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Week 13 2013: Pick results are in, grades are up!

Posted on November 25, 2013 by gamedaycole

Our expert analysts have been on quite a roll the last few weeks. That is now over. We had a few big upsets this weekend, and because of that, our expert analysts collectively had a pretty rough week. Only two big winners this week. Desmond Howard went 6-1, including two FCS games they picked on Gameday. Tom Luginbill went 9-3 on the week including picking LSU and Okla St.

Losers this week include our celebrity guest picker Marcus Smart at 5-6. Other losers are Mel Kiper Jr. (2-3), Mark May (1-3), Brian Griese (1-2), Robert Smith (4-4). We had lots of mediocre performances from some big names this week. Lee Corso went 8-7 but nailed the upset with his headgear pick of Oklahoma St. Herbie went 8-7, Cowherd went 7-5, Dari Nowkhah went 6-5. No Pat Forde this week because he is too busy with Jameis Winston, college basketball, and swimming.

Upset specialist Todd McShay went 3-3, including going 1-1 on upset specials. Brad Edwards got his upset special and continues to roll in the second half of the season with Vandy over Tennessee this week. Mark Schlabach took the week off due to the fact that he seems to be in charge of the Jameis Winston reporting for ESPN. Upset Specialist Jennifer went 6-6 on the week and missed her pick of KState over OU.

Everyone else is somewhere in between. Check out the full slate below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 8-7
RIGHT Iowa over Michigan RIGHT Harvard over Yale
WRONG Lehigh over Lafayette
WRONG TAMU over LSU
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St
WRONG Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Mizzou over Ole Miss
RIGHT Mich St over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT ND over BYU
WRONG Tennessee over Vandy
WRONG Oregon St over Washington
RIGHT KState over OU
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 8-7
RIGHT FSU over Idaho
RIGHT Miss st over Ark
RIGHT Vandy over Tenn
RIGHT UCF over Rutgers
WRONG Ucla over Ariz st
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Harvard over Yale
RIGHT Lafayette over Lehigh
WRONG TAMU over LSU
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
RIGHT Mich St over NW
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
WRONG BYU over ND
WRONG Oregon St over Washington
WRONG KState over OU

Marcus Smart: 5-6
WRONG NW over Mich St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT ND over BYU
WRONG TAMU over LSU
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
WRONG Tennessee over Vandy
RIGHT Ariz St over UCLA
WRONG Oregon St over Washington
RIGHT OU over KState
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor

Desmond Howard: 6-1
RIGHT Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Harvard over Yale
RIGHT Lafayette over Lehigh
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor

David Pollack: 0-1
WRONG Baylor over Okla St

Chris Fowler: 2-0
RIGHT Harvard over Yale
RIGHT Ariz st over ucla

Jennifer’s Picks: 6-6
WRONG TAMU over LSU
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Mich St over NW
RIGHT Clemson over Citadel
WRONG Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT ND over BYU
RIGHT Mizzou over Ole Miss
RIGHT Vandy over Tennessee
WRONG Oregon St over Washington
WRONG KState over OU (upset special)
WRONG Baylor over Okla St

Chris Fallica: 0-1
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St

Todd McShay: 3-3
WRONG Baylor over Okla St
WRONG TAMU over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over UCLA
RIGHT Mizzou over Ole Miss
RIGHT Vandy over Tennessee (upset special)
WRONG Kansas over Iowa St (upset special #2)

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-3
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
WRONG TAMU over LSU
RIGHT Mich St over NW
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St

Dari Nowkhah: 6-5
RIGHT Ohio St over Indiana
RIGHT NIU over Toledo
RIGHT Duke over Wake Forest
WRONG BYU over Notre Dame
RIGHT Washington over Oregon St
RIGHT Mich St over NW
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
WRONG TAMU over LSU
WRONG Baylor over Okla St

Paul Finebaum: 3-0
RIGHT Mizzou over Ole Miss
RIGHT Fsu over Idaho
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor

Colin Cowherd: 7-5
RIGHT Mich St over NW
WRONG KState over OU
RIGHT Ohio St over Indiana
WRONG Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG BYU over ND
RIGHT Stanford over Cal
RIGHT Ariz St over UCLA
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
WRONG Baylor over Okla St
RIGHT USC over Colorado

