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2023-23 College football season: Final grades are in!

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by gamedaycole

After a few delays due to some significant technical problems, we have finalized the grades for our 2022-23 college football season.

For the college football analysts making straight up picks (not against the spread), this year’s champion is none other than the famous sportswriter Tom Fornelli. He went 229-88 with a win percentage of 72.24 and a GDC value of 118.201.

For our college football gambling picks against the spread, this year’s champion is none other than the world famous Chris Fallica AKA the Bear. The Bear had a fantastic season profiting 17.91 units with a win percentage of 60.91 against the spread.

For our money line gambling picks, there was a single gambler who was head and shoulders above the field. Danny Kanell had a tough season against the spread, but his money line sprinkles on the Cover 3 podcast were huge. He profited 11.67 units on 46 money line picks.

Congratulations to Tom Fornelli, Chris Fallica and Danny Kanell on their impressive performances this season and look for the congratulatory GamedayCole fruit basket which is on the way.

2022-23 Analyst Grades:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	GDC.Value
Tom.Fornelli	72.24	229	88	118.201
Chip.Patterson	71.16	227	92	112.557
Dennis.Dodd	72.04	219	85	111.597
Brady.Quinn	75.64	118	38	69.778
David.Hale	69.74	136	59	66.193
Desmond.Howard	68	119	56	57.66
Danny.Kanell	74.8	92	31	52.63
Ross.Dellenger	63.51	134	77	51.057
Jennifer	61.95	127	78	43.295
Stewart.Mandel	64.38	103	57	41.076
Bruce.Feldman	64.33	101	56	39.576
Pat.Forde	59.74	138	93	37.902
Kirk.Herbstreit	62.89	100	59	36.583
Rece.Davis	71.74	66	26	35.591
Celebrity.Guest	62.84	93	55	34.569
Andrea.Adelson	66.38	77	39	31.053
Dan.Wetzel	68.42	65	30	30.696
Chris.Fallica	77.78	42	12	27.079
Randy.Cross	62.18	74	45	27.022
Lou.Holtz	67.95	53	25	25.175
Pete.Thamel	65.93	60	31	25.086
Lee.Corso	62.26	66	40	23.892
Phil.Steele	75.51	37	12	20.86
Jon.Berger	70.37	38	16	18.761
Pat.McAfee	56.13	87	68	16.041
Paul.Finebaum	75	27	9	15.941
Greg.McElroy	64.29	36	20	14.791
Steve.Coughlin	64.81	35	19	13.761
Dusty.Dvoracek	74.19	23	8	13.327
Brian.Jones	56.1	69	54	12.895
Dan.Mullen	57.45	54	40	12.489
David.Pollack	66.67	28	14	12.193
Chris.Doering	84.21	16	3	11.932
Colin.Cowherd	86.67	13	2	10.267
Roman.Harper	66.67	24	12	10.162
Aaron.Taylor	55.56	60	48	10.03
Eric.Mac.Lain	72	18	7	9.938
Tim.Tebow	65.71	23	12	9.032
Joey.Galloway	76.47	13	4	7.936
Mark.May	56.41	44	34	7.795
Scott.Van.Pelt	72.22	13	5	7.338
Rick.Neuheisel	53.33	64	56	6.907
Mark.Richt	60.61	20	13	6.337
Tom.Luginbill	57.14	24	18	5.291
Corso.Headgear	69.23	9	4	4.909
Reggie.Bush	64.71	11	6	4.448
Brett.McMurphy	59.38	19	13	4.399
Joel.Klatt	60	9	6	2.504
Urban.Meyer	58.82	10	7	2.498
Trevor.Matich	62.5	5	3	1.696
EJ.Manuel	52.94	18	16	1.212
Skip.Bayless	100	1	0	0.888
Brad.Edwards	100	1	0	0.888
Jesse.Palmer	66.67	2	1	0.78
Clint.Stoerner	53.85	7	6	0.724
Houston.Nutt	50	1	1	-0.033
Jordan.Rodgers	51.52	17	16	-0.262
Adam.Rittenberg	50	21	21	-0.639
Stephen.A.Smith	0	0	1	-0.888
Emmanuel.Acho	0	0	1	-0.994
Kevin.Carter	44.44	4	5	-1.106
Matt.Leinart	47.06	8	9	-1.233
Sam.Acho	45.45	10	12	-2.1
Average	65.43	3358	1774	NA

