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Week 14 2019: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Board, Super Dogs, celebrity guest and more! #RivalryWeek

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Corso’s headgear: Minnesota over Wisconsin

Super Dog picks:
Desmond Howard: Kansas State+4.5 vs Iowa State
Kirk Herbstreit: Wyoming+11.5 vs Air Force
Lee Corso: Syracuse+3.5 vs Wake Forest
Rece Davis: Oklahoma State+13.5 vs Oklahoma

Bear’s Board:
San Jose State+2.5 vs Fresno State
Pitt-8 vs Boston College
Iowa State-4.5 vs Kansas State

Lee Corso:

Week Date Picks
14 11/30/19 Alabama  over  Auburn
14 11/30/19 Utah  over  Colorado
14 11/30/19 Florida  over  Florida State
14 11/30/19 Indiana  over  Purdue
14 11/30/19 Iowa State  over  Kansas State
14 11/30/19 Kentucky  over  Louisville
14 11/30/19 Ohio State  over  Michigan
14 11/30/19 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
14 11/30/19 Oregon  over  Oregon State
14 11/30/19 LSU  over  Texas A&M
14 11/30/19 Minnesota  over  Wisconsin

Kirk Herbstreit:

Week Date Picks
14 11/30/19 Alabama  over  Auburn
14 11/30/19 Utah  over  Colorado
14 11/30/19 Florida  over  Florida State
14 11/30/19 Indiana  over  Purdue
14 11/30/19 Iowa State  over  Kansas State
14 11/30/19 Kentucky  over  Louisville
14 11/30/19 Ohio State  over  Michigan
14 11/30/19 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
14 11/30/19 Oregon  over  Oregon State
14 11/30/19 LSU  over  Texas A&M

Desmond Howard:

Week Date Picks
14 11/30/19 Alabama  over  Auburn
14 11/30/19 Utah  over  Colorado
14 11/30/19 Florida  over  Florida State
14 11/30/19 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
14 11/30/19 Indiana  over  Purdue
14 11/30/19 Kansas State  over  Iowa State
14 11/30/19 Louisville  over  Kentucky
14 11/30/19 Michigan  over  Ohio State
14 11/30/19 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
14 11/30/19 Oregon  over  Oregon State
14 11/30/19 LSU  over  Texas A&M
14 11/30/19 Minnesota  over  Wisconsin

Eric Decker:

Week Date Picks
14 11/30/19 Alabama  over  Auburn
14 11/30/19 Utah  over  Colorado
14 11/30/19 Florida  over  Florida State
14 11/30/19 Purdue  over  Indiana
14 11/30/19 Iowa State  over  Kansas State
14 11/30/19 Louisville  over  Kentucky
14 11/30/19 Ohio State  over  Michigan
14 11/30/19 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
14 11/30/19 Oregon  over  Oregon State
14 11/30/19 LSU  over  Texas A&M
14 11/30/19 Minnesota  over  Wisconsin

David Pollack:

Week Date Picks
14 11/29/19 Memphis  over  Cincinnati
14 11/29/19 Iowa  over  Nebraska
14 11/29/19 Virginia Tech  over  Virginia
14 11/30/19 Alabama  over  Auburn
14 11/30/19 Ohio State  over  Michigan
14 11/30/19 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
14 11/30/19 Minnesota over Wisconsin

@GamedayJen:

Week Date Picks
14 11/29/19 Boise State  over  Colorado State
14 11/30/19 Alabama  over  Auburn
14 11/30/19 Clemson  over  South Carolina
14 11/30/19 Utah  over  Colorado
14 11/30/19 Florida  over  Florida State
14 11/30/19 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
14 11/30/19 Indiana  over  Purdue
14 11/30/19 Iowa State  over  Kansas State
14 11/30/19 Kentucky  over  Louisville
14 11/30/19 Ohio State  over  Michigan
14 11/30/19 Oklahoma  over  Oklahoma State
14 11/30/19 Oregon  over  Oregon State
14 11/30/19 LSU  over  Texas A&M
14 11/30/19 Minnesota  over  Wisconsin

Pat McAfee picked Minnesota too if you care.

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Week 16 2014: Picks are graded, results are in (tiny edition) #cfb #cfbplayoff #armynavy

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Our tiny, tiny week of football games brought us only a slight dusting of picks, but picks are picks in my book.

Winners this week were Lee Corso (3-0), Desmond Howard (3-0), and Jennifer taking this week’s championship showing her knowledge of obscure games going 4-0 this week.

Losers this week were Kirk Herbstreit, who continues to slide down the rankings this year, and special guest picker Roger Staubach, who both went 1-2 on the week.  Chris Fowler also took a one game loss picking Army over Navy.

That’s it.  We are prepping for the postseason and bowl mania, so there will be tons of new picks coming at you soon!

Lee Corso: 3-0
RIGHT NDSU over CCU
RIGHT UW-Whitewater over Linfield
RIGHT Navy over Army (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 1-2
RIGHT NDSU over CCU
WRONG Linfield over UW-Whitewater
WRONG Army over Navy

Desmond Howard: 3-0
RIGHT NDSU over CCU
RIGHT UW-Whitewater over Linfield
RIGHT Navy over Army

Roger Staubach: 1-2
WRONG CCU over NDSU
WRONG Linfield over UW-Whitewater
RIGHT Navy over Army

Jennifer’s picks: 4-0
RIGHT NDSU over CCU
RIGHT UW-Whitewater over Linfield
RIGHT SHSU over Villanova
RIGHT Navy over Army

Chris Fowler: 0-1
WRONG Army over Navy

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College football: New awards

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You may have heard me allude to a team “waxing that ass” against their opponent, or even the vague “Ass-waxing of the week” I’ve awarded occasionally.  Well I am working to develop the “Ass-waxing index” to crown a team as waxing the most ass this year.  What does that mean?  It means that a team consistently puts up big scores and wins by large margins week in and week out.  Overall record and strength of schedule mean nothing in this ranking.  There is only one pollster (me), and the only three metrics I measure are margin of victory, running up the score, and sexiness of the win.  Margin of victory is a big percent of this, but I also give extra attention if a team can drop 60, 70, or 80 points on a team to run up the score even if its not as big of a margin over their opponent.  Also, the sexiness factor can include various items such as shutting out an opponent or holding them to a very low score.

I hope you’re looking forward to this segment, which is essentially the anti-sportsmanship award for college football.

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