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2011 Regular Season Standings

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Well after 14 weeks we are through the regular season and I thought I’d stop by and post a quick update with the 2011 standings.  Lee Corso is the only expert to top the century mark with 100 correct picks on the year.  On a comical note, Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit are right behind him with 91 and 90 correct picks respectively… except that Herby has twice as many wrong picks.  Ooops.  David Pollack had a solid regular season on his first year on Gameday.  Jesse Palmer went a sharp 39-7 on the year.  Matt Stinchcomb decided to pick upsets the entire year and is the only one aside from the Schwab that I tracked with a losing record on the season.  The Celebrity Guests were pretty mediocre this year.  In past years they’ve been pretty sharp (or whoever tells them who to pick is pretty sharp) but they went 62-42.  And of course my girlfriend Jennifer was neck and neck with both David Pollack and Skip Bayless.  Not bad Jennifer.

BUT HOLD ON.  We can have big shakeups in bowl season.  I’ll be updating as the picks roll in.  Don’t be surprised to see me post an expert picking Team A over Team B, and then see me post a week later with the reverse, because everyone flip flops during bowl season as things develop.  However I’ll still post it as I see it, and as always, the last decision they make is the one going in the official record.

Lee Corso: 100-65
Kirk Herbstreit: 90-61
Desmond Howard: 91-35
Lou Holtz: 56-27
Mark May: 52-29
David Pollack: 82-41
Robert Smith: 42-28
Jesse Palmer: 39-7
Pat Forde: 31-14
Trevor Matich: 4-2
Skip Bayless: 83-45
Todd McShay: 25-12
Colin Cowherd: 51-33
Tom Luginbill: 67-31
Mike Bellotti: 25-8
Charlie Arbuckle: 7-2
Matt Stinchcomb: 6-11
Danny Kanell: 21-8
Jason Sehorn: 12-12
Howie Schwab: 14-17
Michael Smith: 2-2
Woody Paige: 7-4
Tim Cowlishaw: 7-2
Kevin Blackistone: 3-3
Mark Schlabach: 5-4
Matt Millen: 6-1
Bob Davie: 3-4
Brock Huard: 6-3
Chris Fowler: 3-1
Randy Shannon: 1-3
Bill Plaschke: 1-3
Jennifer: 83-44
Celebrity Guests Overall: 62-42

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Week 12 Results (ouch)

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Here’s the results from Week 12 of our 2011 season.  There were some outrageous upsets this weekend, some of which we haven’t seen the likes of since the year of the upset in 2007.  Iowa St upset Oklahoma State as a four touchdown dog and there wasn’t anyone who picked that upset. Desmond Howard was the only expert to pick Baylor over Oklahoma.  Lou Holtz was the only expert to pick USC over Oregon.  If that tells you anything, that tells you that nobody had a good week this week.  Our winners this week were Jesse Palmer and Dr. Lou Holtz who both put up 5-1 records (and were pretty much the only ones to put up a reasonable winning week).  Tom Luginbill gets the silver star at 6-3.  Lee Corso is this week’s bottom of the barrel going 3-9.  My girlfriend Jennifer hit another upset special, so its a big week around here.

Here’s the full slate of results:

Jesse Palmer: 5-1
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT Stanford over Cal
RIGHT Wisc over Illinois
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG Oregon over USC
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Danny Kanell: 1-1
RIGHT Arkansas over Miss St
WRONG Oregon over USC

David Pollack: 3-7
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG Clemson over NC St
WRONG Cinci over Rutgers
WRONG S.Miss over UAB
RIGHT KState over Texas
WRONG Nebraska over Michigan
WRONG Oregon over USC
RIGHT Houston over SMU
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St

Tom Luginbill: 6-3
RIGHT Mich St over Indiana
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Stanford over Cal
RIGHT S.Carolina over Citadel
WRONG Texas over KState
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
WRONG Oregon over USC
RIGHT VaTech over UNC

