Week 1 2019: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in (corrected)

I posted grades last night and was quickly informed they contained a number of errors.  I wrote a new grading script in the offseason and forgot to account for one teeny tiny aspect of neutral site games and it blew things apart for week 1.  I think I’ve got the script fixed and here are the corrected grades.  If you find any other errors please make sure to roast me on social media as usual.

Straight up grades:

people.to.score percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
David.Pollack 100 1 0
Gene.Chizik 100 2 0
Steve.Coughlin 100 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100 2 0
Chris.Doering 100 2 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100 2 0
Lou.Holtz 100 6 0
Houston.Nutt 100 2 0
Dan.Wetzel 100 3 0
Phil.Steele 92.31 12 1
Mark.Richt 87.5 7 1
Chris.Fallica 85.71 6 1
Paul.Finebaum 85.71 6 1
Jennifer 84.21 16 3
Pete.Thamel 83.33 5 1
Aaron.Taylor 77.78 7 2
Lee.Corso 75 12 4
Celebrity.Guest 75 9 3
Danny.Kanell 75 3 1
Eric.Mac.Lain 75 6 2
EJ.Manuel 75 6 2
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33 11 4
Pat.Forde 71.43 5 2
Desmond.Howard 70.59 12 5
Brian.Jones 66.67 6 3
Mark.May 66.67 4 2
Tim.Tebow 66.67 2 1
Stewart.Mandel 63.64 7 4
Rick.Neuheisel 62.5 5 3
Adam.Rittenberg 60 3 2
Mark.Schlabach 60 3 2
Randy.Cross 55.56 5 4
Bruce.Feldman 54.55 6 5
Corso.Headgear 50 1 1
Reggie.Bush 50 1 1
Matt.Leinart 50 1 1
Brett.McMurphy 50 1 1
Brady.Quinn 50 1 1
Andrea.Adelson 40 2 3
Heather.Dinich 40 2 3
Chris.Low 40 2 3
Ivan.Maisel 40 2 3
Marcus.Spears 33.33 1 2
Urban.Meyer 0 0 2

ATS grades:

people.to.score percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Lee.Corso.ATS 100 1 0 0
Preston.Johnson.ATS 81.82 9 2 0
Dan.Katz.ATS 81.82 9 2 0
Clay.Travis.ATS 65.79 12 6 1
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 59.09 6 4 1
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 57.14 4 3 0
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 54.55 6 5 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 50 3 3 0
Rece.Davis.ATS 50 0 0 1
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 50 2 2 1
Pete.Thamel.ATS 50 3 3 0
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 50 3 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 45.45 5 6 0
Rico.Bosco.ATS 40 2 3 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 40 2 3 0
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 39.13 9 14 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Pat.Forde.ATS 33.33 2 4 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Phil.Steele.ATS 27.27 3 8 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS 22.22 2 7 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 20 1 4 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 20 1 4 0
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 16.67 1 5 0
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 0 0 1 0
Desmond.Howard.ATS 0 0 1 0

Week 1 2019: ATS picks from Barstool Sports!

Here are the week 1 picks from Barstool Sports via their CFB Pick’em podcast.

Dave Portnoy:

Date Pick
8/29/19 Georgia Tech + 37 vs Clemson
8/29/19 Arizona State  -24.5 vs Kent State
8/29/19 Texas A&M  -33.5 vs Texas State
8/29/19 Texas A&M vs Texas State Over 56.5
8/29/19 UCLA + 3 vs Cincinnati
8/29/19 BYU + 6.5 vs Utah
8/30/19 Massachusetts + 15.5 vs Rutgers
8/30/19 Rutgers vs Massachusetts Over 55
8/30/19 Wisconsin  -13 vs South Florida
8/31/19 Alabama  -33.5 vs Duke
8/31/19 Auburn  -3.5 vs Oregon
8/31/19 Oregon vs Auburn Over 55.5
8/31/19 Boise State + 4.5 vs Florida State
8/31/19 Florida State vs Boise State Under 51.5
8/31/19 LSU  -27.5 vs Georgia Southern
8/31/19 Tennessee  -26 vs Georgia State
8/31/19 Mississippi State  -20 vs Louisiana
8/31/19 Texas  -20.5 vs Louisiana Tech
8/31/19 Michigan  -34 vs MTSU
8/31/19 Missouri  -17.5 vs Wyoming
8/31/19 Northwestern + 6.5 vs Stanford
8/31/19 Liberty + 19 vs Syracuse
9/1/19 Houston + 23.5 vs Oklahoma

Dan Katz:

Date Pick
8/29/19 Clemson + -37 vs Georgia Tech
8/29/19 Utah + -5.5 vs BYU
8/30/19 Rice + 22.5 vs Army
8/30/19 Wisconsin + -13 vs South Florida
8/31/19 Boise State + 4.5 vs Florida State
8/31/19 Ohio State vs Florida Atlantic Over 63.5
8/31/19 Fresno State + 14 vs Southern Cal
8/31/19 Virginia Tech + -4 vs Boston College
9/1/19 Houston + 23 vs Oklahoma

Rico Bosco:

Date Pick
8/29/19 Arizona State  -24.5 vs Kent State
8/31/19 Appalachian State vs East Tennessee State Over 51.5
8/31/19 Ohio State vs Florida Atlantic Over 63.5
8/31/19 Memphis vs Ole Miss Over 66.5
9/1/19 Houston + 22 vs Oklahoma

2018-19 Bowl Season: Picks are graded; results are in!

