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Week 12: Saturday morning

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Well well well.  What a game last night.  Not many experts put in a pick for a Friday night game, otherwise they’d ALL have lost Oklahoma State.  Here’s the picks for Saturday morning.  I’ll be updating this post as the picks roll in, and tweeting them live as well @gamedaycole

Lou Holtz:
Penn St over Ohio St
Houston over SMU

Mark May:
Ohio St over Penn St
Houston over SMU

Skip Bayless:
Oregon over USC
OU over Baylor
Michigan over Nebraska
Ohio St over Penn St
KState over Texas
FSU over Virginia
Stanford over Cal
Boise St over SDSU
Houston over SMU
Vanderbilt over Tennessee

David Pollack:
Ohio St over Penn St

Brock Huard:
Okla St over Iowa St

Kirk Herbstreit:
Ohio St over Penn St
Clemson over NC St
Michigan over Nebraska
Wisconsin over Illinois
Washington over Oregon St
Miami over USF
Vanderbilt over Tennessee
KState over Texas
OU over Baylor
Houston over SMU

Lee Corso:
Ohio ST over Penn St
Clemson over NC St
FSU over Virginia
Oregon over USC
OU over Baylor
Texas over KState
Nebraska over Michigan
Wisconsin over Illinois
Ohio St over Penn St
Washington over Oregon St
Miami over USF
Vanderbilt over Tennessee
Houston over SMU (Headgear pick, and as he put it on Gameday “Fuck it!”)

Carl Lewis:
Nebraska over Michigan
Wisconsin over Illinois
Ohio St over Penn St
Clemson over NC St
Oregon St over Washington
Miami over USF
Vanderbilt over Tennessee
KState over Texas
OU over BAylor
Houston over SMU

Jennifer’s Picks:
Okla St over Iowa St
Clemson over NC St
Boise St over SDSU
Oregon over USC
Stanford over Cal
Nebraska over Michigan
Wisconsin over Illinois
Ohio St over Penn St
Washington over Oregon St
Miami over USF
Vanderbilt over Tennessee
KState over Texas (Upset special)
OU over Baylor
Houston over SMU

Lee Corso picks Houston
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Week 11: Results

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Here’s the results from Week 11 of our 2011 season.  Winners this week were Mike Bellotti going 6-0 and Kirk Herbstreit going 9-3.  This week Mike Bellotti becomes our only expert with more than 5 picks to break 80% (and he has 35 picks!).  Desmond Howard will have to be this week’s loss at 3-3, but nobody had too bad of a week.  Mostly all of our experts had mediocre records from all picking Stanford and Boise St.

After much deliberation I have made a decision: Oklahoma State waxed that ass against Texas Tech, narrowly beating out Houston’s win over Tulane for the Ass-Waxing of the week.  Congratulations Okie St.

My girlfriend Jennifer finally hit an upset special this week, so its been a very exciting week for her, and she continues to hold her own against the best of the best (she’s right ahead of Colin Cowherd on the season).  Also, I’ve revamped the rankings page to be my Hall of Champions.  I’ve removed the guest rankings because nobody really needs to know where Big Boi from Outkast ranks (and if you must know, he’s on the guest page).  Enjoy your week!

Tom Luginbill: 4-1
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon
RIGHT   Mich St over Iowa
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT   S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT   Nebraska over Penn St

Danny Kanell: 5-2
RIGHT   Arkansas over Tennessee
RIGHT   Baylor over Kansas
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
WRONG   Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas Tech
RIGHT   VaTech over GaTech

Mike Bellotti: 6-0
RIGHT   Oregon over Stanford
RIGHT   Arkansas over Tennessee
RIGHT   Clemson over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT   Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas Tech

Jason Sehorn: 2-1
WRONG   Florida over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Clemson over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn

Joey Galloway: 1-0
RIGHT   Nebraska over PennSt

Jesse Palmer: 2-2
WRONG   TAMU over KState
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon
RIGHT   Wisc over Minnesota
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn

David Pollack: 6-4
RIGHT   KState over TAMU
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT   Oregon over Stanford
RIGHT   Clemson over Wake Forest
WRONG   Cinci over WVU
WRONG   Boise St over TCU
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
WRONG   Penn St over Nebraska
WRONG   Miami over FSU
RIGHT   Arkansas over Tennessee

