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2021-22 Season: Full season grades are finalized! Results are in!

Posted on January 15, 2022January 17, 2022 by gamedaycole

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:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	GDC.Value
Average	64.49	3373	1857	NA
Dennis.Dodd	73.62	226	81	127.083
Tom.Fornelli	70.19	226	96	111.37
Chip.Patterson	68.55	218	100	100.883
Brady.Quinn	75.57	133	43	79.736
Jennifer	63.96	142	80	54.307
David.Hale	66.49	125	63	54.097
Lee.Corso	64.52	120	66	48.671
Danny.Kanell	69.34	95	42	45.857
Andrea.Adelson	70.43	81	34	41.533
Pat.Forde	59.3	153	105	41.386
Pete.Thamel	74.44	67	23	40.607
Desmond.Howard	60.78	124	80	37.962
Mark.May	66.67	74	37	33.202
Celebrity.Guest	59.77	104	70	30.655
Jon.Berger	75	48	16	28.377
Stewart.Mandel	59.17	100	69	27.603
Joey.Galloway	67.42	60	29	26.949
Aaron.Taylor	62.96	68	40	25.757
Brian.Jones	60.94	78	50	25.614
Steve.Coughlin	68.92	51	23	25.035
Dan.Wetzel	64.44	58	32	22.24
Lou.Holtz	61.26	68	43	21.588
Bruce.Feldman	58.99	82	57	20.846
Phil.Steele	68.97	40	18	18.956
Chris.Fallica	64.18	43	24	16.121
Colin.Cowherd	77.42	24	7	16.058
Mark.Richt	62.03	49	30	15.921
Paul.Finebaum	70.73	29	12	15.062
Eric.Mac.Lain	59.14	55	38	13.853
Rick.Neuheisel	55.64	74	59	12.508
Scott.Van.Pelt	84.21	16	3	12.282
Chris.Doering	76.92	20	6	12.103
Kevin.Carter	65.85	27	14	11.43
Roman.Harper	64.29	27	15	10.587
Jordan.Rodgers	66.67	22	11	10.094
Kirk.Herbstreit	53.8	99	85	9.325
Reggie.Bush	77.78	14	4	9.251
Tim.Tebow	63.41	26	15	9.212
Corso.Headgear	73.68	14	5	8.49
Bob.Stoops	75	12	4	7.59
Randy.Cross	53.54	68	59	7.326
Houston.Nutt	63.33	19	11	7.115
Brett.McMurphy	59.09	26	18	6.33
Dusty.Dvoracek	66.67	14	7	5.894
David.Pollack	57.58	19	14	4.442
EJ.Manuel	52.44	43	39	1.845
Adam.Rittenberg	48.65	18	19	-1.486
Matt.Leinart	47.62	10	11	-1.493
Greg.McElroy	49.09	27	28	-2.834

