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Week 1 2022: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Board, celebrity guests, Super Dogs and more!

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Corso’s headgear: Ohio State over Notre Dame

Bear’s Board:
NC State-12 vs East Carolina
UTSA+4 vs Houston
Washington-22.5 vs Kent State

Super Dog picks:
Rece Davis: Arizona+6.5 vs San Diego State
David Pollack: UTSA+4 vs Houston
Desmond Howard: USF+11.5 vs BYU
Kirk Herbstreit: East Carolina+12 vs NC State
Lee Corso: Syracuse+4.5 vs Louisville

Lee Corso:

Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
Florida State  over  LSU
Oregon State  over  Boise State
Syracuse  over  Louisville
Ohio State  over  Notre Dame
Utah  over  Florida
Arkansas  over  Cincinnati
Georgia  over  Oregon
Houston  over  UTSA
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Penn State  over  Purdue
Pittsburgh  over  West Virginia

Kirk Herbstreit:

Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
LSU  over  Florida State
Oregon State  over  Boise State
Louisville  over  Syracuse
Army  over  Coastal Carolina
Florida  over  Utah
Liberty  over  Southern Miss
Cincinnati  over  Arkansas
Georgia  over  Oregon
Houston  over  UTSA
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Boston College  over  Rutgers
Penn State  over  Purdue
Pittsburgh  over  West Virginia

Desmond Howard:

Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
Florida State  over  LSU
Oregon State  over  Boise State
Louisville  over  Syracuse
Ohio State  over  Notre Dame
Coastal Carolina  over  Army
Utah  over  Florida
Liberty  over  Southern Miss
Arkansas  over  Cincinnati
Georgia  over  Oregon
Houston  over  UTSA
Appalachian State  over  North Carolina
Boston College  over  Rutgers
Penn State  over  Purdue
Pittsburgh  over  West Virginia

Celebrity guest Jack Harlow:

Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
LSU  over  Florida State
Oregon State  over  Boise State
Louisville  over  Syracuse
Ohio State  over  Notre Dame
Florida  over  Utah
Cincinnati  over  Arkansas
Georgia  over  Oregon
Houston  over  UTSA
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State

@GamedayJen:

Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
LSU  over  Florida State
Boise State  over  Oregon State
Louisville  over  Syracuse
Ohio State  over  Notre Dame
Utah  over  Florida
Cincinnati  over  Arkansas
Georgia  over  Oregon
UTSA  over  Houston
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Penn State  over  Purdue
West Virginia  over  Pittsburgh

David Pollack:

Louisville  over  Syracuse
Ohio State  over  Notre Dame
Coastal Carolina  over  Army
Liberty  over  Southern Miss
UTSA  over  Houston
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Boston College  over  Rutgers
Penn State  over  Purdue
Pittsburgh  over  West Virginia
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Week 0 2022: Saturday morning College Gameday picks!

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Lee Corso:
Caleb Williams to win the Heisman
Clemson to win ACC
Ohio State to win Big 10
Texas to win Big 12
Utah to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
Final Four: Alabama, Utah, Georgia, Ohio State
Ohio State to win national championship

Kirk Herbstreit:
Will Anderson to win the Heisman
Clemson to win ACC
Ohio State to win Big 10
Baylor to win the Big 12
Utah to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
Final Four: Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama, Baylor
Ohio State to win national championship

Vanderbilt  over  Hawaii
UTEP  over  North Texas
Illinois  over  Wyoming
Nebraska  over  Northwestern

Desmond Howard:
Pitt to win ACC
Michigan to win Big 10
Baylor to win the Big 12
Utah to win Pac 12
Texas A&M to win SEC
Final Four: Texas A&M, Pitt, Baylor, Michigan
Texas A&M to win national championship

Vanderbilt  over  Hawaii
North Texas  over  UTEP
Illinois  over  Wyoming
Nebraska  over  Northwestern

David Pollack:
Clemson to win ACC
Ohio State to win Big 10
Oklahoma to win the Big 12
Utah to win Pac 12
Alabama to win SEC
Final Four: Ohio State, Utah, Alabama, Clemson
Alabama to win championship

Vanderbilt  over  Hawaii
UTEP  over  North Texas
Illinois  over  Wyoming
Nebraska  over  Northwestern
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2021-22 Season: Full season grades are finalized! Results are in!

