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Week 2 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone.  It was a great weekend of college football with some great predictions, great results, and some not so great results.  Let’s dive right in.

Winners this week include Paul Finebaum (5-1), Andrea Adelson (13-4), Heather Dinich (4-0), and Mark Schlabach (4-0).  However, we are going to officially crown dual winners this week.  Stanford Steve and Pat Forde both went 5-1 ATS, with Stanford Steve going 6-0 straight up and Pat Forde going 5-0 straight up.  Congratulations to both.

Losers this week include Mark May (4-5), Phil Steele (5-5 straight up, 4-5 ATS), Desmond Howard (7-6), and Lou Holtz (5-4).  However, this week’s undisputed loser was your boy SVP who bombed it with a 1-6 record ATS on his WINNERS segment this week.  Tough break this weekend, but he will dig himself out by season end.

Coach Corso had a tough week going 7-5 on the week, but enjoyed a headgear pick with Clemson edging out the Aggies Saturday night.  Special guest picker Owen Gray went 6-5 on the week.  @GamedayJen went 8-6 on the week.  So lots of experts ended up above .500 but it was a tough slate to pick this week.  Everyone else is somewhere in the middle so check out the full slate below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Steve.Coughlin 100% 6 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0
Brad.Edwards 100% 1 0
Pat.Forde 100% 5 0
Trevor.Matich 100% 1 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 2 0
Mark.Schlabach 100% 4 0
Paul.Finebaum 83.33% 5 1
Chris.Doering 80% 4 1
Joel.Klatt 80% 4 1
Andrea.Adelson 76.47% 13 4
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1
Les.Miles 75% 3 1
Chris.Fallica 66.67% 4 2
Rece.Davis 66.67% 2 1
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.67% 2 1
Bruce.Feldman 66.67% 8 4
Marcus.Spears 66.67% 2 1
Tim.Tebow 66.67% 2 1
Lee.Corso 58.33% 7 5
Kirk.Herbstreit 58.33% 7 5
Jennifer 57.14% 8 6
Lou.Holtz 55.56% 5 4
Celebrity.Guest 54.55% 6 5
Desmond.Howard 53.85% 7 6
David.Pollack 50% 2 2
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Phil.Steele 50% 5 5
Mark.May 44.44% 4 5
Danny.Kanell 0% 0 1

ATS Results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 0.83% 5 1 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 0.83% 5 1 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 0.80% 4 1 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 0.67% 4 2 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 0.67% 8 4 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 0.60% 3 2 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 0.60% 3 2 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 0.44% 4 5 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 0.40% 2 3 0
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS.Grade 0.33% 1 2 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 0.33% 1 2 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 0.14% 1 6 0
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Week 2 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Here’s the official Saturday morning picks.  Check back often for the latest updates as we get on into the official Bear’s Bank picks, celebrity guests, SEC Nation, and Corso’s headgear pick!

Corso’s Headgear pick: Clemson over Texas A&M

Lee Corso:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Arizona  over  Houston
2018 9/8/18 BYU  over  California
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Nebraska  over  Colorado
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Iowa  over  Iowa State
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky
2018 9/8/18 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
2018 9/8/18 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
2018 9/8/18 Stanford  over  Southern California
2018 9/8/18 Oklahoma  over  UCLA

Kirk Herbstreit:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Arizona  over  Houston
2018 9/8/18 California  over  BYU
2018 9/8/18 Nebraska  over  Colorado
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Iowa  over  Iowa State
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky
2018 9/8/18 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
2018 9/8/18 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
2018 9/8/18 Hawaii  over  Rice
2018 9/8/18 Southern California  over  Stanford
2018 9/8/18 Oklahoma  over  UCLA

Desmond Howard:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Arizona  over  Houston
2018 9/8/18 BYU  over  California
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Colorado  over  Nebraska
2018 9/8/18 South Carolina  over  Georgia
2018 9/8/18 Iowa  over  Iowa State
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky
2018 9/8/18 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
2018 9/8/18 Pittsburgh  over  Penn State
2018 9/8/18 Hawaii  over  Rice
2018 9/8/18 Stanford  over  Southern California
2018 9/8/18 Oklahoma  over  UCLA

Special Guest Owen Gray:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Houston  over  Arizona
2018 9/8/18 BYU  over  California
2018 9/8/18 Texas A&M  over  Clemson
2018 9/8/18 Nebraska  over  Colorado
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Iowa State  over  Iowa
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky
2018 9/8/18 Arizona State  over  Michigan State
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
2018 9/8/18 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
2018 9/8/18 Stanford  over  Southern California

@GamedayJen:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Arizona  over  Houston
2018 9/8/18 BYU  over  California
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Nebraska  over  Colorado
2018 9/8/18 Boise State  over  Connecticut
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Iowa  over  Iowa State
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky
2018 9/8/18 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
2018 9/8/18 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
2018 9/8/18 Hawaii  over  Rice
2018 9/8/18 Southern California  over  Stanford
2018 9/8/18 Oklahoma  over  UCLA