Skip bayless: 1-1
WRONG Tamu over LSU
RIGHT Okla st over Baylor

Lou Holtz: 3-1
RIGHT Ariz St over UCLA
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor

Mark May: 1-3
WRONG Tamu over LSU
WRONG Ucla over Ariz St
RIGHT Mizzou over ole miss
WRONG Baylor over Okla St

Brian Griese: 1-2
WRONG Tamu over LSU
RIGHT Ariz St over Ucla
WRONG Ole miss over mizzou

Mike Bellotti: 3-0
RIGHT Bama over Tenn-Chat
RIGHT FSU over Idaho
RIGHT Ohio St over Indiana

Robert Smith: 4-4
WRONG Baylor over Okla St
RIGHT Mizzou over Ole Miss
RIGHT Ariz St over UCLA
RIGHT LSU over Tamu
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG Oregon over Arizona
WRONG Kstate over OU
WRONG BYU over ND

Bill Plaschke: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor

Phil Steele: 3-0
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
RIGHT Mizzou over Ole Miss

Brad Edwards: 2-0
RIGHT FSU over Idaho
RIGHT Vandy over Tennessee (upset special)

Ryen Russillo: 0-1
WRONG Baylor over Okla St

Trevor Matich: 2-0
RIGHT Bama over Tenn-Chat
RIGHT Ohio St over Indiana

Matt Stinchcomb: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Tenn-Chat

Tom Luginbill: 9-3
RIGHT Bama over Tenn-Chat
RIGHT NIU over Toledo
RIGHT Ohio St over Indiana
RIGHT FSU over Idaho
RIGHT Duke over Wake Forest
RIGHT Notre Dame over BYU
WRONG Oreg St over Washington
RIGHT Mich St over NW
WRONG UCLA over Ariz St
WRONG Ole Miss over Mizzou
RIGHT LSU over TAMU
RIGHT Okla St over Baylor

Danny Kanell: 1-0
RIGHT Duke over Wake Forest

Ivan Maisel: 1-0
RIGHT Mich St over NW

Jason Sehorn: 4-2
RIGHT Ariz st over ucla
RIGHT Mizzou over ole miss
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT OU over Kstate
WRONG BYU over ND

Week 12 2013: Results are in, grades are posted!

Posted on November 19, 2013 by gamedaycole

I know, I know. Its late, but the picks have been graded and here they are. This week we had a mixed bag of results. I would curve the grades, except one man ruined it for everyone. Winners this week include Lee Corso at 8-2 (including the headgear pick that shocked the world; USC over Stanford), Colin Cowherd (8-2), Jason Sehorn (7-3), and Jennifer (9-3). Our big winner was Kirk Herbstreit, who went 11-1 on the week. Pretty impressive stuff, even though he didn’t pick the USC/Stanford game.

Losers this week include Chris Fallica (4-5), who was the special guest picker, Mel Kiper Jr. (2-3), Lou Holtz (2-3), Robert Smith (3-4), and Brian Griese (1-2).

The upset specialists had a mixed week as well. Todd McShay went 1-1 on his upset specials, winning Michigan and losing Cal. Brad Edwards put up a win with Duke over Miami Fl. Mark Schlabach and Jennifer both went with Texas and unfortunately didn’t get it right.

Everyone else was somewhere in between, so check out the full report card below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 8-2
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT NDSU over Youngstown St
RIGHT Ohio St over Illinois
RIGHT Colorado over Cal
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT USC over Stanford (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 11-1
RIGHT Fsu over Syracuse
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minn
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT NDSU over Youngstown St
RIGHT Ohio St over Illinois
RIGHT Colorado over Cal
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
RIGHT Michigan over NW

Desmond Howard: 3-3
WRONG Miami Fl over Duke
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG Stanford over USC

David Pollack: 2-2
WRONG Miami Fl over Duke
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
WRONG Stanford over USC

Jennifer: 9-3
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT Clemson over GaTech
WRONG Texas over Okla St (upset special)
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
RIGHT NDSU over Youngstown St
RIGHT FSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Colorado over Cal
WRONG NW over Michigan
WRONG Stanford over USC

