.ATS48.2354581
Bill.Connelly.ATS47.8322240
Desmond.Howard.ATS46.67780
Barrett.Sallee.ATS45.81031221
Tony.Barnhart.ATS45.7443510
Jim.Donnan.ATS44.44450
Phil.Steele.ATS43.3829381
Clay.Travis.ATS41.4254773
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS40690
FPI.ATS40690
Rufus.Peabody.ATS37.57121
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS37.0419332
Colin.Cowherd.ATS33.33120

2020-21 Straight up results:

NamePctWinLoss
Colin.Cowherd10010
Paul.Finebaum10010
Rod.Gilmore10030
Brett.McMurphy10010
Todd.McShay10010
Woody.Paige10010
Andy.Staples10010
Scott.Van.Pelt10050
Danny.Kanell82.196013
Urban.Meyer81.25133
Lou.Holtz80.565814
Mark.May79.175715
Dusty.Dvoracek78.95308
Joel.Klatt78.95154
Jordan.Rodgers78.574412
Jon.Berger78.465114
Phil.Steele77.273410
Jesse.Palmer76.67237
Tim.Tebow76.125116
Joey.Galloway76196
David.Hale769530
Corso.Headgear75124
Heather.Dinich7531
Tom.Luginbill7531
Booger.McFarland7531
Steve.Coughlin74.513813
EJ.Manuel73.816222
Roman.Harper73.334416
Pete.Thamel72.975420
Eric.Mac.Lain71.085924
Reggie.Bush70.59125
Greg.McElroy69.23188
Desmond.Howard69.1811049
Pat.Forde69.0114766
Chris.Fallica68.893114
Gene.Chizik68.75115
Brady.Quinn68.422612
Dan.Wetzel68.186028
Bruce.Feldman68.129444
Lee.Corso67.5310450
Andrea.Adelson65.385127
David.Pollack6510456
Aaron.Taylor64.968948
Celebrity.Guest64.839451
Mark.Richt64.295430
Randy.Cross64.238849
Adam.Rittenberg64169
Stewart.Mandel63.5210158
Jennifer62.711669
Chris.Doering62.5106
Rick.Neuheisel60.288556
Kevin.Carter6096
Matt.Leinart6096
Kirk.Herbstreit58.98660
Brian.Jones58.578258
Emmanuel.Acho5011
Trevor.Matich501111
Houston.Nutt5088
Kevin.Blackistone001
Tim.Cowlishaw001
Mike.Golic001
Mike.Greenberg001
Matt.Stinchcomb001
Average68.2424691149

2020-21 Money Line results:

NameROI.PctUnits.Up.DownN.Picks
Rico.Bosco.ML3903.91
Preston.Johnson.ML26713.355
Dave.Portnoy.ML242.54.852
Dan.Katz.ML1121.121
Steve.Coughlin.ML45.871.383
Danny.Kanell.ML25.427.8831
Chris.Fallica.ML22.939.441
Tom.Fornelli.ML18.484.6225
Jon.Berger.ML14.242.4217
Emory.Hunt.ML-4.17-0.256
Chip.Patterson.ML-8.45-1.8622
Barton.Simmons.ML-27.32-7.6528
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ML-40-1.64
Todd.Fuhrman.ML-100-11
Doug.Kezirian.ML-100-55

2018-19 College Football Season: Picks are graded. Final results are in; yearly champion is crowned!

We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes with our team of scientists, mathematicians, and the boys down in the lab.  The numbers have been crunched and the results are in for your 2018-19 college football season.  Without further delay, we are proud to announce Stanford Steve Coughlin as our 2018-19 college football picking champion.  Steve Coughlin put forth a 65-22 record picking games straight up on his ESPN Chalk column, which is a nice 74.71% picking record.  However, Stanford Steve blew the doors off the competition 57-29-1 AGAINST THE SPREAD which is 66.09%.  If you followed his picks and invested in them you are probably a millionaire reading this website from your new beachfront property.  This is an all-time great performance, so if you see Steve please buy him a drink for me.

