Week 3 2022: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 3 of our college football season is in the books and the picks from our analysts have been graded. Let’s get right to it.

Winners this week include Chip Patterson (21-3, 14.746 GDC), Dennis Dodd (20-3, 13.91 GDC), Ross Dellenger (13-2, 10.075 GDC), and Brady Quinn (9-0, 8.014 GDC). However this week’s official winner, for the second time this season, is Tom Fornelli at 22-1 with a GDC value of 17.81. Congratulations Tom, and I hope you continue your historic season.

Lee Corso went 8-5 (GDC 2.499) on the week including a nail biting win with his headgear pick Appalachian State. Celebrity guest Luke Combs went 6-6 (GDC .082) on the week despite being one of the rare guests who actually care about the sport and their appearance on the show. @GamedayJen booked a winner at 11-4 with a GDC of 6.089.

Everyone else is somewhere in between so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Tom.Fornelli95.6522117.81
Chip.Patterson87.521314.746
Dennis.Dodd86.9620313.91
Ross.Dellenger86.6713210.075
Brady.Quinn100908.014
David.Hale801237.492
Andrea.Adelson83.331026.882
Pat.Forde73.331146.193
Danny.Kanell100706.156
Jennifer73.331146.089
Pat.McAfee75935.44
Chris.Fallica100504.769
Steve.Coughlin100403.591
Desmond.Howard66.67843.482
Scott.Van.Pelt100302.922
Brian.Jones66.67632.85
Eric.Mac.Lain100302.78
EJ.Manuel100302.78
Mark.Richt100302.78
Lou.Holtz80412.769
Phil.Steele100302.714
Rece.Davis80412.584
Bruce.Feldman66.67632.57
Kirk.Herbstreit63.64742.545
Lee.Corso61.54852.499
Jon.Berger100201.814
Dan.Wetzel75311.643
Pete.Thamel62.5531.593
Aaron.Taylor55.56541.075
Rick.Neuheisel55.56541.018
Greg.McElroy100100.979
Chris.Doering100100.971
Colin.Cowherd100100.943
Corso.Headgear100100.911
David.Pollack100100.911
Jordan.Rodgers100100.907
Tim.Tebow100100.907
Joey.Galloway100100.852
Dusty.Dvoracek66.67210.846
Stewart.Mandel54.55650.713
Celebrity.Guest50660.082
Urban.Meyer5011-0.052
Matt.Leinart5011-0.129
Paul.Finebaum001-0.907
Roman.Harper001-0.907
Mark.May4023-1.193
Reggie.Bush002-1.831
Randy.Cross33.3336-3.006
Average75.4326185NA

Week 9 2021: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 9 is in the books and our college football analyst picks are graded. Once again we will be using our experimental GDC Value (Game Day Cole Value) to assign value to picks for grading.

Lee Corso missed his headgear pick Michigan and went 5-5 overall on the week (-0.18 GDC). Celebrity guest Ken Jeong went 6-4 on the week (+1.86 GDC). Winners this week included Chip Patterson (14-5, 8.134 GDC), Dennis Dodd (14-5, 8.118 GDC), and Brian Jones (8-1, 6.77 GDC). However this week’s undisputed winner is Danny Kanell who blew everyone away going 13-0 on straight up picks for a GDC Value of 12.314.

Everyone else is somewhere below so check out the full slate of results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

***GDC is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, whereby any specific pick can be assigned a positive/negative value based on the ratio of team ratings.

