2019-20 Season: Final season grades are complete; results are in!
It is now time to crown our yearly champions. We will be crowning two champions again this year. Our first champion is picking games straight up and our second champion is for picking games against the spread. Obviously not everyone below qualifies to be champion if they didn’t pick enough games. My general rule is a minimum 100 games picked to be on the ballot. Once we have all the finalists selected, our panel of voters decides our champions. As always, our panel of voters consists of myself, a glass of bourbon, a box of Cheezits, and our cat Charley.
Without further adieu, I present to you our 2019-20 season results and yearly champions. Our champion picking games straight up, coming in at 71.96% over 271 games is none other than noted football expert and my wife, @GamedayJen! Our ATS champion, coming in at 58.78% over 131 games picked, is none other than the big time football reporter Pete Thamel! Congratulations to you both, and look for a congratulatory basket of assorted bourbon and Cheezits which is being shipped to you as we speak!
Thank you all for tuning in for another season of football picks, and we will see you next season.
Straight up results:
| percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.games | |
| Kevin.Blackistone | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike.Golic | 100 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jackie.MacMullan | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Booger.McFarland | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan.McGee | 100 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Brent.Musburger | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron.Murray | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Petros.Papadakis | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan.Rodgers | 100 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ryen.Russillo | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt.Stinchcomb | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Clint.Stoerner | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie.Bush | 88.89 | 32 | 4 | 36 |
| Urban.Meyer | 86.49 | 32 | 5 | 37 |
| Scott.Van.Pelt | 84.62 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Skip.Bayless | 83.33 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Jonathan.Vilma | 81.25 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Tim.Tebow | 79.25 | 42 | 11 | 53 |
| Todd.McShay | 78.57 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw | 78.12 | 25 | 7 | 32 |
| Dan.Wetzel | 77.91 | 67 | 19 | 86 |
| Jake.Trotter | 77.78 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Marcus.Spears | 76.47 | 39 | 12 | 51 |
| Matt.Leinart | 76.32 | 29 | 9 | 38 |
| Pete.Thamel | 75.82 | 69 | 22 | 91 |
| Chris.Fallica | 75.71 | 53 | 17 | 70 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 74.55 | 41 | 14 | 55 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 73.49 | 61 | 22 | 83 |
| EJ.Manuel | 73.24 | 52 | 19 | 71 |
| Joel.Klatt | 72.73 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Joey.Galloway | 72.22 | 39 | 15 | 54 |
| Jennifer | 71.96 | 195 | 76 | 271 |
| Lou.Holtz | 71.95 | 59 | 23 | 82 |
| David.Pollack | 71.82 | 79 | 31 | 110 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 71.72 | 142 | 56 | 198 |
| Emmanuel.Acho | 71.43 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Mark.Richt | 71.43 | 50 | 20 | 70 |
| Chris.Doering | 70.77 | 46 | 19 | 65 |
| Lee.Corso | 70.59 | 156 | 65 | 221 |
| Danny.Kanell | 70.27 | 52 | 22 | 74 |
| Corso.Headgear | 70 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 69.52 | 73 | 32 | 105 |
| Pat.Forde | 69.38 | 111 | 49 | 160 |
| Andrea.Adelson | 69.23 | 81 | 36 | 117 |
| Phil.Steele | 69.18 | 110 | 49 | 159 |
| Gene.Chizik | 69.09 | 38 | 17 | 55 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 69.09 | 38 | 17 | 55 |
| Brett.McMurphy | 68.75 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| Desmond.Howard | 68.67 | 160 | 73 | 233 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 68.29 | 28 | 13 | 41 |
| Jesse.Palmer | 67.92 | 36 | 17 | 53 |
| Kevin.Carter | 67.5 | 27 | 13 | 40 |
| Stewart.Mandel | 67.48 | 139 | 67 | 206 |
| Mark.May | 67.07 | 55 | 27 | 82 |
| Heather.Dinich | 66.67 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Dave.Wannstedt | 66.67 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Houston.Nutt | 65.38 | 34 | 18 | 52 |
| Aaron.Taylor | 64.86 | 96 | 52 | 148 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 63.43 | 137 | 79 | 216 |
| Brady.Quinn | 62.5 | 25 | 15 | 40 |
| Mark.Schlabach | 62.5 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Eric.Mac.Lain | 61.97 | 44 | 27 | 71 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 61.11 | 121 | 77 | 198 |
| Chris.Low | 60 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Rick.Neuheisel | 58.74 | 84 | 59 | 143 |
| Brian.Jones | 57.69 | 90 | 66 | 156 |
| Trevor.Matich | 57.14 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Randy.Cross | 55.17 | 80 | 65 | 145 |
| Greg.McElroy | 55 | 22 | 18 | 40 |
| Brad.Edwards | 50 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mike.Greenberg | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim.Mora.Jr | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Dan.Orlovsky | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dari.Nowkhah | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ivan.Maisel | 36.36 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Rece.Davis | 33.33 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Stephen.A.Smith | 33.33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Charles.Woodson | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Charles.Arbuckle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rod.Gilmore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom.Luginbill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trey.Wingo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ATS Results:
| percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | n.games | |
| Joey.Galloway.ATS | 77.42 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Jake.Trotter.ATS | 61.54 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Bill.Connelly.ATS | 60.66 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 61 |
