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Week 8 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

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Welcome back everyone.  Before we get things fully started for the big Gameday episode at Wazzu this morning, here’s all those picks from the week which we collected but haven’t posted yet.  We will be updating all morning with the main College Gameday post including the full Gameday crew, Corso’s headgear, celebrity guests, SEC Nation picks, Super Dogs, Bear’s Bank, and whoever else we find along the way.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Syracuse  over  North Carolina
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Washington State  over  Oregon
10/20/18 Duke  over  Virginia
10/20/18 Florida State  over  Wake Forest

Colin Cowherd:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State

Tim Cowlishaw ATS:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Tennessee + 28.5 vs Alabama
10/20/18 Michigan  -7 vs Michigan State
10/20/18 Clemson  -17.5 vs North Carolina State
10/20/18 Alabama-Birmingham + 2 vs North Texas
10/20/18 TCU + 8 vs Oklahoma

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Washington State  over  Oregon

Chris Doering:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Alabama  over  Tennessee
10/20/18 Mississippi  over  Auburn
10/20/18 Missouri  over  Memphis
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Arkansas  over  Tulsa
10/20/18 Kentucky  over  Vanderbilt

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Auburn  -3.5 vs Mississippi
10/20/18 Michigan  -7 vs Michigan State
10/20/18 Nebraska  -3.5 vs Minnesota
10/20/18 Mississippi State + 6 vs LSU
10/20/18 Purdue + 12 vs Ohio State
10/20/18 Oklahoma  -7.5 vs TCU

Bruce Feldman (straight up):

Date Picks
10/20/18 Alabama  over  Tennessee
10/20/18 Mississippi  over  Auburn
10/20/18 Cincinnati  over  Temple
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Ohio State  over  Purdue
10/20/18 Oklahoma  over  TCU
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State
10/20/18 Penn State  over  Indiana
10/20/18 Utah  over  Southern California

Pat Forde ATS:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Cincinnati + 3.5 vs Temple
10/20/18 Michigan  -7.5 vs Michigan State
10/20/18 Mississippi State + 7 vs LSU
10/20/18 Clemson  -16.5 vs North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oklahoma  -8 vs TCU
10/20/18 Washington State  -2.5 vs Oregon

Joey Galloway:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State

Danny Kanell:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Alabama  -28.5 vs Tennessee
10/20/18 Cincinnati + 3.5 vs Temple
10/20/18 Iowa  -9 vs Maryland
10/20/18 TCU vs Oklahoma Under 62
10/20/18 Oregon + 3 vs Washington State
10/20/18 Indiana + 14.5 vs Penn State
10/20/18 Kentucky  -11 vs Vanderbilt

Joel Klatt:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Washington  over  Colorado
10/20/18 Mississippi State  over  LSU
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oklahoma  over  TCU

Chris Low:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Washington State  over  Oregon

Ivan Maisel:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State

Ryan McGee:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State

Brett McMurphy ATS:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Army  -7.5 vs Miami (OH)
10/20/18 Nevada + 2.5 vs Hawaii
10/20/18 Alabama-Birmingham  -1 vs North Texas
10/20/18 Indiana + 14 vs Penn State
10/20/18 Kentucky  -11 vs Vanderbilt
10/20/18 Florida State  -8 vs Wake Forest

Les Miles:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Washington State  over  Oregon

Dari Nowkhah ATS:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Mississippi + 4 vs Auburn
10/20/18 Michigan State + 7.5 vs Michigan
10/20/18 Nebraska  -4.5 vs Minnesota
10/20/18 Oklahoma  -7.5 vs TCU

Jesse Palmer:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State

Adam Rittenberg:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Washington State  over  Oregon

Mark Schlabach:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Auburn  -3.5 vs Mississippi
10/20/18 Maryland + 10 vs Iowa
10/20/18 Nebraska  -4 vs Minnesota

Pete Thamel ATS:

Date Full.Pick
10/20/18 Temple  -3.5 vs Cincinnati
10/20/18 Michigan State + 7.5 vs Michigan
10/20/18 Mississippi State + 7 vs LSU
10/20/18 Clemson  -16.5 vs North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon + 2.5 vs Washington State
10/20/18 Tulsa + 7 vs Arkansas
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Week 7 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Welcome back everyone.  Week 7 brought us some big upsets and some big performances by our expert pickers and prognosticators.  Let’s dive right in.

