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Week 9 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Phil Steele!

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The Week 9 edition of the Behind the Bets podcast with Doug Kezirian just dropped, and that means it is time for Phil Steele’s first weekly appearance on the blog.  He gave out his five official picks, but then tacked on the Florid and Iowa plays when Doug asked for his take on those games.  As always, listen to the full thing before investing in these plays.  I will be updating this post with any other picks I get from Phil Steele via the Campus Conversation podcast, his Inside the Pressbox preview (if he releases one), or any other places he shows up this week.  Check back for the latest picks and plays.

Date Pick
10/27/18 Florida + 7 vs Georgia
10/27/18 Western Kentucky + 3.5 vs FIU
10/27/18 Iowa + 6.5 vs Penn State
10/27/18 Kansas State + 25 vs Oklahoma
10/27/18 North Carolina + 9.5 vs Virginia
10/27/18 Oregon  -9.5 vs Arizona
10/27/18 Louisville  -2.5 vs Wake Forest

Updated with 3 picks from the Campus Conversation Podcast:

Date Pick
10/27/18 Texas  -3.5 vs Oklahoma State
10/27/18 Texas A&M + 2 vs Mississippi State
10/27/18 Stanford  -3 vs Washington State

Updated with picks from Phil Steele’s Inside the Pressbox preview:

Date Pick
10/27/18 Air Force + 9.5 vs Boise State
10/27/18 Maryland  -17 vs Illinois
10/27/18 Kentucky + 7 vs Missouri
10/27/18 Syracuse + 2 vs North Carolina State
10/27/18 Charleston Southern + 23.5 vs Kennesaw State
10/27/18 Colgate  -24.5 vs Georgetown

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Week 9 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Lou Holtz & Mark May!

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Welcome back ladies and gentlemen.  It is Wednesday and that means it is time to get some picks posted.  Lou Holtz & Mark May have released their weekly picks via the Crowds Line Youtube channel as they do every week.  Check out the full video for all that witty banter, but here’s the picks if you need them.

Lou Holtz:

Week Date Picks
9 10/27/18 Clemson  over  Florida State
9 10/27/18 Georgia  over  Florida
9 10/27/18 Iowa  over  Penn State
9 10/27/18 Missouri  over  Kentucky
9 10/27/18 Notre Dame  over  Navy
9 10/27/18 Purdue  over  Michigan State
9 10/27/18 Washington State  over  Stanford
9 10/27/18 Wisconsin  over  Northwestern
9 10/25/18 West Virginia  over  Baylor

Mark May:

Week Date Picks
9 10/27/18 Clemson  over  Florida State
9 10/27/18 Florida  over  Georgia
9 10/27/18 Iowa  over  Penn State
9 10/27/18 Missouri  over  Kentucky
9 10/27/18 Notre Dame  over  Navy
9 10/27/18 Purdue  over  Michigan State
9 10/27/18 Washington State  over  Stanford
9 10/27/18 Wisconsin  over  Northwestern
9 10/25/18 West Virginia  over  Baylor
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Week 8 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Welcome back everyone.  We saw great football action on Saturday and great performances from our panel of expert pickers and prognosticators last week, so let’s dive right in.

Winners this week included Andrea Adelson (6-1), Stanford Steve (4-1 ATS, he’s on fire), Chris Doering (5-1), Pat Forde (4-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-3), Lou Holtz (7-2), Paul Finebaul (7-2), Desmond Howard (11-5), Brett McMurphy (4-2 ATS), and Phil Steele (continuing to light it up at 14-7 ATS, 13-2 straight up).  However, this week’s undisputed winner is none other than our own @GamedayJen who showed up with a huge performance on Saturday going 15-1 on her picks!  Pretty impressive stuff compared to all these people who get paid to pick games for a living.

Losers this week include Pete Thamel (2-4 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS), Rufus Peabody (2-3 ATS), Danny Kanell (3-4 ATS), your boy SVP (4-5 ATS), and Bruce Feldman (5-6 ATS).  Nobody had an actual losing week picking straight up, but a notable performance was Mark May (5-4).

Coach Corso got back on track with the headgear pick going with Washington State over Oregon, and put up an impressive 13-2 week on the regular picks.  Chris Fallica went 4-4 against the spread this week, but Bear’s Bank was 3-0 this week!  Special guest celebrity Drew Bledsoe went 11-3 on the week, proving that he does indeed know more about football than the Chainsmokers.

Everyone else finished somewhere in the middle, so check out the full grades below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0 0
David.Pollack 100% 3 0 0
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 1 0 0
Mack.Brown 100% 1 0 0
Steve.Coughlin 100% 5 0 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0 0
Tim.Cowlishaw 100% 2 0 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100% 4 0 0
Pat.Forde 100% 4 0 0
Brian.Jones 100% 3 0 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 3 0 0
Mel.Kiper.Jr 100% 1 0 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0 0
Chris.Low 100% 4 0 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 4 0 0
Les.Miles 100% 4 0 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 2 0 0
Houston.Nutt 100% 1 0 0
Adam.Rittenberg 100% 4 0 0
Robert.Smith 100% 1 0 0
Marcus.Spears 100% 4 0 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 4 0 0
Scott.Van.Pelt 100% 1 0 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 1 0 0
Jennifer 93.75% 15 1 0
Lee.Corso 86.67% 13 2 0
Phil.Steele 86.67% 13 2 0
Andrea.Adelson 85.71% 6 1 0
Chris.Fallica 83.33% 5 1 0
Chris.Doering 83.33% 5 1 0
Kirk.Herbstreit 78.57% 11 3 0
Celebrity.Guest 78.57% 11 3 0
Lou.Holtz 77.78% 7 2 0
Joey.Galloway 75% 3 1 0
Joel.Klatt 75% 3 1 0
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1 0
Ryan.McGee 75% 3 1 0
Jesse.Palmer 75% 3 1 0
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1 0
Paul.Finebaum 71.43% 5 2 0
Desmond.Howard 68.75% 11 5 0
Bruce.Feldman 63.64% 7 4 0
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4 0

ATS grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 66.67% 4 2 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 66.67% 14 7 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 50% 4 4 0
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS.Grade 50% 2 2 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 45.45% 5 6 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 44.44% 4 5 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade 33.33% 2 4 0
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