Jason Sehorn: 1-2
RIGHT S.Carolina over Citadel
WRONG Clemson over NC St
WRONG Oregon over USC

Matt Stinchcomb: 1-3
RIGHT KState over Texas
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG Nebraska over Michigan
WRONG Oregon over USC

Pat Forde: 1-0
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss

Charlie Arbuckle: 1-0
RIGHT KState over Texas

Trevor Matich: 1-0
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Michael Smith: 0-1
WRONG OU over Baylor

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd: 4-5
WRONG Oregon over USC
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Boston College
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG Texas over KState
WRONG Ariz St over Arizona
RIGHT Stanford over Cal

Robert Smith: 3-2
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
WRONG Oregon over USC
RIGHT Houston over SMU
WRONG OU over Baylor

Woody Paige: 2-1
WRONG OkSt over Iowa
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Kevin Blackistone: 1-1
WRONG OkSt over Iowa
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss

Howie Schwab: 0-3
WRONG OkSt over Iowa St
WRONG UConn over Lville
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St

Lou Holtz: 5-1
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Arkansas over Miss St
RIGHT USC over Oregon
RIGHT Penn St over Ohio St
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Mark May: 3-3
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Arkansas over Miss St
WRONG Oregon over USC
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Skip Bayless: 5-5
WRONG Oregon over USC
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT KState over Texas
WRONG FSU over Virginia
RIGHT Stanford over Cal
RIGHT Boise St over SDSU
RIGHT Houston over SMU
WRONG Vanderbilt over Tennessee

Brock Huard: 0-1
WRONG Okla St over Iowa St

Desmond Howard: 4-3
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT Baylor over OU
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
RIGHT Houston over SMU
WRONG Clemson over NC St
WRONG Oregon over USC

Kirk Herbstreit: 5-5
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG Clemson over NC St
RIGHT Michigan over Nebraska
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
WRONG Washington over Oregon St
RIGHT Miami over USF
WRONG Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT KState over Texas
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Lee Corso: 3-9
WRONG Ohio ST over Penn St
WRONG Clemson over NC St
WRONG FSU over Virginia
WRONG Oregon over USC
WRONG OU over Baylor
WRONG Texas over KState
WRONG Nebraska over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
WRONG Washington over Oregon St
RIGHT Miami over USF
WRONG Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Carl Lewis: 5-5
WRONG Nebraska over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG Clemson over NC St
RIGHT Oregon St over Washington
RIGHT Miami over USF
WRONG Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT KState over Texas
WRONG OU over BAylor
RIGHT Houston over SMU

Jennifer’s Picks: 7-8
WRONG Okla St over Iowa St
WRONG Clemson over NC St
RIGHT Boise St over SDSU
WRONG Oregon over USC
RIGHT Stanford over Cal
WRONG Nebraska over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
WRONG Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG Washington over Oregon St
RIGHT Miami over USF
WRONG Vanderbilt over Tennessee
RIGHT KState over Texas (Upset special 2-4 overall)
WRONG OU over Baylor
RIGHT Houston over SMU
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss

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Week 12: Friday afternoon

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Here’s the Friday afternoon picks for Week 12.  I assume we’ll hear from Dr. Lou and Mark May later tonight so stay tuned.

Mark Schlabach:
Tennessee over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd:
Oregon over USC
Michigan over Nebraska
Wisconsin over Illinois
Ohio St over Penn St
Notre Dame over Boston College
OU over Baylor
Texas over KState
Ariz St over Arizona
Stanford over Cal

Robert Smith:
KState over Texas
Michigan over Nebraska
Oregon over USC
Houston over SMU
OU over Baylor

David Pollack:
KState over Texas
Nebraska over Michigan
Oregon over USC
Houston over SMU
OU over Baylor

Woody Paige:
OkSt over Iowa
LSU over Ole Miss
Houston over SMU

Kevin Blackistone:
OkSt over Iowa
LSU over Ole Miss

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