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Week 12 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

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Good morning everyone, and welcome back to college football Saturday.  We are starting things this morning as we always do, with picks and predictions from assorted experts and prognosticators.  We will be updating throughout the morning with the official Gameday crew picks, SEC Nation, Bear’s Bank, Super Dogs, celebrity guests, and whoever the hell else we find along the way.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Florida State  over  Boston College
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Clemson  over  Duke
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia Tech
11/17/18 North Carolina State  over  Louisville
11/17/18 Syracuse  over  Notre Dame
11/17/18 Pittsburgh  over  Wake Forest
11/17/18 Georgia Tech  over  Virginia
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State
11/17/18 North Carolina  over  Western Carolina

Colin Cowherd:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 Oklahoma State  over  West Virginia

Chris Doering:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Texas A&M  over  Alabama-Birmingham
11/17/18 Mississippi State  over  Arkansas
11/17/18 Kentucky  over  MTSU
11/17/18 Vanderbilt  over  Mississippi
11/17/18 Missouri  over  Tennessee

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Iowa State + 2.5 vs Texas
11/17/18 Oklahoma  -36.5 vs Kansas
11/17/18 Nebraska + 1 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 California + 2 vs Stanford
11/17/18 Oklahoma State + 4.5 vs West Virginia

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse

Pat Forde:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Cincinnati + 7.5 vs Central Florida
11/17/18 Iowa State + 3 vs Texas
11/17/18 Northwestern  -2.5 vs Minnesota
11/17/18 Notre Dame  -9.5 vs Syracuse
11/17/18 UCLA + 3.5 vs Southern California
11/17/18 Colorado + 7 vs Utah

Doug Kezirian:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Nebraska  -1 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 Minnesota  -2.5 vs Northwestern

Joel Klatt:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Chris Low:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Ivan Maisel:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Ryan McGee:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State  over  Texas
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Brett McMurphy:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Wyoming  -2.5 vs Air Force
11/17/18 Florida State + 1 vs Boston College
11/17/18 Liberty + 29 vs Auburn
11/17/18 Nebraska + 2 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 Louisville + 16 vs North Carolina State
11/17/18 Minnesota + 2.5 vs Northwestern
11/17/18 Utah State  -28 vs Colorado State

Les Miles:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State  over  Texas
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Adam Rittenberg:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Cincinnati  over  Central Florida
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Mark Schlabach:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State  over  Texas
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Arizona State + 3.5 vs Oregon
11/17/18 Nebraska + 1 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 San Diego State + 13.5 vs Fresno State
11/17/18 Navy  -5.5 vs Tulsa
11/16/18 SMU + 7.5 vs Memphis

Pete Thamel:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Central Florida  -7.5 vs Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State + 3 vs Texas
11/17/18 Minnesota + 2.5 vs Northwestern
11/17/18 Notre Dame  -9.5 vs Syracuse
11/17/18 UCLA + 3.5 vs Southern California
11/17/18 Texas Tech  -6 vs Kansas State
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Week 11 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Week 11 picks and predictions are graded an the results are in.  Let’s dive right in.

Winners this week included David Pollack (5-0), Tim Tebow (6-1), Mark May (8-2), Desmond Howard (11-3), Lou Holtz (7-2), Stewart Mandel (8-3 straight up), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Chris Doering (5-2), and Marcus Spears (5-2).  In fact, I only had one lone expert in the loss column this week picking straight up, and it was Joel Klatt (1-2).  We had lots of ATS winners too, including Brett McMurphy (6-1 ATS), Dusty Dvoracek (4-1 ATS), Rufus Peabody (3-1-1 ATS), Dave Portnoy (9-5-1 ATS), Dan Katz (9-5-2 ATS), and lots more.  I’m giving this week’s official win as a split decision between Paul Finebaum (10-0) and @GamedayJen (13-1), so congratulations to both.

Losers were few and far between, so Pat Forde takes it this week at 2-4 against the spread.

Lee Corso went 9-4 on his picks this week, including a win with Clemson over Boston College in the headgear pick.  Special guest celebrity Chris O’Donnell had a great week at 10-3, but hopefully the Chainsmokers will be available again soon.  Bear’s Bank went 1-2 on the week, with Fallica going 3-4 ATS overall.

Everyone else is somewhere in between so check out the full grades below to find out how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0
David.Pollack 100% 5 0
Steve.Coughlin 100% 5 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0
Paul.Finebaum 100% 10 0
Joey.Galloway 100% 4 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 1 0
Chris.Low 100% 4 0
Trevor.Matich 100% 2 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 3 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 1 0
Jesse.Palmer 100% 4 0
Mark.Schlabach 100% 4 0
Pete.Thamel 100% 3 0
Jennifer 92.86% 13 1
Phil.Steele 86.67% 13 2
Tim.Tebow 85.71% 6 1
Mark.May 80% 8 2
Desmond.Howard 78.57% 11 3
Lou.Holtz 77.78% 7 2
Celebrity.Guest 76.92% 10 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 75% 3 1
Heather.Dinich 75% 3 1
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1
Ryan.McGee 75% 3 1
Les.Miles 75% 3 1
Adam.Rittenberg 75% 3 1
Bruce.Feldman 72.73% 8 3
Stewart.Mandel 72.73% 8 3
Kirk.Herbstreit 71.43% 10 4
Chris.Doering 71.43% 5 2
Marcus.Spears 71.43% 5 2
Lee.Corso 69.23% 9 4
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.67% 2 1
Pat.Forde 66.67% 4 2
Andrea.Adelson 63.64% 7 4
Rick.Neuheisel 60% 6 4
Chris.Fallica 57.14% 4 3
Aaron.Taylor 55.56% 5 4
Randy.Cross 50% 5 5
Brian.Jones 50% 5 5
Joel.Klatt 33.33% 1 2
Scott.Van.Pelt 0% 0 1