Robert Smith: 3-2
WRONG   Boise St over TCU
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT   Nebraska over Penn St
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon

Brock Huard: 1-0
RIGHT   Ok St over Texas Tech

Colin Cowherd: 6-5
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Nebraska over Penn St
RIGHT   S.Carolina over Florida
WRONG   Texas over Mizzou
WRONG   Boise St over TCU
RIGHT   KState over TAMU
WRONG   Auburn over Georgia
WRONG   Illinois over Michigan
RIGHT   USC over Washington
RIGHT   ND over Maryland
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon

Lou Holtz: 3-2
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon
WRONG   Boise St over TCU
RIGHT   S.Carolina over Florida
RIGHT   USF over Syracuse
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn

Mark May: 4-1
RIGHT   Oregon over Stanford
RIGHT   TCU over Boise St
WRONG   Florida over S.Carolina
RIGHT   USF over Syracuse
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn

Howie Schwab: 1-0
RIGHT   Oregon over Stanford

Skip Bayless: 0-2
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon
WRONG   Penn St over Nebraska

Desmond Howard: 3-3
WRONG   Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
WRONG   Cinci over WVU
RIGHT   FSU over Miami
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech

Lee Corso: 7-5
RIGHT   FSU over Miami
WRONG   Florida over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Nebraska over Penn St
WRONG   Cinci voer WVU
WRONG   Texas over Mizzou
RIGHT   KState over TAMU
RIGHT   Michigan over Illinois
WRONG   Iowa over Michigan St
RIGHT   Utah over UCLA
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon (Headgear pick 8-3 overall)

Kirk Herbstreit: 9-3
RIGHT   FSU over Miami
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT   Arkansas over Tennessee
RIGHT   Bama over Miss St
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
WRONG   Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT   WVU over Cinci
WRONG   Texas over Mizzou
RIGHT   KState over TAMU
RIGHT   Michigan over Illinois
WRONG   Iowa over Michigan St
RIGHT   Utah over UCLA

Jim Plunkett: 7-3
RIGHT   WVU over Cinci
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
WRONG   Texas over Mizzou
RIGHT   KState over TAMU
RIGHT   Michigan over Illinois
RIGHT   Michigan St over Iowa
WRONG   Miami over FSU
RIGHT   Utah over UCLA
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
WRONG   Stanford over Oregon

Jennifer's Picks: 12-3
WRONG   Boise St over TCU
RIGHT   Oregon over Stanford (upset special, 1-4 overall)
RIGHT   Alabama over Miss St
RIGHT   S.Carolina over Florida
WRONG   Penn St over Nebraska
RIGHT   WVU over Cinci
RIGHT   Okla St over Texas Tech
WRONG   Texas over Mizzou
RIGHT   KSTate over TAMU
RIGHT   Michigan over Illinois
RIGHT   Michigan St over Iowa
RIGHT   FSU over Miami
RIGHT   Utah over UCLA
RIGHT   Georgia over Auburn
RIGHT   Clemson over Wake Forest
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Week 10: Results (Bama vs. LSU edition)

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Here’s the results from Week 10 of 2011.  Its lengthier than usual because EVERYONE wanted their pick on the record this week for Bama/LSU, and most of them were wrong.  This week’s champion is undisputed: Desmond Howard.  He went 10-0, so there’s not much discussion.  David Pollack went 7-1 and Lee Corso went 9-2 so those were our runners-up.  This week’s big loser is probably Lou Holtz going 3-2 or Skip Bayless going 6-4 even though those are still winning records.  Lots of our experts picked Bama over LSU as their only pick of the week but nobody ever wins or loses by one game in my made up rankings.

