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Week 5 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen.  We will be posting later on with the official Gameday picks, Bear’s Bank, SEC Nation, celebrity guests, Corso’s headgear, and all the usual business.  Right now here’s all the picks we’ve accumulated during the week from various people here and there, so enjoy.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Georgia Tech  over  Bowling Green State
9/29/18 Florida State  over  Louisville
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Central Florida  over  Pittsburgh
9/29/18 Wake Forest  over  Rice
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Boston College  over  Temple
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech
9/27/18 Miami (FL)  over  North Carolina

Colin Cowherd:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State 43-26
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford 31-20

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Chris Doering:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Florida  over  Mississippi State
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Pick
9/29/18 North Texas-7 vs Louisiana Tech
9/29/18 Oklahoma State-16.5 vs Kansas
9/29/18 Purdue-3.5 vs Nebraska
9/29/18 Notre Dame-5.5 vs Stanford
9/29/18 Syracuse+25.5 vs Clemson

Bruce Feldman: Straight up picks

Date Picks
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Arizona  over  Southern California
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Pat Forde:

Date Pick
9/29/18 Florida+7.5 vs Mississippi State
9/29/18 Ohio State-3.5 vs Penn State
9/29/18 California+3 vs Oregon
9/29/18 Kentucky-1.5 vs South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame-4.5 vs Stanford
9/29/18 West Virginia-3.5 vs Texas Tech

Joey Galloway:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech
9/27/18 Miami (FL)  over  North Carolina

Danny Kanell:

Date Pick
9/29/18 Ohio State-3.5 vs Penn State
9/29/18 Stanford+5.5 vs Notre Dame
9/29/18 West Virginia-3.5 vs Texas Tech

Ivan Maisel:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 California  over  Oregon
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Ryan McGee:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Les Miles:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame

Jesse Palmer:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech
9/27/18 Miami (FL)  over  North Carolina

Mark Schlabach:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Pick
9/29/18 Oklahoma-23 vs Baylor
9/29/18 Ohio State vs Penn State under 70
9/29/18 Temple+13 vs Boston College
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Week 4 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Stanford Steve & Chris Fallica!

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Here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for.  The biggest names on ESPN and celebrity superstars known as Stanford Steve and Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica have put out their podcast of weekly picks.  They gave some leans which may not have been official so definitely listen to the podcast before you invest in these picks.

Stanford Steve gave out two picks near the end of the podcast but they didn’t sound official:

Michigan State-4.5 vs Indiana
Baylor-8 vs Kansas

Chris Fallica’s Picks:

Date Pick
9/22/18 Eastern Michigan+11 vs San Diego State
9/22/18 Louisiana Tech+21 vs LSU
9/22/18 Louisiana-Monroe+6.5 vs Troy
9/21/18 Southern California-3.5 vs Washington State

Stanford Steve’s Picks:

Date Pick
9/22/18 Oregon State+6.5 vs Arizona
9/22/18 Maryland-3 vs Minnesota
9/22/18 South Carolina-2 vs Vanderbilt
9/22/18 Oregon+2 vs Stanford
9/22/18 TCU-3 vs Texas

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Week 3 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen.  Week 3 had some really exciting games with some good upsets, and it made for an interesting week for all of our expert pickers and prognosticators.  Let’s dive right in.

Winners this week included Paul Finebaum (5-1), Bruce Feldman’s straight up picks (9-2), Lou Holtz (7-2), and Andrea Adelson (9-3).  Our official win this week goes to Rufus Peabody, with a sharp 5-0 week against the spread this week.  Congratulations to Rufus Peabody in whichever foreign port he resides in this week.

Losers this week include Kirk Herbstreit (7-6) and Mark May (6-5), but our big loss this week goes to Phil Steele (3-6 straight up, 1-7 ATS).  Sorry Phil, but that’s a tough week by any standards.

Coach Corso had a nice win going 8-3 on the week, and he nailed his headgear pick of Ohio State over TCU.  Special guest celebrity Roman Reigns went a very meh 6-4 on the week.  Bear’s Bank went 1-2 on the week (Fallica was 3-3 overall ATS).  @GamedayJen went 10-5 and pulled out a win after a rough start in the early games.  Everyone else is somewhere out there in the middle, so check out the full results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up results:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Joey.Galloway 100% 2 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0
Les.Miles 100% 4 0
Paul.Finebaum 83.33% 5 1
Bruce.Feldman 81.82% 9 2
Lou.Holtz 77.78% 7 2
David.Pollack 75% 3 1
Andrea.Adelson 75% 9 3
Gene.Chizik 75% 3 1
Heather.Dinich 75% 3 1
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1
Lee.Corso 72.73% 8 3
Chris.Fallica 71.43% 5 2
Jennifer 66.67% 10 5
Colin.Cowherd 66.67% 2 1
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.67% 2 1
Celebrity.Guest 60% 6 4
Dari.Nowkhah 60% 3 2
Desmond.Howard 57.14% 8 6
Mark.May 54.55% 6 5
Kirk.Herbstreit 53.85% 7 6
Rece.Davis 50% 2 2
Chris.Doering 50% 2 2
Pat.Forde 50% 2 2
Danny.Kanell 50% 1 1
Joel.Klatt 50% 2 2
Marcus.Spears 50% 1 1
Tim.Tebow 50% 1 1
Steve.Coughlin 33.33% 2 4
Phil.Steele 33.33% 3 6
Ivan.Maisel 25% 1 3
Ryan.McGee 25% 1 3

ATS Results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 100% 5 0 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 62.50% 5 3 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 50% 3 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 45.45% 5 6 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 41.67% 2 3 1
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 33.33% 1 2 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 12.50% 1 7 0
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