Chris Fallica: 4-5
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT NDSU over Youngstown St
RIGHT FSU over Syracuse
WRONG Cal over Colorado
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
WRONG Nebraska over Mich St
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
WRONG Stanford over USC

Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over Texas

Todd McShay: 4-3
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
RIGHT S.Carolina over Florida
WRONG Stanford over USC
WRONG Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT Michigan over NW (upset special)
WRONG Cal over Colorado (upset special #2)

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-3
WRONG Stanford over USC
WRONG Georgia over Auburn
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl

Colin Cowherd: 8-2
RIGHT Ohio St over Illinois
RIGHT FSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT Bama over Miss St
WRONG Stanford over USC
RIGHT Ariz St over Oreg St

Mark Schlabach: 0-1
WRONG Texas over Okla St (upset special)

Lou Holtz: 2-3
WRONG Miami Fl over Duke
WRONG Texas over Okla St
WRONG Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT USC over Stanford
RIGHT Baylor over TTU

Mark May: 3-1
WRONG Stanford over USC
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia

Robert Smith: 3-4
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
WRONG Georgia over Auburn
WRONG Florida over S.Carolina
WRONG Miami Fl over Duke
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
WRONG Stanford over USC

Dari Nowkhah: 7-4
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
RIGHT Ariz St over Oreg St
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG VaTech over Maryland
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
RIGHT Louisville over Houston
WRONG Stanford over USC
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl

Jason Sehorn: 7-3
WRONG Wash over UCLA
RIGHT Ariz St over Oreg St
RIGHT Michigan over NW
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG VaTech over Maryland
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
RIGHT Louisville over Houston
WRONG Stanford over USC
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl

Brian Griese: 1-2
WRONG Stanford over USC
WRONG Miami Fl over Duke
RIGHT Okla St over Texas

Phil Steele: 2-1
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Ariz St over Oregon St

Mike Bellotti: 3-0
RIGHT FSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Bama over Miss St
RIGHT Ohio St over Illinois

Brad Edwards: 3-1
RIGHT FSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Duke over Miami (Upset special)
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
WRONG Texas over Okla St

Trevor Matich: 3-1
RIGHT Bama over Miss St
RIGHT Ohio St over Illinois
RIGHT Auburn over Georgia
WRONG Texas over Okla St

Ryen Russillo: 3-1
RIGHT KState over TCU
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
RIGHT Okla St over Texas
WRONG Georgia over auburn

Matt Stinchcomb: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Miss St

Tom Luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Miss St

Ivan Maisel: 1-0
RIGHT UCLA over Washington

Pat Forde: 15-7
RIGHT UCLA over Washington
RIGHT Duke over Miami Fl
RIGHT FSU over Syracuse
RIGHT UCF over Temple
WRONG VaTech over Maryland
RIGHT Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT Ohio ST over Illinois
WRONG NW over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Indiana
RIGHT Ark St over Tx St
WRONG SJSU over Nevada
WRONG Arizona over Wash St
RIGHT Ariz St over Oreg St
RIGHT Oregon over Utah
WRONG Stanford over USC
RIGHT S.Carolina voer Florida
WRONG Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT Bama over Miss St
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Louisville over Houston

Week 12 2013: College Gameday review! (signs edition)

Posted on November 16, 2013 by gamedaycole

This week was a fantastic edition of College Gameday. Last week’s was great, even though we missed out on doing a full review last week, so it is a real treat to get two great episodes in a row. Last week had really fantastic content, and this week had the best signs of the year without a doubt. This week’s edition was broadcasting live from the Stanford/USC game in Los Angeles.

Early on, Fowler and the gang welcomed us in and let us know that Corso is 15-0, UNDEFEATED, when he picks USC as a headgear pick. Take note gamblers.