Week 10:

Jesse Palmer: 4-0
RIGHT   LSU over Bama
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
RIGHT   Stanford over Oreg St
RIGHT   Wisc over Purdue

David Pollack: 7-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU
RIGHT   Georgia over NMSt
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
RIGHT   Boise St over UNLV
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Okla St over KState
RIGHT   OU over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Florida over Vanderbilt

Robert Smith: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Tom Luginbill: 6-2
RIGHT   Mich St over Minn
RIGHT   Georgia over NMSt
RIGHT   Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
WRONG   Nebraska over NW
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
RIGHT   OU over TAMU
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Danny Kanell: 4-1
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Oregon over Washington
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
RIGHT   OU over TAMU
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Jason Sehorn: 1-0
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina

Brock Huard: 1-0
RIGHT   Ok St over KState

Pat Forde: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Woody Paige: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

JA Adande: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Trevor Matich: 0-1
RIGHT   Bama over LSU

Mark Schlabach: 1-1
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Charlie Arbuckle: 1-0
RIGHT   LSU over Bama

Dan Hawkins: 1-0
RIGHT   LSU over Bama

Matt Millen: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Colin Cowherd: 5-3
WRONG   Bama over LSU
WRONG   Michigan over Iowa
RIGHT   Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT   OU over TAMU
WRONG   Nebraska over NW
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   OkSt over KState
RIGHT   Oregon over Washington

Ryen Russillo: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Scott Van Pelt: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Howie Schwab: 3-0
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Iowa over Michigan
RIGHT   Baylor over Mizzou

Todd Mcshay: 1-0
RIGHT   LSU over Bama

Mel Kiper Jr. 0-1
RIGHT   Bama over LSU

Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT   USC over Colorado

Skip Bayless: 6-4
RIGHT   LSU over Bama
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   OU over TAMU
RIGHT   Oregon over Washington
WRONG   Nebraska over Northwestern
WRONG   Michigan over Iowa
WRONG   Ariz St over UCLA
RIGHT   Texas over Texas Tech
WRONG   UTEP over Rice

Bill Plaschke: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Kevin Blackistone: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Bob Ryan: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Lou Holtz: 3-2
WRONG   S.Carolina over Arkansas
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
RIGHT   LSU over Bama
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
WRONG   Texas Tech over Texas

Mark May: 4-1
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
WRONG   Bama over LSU
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
RIGHT   Texas over Texas Tech

Desmond Howard: 10-0
RIGHT   FSU over BC
RIGHT   USC over Colorado
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
RIGHT   Okla St over KState
RIGHT   OU over Texas Tech
RIGHT   Florida over Vanderbilt
RIGHT   Oregon over Washington
RIGHT   Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT   LSU over Bama

Brian Wilson: 4-5
WRONG   Michigan over Iowa
RIGHT   Notre Dame over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Baylor over Mizzou
WRONG   Arizona St over UCLA
WRONG   Pitt over Cinci
RIGHT   UConn over Syracuse
WRONG   Vanderbilt over Florida
WRONG   S.Carolina over Arkansas
RIGHT   LSU over Bama

Kirk Herbstreit: 9-4
RIGHT   FSU over BC
RIGHT   USC over Colorado
RIGHT   Oregon over Washington
RIGHT   Stanford over Oregon St
WRONG   Vanderbilt over Florida
RIGHT   Iowa over Michigan
RIGHT   Notre Dame over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Baylor over Mizzou
WRONG   Ariz St over UCLA
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
WRONG   Syracuse over UConn
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Lee Corso: 9-2
RIGHT   Oregon over Washington
RIGHT   Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT   Florida over Vanderbilt
RIGHT   Iowa over Michigan
RIGHT   ND over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Baylor over Mizzou
WRONG   Arizona St over UCLA
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
WRONG   Syracuse over UConn
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
RIGHT   LSU over Bama

Urban Meyer: 0-1
WRONG   Bama over LSU

Jennifer's Picks: 8-5
WRONG   Michigan over Iowa
WRONG   Syracuse over UConn
WRONG   Vanderbilt over Florida (upset special 0-4)
RIGHT   Cinci over Pitt
RIGHT   Baylor over Mizzou
RIGHT   Arkansas over S.Carolina
WRONG   Ariz St over UCLA
RIGHT   ND over Wake Forest
RIGHT   Stanford over Oregon St
RIGHT   Boise St over UNLV
RIGHT   OU over TAMU
RIGHT   Ok St over KState
WRONG   Bama over LSU
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