ATS grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 85.71% 6 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 70% 3 1 1
Doug.Kezirian.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Dave.Portnoy.ATS.Grade 63.33% 9 5 1
Dan.Katz.ATS.Grade 62.50% 9 5 2
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Rico.Bosco.ATS.Grade 55.56% 5 4 0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS.Grade 54.55% 5 4 2
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 50% 3 3 2
Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade 50% 3 3 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 46.88% 7 8 1
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 45.45% 4 5 2
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 38.89% 3 5 1
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 33.33% 2 4 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS.Grade 0% 0 1 0
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Week 11 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Before College Gameday gets going, let’s get this morning started with all of the miscellaneous picks I’ve gotten my hands on this week but haven’t yet published.  We will be updating all morning, and as always we will be back with the College Gameday official picks, Super Dogs, Bear’s Bank, celebrity guests, SEC Nation, Corso’s headgear, and whatever else we find along the way.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Notre Dame  over  Florida State
11/10/18 Virginia  over  Liberty
11/10/18 Miami (FL)  over  Georgia Tech
11/10/18 Duke  over  North Carolina
11/10/18 Michigan State  over  Ohio State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Virginia Tech  over  Pittsburgh
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado
11/9/18 Syracuse  over  Louisville
11/8/18 North Carolina State  over  Wake Forest

Colin Cowherd:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan State (24-23)

Tim Cowlishaw:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Michigan State + 4 vs Ohio State
11/10/18 Oklahoma State + 21 vs Oklahoma
11/10/18 Texas  -2 vs Texas Tech
11/10/18 West Virginia  -12 vs TCU
11/10/18 Colorado + 6 vs Washington State

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Michigan State  over  Ohio State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado

Chris Doering:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Georgia  over  Auburn
11/10/18 Kentucky  over  Tennessee
11/10/18 LSU  over  Arkansas
11/10/18 Texas A&M  over  Mississippi
11/10/18 Alabama  over  Mississippi State
11/10/18 South Carolina  over  Florida
11/10/18 Missouri  over  Vanderbilt

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Pick
11/10/18 North Texas  -14.5 vs Old Dominion
11/10/18 Northwestern + 10.5 vs Iowa
11/10/18 Oklahoma State + 21 vs Oklahoma
11/10/18 Texas  -2 vs Texas Tech
11/10/18 West Virginia  -11.5 vs TCU

Pat Forde:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Auburn + 14.5 vs Georgia
11/10/18 Clemson  -20.5 vs Boston College
11/10/18 Notre Dame  -17 vs Florida State
11/10/18 Michigan State + 4 vs Ohio State
11/10/18 Washington State  -6.5 vs Colorado
11/9/18 Fresno State  -2.5 vs Boise State

Joey Galloway:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Georgia  over  Auburn
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State

Joel Klatt:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Iowa  over  Northwestern
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Texas Tech  over  Texas

Chris Low:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado

Ivan Maisel:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Michigan State  over  Ohio State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado

Ryan McGee:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Michigan State  over  Ohio State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado

Brett McMurphy:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Massachusetts + 14 vs BYU
11/10/18 Notre Dame  -16.5 vs Florida State
11/10/18 Kansas + 10 vs Kansas State
11/10/18 Alabama  -21.5 vs Mississippi State
11/10/18 Utah State  -31 vs San Jose State
11/10/18 South Carolina + 6.5 vs Florida
11/10/18 Memphis vs Tulsa Over 64.5

Les Miles:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 LSU  over  Arkansas
11/10/18 Alabama  over  Mississippi State
11/10/18 Michigan State  over  Ohio State

Jesse Palmer:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Georgia  over  Auburn
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State

Adam Rittenberg:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Michigan State  over  Ohio State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado

Mark Schlabach:

Date Picks
11/10/18 Clemson  over  Boston College
11/10/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan State
11/10/18 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
11/10/18 Washington State  over  Colorado

Pete Thamel:

Date Pick
11/10/18 Auburn + 14.5 vs Georgia
11/10/18 Clemson  -20.5 vs Boston College
11/10/18 Florida State + 17 vs Notre Dame
11/10/18 Ohio State  -4 vs Michigan State
11/10/18 Washington State  -6.5 vs Colorado
11/9/18 Syracuse  -21 vs Louisville
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