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The 2021-22 season is in the books and the picks have been graded. It is now time to crown our yearly champions.  We will be crowning two champions again this year; one champion being analysts picking games straight up and the other champion being our gambling champion. Our analyst champion will be graded on our experimental GDC grading system for the first time ever.

Without further adieu, I present to you our analyst champion for the 2021-22 season: Dennis Dodd from CBS Sports went 226-81 straight up for a percentage of 73.62% with a GDC value of 127.083! Runners up were Tom Fornelli (111.37 GDC) and Chip Patterson (100.883 GDC). That’s an all CBS Sports podium for the first time ever.

Our gambling champion for the 2021-22 season is Bud Elliott of 247 and Cover 3 podcast fame. He went 272-198-9 on the season for a win percentage of 57.87%! Several others had a higher win rate, but assuming -110 lines on average Bud Elliott absolutely crushed the competition for 49.28 units of profit this season.

Honorable mention goes to Kelly Stewart for winning our money line picks this year. She was up 25.14 units over 41 picks on the year.

Congratulations to all competitors. I hope you’ll all be back next season

Analyst grades:

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Average64.4933731857NA
Dennis.Dodd73.6222681127.083
Tom.Fornelli70.1922696111.37
Chip.Patterson68.55218100100.883
Brady.Quinn75.571334379.736
Jennifer63.961428054.307
David.Hale66.491256354.097
Lee.Corso64.521206648.671
Danny.Kanell69.34954245.857
Andrea.Adelson70.43813441.533
Pat.Forde59.315310541.386
Pete.Thamel74.44672340.607
Desmond.Howard60.781248037.962
Mark.May66.67743733.202
Celebrity.Guest59.771047030.655
Jon.Berger75481628.377
Stewart.Mandel59.171006927.603
Joey.Galloway67.42602926.949
Aaron.Taylor62.96684025.757
Brian.Jones60.94785025.614
Steve.Coughlin68.92512325.035
Dan.Wetzel64.44583222.24
Lou.Holtz61.26684321.588
Bruce.Feldman58.99825720.846
Phil.Steele68.97401818.956
Chris.Fallica64.18432416.121
Colin.Cowherd77.4224716.058
Mark.Richt62.03493015.921
Paul.Finebaum70.73291215.062
Eric.Mac.Lain59.14553813.853
Rick.Neuheisel55.64745912.508
Scott.Van.Pelt84.2116312.282
Chris.Doering76.9220612.103
Kevin.Carter65.85271411.43
Roman.Harper64.29271510.587
Jordan.Rodgers66.67221110.094
Kirk.Herbstreit53.899859.325
Reggie.Bush77.781449.251
Tim.Tebow63.4126159.212
Corso.Headgear73.681458.49
Bob.Stoops751247.59
Randy.Cross53.5468597.326
Houston.Nutt63.3319117.115
Brett.McMurphy59.0926186.33
Dusty.Dvoracek66.671475.894
David.Pollack57.5819144.442
EJ.Manuel52.4443391.845
Adam.Rittenberg48.651819-1.486
Matt.Leinart47.621011-1.493
Greg.McElroy49.092728-2.834

Grambling grades:

NamePctWinLossTieProfit
Bud.Elliott.ATS57.87272198949.28
Kelly.Stewart.ATS64.296335122.27
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS62.266640120
Colin.Cowherd.ATS69.773013114.27
Pete.Thamel.ATS58.277453414.27
Tom.Fornelli.ATS57.348261513.55
Norm.Hitzges.ATS56.179171111.73
David.Hale.ATS55.2610585210.46
Brandon.Walker.ATS55.29947619.46
Brady.Quinn.ATS53.2624521547.73
Pamela.Maldonado.ATS54.6957937.36
Steve.Coughlin.ATS56.41443416
Danny.Kanell.ATS53.0621719255.27
Jon.Berger.ATS54.01746334.27
Desmond.Howard.ATS69.239404.18
Matt.Youmans.ATS55.26423444.18
Lee.Corso.ATS66.678413.27
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS66.678413.27
Greg.McElroy.ATS56.41221703
Bill.Connelly.ATS54.17393312.45
Rece.Davis.ATS61.548502.27
Wes.Reynolds.ATS53.95413502.27
Tony.Barnhart.ATS53.57453901.91
Bryant.McFadden.ATS53.73363121.73
Erin.Kate.Dolan.ATS66.674201.64
Tyler.Fulghum.ATS54.29191601.27
Tim.Doyle.ATS5511901
Jeff.Ma.ATS66.672100.82
David.Pollack.ATS53.857600.36
Pat.Forde.ATS52.3467614-0.09
Trevor.Matich.ATS50220-0.18
Mark.May.ATS52.2957522-0.18
Anita.Marks.ATS50330-0.27
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS52.0825230-0.27
Bruce.Feldman.ATS52.2470644-0.36
Minty.Bets.ATS50880-0.73
Emory.Hunt.ATS52.1286791-0.82
Dan.Wetzel.ATS51.9766615-1
Rufus.Peabody.ATS5019191-1.73
Phil.Steele.ATS51.3557540-2.18
Kenny.White.ATS5024240-2.18
Megan.Makin.Money.ATS5151493-2.64
Chris.Doering.ATS48.7219200-2.73
Clay.Travis.ATS51.5285801-2.73
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS45.9517201-4.55
Blaine.Brown.ATS47.5429323-5.64
Chris.Fallica.ATS5064642-5.82
Kayce.Smith.ATS46.6728320-6.55
Matt.Barrie.ATS37.59150-6.82
Stewart.Mandel.ATS49.6980816-8.27
Dave.Portnoy.ATS50.751351319-8.27
Joey.Galloway.ATS48.7860633-8.45
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS49.3374763-8.73
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS47.5749542-9.45
Doug.Kezirian.ATS45.3334412-10.09
Chip.Patterson.ATS47.3362697-12.64
Brett.McMurphy.ATS44.2142534-14.82
Rico.Bosco.ATS48.611051115-15.54
Adam.Kramer.ATS47.0672813-15.54
Katie.Pondiscio.ATS45.769824-19.27
Barrett.Sallee.ATS47.391451613-29.18
Dennis.Dodd.ATS47.021421603-30.91
Dan.Katz.ATS48.582562719-38.27

Money line results:

NameROI.PctUnits.Up.DownN.Picks
Kelly.Stewart.ML61.3225.1441
Pamela.Maldonado.ML20.1610.6853
Chip.Patterson.ML20.258.9144
Tom.Fornelli.ML7.983.9950
Bud.Elliott.ML7.213.0342
Tyler.Fulghum.ML62.52.54
Rico.Bosco.ML1951.951
Megan.ML23.291.637
Anita.Marks.ML1451.451
Dave.Portnoy.ML1201.21
Chris.Fallica.ML0.960.773
Kayce.Smith.ML100.22
Emory.Hunt.ML-18.33-0.553
Doug.Kezirian.ML-23.75-0.954
Phil.Steele.ML-100-11
Bryant.McFadden.ML-31.25-1.254
Tim.Doyle.ML-32.5-1.34
Bruce.Feldman.ML-100-22
Katie.Pondiscio.ML-100-22
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ML-43.75-3.58
Todd.Fuhrman.ML-37.81-4.1611
Jon.Berger.ML-40.75-6.9317
Brandon.Walker.ML-50.57-7.0814
Danny.Kanell.ML-14.22-7.1150
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