Week 1 2012: Friday night picks

Well ladies and gents, the picks are rolling in as I continue to play catch-up on this Friday night.  As I sit here sipping on a rum and coke, we have put together an updated spread of predictions for you below.  You can see the early week picks HERE if you want to see what has already been picked this week.  Of particular note is the fact that as of the end of our business day here on Friday night, the predictions for this week’s big game are in favor of Bama over Michigan at a staggering 15 to ZERO.  Not one of our experts so far has picked Michigan to knock off the reigning champs.  About the best you’ve heard this week if you’re rooting for the Wolverines is Todd McShay saying something non-committal like “Michigan has a chance to upset, just not much of a chance” on today’s podcast with Ivan Maisel.  For anyone that cares what Bill Plaschke thinks, he also said Michigan has a chance to upset on Around the Horn this afternoon, but I couldn’t really tell if he was calling for the upset or just trolling the rest of the panel for picking Bama.  Take it for what you will.  We’ll be back first thing in the morning with the REAL picks from the Gameday crew, so until then enjoy your evening.

 

Jason Sehorn:
NC St over Tennessee
Mich St over Boise St
Auburn over Clemson
S.Carolina over Vandy

 

Tom Luginbill:
Mich St over Boise St
Clemson over Auburn
Bama over Michigan

 

Colin Cowherd:
S.Carolina over Vandy
Mich St over Boise St
Clemson over Auburn
USC over Hawaii
UCLA over Rice
Bama over Michigan

 

Robert Smith:
S.Carolina over Vandy
BYU over Wash St
Tennessee over NC St
Mich St over Boise St

 

Skip Bayless:
Bama over Michigan

 

Todd McShay:
Mich St over Boise St

 

Trevor Matich:
S.Carolina over Vandy
BYU over Wash St

 

Woody Paige:
Bama over Michigan

 

Bob Ryan:
Bama over Michigan

 

Dr. Lou Holtz:
Mich St over Boise St
Notre Dame over Navy
Clemson over Auburn
Ohio over Penn St
Bama over Michigan

 

Mark May:
Mich St over Boise St
Navy over Notre Dame
Auburn over Clemson
Ohio over Penn St
Bama over Michigan

 

Week 1 2012: Early picks

The week 1 picks are slowly trickling in folks.  The Gameday preseason predictions brought us some Penn St predictions from the Gameday crew.  College Football Daily has brought us a good bit from Dari Nowkhah (who it appears will be joining us full time this season on my blog), Coach Mike Bellotti, and Tom Luginbill.  In addition, today on the Herd, Colin Cowherd broke down Bama/Michigan with Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo.  The trends so far seem to be a lot of love for Bama, none for Michigan, and everyone piling on NC St to beat the favored Tennessee Vols.  We’ll be back soon with more as they keep rolling in.

Dari Nowkhah:
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee
Mich St over Boise St
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Jason Sehorn:
Bama over Michigan

Mike Bellotti:
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee

Tom Luginbill:
NC St over Tennessee
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over Michigan

Scott Van Pelt:
Bama over Michigan

Ryen Russillo:
Bama over Michigan

Pat Forde:
Bama over Michigan
Wash St over BYU

David Pollack:
Bama over Michigan

Desmond Howard:
Penn St over Ohio

Kirk Herbstreit:
Penn St over Ohio

Lee Corso:
Penn St over Ohio

2011-12 Bowl Season Results

Alright ladies and gents, with all precincts reporting and all picks tallied, the results are in.  It is official.  Your 2011-12 Bowl Pick’em champion is one Tony Reali of Around the Horn fame.  His 25-10 record was the tops of anyone who picked more than two games.  Congratulations to Tony Reali for all of his hard work.  I know that hair doesn’t grease itself up every day.

Tony Reali: Champion
Tony Reali: Bowl pick'em Champion

The final results are listed below.  For championship contention I require our experts to more than just a few games, so coming up behind Tony Reali is Bill Plaschke, with Robert Smith taking the bronze medal.  Todd McShay was last year’s winner going 20-11, so this is a much stronger year with several experts, including my girlfriend, putting up 20+ correct picks.  And of course, we have to shame some of this year’s losers.  Tim Cowlishaw brought up the rear this year, and Mike Greenberg is our only other expert who did the full bowl pick’em slate to have a losing record.  Also of note, the entire Gameday crew posted losing records (oops).  I’ll be updating pages over the next few days if you need to see everyone’s full results.  I’ll also be back to post my post-season awards once they are completed.

P.S. Yours truly went 23-12 on picks.  Just incase you were wondering.

Trevor Matich: 2-0, 100%
Chris Fowler: 1-0, 100%
Tony Reali: 25-10, 71.43%
Tom Luginbill: 5-2, 71.43%
Bill Plaschke: 24-11, 68.57%
Jesse Palmer: 2-1, 66.67%
Robert Smith: 23-13, 65.71%
Mike Bellotti: 20-11, 64.52%
Jennifer: 22-13, 62.86%
Colin Cowherd: 22-13, 62.86%
Pat Forde: 22-13, 62.86%
Ed Cunningham: 19-14, 57.58%
Ryen Russillo: 20-15, 57.14%
Todd McShay: 20-15, 57.14%
Mike Golic: 20-15, 57.14%
Skip Bayless: 19-15, 55.88%
David Pollack: 18-15, 54.55%
Kevin Blackistone: 19-16, 54.29%
Scott Van Pelt: 19-16, 54.29%
Michael Smith: 18-17, 51.43%
Danny Kanell: 3-3, 50%
Jason Sehorn: 1-1, 50%
Charlie Arbuckle: 1-1, 50%
Turner Gil: 1-1, 50%
Mike Greenberg: 17-18, 48.57%
Lee Corso: 4-5, 44.44%
Tim Cowlishaw: 15-20, 42.86%
Desmond Howard: 3-5, 37.5%
Kirk Herbstreit: 2-5, 28.57%
Mark Schlabach: 0-1, 0%
Rod Gilmore: 0-1, 0%
JA Adande: 0-1, 0%
Woody Paige: 0-1, 0%
Matt Stinchcomb: 0-2, 0%