Everyone else with more than 10 games picked is below, so enjoy the full 2018-19 grades below.

Straight up records:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Jordan.Rodgers 85% 17 3
Brett.McMurphy 80.65% 25 6
Kevin.Carter 80% 8 2
Matt.Leinart 76.47% 13 4
Paul.Finebaum 75.86% 88 28
Tim.Tebow 75% 51 17
Steve.Coughlin 74.71% 65 22
Chris.Doering 74.60% 47 16
Joey.Galloway 74.36% 29 10
Colin.Cowherd 74.07% 20 7
Rece.Davis 73.33% 11 4
Les.Miles 73.33% 33 12
Lou.Holtz 72.86% 102 38
Heather.Dinich 71.67% 43 17
Jennifer 71.16% 190 77
Phil.Steele 70.87% 163 67
Andrea.Adelson 70.81% 114 47
Marcus.Spears 69.74% 53 23
David.Pollack 69.64% 39 17
Tim.Cowlishaw 69.23% 27 12
Jake.Trotter 68.57% 48 22
Joel.Klatt 67.35% 33 16
Rick.Neuheisel 67.16% 45 22
Jonathan.Vilma 66.67% 12 6
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.04% 35 18
Mark.Schlabach 65.96% 62 32
Lee.Corso 65.91% 145 75
Dari.Nowkhah 65.22% 15 8
Greg.McElroy 65% 39 21
Jesse.Palmer 64.86% 24 13
Chris.Fallica 64.80% 81 44
Corso.Headgear 64.71% 11 6
Trevor.Matich 64.71% 11 6
Dave.Wannstedt 64.29% 9 5
Pat.Forde 64.06% 82 46
Kirk.Herbstreit 64.02% 137 77
Houston.Nutt 64% 16 9
Chris.Low 63.64% 35 20
Celebrity.Guest 63.41% 130 75
Pete.Thamel 62.63% 62 37
Brian.Jones 62.03% 49 30
Aaron.Taylor 61.43% 43 27
Randy.Cross 61.33% 46 29
Desmond.Howard 61.18% 145 92
Andy.Staples 61.06% 127 81
Bruce.Feldman 60.30% 120 79
Robert.Smith 60% 9 6
Ryan.McGee 60% 36 24
Mark.May 59.44% 85 58
Adam.Rittenberg 59.18% 58 40
Emmanuel.Acho 58.82% 10 7
Ivan.Maisel 58.33% 35 25
Stewart.Mandel 56.16% 114 89
Danny.Kanell 53.85% 21 18
Gene.Chizik 50% 6 6
Dan.Orlovsky 29.41% 5 12

ATS Records:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
steve.coughlin.ats 66.09% 57 29 1
dusty.dvoracek.ats 62.65% 52 31 0
brett.mcmurphy.ats 60.19% 32 21 1
phil.steele.ats 58.78% 129 90 3
rufus.peabody.ats 58.55% 44 31 1
kirk.herbstreit.ats 57.69% 7 5 1
danny.kanell.ats 56.33% 43 33 3
doug.kezirian.ats 56.10% 23 18 0
adam.kramer.ats 55.56% 49 39 2
jeff.ma.ats 55.07% 38 31 0
todd.fuhrman.ats 54.95% 60 49 2
rico.bosco.ats 54.69% 69 57 2
dave.portnoy.ats 54.59% 110 91 6
scott.spreitzer.ats 54.55% 42 35 0
rece.davis.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
chris.fallica.ats 52.27% 57 52 1
lee.corso.ats 50% 6 6 1
scott.van.pelt.ats 49.17% 58 60 2
dan.katz.ats 48.22% 80 86 3
dari.nowkhah.ats 46.67% 7 8 0
stewart.mandel.ats 45.99% 73 86 3
pat.forde.ats 44.26% 53 67 2
tim.cowlishaw.ats 43.38% 28 37 3
pete.thamel.ats 42.21% 51 70 1
bruce.feldman.ats 41.46% 64 91 3
jake.trotter.ats 41.18% 7 10 0
desmond.howard.ats 37.50% 4 7 1

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%