The boys immediately dove into coverage of the Jameis Winston investigation, and I am already tired of this story. The reason I am already tired of this story is that they are reporting more questions than answers. They need to report this story when they have something to report (one way or the other). The most important note of this story so far is that Mark Schlabach, who has taken the lead on it for ESPN from the start, looked tired as hell and appeared to not have slept in a week when he appeared on Gameday this morning. Get some sleep Mark. Desmond Howard immediately came to the rescue of Winston, as he always does when any player is involved in controversy. I’m not saying he’s wrong; I just notice that he is always first in line to defend a player when they are accused of anything. Since I have nothing of significance to contribute to this story (as if I ever do), I am going to move along.

Quick hits for today’s show: Sam Ponder is nowhere to be found. Absent from Gameday; absent from Twitter. Could we be seeing the end of the Sam Ponder era of Gameday? Wildly speculate amongst yourselves. Cowboy Troy was back in the intro last week as well as this week. Let us celebrate this occasion and not forget several gloomy weeks without a rapping cowboy to start our mornings. Also, Georgie Whitfield was nowhere to be found this week. Good.

Tom Rinaldi had a piece called “All Sizes”, highlighting many of the big rivalries between little schools. D2, D3 and so on is full of fun rivalries with crazy trophies, and its always fun to see these kids out there playing in their own rivalries that mean nothing to most of us. The even better part of this was that while I like to poke fun at Rinaldi for his beatnik poetry segments, this segment actually had a nice soft jazz going in the background as he continues to morph into a modern day poet.

Shortly after that, we got our weekly 6-man yelling roundtable segment featuring Paul Finebaum. In response to Rinaldi’s segment on the small rivalries, Paul Finebaum appeared that he did not have time for these shenanigans, and probably believes that anything outside of the SEC shouldn’t even exist. This week we wanted to debate the Heisman favorites. The consensus was that Manziel is the best player in college football, even though there are a few debatable characters. Paul Finebaum thinks AJ McCarron should be getting major consideration. Since you are likely in shock from such a statement from this man, I will give you a minute to catch your breath.

Tom Rinaldi had a piece on the Michigan State defense. They have nicknames and like to have fun and stuff.

Gene W. had a piece this week about the Skov brothers from Stanford. This was this week’s typical mother/player segment which has seemingly become a staple of the show. These are nice segments, but I feel they get repetitive at times.

We saw the return of the Jake Olson segment this week. If you weren’t familiar with Jake Olson, he is the huge USC fan who lost his eyesight to cancer in his early teens. The night before his surgery to remove his last good eye, he spent the entire evening with the USC football team and went to a game for one of the last memories he would ever see. He also appeared on Gameday as a special guest picker. These days, he is a long-snapper for his highschool football team. Since this is the only position which is protected from contact, it is the only position he could play. He obviously was not good at first, but won the job after many long hours of practice. This was a tear-jerker of a piece. However, his football team was on location today, and we were graced with the presence of THIS GUY!!!

Now onto the best part of today’s show. The signs were everywhere. The signs were hilarious. The signs were offensive. This was an all-time great day for Gameday signs. Let’s get right into it.

There was a guy with a sign of Chairman Mao wearing a USC visor. There was “Corso Asks Jeeves”. “Even Lennay Kekua got into Stanford”. “Kiffin owned a Blockbuster”. “David Shaw bowls with bumpers”. “Fire Kiffin”. “Hire Kiffin”. “Sports”. However, these were the best of the day.

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For those wondering where Kiffin is these days.

That final sign rivals the “Crap on me Sam Ponder” sign as the most offensive of the year. The presentation might not be as great, but we still salute this effort.

This week’s guest picker was Chris “THE BEAR” Fallica. He is a long-time Gameday researcher who has become a regular on this year’s show when they need to settle a tough debate. This guy has a reputation as someone who knows what is going on and who can pick games, so it was a real treat to have him on the show today. Also, we’ve had a string of pickers with little to no football input, so it was nice to have someone worthwhile picking games. He picked Stanford over USC. Corso immediately started needling the crowd hyping up Stanford. He picked Stanford to win the national championship. Stanford is favored. On and on. Would he really pull a fast one and pick USC? He donned the USC armor and picked USC this week as he began sword fighting with Kirk Herbstreit. In the process, he busted open his lip and started bleeding. Whoever had Corso injuring himself and drawing blood in this week’s Gameday pool just won big.

Have a happy football.