2022-23 Gambling Grades:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	Profit
Chris.Fallica.ATS	60.91	67	43	1	17.91
Emory.Hunt.ATS	57.79	89	65	4	15.91
Wes.Reynolds.ATS	61.63	53	33	0	15.18
Adam.Kramer.ATS	57.53	84	62	4	14.36
Stuckey.ATS	62.86	44	26	2	14
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS	80	20	5	3	13.18
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS	57.48	73	54	4	12.36
Kelly.Stewart.ATS	58.33	56	40	4	10.91
Phil.Steele.ATS	57.78	52	38	2	9.27
Steve.Coughlin.ATS	59.68	37	25	1	8.64
Collin.Wilson.ATS	57.83	48	35	3	8.64
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS	57.14	52	39	0	8.27
Sam.Cooper.ATS	53.85	98	84	1	5.09
Bud.Elliott.ATS	54.35	50	42	2	3.45
Rufus.Peabody.ATS	57.69	15	11	0	2.64
David.Pollack.ATS	61.54	8	5	0	2.27
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS	54.24	32	27	2	2.09
Doug.Kezirian.ATS	53.25	41	36	4	1.27
Trevor.Matich.ATS	100	1	0	0	0.91
Jeff.Ma.ATS	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
Greg.McElroy.ATS	53.33	24	21	0	0.82
Pat.McAfee.ATS	50	5	5	2	-0.45
Stewart.Mandel.ATS	52.17	84	77	2	-0.64
Darren.Rovell.ATS	50	7	7	0	-0.64
Colin.Cowherd.ATS	50	8	8	0	-0.73
Norm.Hitzges.ATS	52.1	87	80	0	-0.91
Jason.McIntyre.ATS	51.16	22	21	0	-1
Matt.Barrie.ATS	50	12	12	0	-1.09
Joel.Klatt.ATS	44.44	4	5	0	-1.36
Lee.Corso.ATS	46.15	6	7	0	-1.55
Desmond.Howard.ATS	46.15	6	7	0	-1.55
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS	51.28	40	38	2	-1.64
Anita.Marks.ATS	46.67	7	8	0	-1.64
Erin.Kate.Dolan.ATS	25	1	3	0	-2.09
Chris.Doering.ATS	48.57	17	18	1	-2.55
Dan.Katz.ATS	52.09	262	241	9	-2.82
Joey.Galloway.ATS	45.83	11	13	0	-3
Tony.Barnhart.ATS	50	38	38	2	-3.45
Tyler.Fulghum.ATS	49.15	29	30	2	-3.64
Bryant.McFadden.ATS	47.37	18	20	1	-3.64
Brett.McMurphy.ATS	50.5	51	50	3	-3.64
Bruce.Feldman.ATS	50.98	78	75	4	-4.09
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS	33.33	5	10	0	-5.45
Kayce.Smith.ATS	45.65	21	25	1	-5.91
Brent.Musburger.ATS	45.83	22	26	0	-6
Brady.Quinn.ATS	51.72	285	266	12	-6.91
Matt.Youmans.ATS	48.48	48	51	1	-7.36
Pamela.Maldonado.ATS	48.51	49	52	4	-7.45
Clay.Travis.ATS	49.69	80	81	0	-8.27
Dan.Wetzel.ATS	48.8	61	64	3	-8.54
Nick.Bromberg.ATS	48.46	63	67	0	-9.73
Bill.Connelly.ATS	48.48	64	68	5	-9.82
Kenny.White.ATS	46.94	46	52	2	-10.18
Brandon.Walker.ATS	47.95	70	76	3	-12.36
Chip.Patterson.ATS	46.31	69	80	3	-17.27
Tom.Fornelli.ATS	46.41	71	82	1	-17.45
Jon.Berger.ATS	45.59	62	74	3	-17.64
Megan.Makin.Money.ATS	46.86	82	93	3	-18.45
Pete.Thamel.ATS	43.94	58	74	5	-21.27
Rico.Bosco.ATS	45.51	76	91	1	-21.91
David.Hale.ATS	46.35	89	103	1	-22.09
Rece.Davis.ATS	43.97	62	79	5	-22.64
Ross.Dellenger.ATS	42.86	54	72	3	-22.91
Mark.May.ATS	34.67	26	49	3	-25.36
Pat.Forde.ATS	41.6	52	73	4	-25.73
Katie.Pondiscio.ATS	38.38	38	61	0	-26.45
Barrett.Sallee.ATS	46.89	143	162	7	-32
Dave.Portnoy.ATS	46.64	139	159	5	-32.64
Dennis.Dodd.ATS	45.05	132	161	7	-41
Danny.Kanell.ATS	47.94	279	303	14	-49.36