The 2018-19 college football season is in the books.  Here are the bowl grades to tie you over until we determine our yearly champion.  Obviously not everyone qualifies for our made-up bowl competition, so our panel of scientists has made the following determinations.

Our 2018-19 bowl season will award a straight-up champion and a gambling champion since it is hard to separate the two.  Our straight-up picking champion for this bowl season is actually a tie.  @GamedayJen and Mark Schlabach both went 26-15 on the bowl picks this year and topped all of our experts who picked a full slate of games.  Our ATS gambling champion is going to be Dusty Dvoracek at 9-3 ATS.  Nobody picked the full slate of games ATS, but nobody really had a good bowl season picking ATS, so he wins.

Congratulations to all of our competitors this year.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 3 0
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 1 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 1 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 2 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 2 0
Houston.Nutt 100% 2 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 80% 4 1
Jake.Trotter 75% 3 1
David.Pollack 71.43% 5 2
Mark.May 70% 7 3
Lee.Corso 66.67% 16 8
Andrea.Adelson 66.67% 2 1
Colin.Cowherd 66.67% 2 1
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 4 2
Heather.Dinich 66.67% 2 1
Mike.Greenberg 66.67% 2 1
Lou.Holtz 66.67% 6 3
Chris.Low 66.67% 2 1
Ivan.Maisel 66.67% 2 1
Ryan.McGee 66.67% 2 1
Marcus.Spears 66.67% 6 3
Tim.Tebow 66.67% 4 2
Randy.Cross 63.64% 7 4
Aaron.Taylor 63.64% 7 4
Jennifer 63.41% 26 15
Mark.Schlabach 63.41% 26 15
Paul.Finebaum 62.50% 5 3
Pete.Thamel 60% 21 14
Emmanuel.Acho 58.82% 10 7
Greg.McElroy 58.54% 24 17
Jonathan.Vilma 58.33% 7 5
Phil.Steele 57.50% 23 17
Joel.Klatt 57.14% 4 3
Rick.Neuheisel 57.14% 4 3
Stewart.Mandel 55% 22 18
Adam.Rittenberg 53.66% 22 19
Kirk.Herbstreit 52.38% 11 10
Pat.Forde 51.22% 21 20
Desmond.Howard 50% 12 12
Skip.Bayless 50% 1 1
Steve.Coughlin 50% 6 6
Chris.Fallica 50% 8 8
Bruce.Feldman 50% 20 20
Joey.Galloway 50% 2 2
Tom.Luginbill 50% 1 1
Booger.McFarland 50% 1 1
Todd.McShay 50% 1 1
Dari.Nowkhah 50% 1 1
Jesse.Palmer 50% 2 2
Robert.Smith 50% 1 1
Dave.Wannstedt 50% 1 1
Celebrity.Guest 47.37% 9 10
Andy.Staples 46.34% 19 22
Brian.Jones 45.45% 5 6
Jim.Mora.Jr 42.86% 3 4
Trevor.Matich 40% 2 3
Dan.Orlovsky 29.41% 5 12
Jordan.Rodgers 25% 1 3
Gene.Chizik 0% 0 1
Chris.Doering 0% 0 1
Mike.Golic 0% 0 1
Chip.Kelly 0% 0 1
Stephen.A.Smith 0% 0 1
Dan.Wetzel 0% 0 1
Trey.Wingo 0% 0 1

ATS grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
danny.kanell.ats 100% 3 0 0
dari.nowkhah.ats 100% 1 0 0
dusty.dvoracek.ats 75% 9 3 0
dave.portnoy.ats 72.22% 13 5 0
adam.kramer.ats 71.43% 5 2 0
dan.katz.ats 64.71% 11 6 0
steve.coughlin.ats 61.54% 8 5 0
jake.trotter.ats 60% 3 2 0
todd.fuhrman.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
rufus.peabody.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
chris.fallica.ats 52.63% 10 9 0
colin.cowherd.ats 50% 1 1 0
will.harris.ats 50% 1 1 0
doug.kezirian.ats 50% 4 4 0
scott.spreitzer.ats 50% 7 7 0
phil.steele.ats 50% 11 11 0
pete.thamel.ats 46.15% 18 21 0
jeff.ma.ats 42.86% 3 4 0
rico.bosco.ats 40% 6 9 0
pat.forde.ats 30.77% 12 27 0
tim.cowlishaw.ats 30% 3 7 0
scott.van.pelt.ats 0% 0 2 0