| Pete.Thamel.ATS | 58.78 | 76 | 53 | 2 | 131 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS | 58.47 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 59 |
| Lee.Corso.ATS | 57.14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Doug.Kezirian.ATS | 56.63 | 47 | 36 | 0 | 83 |
| Dan.Wetzel.ATS | 54.58 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 131 |
| Jeff.Ma.ATS | 54.55 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| Jesse.Palmer.ATS | 54.41 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
| Preston.Johnson.ATS | 53.81 | 56 | 48 | 1 | 105 |
| Steve.Coughlin.ATS | 53.21 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 78 |
| Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS | 52.42 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 62 |
| Bruce.Feldman.ATS | 52.3 | 101 | 92 | 3 | 196 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS | 51.1 | 45 | 43 | 3 | 91 |
| Matt.Youmans.ATS | 50.75 | 66 | 64 | 3 | 133 |
| Clay.Travis.ATS | 50.28 | 89 | 88 | 3 | 180 |
| Jim.Donnan.ATS | 50 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Scott.Spreitzer.ATS | 50 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| Norm.Hitzges.ATS | 49.79 | 117 | 118 | 2 | 237 |
| Phil.Steele.ATS | 49.5 | 96 | 98 | 5 | 199 |
| Todd.Fuhrman.ATS | 49.28 | 67 | 69 | 3 | 139 |
| Dan.Katz.ATS | 49.04 | 125 | 130 | 5 | 260 |
| Rufus.Peabody.ATS | 48.39 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 62 |
| Chris.Fallica.ATS | 48.05 | 60 | 65 | 3 | 128 |
| Dave.Portnoy.ATS | 48.02 | 120 | 130 | 3 | 253 |
| Stewart.Mandel.ATS | 47.8 | 96 | 105 | 4 | 205 |
| Pat.Forde.ATS | 47.79 | 64 | 70 | 2 | 136 |
| Rico.Bosco.ATS | 47.44 | 54 | 60 | 3 | 117 |
| Brett.McMurphy.ATS | 46.36 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 55 |
| Danny.Kanell.ATS | 44.25 | 37 | 47 | 3 | 87 |
| Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS | 43.56 | 44 | 57 | 0 | 101 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS | 42.86 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| Desmond.Howard.ATS | 42.86 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| Colin.Cowherd.ATS | 42.39 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 46 |
| FPI.ATS | 40.91 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 44 |
| Rece.Davis.ATS | 39.29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Adam.Kramer.ATS | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Brad.Edwards.ATS | 33.33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Dari.Nowkhah.ATS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019-20 Season: Bowl picks are graded; results are in!
Our 2019-20 college football season is in the books, and the picks have been graded. First, we always crown a yearly bowl pick’em champion. Below are the competitors who qualified by picking all (or most) of the bowl games:
| percent | n.correct | n.wrong | |
| Stewart.Mandel | 75 | 30 | 10 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 75 | 30 | 10 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 72.5 | 29 | 11 |
| Pat.Forde | 70 | 28 | 12 |
| Jennifer | 67.5 | 27 | 13 |
| Greg.McElroy | 55.26 | 21 | 17 |
Stewart Mandel and Adam Rittenberg tied at a whopping 30-10 on bowl picks and will be our co-bowl picking champions.
Our ATS bowl picking went pretty well too. Results are below, and remember, THESE are picking against the spread.
| percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| Dan.Wetzel.ATS | 66.67 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat.Forde.ATS | 58.97 | 23 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce.Feldman.ATS | 51.28 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete.Thamel.ATS | 51.28 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| Stewart.Mandel.ATS | 43.59 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
| Danny.Kanell.ATS | 47.37 | 18 | 20 | 0 |
Dan Wetzel managed to go 26-13 picking all of the bowl games, so he is our ATS champion. That’s pretty impressive against the number for the entirety of bowl season, so congratulations to Dan Wetzel!
We will be back shortly with the yearly results.
2019-20 Season: #NationalChampionship picks and predictions! #LSUvsClemson
It is time for the annual championship game megapost. I will be posting all of the picks and predictions on tonight’s championship game in this single thread. I will be updating throughout the day and posting on Twitter as well so follow along and check back for the latest.
Emmanuel Acho:
LSU over Clemson
Steve Coughlin:
LSU over Clemson straight up
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Clyde Edwards-Helaire under 99.5 rushing yards
Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson
Heather Dinich:
LSU over Clemson
Chris Doering:
LSU over Clemson
Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU
Chris Fallica:
LEAN Clemson+ the points, waiting to see if it goes to 6.5
Bruce Feldman:
LSU over Clemson
Paul Finebaum:
LSU over Clemson
Pat Forde:
Clemson over LSU
Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU
Joey Galloway:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson
@GamedayJen:
Clemson over LSU
Mike Golic:
LSU over Clemson
Mike Greenberg:
LSU over Clemson
Lou Holtz:
LSU over Clemson
Dan Katz:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson
Doug Kezirian:
Clemson/LSU over 69.5
Joel Klatt:
LSU over Clemson
Matt Leinart:
Clemson over LSU
Tom Lugibill:
Clemson over LSU
Ivan Maisel:
LSU over Clemson
Mark May:
LSU over Clemson
Greg McElroy:
LSU over Clemson
Booger McFarland:
LSU over Clemson
Ryan McGee:
LSU over Clemson
Todd McShay:
LSU over Clemson
Urban Meyer:
LSU over Clemson
Jim Mora Jr.:
LSU over Clemson
Dari Nowkhah:
LSU over Clemson
Jesse Palmer:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson
Dave Portnoy:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson
Ryen Russillo:
LSU over Clemson
Mark Schlabach:
LSU over Clemson
Stephen A. Smith:
Clemson over LSU
Marcus Spears:
LSU over Clemson
Pete Thamel:
LSU over Clemson
Clay Travis:
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Dan Wetzel:
LSU over Clemson
Scott Van Pelt:
LSU over Clemson
Jonathan Vilma:
LSU over Clemson
Trey Wingo:
Clemson over LSU
Matt Youmans:
Clemson+6.5/7 vs LSU
