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Week 1 2012: SATURDAY MORNING IS HERE!

Posted on September 1, 2012 by gamedaycole

Things are officially up and running here at our compound this morning. We’ve got the energy drinks cracked, the dual TVs running with Notre Dame/Navy on the bottom screen and College Gameday on the main screen. As the picks roll in we will be updating things live in this post, so check back often for updates to THIS post. If you’re anything like me, you tossed and turned all night like a little kid on the night before Christmas; so incredibly excited to see what Santa Corso will bring us this year! While we wait for the picks to come in this morning, please enjoy the following video which is an accurate representation of how my morning has gone so far.

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Week 1 Picks – Saturday Morning: BREAKING NEWS! NOTED MICHIGAN HOMER DESMOND HOWARD PICKS MICHIGAN, NOW EXPERTS ONLY FAVOR BAMA 17 TO 1!!!

Robert Smith:
Bama over Michigan

Desmond Howard:
Miami over BC
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
Colorado over CSU
VaTech over GaTech
Michigan over Bama

David Pollack:
BC over Miami
Penn St over Ohio
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
CSU over Colorado
VaTech over GaTech

Lee Corso:
Auburn over Clemson
VaTech over GaTech
BC over Miami
NIU over Iowa
Syracuse over NW
Bama over Michigan

Kirk Herbstreit:
Clemson over Auburn
VaTech over GaTech
BC over Miami
Iowa over NIU
NW over Syracuse

Celebrity Guest Jerry Jones:
VaTech over GaTech
Miami over BC
Iowa over NIU
Penn St over Ohio
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
Bama over Michigan

Jennifer’s Picks:
VaTech over GaTech
BC over Miami
Iowa over NIU
Penn St over Ohio
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
Bama over Michigan

Pat Forde:

Duke over FIU
FSU over Murray St
BC over Miami
NW over Syracuse
WVU over Marshall
CSU over Colorado
KState over Missouri St
Nebraska over S.Miss
Okla St over Savannah St
Ohio St over Miami (OH)
Ohio over Penn St
Wisconsin over Northern Iowa
Iowa over NIU
Arizona over Toledo
Cal over Nevada
Oregon over Arkansas St
USC over Hawaii
Washington over SDSU
Florida over BGSU
Georgia over Buffalo
Arkansas over Jax St
Clemson over Auburn
LSU over UNT
Texas over Wyoming
OU over UTEP
ND over Navy
Baylor over SMU
Lville over Kentucky
GaTech over VaTech

Week 1 2012: Early picks

Posted on August 28, 2012 by gamedaycole

The week 1 picks are slowly trickling in folks. The Gameday preseason predictions brought us some Penn St predictions from the Gameday crew. College Football Daily has brought us a good bit from Dari Nowkhah (who it appears will be joining us full time this season on my blog), Coach Mike Bellotti, and Tom Luginbill. In addition, today on the Herd, Colin Cowherd broke down Bama/Michigan with Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo. The trends so far seem to be a lot of love for Bama, none for Michigan, and everyone piling on NC St to beat the favored Tennessee Vols. We’ll be back soon with more as they keep rolling in.

Dari Nowkhah:
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee
Mich St over Boise St
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Jason Sehorn:
Bama over Michigan

Mike Bellotti:
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee

Tom Luginbill:
NC St over Tennessee
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over Michigan

Scott Van Pelt:
Bama over Michigan

Ryen Russillo:
Bama over Michigan

Pat Forde:
Bama over Michigan
Wash St over BYU

David Pollack:
Bama over Michigan

Desmond Howard:
Penn St over Ohio

Kirk Herbstreit:
Penn St over Ohio

Lee Corso:
Penn St over Ohio

2012 Gameday Preseason predictions

Posted on August 25, 2012 by gamedaycole

This morning is a great day every year for the Gameday blog; the day we get the College Gameday preseason predictions. This is the day that our Gameday crew likes to throw out bold predictions which usually look ludicrous at the end of the year. Example: see here (I’m looking in your direction Skip Bayless for that Notre Dame undefeated prediction). So this year, we are of course back with more preseason predictions, but as always the preseason predictions do not count towards the official record due to how outlandish they may be when all is said and done. Here’s how things are starting out for us going into the season:

Desmond Howard:
Louisville to win Big East
FSU to win ACC
OU to win Big 12
Michigan to win Big 10 (shocking development)
USC to win Pac 12
LSU to win SEC
FSU over OU for National Championship
Denard Robinson to win the Heisman (also incredibly shocking)

Kirk Herbstreit:
Pitt to win Big East
FSU to win ACC
OU to win Big 12
Michigan St to win Big 10
USC to win Pac 12
Bama to win SEC
FSU over USC for National Championship
Matt Barkley to win the Heisman

Lee Corso:
Bama to lose 2 games
Texas to make a BCS Bowl
Ohio St to win a national championship in 3 years (he said write it down!)
Louisville to win Big East
FSU to win ACC
OU to win Big 12
Mich St to win Big 10
USC to win Pac 12
Georgia to win SEC
USC over OU for National Championship
Landry Jones to win the Heisman (same for the third year in a row)

You may have noticed something peculiar in these picks. Even though the SEC has won the last six national championships (and last year BOTH competitors were SEC teams), none of our three experts picked an SEC team to win it all. They didn’t even pick an SEC team to PLAY for the national championship. I find this to be absurd, especially with how much the voters get aroused by SEC football. Good luck with these predictions guys.

I’m also proud to say that Jennifer’s picks will be returning to the blog this year. We are very excited to see how my girlfriend stacks up against the cream of the crop as well as the rest who make vast fortunes being very mediocre at picking wins. Last year she took the rankings by storm and put up a 66.67% winning record coming in late to the game in week 7. I cannot tell you how excited she is to get a full season under her belt, and continue to make Todd Mcshay her bitch. Here is her preseason predictions, which will be HEAVILY scrutinized as the year goes on.

Jennifer’s Picks:
Pitt to win Big East
Clemson to win ACC (Dabo Swinney don’t give a crap about that)
WVU to win Big 12
Mich St to win Big 10
USC to win Pac 12
LSU to win SEC
WVU to be a sleeper for national championship
USC over LSU for national championship
Landry Jones for Heisman

Check back next Saturday. We are having an ALL DAY EXTRAVAGANZA for Week 1 and will be live blogging from 7AM Central until the clock at the Toledo-Arizona game says zero. Also, we will be monitoring our sources and posting hot picks all week from all your favorite and most hated personalities. Good luck this season.