Winners this week included Stanford Steve (4-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (10-4), Desmond Howard (12-5), Chris Fallica (5-2 ATS), Scott Van Pelt (6-3 ATS), and Dusty Dvoracek (3-1 ATS).  However this week’s big win is going to Phil Steele.  Phil started off to a pretty horrendous start on the year, but for two weeks in a row he has blown the competition away.  Phil Steele went 10-1 straight up and 14-3 against the spread this week!  For those of you keeping track at home, his FCS picks against the spread have been on fire the last two weeks so pay attention if he puts them out this week.

Losers this week include Danny Kanell (2-6 straight up, 3-4 ATS), Houston Nutt (3-4), Rufus Peabody (1-4 ATS), Brett McMurphy (2-3 ATS), and Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS).  However this week’s loss couldn’t go to anyone else but Pat Forde, who went 2-4 straight up but a pretty sad 0-6 against the spread.  That’s gotta sting, especially if Pat is betting those picks.

Lee Corso had a tough week this week going 6-8 on his picks and losing his headgear pick Wisconsin over Michigan.  Special guest celebrities the Chainsmokers went 9-5 on the week despite the fact that they seem to have never watched an actual football game between them.  Bear’s Bank went 1-1-1 on the official Gameday picks this week.  @GamedayJen booked another winner at 12-6 on the week.  Everyone else you can find below so check out the full results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Mack.Brown 100% 1 0
Rece.Davis 100% 2 0
Brad.Edwards 100% 3 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0
Phil.Steele 90.91% 10 1
Steve.Coughlin 80% 4 1
Bruce.Feldman 75% 9 3
Joey.Galloway 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 71.43% 10 4
Desmond.Howard 70.59% 12 5
Jennifer 66.67% 12 6
Andrea.Adelson 66.67% 6 3
Chris.Doering 66.67% 4 2
Paul.Finebaum 66.67% 8 4
Lou.Holtz 66.67% 6 3
Tim.Tebow 66.67% 4 2
Celebrity.Guest 64.29% 9 5
Chris.Fallica 63.64% 7 4
David.Pollack 60% 3 2
Brian.Jones 57.14% 4 3
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4
Colin.Cowherd 50% 1 1
Heather.Dinich 50% 2 2
Joel.Klatt 50% 2 2
Brett.McMurphy 50% 1 1
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Jesse.Palmer 50% 2 2
Adam.Rittenberg 50% 2 2
Marcus.Spears 50% 3 3
Lee.Corso 42.86% 6 8
Houston.Nutt 42.86% 3 4
Dusty.Dvoracek 33.33% 1 2
Pat.Forde 33.33% 2 4
Danny.Kanell 25% 2 6
Chris.Low 25% 1 3
Ivan.Maisel 25% 1 3
Trevor.Matich 25% 1 3
Ryan.McGee 25% 1 3
Mark.Schlabach 25% 1 3
Corso.Headgear 0% 0 1
Robert.Smith 0% 0 1

ATS Results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 82.35% 14 3 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 75% 3 1 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 68.75% 5 2 1
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 66.67% 6 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 50% 6 6 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 20% 1 4 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 0% 0 6 0
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Week 7 2018: Saturday morning #CollegeGameday picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Here we go folks.  We are up and running with picks for College Gameday, and the boys are picking a lot of games already.  We will be updating all morning with the full Gameday crew, Corso’s headgear, Super Dog picks, the Chainsmokers for some reason, SEC Nation, and whoever else shows up this morning.  Check back often for the latest picks and predictions.

Corso’s Headgear: Wisconsin over Michigan

Super Dogs:

Lee Corso: Arkansas+6.5 vs Mississippi

Desmond Howard: Illinois+10.5 vs Purdue

Kirk Herbstreit: BYU+11 vs Hawaii

Rece Davis: Iowa State+6.5 vs West Virginia

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 South Carolina  over  Texas A&M
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Wisconsin  over  Michigan
10/13/18 St. Thomas  over  St. John’s

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 Iowa State  over  West Virginia
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

Chainsmokers:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Indiana  over  Iowa
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Michigan State  over  Penn State
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

David Pollack:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Nebraska  over  Northwestern
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh

Bear’s Bank:

Date Chris.Fallica.ATS
10/13/18 Akron+11.5 vs Buffalo
10/13/18 Memphis+5 vs Central Florida
10/13/18 Navy+7 vs Temple

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Boise State  over  Nevada
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Mississippi  over  Arkansas
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Auburn  over  Tennessee
10/13/18 South Carolina  over  Texas A&M
10/13/18 UCLA  over  California
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Marcus Spears:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Arkansas  over  Mississippi
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Auburn  over  Tennessee
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina

Tim Tebow:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Mississippi  over  Arkansas
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Auburn  over  Tennessee
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
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