2022-23 Money Line Grades:

Name	ROI.Pct	Units.Up.Down	N.Picks
Danny.Kanell.ML	25.37	11.67	46
Anita.Marks.ML	130	1.3	1
Kenny.White.ML	6.15	0.8	13
Stuckey.ML	74.07	0.74	1
Tom.Fornelli.ML	1.15	0.62	54
Bud.Elliott.ML	1.24	0.51	41
Steve.Coughlin.ML	-10	-0.2	2
Bryant.McFadden.ML	-7.33	-0.22	3
Wes.Reynolds.ML	-11.54	-0.23	2
Colin.Cowherd.ML	-3.31	-0.43	13
Brandon.Walker.ML	-2.47	-0.49	20
Kayce.Smith.ML	-100	-1	1
Phil.Steele.ML	-100	-1	1
Collin.Wilson.ML	-100	-1	1
Pamela.Maldonado.ML	-8.44	-1.35	16
Megan.ML	-18.5	-1.66	9
Todd.Fuhrman.ML	-100	-2	2
Emory.Hunt.ML	-45	-2.25	5
Katie.Pondiscio.ML	-100	-4	4
Chip.Patterson.ML	-14.94	-5.23	35
Jon.Berger.ML	-37.53	-7.13	19
Kelly.Stewart.ML	-28.95	-12.45	43
Chris.Fallica.ML	-28.97	-18.25	63

2022-23 Season: Georgia vs TCU national championship picks!

Posted on January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by gamedaycole

Welcome back football fans for the last time this season. Tonight is the national championship and I’ll be posting all of the championship picks I have right here. Keep checking back because I’ll be updating all day right up until kickoff. We will hopefully have all your favorites including Lee Corso’s headgear, Pat McAfee’s, Desmond Howard, Stanford Steve and whoever the hell else we find along the way.

Check the bottom for some random additions of prop bets, specific score predictions and extra notes.

Corso’s Headgear: TCU over Georgia

Analyst picks:

Picks	Name
Georgia over TCU	Dan.Wetzel
Georgia over TCU	Scott.Van.Pelt
TCU over Georgia	Clint.Stoerner
TCU over Georgia	Stephen.A.Smith
Georgia over TCU	Brady.Quinn
Georgia over TCU	Chip.Patterson
Georgia over TCU	Greg.McElroy
Georgia over TCU	Pat.McAfee
Georgia over TCU	Trevor.Matich
Georgia over TCU	Stewart.Mandel
Georgia over TCU	Joel.Klatt
Georgia over TCU	Danny.Kanell
TCU over Georgia	Joey.Galloway
Georgia over TCU	Tom.Fornelli
Georgia over TCU	Pat.Forde
Georgia over TCU	Paul.Finebaum
Georgia over TCU	Chris.Fallica
Georgia over TCU	Brad.Edwards
Georgia over TCU	Dennis.Dodd
Georgia over TCU	Ross.Dellenger
Georgia over TCU	Colin.Cowherd
Georgia over TCU	Steve.Coughlin
Georgia over TCU	Skip.Bayless
Georgia over TCU	David.Pollack
TCU over Georgia	Desmond.Howard
TCU over Georgia	Corso.Headgear
TCU over Georgia	Lee.Corso

Gambling picks:

Pick	Name
TCU + 12.5 vs Georgia	Matt.Youmans.ATS
TCU + 13.5 vs Georgia	Collin.Wilson.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Dan.Wetzel.ATS
Georgia -12 vs TCU	Brandon.Walker.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Clay.Travis.ATS
Georgia -12 vs TCU	Scott.Spreitzer.ATS
Georgia -13 vs TCU	Barrett.Sallee.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Wes.Reynolds.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Over 62.5	Brady.Quinn.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Brady.Quinn.ATS
TCU + 12 vs Georgia	Dave.Portnoy.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Rufus.Peabody.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 62.5	Chip.Patterson.ATS
TCU + 13 vs Georgia	Chip.Patterson.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 63.5	Megan.Makin.Money.ATS
Georgia -13 vs TCU	Megan.Makin.Money.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Over 62.5	Brett.McMurphy.ATS
TCU + 13 vs Georgia	Brett.McMurphy.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 62.5	Greg.McElroy.ATS
TCU + 12.5 vs Georgia	Greg.McElroy.ATS
Georgia -13.5 vs TCU	Trevor.Matich.ATS
TCU + 13.5 vs Georgia	Anita.Marks.ATS
TCU + 12.5 vs Georgia	Pamela.Maldonado.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Jeff.Ma.ATS
TCU + 12.5 vs Georgia	Joel.Klatt.ATS
Georgia -13.5 vs TCU	Doug.Kezirian.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 62.5	Doug.Kezirian.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Over 63	Dan.Katz.ATS
TCU + 12 vs Georgia	Dan.Katz.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 62.5	Danny.Kanell.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Danny.Kanell.ATS
TCU + 13.5 vs Georgia	Tyler.Fulghum.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Over 62	Tyler.Fulghum.ATS
Georgia -12 vs TCU	Todd.Fuhrman.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 62	Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS
Georgia -13.5 vs TCU	Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Over 62.5	Tom.Fornelli.ATS
TCU + 13.5 vs Georgia	Tom.Fornelli.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Pat.Forde.ATS
Georgia vs TCU Under 63.5	Chris.Fallica.ATS
Georgia -12 vs TCU	Chris.Fallica.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Bud.Elliott.ATS
TCU + 13.5 vs Georgia	Dennis.Dodd.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Ross.Dellenger.ATS
Georgia -13.5 vs TCU	Steve.Coughlin.ATS
Georgia -12.5 vs TCU	Sam.Cooper.ATS
TCU + 12.5 vs Georgia	Nick.Bromberg.ATS

Note: they twisted Bud Elliott’s arm to take a side on this game last week on the Cover 3 Podcast, but as far as I know he isn’t playing a pregame side or total.

Doug Kezirian:
Max Duggan under 30.5 rush yards (+106)

Tyler Fulghum:
Quentin Johnston over 84.5 REC yards (+120)

Anita Marks:
Jared Wiley over 1.5 rec
Stetson Bennett INT (-105)

Joe Fortenbaugh:
Georgia vs TCU Under 31 1H (+100)
Brock Bowers over 67.5 rec yards (-119)

Bud Elliott:
Georgia-7 1H vs TCU

Colin Cowherd:
Georgia over TCU 44-24

Greg McElroy:
Georgia over TCU 38-24
Georgia vs TCU under 30.5 2H (-115)

Josh Pate:
Georgia-12.5 vs TCU

Shannon Sharpe:
Georgia over TCU 31-30

Skip Bayless:
TCU+13.5, Georgia outright 34-32

Stuckey:
Brock Bowers Over 60.5 Receiving Yards

RG3:
TCU over Georgia
Stetson Bennett pass TD over 2.5
Max Duggan over 233.5 pass yards
Brock Bowers over 64.5 REC yards
Quentin Johnston over 87.5 REC yards
Kenny McIntosh over 65.5 rush yards

Joey Galloway:
Stetson Bennett pass TD over 2.5
Max Duggan over 233.5 pass yards
Brock Bowers over 64.5 REC yards
Quentin Johnston over 87.5 REC yards
Kenny McIntosh under 65.5 rush yards

Stanford Steve:
Stetson Bennett under 2.5 pass TD
Max Duggan over 233.5 pass yards
Brock Bowers over 64.5 REC yards
Quentin Johnston under 87.5 REC yards
Kenny McIntosh under 65.5 rush yards
Mitchell over 42.5 rec yards (-151)

Brandon Walker:
Brock Bowers 2 TDs+400

Todd Fuhrman:
Kenny McIntosh first to score touchdown+550
Longest TD over 49.5 yards (-130)
Shortest TD over 1.5 yards

Bryant McFadden:
Max Duggan over 32.5 rush yards
Quentin Johnston under 86.5 rec yards
Longest TD over 49.5 yards (-130)
Shortest TD under 1.5 yards

Kenny White:
Max Duggan over 32.5 rush yards
Stetson Bennett first player to score touchdown+1200
Longest TD over 49.5 yards (-130)
Shortest TD under 1.5 yards

Chip Patterson:
Stetson Bennett over 10.5 rush yards (-115)

Week 18 2022-23: NFL #WINNERS from Scott Van Pelt!

Posted on January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 by gamedaycole

Here are the week 18 NFL picks from Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve. SVP also gave out his pick for the college football national championship. Enjoy.

Scott Van Pelt’s WINNERS:
Falcons-4
Ravens+9
Bears+6
Broncos-3
Eagles-15
Commanders+7
Georgia-12.5 vs TCU

Stanford Steve:
Bears+6