NamePctWinLossTieGDC.Value
Average64.081981110NA
Danny.Kanell100130012.314
Chip.Patterson73.6814508.134
Dennis.Dodd73.6814508.118
Brian.Jones88.898106.77
Stewart.Mandel72.738304.912
Rick.Neuheisel77.787204.75
Steve.Coughlin1005004.674
Roman.Harper1004003.839
Kevin.Carter83.335103.758
Scott.Van.Pelt1003002.973
Pete.Thamel1003002.946
Phil.Steele1003002.843
Houston.Nutt804102.691
Brady.Quinn63.647402.508
Tom.Fornelli57.8911802.06
Celebrity.Guest606401.86
Paul.Finebaum753101.845
Dan.Wetzel1002001.835
Andrea.Adelson62.55301.824
Lou.Holtz66.674201.816
Mark.May66.674201.816
Desmond.Howard606401.782
Eric.Mac.Lain62.55301.734
Reggie.Bush1001000.94
Colin.Cowherd1001000.915
Randy.Cross55.565400.866
Jordan.Rodgers66.672100.844
Joey.Galloway603200.841
Jon.Berger66.672100.8
Aaron.Taylor55.565400.782
Jennifer54.556500.762
Brett.McMurphy50110-0.03
Tim.Tebow50220-0.153
Lee.Corso50550-0.18
Dusty.Dvoracek50110-0.182
Pat.Forde50220-0.193
Mark.Richt50440-0.208
Bob.Stoops0010-0.989
Corso.Headgear0010-1.029
Matt.Leinart0010-1.041
Kirk.Herbstreit44.44450-1.072
Greg.McElroy0020-2.012
Chris.Fallica0020-2.061
EJ.Manuel37.5350-2.086
Bruce.Feldman40460-2.211
David.Hale30370-4.086

Week 7 2021: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 7 is in the books and the picks from our expert panel of analysts have been graded. Once again, we will be using our experimental GDC Value (Game Day Cole Value) to weight picks and assign value.

Lee Corso won his headgear pick going with Georgia over Kentucky. Lee Corso also blew away the competition picking games this week going 10-1 straight up with a GDC Value of 8.705. Dennis Dodd from CBS Sports came in second this week going 12-4 with a GDC Value of 7.35. Celebrity guest picker Jeff Foxworthy went 7-4 on his picks with a GDC Value of 2.575.

Congratulations to all competitors this week. Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week! 

***GDC is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, whereby any specific pick can be assigned a positive/negative value based on the ratio of team ratings.

NamePctWinLossTieGDC.Value
Average65.331961040NA
Lee.Corso90.9110108.705
Dennis.Dodd7512407.35
Brady.Quinn76.9210306.41
Jennifer759305.518
Pat.Forde68.7511505.367
Aaron.Taylor756203.842
Dan.Wetzel1004003.819
Chip.Patterson62.510603.404
Tom.Fornelli62.510603.402
Randy.Cross66.676302.92
Eric.Mac.Lain1003002.905
Mark.Richt1003002.905
Brian.Jones66.676302.862
Pete.Thamel1003002.833
Brett.McMurphy1003002.811
Stewart.Mandel63.647402.716
Desmond.Howard61.548502.622
Jon.Berger66.676302.582
Celebrity.Guest63.647402.575
David.Hale66.676302.571
Rick.Neuheisel62.55301.845
Andrea.Adelson753101.844
Andy.Staples1002001.843
Chris.Fallica753101.773
Reggie.Bush1001001.012
Bob.Stoops1001001.012
Greg.McElroy1001000.939
EJ.Manuel66.672100.931
Chris.Doering66.672100.927
Kevin.Carter1001000.916
Corso.Headgear1001000.906
Colin.Cowherd66.672100.88
Bruce.Feldman54.556500.675
Danny.Kanell50110-0.084
Joey.Galloway50330-0.129
Kirk.Herbstreit50660-0.235
Lou.Holtz50440-0.25
Mark.May50440-0.25
Houston.Nutt0010-0.916
Matt.Leinart0010-1.012
Steve.Coughlin40230-1.088
Paul.Finebaum33.33120-1.106
Roman.Harper33.33120-1.106
Jordan.Rodgers33.33120-1.106
Tim.Tebow33.33120-1.106
Phil.Steele40230-1.182
David.Pollack0020-1.981