David Pollack:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Iowa State  over  Iowa
2018 9/8/18 Pittsburgh  over  Penn State
2018 9/8/18 Hawaii  over  Rice

Bear’s Bank:

Year Date Pick
2018 9/8/18 Arkansas State+37 vs Alabama
2018 9/8/18 Duke+3 vs Northwestern
2018 9/8/18 Kansas+4 vs Central Michigan

Paul Finebaum:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky

Tim Tebow:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky

Marcus Spears:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 South Carolina  over  Georgia
2018 9/8/18 Kentucky  over  Florida

Chris Doering:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Florida  over  Kentucky
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
2018 9/8/18 Vanderbilt  over  Nevada

Danny Kanell:

Date Pick
9/8/18 Arizona+4 vs Houston
9/8/18 Texas A&M+12 vs Clemson
9/8/18 Michigan State-4 vs Arizona State
9/8/18 Penn State vs Pittsburgh over 53.5
9/8/18 Southern California+6 vs Stanford

Joel Klatt:

Year Date Picks
2018 9/8/18 Clemson  over  Texas A&M
2018 9/8/18 Colorado  over  Nebraska
2018 9/8/18 Northwestern  over  Duke
2018 9/8/18 Georgia  over  South Carolina
2018 9/8/18 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State

Dari Nowkhah:

Date Pick
9/8/18 Texas A&M+12 vs Clemson
9/8/18 South Carolina+10 vs Georgia
9/8/18 Oklahoma-30 vs UCLA

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Pick
9/8/18 Fresno State+1 vs Minnesota
9/8/18 Florida-13 vs Kentucky
9/8/18 Louisiana-Monroe+6 vs Southern Miss
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Week 1 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone for the week 1 results.  Starting today this is where you are going to notice some big differences from last year.  You’ll have to reference the weekly pick posts if you want to see the picks themselves, because this is the new grading format.  Thanks to Chuck the Stat Guy we are running automated grading on our experts to bring you faster results and total accuracy.  We’re working on the grades against the spread but I’ve added the manual tallies below.  Now let’s get to the results.

Big winners this week include Paul Finebaum, Chris Fallica, and Andrea Adelson.  However our undisputed co-champions this week are Dr. Lou Holtz and special celebrity guest Luke Bryan.  If you had Lou Holtz and Luke Bryan splitting a weekly title at some point this year in your pool let me know so I can tell you how to collect your prize.  I’m actually very pleased with Lou Holtz because he came out of retirement and won the first week straight out of the gate.  Congratulations to both.

Losers this week include Desmond Howard, Danny Kanell and Mark May.  However our undisputed loss this week gets credited to Kirk Herbstreit with a disastrous 2-9 record this week.  Its ok Kirk, we’ve got a long season ahead of us.

Coach Corso got off to a good start with a win on his first headgear selection this week (Notre Dame).  As mentioned, special celebrity guest Luke Bryan went 9-3 on the week, and this trend needs to stop before it ever gets off to a start.  The man with no ties to Notre Dame or Michigan was invited onto College Gameday for no other reason than the fact that he was playing a concert in town Saturday night.  If ESPN is telling me they couldn’t get a single notable alumni of Michigan or Notre Dame to pick this thing then they must really think I’m a fool.  I digress…

ATS grades: Dusty Dvoracek (3-2), Chris Fallica (2-3), Pat Forde (1-4), Bruce Feldman (3-8), Danny Kanell (1-2), Scott Spreitzer (0-3), Phil Steele (6-3), Scott Van Pelt’s WINNERS (2-3).  The newly rebranded Bear’s Board went 1-2 on the week.

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

person.name percent.correct n.correct n.wrong n.games.predicted
Tim.Cowlishaw 100% 1 0 1
Chris.Doering 100% 4 0 4
Paul.Finebaum 100% 5 0 5
Trevor.Matich 100% 3 0 3
Marcus.Spears 100% 4 0 4
Celebrity.Guest 75% 9 3 12
Dusty.Dvoracek 75% 3 1 4
Lou.Holtz 75% 9 3 12
Tim.Tebow 75% 3 1 4
Chris.Fallica 71.43% 5 2 7
Andrea.Adelson 69.23% 9 4 13
Steve.Coughlin 66.67% 4 2 6
Joey.Galloway 66.67% 2 1 3
Phil.Steele 66.67% 8 4 12
Jennifer 60% 9 6 15
Dari.Nowkhah 60% 3 2 5
Lee.Corso 53.85% 7 6 13
David.Pollack 50% 2 2 4
Mack.Brown 50% 1 1 2
Bruce.Feldman 50% 6 6 12
Jesse.Palmer 50% 1 1 2
Jonathan.Vilma 50% 1 1 2
Mark.May 45.45% 5 6 11
Danny.Kanell 40% 2 3 5
Colin.Cowherd 33.33% 1 2 3
Desmond.Howard 30.77% 4 9 13
Kirk.Herbstreit 18.18% 2 9 11
Skip.Bayless 0% 0 1 1
Pat.Forde 0% 0 4 4
Joel.Klatt 0% 0 1 1
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