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Week 2 2019: #CFB Picks w/ Barstool Sports!

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Here’s the week 2 picks from the Barstool Sports crew.

Dave Portnoy:

Date Pick
9/6/19 Boise State  -12 vs Marshall
9/6/19 Boise State vs Marshall Over 56.5
9/6/19 Arizona State  -36 vs Sacramento State
9/7/19 Arkansas + 6.5 vs Ole Miss
9/7/19 Florida Atlantic vs UCF Over 68
9/7/19 Kentucky  -14.5 vs Eastern Michigan
9/7/19 Connecticut vs Illinois Over 59.5
9/7/19 Texas + 6.5 vs LSU
9/7/19 Texas vs LSU Over 55
9/7/19 North Carolina + 5 vs Miami (FL)
9/7/19 Colorado + 3.5 vs Nebraska
9/7/19 Virginia Tech  -28 vs Old Dominion
9/7/19 Iowa  -20 vs Rutgers
9/7/19 Georgia Tech  -6 vs South Florida
9/7/19 Syracuse + 2 vs Maryland
9/7/19 Texas A&M + 17.5 vs Clemson
9/6/19 Rice + 18.5 vs Wake Forest
9/7/19 Michigan State  -17 vs Western Michigan

Dan Katz:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Army + 22.5 vs Michigan
9/7/19 Eastern Michigan + 14.5 vs Kentucky
9/7/19 Illinois  -20 vs Connecticut
9/7/19 Texas + 6.5 vs LSU
9/7/19 Miami (FL)  -5 vs North Carolina
9/7/19 Oregon  -24 vs Nevada
9/7/19 Ohio + 6 vs Pittsburgh
9/7/19 Hawaii vs Oregon State Over 78.5
9/7/19 San Diego State + 7.5 vs UCLA
9/7/19 Stanford + 1 vs Southern Cal
9/7/19 Tulane + 18 vs Auburn
9/7/19 Vanderbilt + 7 vs Purdue
9/6/19 Rice vs Wake Forest Over 55.5
9/7/19 Michigan State vs Western Michigan Under 46.5

Rico Bosco:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Kansas State  -23 vs Bowling Green
9/7/19 UCF  -10 vs Florida Atlantic
9/7/19 Baylor  -26.5 vs UTSA
9/7/19 Baylor vs UTSA Over 56.5
9/7/19 Western Michigan + 16 vs Michigan State
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Week 1 2019: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in (corrected)

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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
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Week 1 2019: ATS picks from Barstool Sports!

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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
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