Week 2 2021: CFB Picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast!

Here’s the sweet, sweet picks from this week’s Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast. Be sure to listen to the full thing for full analysis, leans, stay-away games and much much more.

DISCLAIMER: The following are the unofficial week 2 picks as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are always found on ESPN Chalk.

DISCLAIMER: The following are the unofficial week 2 picks as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are always found on ESPN Chalk.

Stanford Steve:
Illinois+10 vs Virginia
Notre Dame vs Toledo over 54.5
Iowa State-4 vs Iowa
Pitt-3.5 vs Tennessee

Chris Fallica:
Iowa State-4 vs Iowa
Washington+6.5 vs Michigan
Money Line Parlay: Minnesota, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Penn State, Miami FL, SMU, Southern Cal

Week 1 2021: CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

With week 1 in the books I already posted the results of the gambling picks for the week. As part of my new experiment to implement a weighted grading system on straight-up picks, I will be separating the gambling results and straight-up results in their own weekly posts. The new weighted grading system is what I will refer to as “GDC Value” for Game Day Cole Value. It is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, where relative values are compared to apply a value to specific wins or losses.

Back to the grades, we had a lot of upsets this week. Lee Corso won his headgear pick of Georgia over Clemson, going 12-5 overall. Celebrity guest Kane Brown went 11-6 on the week. @GamedayJen went 10-7 on the week. However this week’s undisputed winner was Desmond Howard, who went 14-3 on the week with a GDC value of 8.851. I don’t know what that actually means because its the first week we’ve ever used GDC value, but he had the highest value on the week. Congratulations to Desmond Howard and all competitors.

Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Corso.Headgear100100.97
David.Pollack100100.97
Reggie.Bush100201.661
Dusty.Dvoracek100201.708
Chris.Fallica100403.433
Joey.Galloway100100.782
Matt.Leinart100201.669
Trevor.Matich100402.836
Ryan.McGee100201.245
Brett.McMurphy100201.723
Bob.Stoops100201.532
Rick.Neuheisel88.89816.385
Brady.Quinn88.89815.38
Desmond.Howard82.351438.851
Paul.Finebaum80411.987
Pat.Forde80412.565
Roman.Harper80411.921
Pete.Thamel80412.277
Randy.Cross77.78724.396
Andrea.Adelson75933.363
Kevin.Carter75311.5
Steve.Coughlin75311.511
Mark.Richt75933.286
Jordan.Rodgers75311.483
David.Hale71.431043.361
Lee.Corso70.591255.485
Bruce.Feldman70732.873
Kirk.Herbstreit66.671053.858
Brian.Jones66.67632.477
Aaron.Taylor66.67632.313
Dan.Wetzel66.67210.657
Celebrity.Guest64.711164.381
Colin.Cowherd60320.579
Phil.Steele60320.26
Tim.Tebow60320.047
Jennifer58.821071.649
EJ.Manuel58.3375-0.358
Mark.May55.56540.515
Houston.Nutt5022-0.212
Eric.Mac.Lain46.1567-2.983
Stewart.Mandel45.4556-0.986
Lou.Holtz33.3336-3.035
Danny.Kanell33.3312-1.196
Greg.McElroy001-0.97

Week 2 2021: CFB Picks from Brady Quinn & Danny Kanell!

Brady Quinn was back on CBS Sports HQ earlier today giving out his week 2 picks for the top 25 games. Last week he was joined by Emory Hunt and this week he was joined by Danny Kanell to make some picks. I’ve got them all collected here for your enjoyment. And remember, these are from CBS Sports HQ so these are NOT official “Win with Quinn” picks as presented on Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff.

Brady Quinn:

Arizona State  -32.5 vs UNLV
Arizona State vs UNLV Over 55.5
Southern Cal  -17 vs Stanford
Southern Cal vs Stanford Over 51.5
BYU + 7 vs Utah
BYU vs Utah Under 48
North Carolina  -22.5 vs Georgia State
North Carolina vs Georgia State Over 64.5
Appalachian State + 8 vs Miami (FL)
Miami (FL) vs Appalachian State Under 53.5
Wisconsin  -25.5 vs Eastern Michigan
Wisconsin vs Eastern Michigan Under 52
Iowa + 4.5 vs Iowa State
Iowa State vs Iowa Under 46
Colorado + 17 vs Texas A&M
Colorado vs Texas A&M Under 51
UAB + 25 vs Georgia
Georgia vs UAB Over 44.5
Air Force  -6.5 vs Navy
Penn State  -22 vs Ball State
Penn State vs Ball State Over 55.5
Notre Dame  -16.5 vs Toledo
Virginia Tech  -19 vs MTSU
Florida  -28 vs South Florida
South Florida vs Florida Under 58
Oregon + 14.5 vs Ohio State
Ohio State vs Oregon Over 63.5
Kansas + 25.5 vs Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina vs Kansas Over 52

Danny Kanell:

Arizona State vs UNLV Under 55.5
Southern Cal  -17 vs Stanford
Utah  -7 vs BYU
Georgia State + 22.5 vs North Carolina
Texas  -6.5 vs Arkansas
Appalachian State + 8 vs Miami (FL)
Wisconsin vs Eastern Michigan Under 52
Colorado vs Texas A&M Under 51
Georgia vs UAB Under 44.5
Navy vs Air Force Under 41
Penn State  -22 vs Ball State
Notre Dame  -16.5 vs Toledo
Virginia Tech  -19 vs MTSU
Florida  -28 vs South Florida
Ohio State  -14.5 vs Oregon
Kansas + 25.5 vs Coastal Carolina