Grambling grades:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	Profit
Bud.Elliott.ATS	57.87	272	198	9	49.28
Kelly.Stewart.ATS	64.29	63	35	1	22.27
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS	62.26	66	40	1	20
Colin.Cowherd.ATS	69.77	30	13	1	14.27
Pete.Thamel.ATS	58.27	74	53	4	14.27
Tom.Fornelli.ATS	57.34	82	61	5	13.55
Norm.Hitzges.ATS	56.17	91	71	1	11.73
David.Hale.ATS	55.26	105	85	2	10.46
Brandon.Walker.ATS	55.29	94	76	1	9.46
Brady.Quinn.ATS	53.26	245	215	4	7.73
Pamela.Maldonado.ATS	54.6	95	79	3	7.36
Steve.Coughlin.ATS	56.41	44	34	1	6
Danny.Kanell.ATS	53.06	217	192	5	5.27
Jon.Berger.ATS	54.01	74	63	3	4.27
Desmond.Howard.ATS	69.23	9	4	0	4.18
Matt.Youmans.ATS	55.26	42	34	4	4.18
Lee.Corso.ATS	66.67	8	4	1	3.27
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS	66.67	8	4	1	3.27
Greg.McElroy.ATS	56.41	22	17	0	3
Bill.Connelly.ATS	54.17	39	33	1	2.45
Rece.Davis.ATS	61.54	8	5	0	2.27
Wes.Reynolds.ATS	53.95	41	35	0	2.27
Tony.Barnhart.ATS	53.57	45	39	0	1.91
Bryant.McFadden.ATS	53.73	36	31	2	1.73
Erin.Kate.Dolan.ATS	66.67	4	2	0	1.64
Tyler.Fulghum.ATS	54.29	19	16	0	1.27
Tim.Doyle.ATS	55	11	9	0	1
Jeff.Ma.ATS	66.67	2	1	0	0.82
David.Pollack.ATS	53.85	7	6	0	0.36
Pat.Forde.ATS	52.34	67	61	4	-0.09
Trevor.Matich.ATS	50	2	2	0	-0.18
Mark.May.ATS	52.29	57	52	2	-0.18
Anita.Marks.ATS	50	3	3	0	-0.27
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS	52.08	25	23	0	-0.27
Bruce.Feldman.ATS	52.24	70	64	4	-0.36
Minty.Bets.ATS	50	8	8	0	-0.73
Emory.Hunt.ATS	52.12	86	79	1	-0.82
Dan.Wetzel.ATS	51.97	66	61	5	-1
Rufus.Peabody.ATS	50	19	19	1	-1.73
Phil.Steele.ATS	51.35	57	54	0	-2.18
Kenny.White.ATS	50	24	24	0	-2.18
Megan.Makin.Money.ATS	51	51	49	3	-2.64
Chris.Doering.ATS	48.72	19	20	0	-2.73
Clay.Travis.ATS	51.52	85	80	1	-2.73
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS	45.95	17	20	1	-4.55
Blaine.Brown.ATS	47.54	29	32	3	-5.64
Chris.Fallica.ATS	50	64	64	2	-5.82
Kayce.Smith.ATS	46.67	28	32	0	-6.55
Matt.Barrie.ATS	37.5	9	15	0	-6.82
Stewart.Mandel.ATS	49.69	80	81	6	-8.27
Dave.Portnoy.ATS	50.75	135	131	9	-8.27
Joey.Galloway.ATS	48.78	60	63	3	-8.45
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS	49.33	74	76	3	-8.73
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS	47.57	49	54	2	-9.45
Doug.Kezirian.ATS	45.33	34	41	2	-10.09
Chip.Patterson.ATS	47.33	62	69	7	-12.64
Brett.McMurphy.ATS	44.21	42	53	4	-14.82
Rico.Bosco.ATS	48.61	105	111	5	-15.54
Adam.Kramer.ATS	47.06	72	81	3	-15.54
Katie.Pondiscio.ATS	45.7	69	82	4	-19.27
Barrett.Sallee.ATS	47.39	145	161	3	-29.18
Dennis.Dodd.ATS	47.02	142	160	3	-30.91
Dan.Katz.ATS	48.58	256	271	9	-38.27

Money line results:

Name	ROI.Pct	Units.Up.Down	N.Picks
Kelly.Stewart.ML	61.32	25.14	41
Pamela.Maldonado.ML	20.16	10.68	53
Chip.Patterson.ML	20.25	8.91	44
Tom.Fornelli.ML	7.98	3.99	50
Bud.Elliott.ML	7.21	3.03	42
Tyler.Fulghum.ML	62.5	2.5	4
Rico.Bosco.ML	195	1.95	1
Megan.ML	23.29	1.63	7
Anita.Marks.ML	145	1.45	1
Dave.Portnoy.ML	120	1.2	1
Chris.Fallica.ML	0.96	0.7	73
Kayce.Smith.ML	10	0.2	2
Emory.Hunt.ML	-18.33	-0.55	3
Doug.Kezirian.ML	-23.75	-0.95	4
Phil.Steele.ML	-100	-1	1
Bryant.McFadden.ML	-31.25	-1.25	4
Tim.Doyle.ML	-32.5	-1.3	4
Bruce.Feldman.ML	-100	-2	2
Katie.Pondiscio.ML	-100	-2	2
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ML	-43.75	-3.5	8
Todd.Fuhrman.ML	-37.81	-4.16	11
Jon.Berger.ML	-40.75	-6.93	17
Brandon.Walker.ML	-50.57	-7.08	14
Danny.Kanell.ML	-14.22	-7.11	50

Week 12 2021: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 by gamedaycole

Week 12 is in the books and the picks from our expert panel of college football analysts are graded. We will once again be using our experimental GDC Value (Game Day Cole Value) to weight individual picks.

Lee Corso got his headgear pick right choosing Ohio State over Michigan State. Coach Corso went 8-2 overall on the week with a GDC value of 5.704. @GamedayJEn went 8-2 on her picks as well with a slightly higher 5.848 GDC. Celebrity guest pickers Twenty One Pilots went 7-3 with a GDC of 3.88. Other winners this week included Dennis Dodd (20-2, 16.444 GDC), Brady Quinn (15-1, 12.99 GDC) and Pat Forde (13-3, 9.73 GDC). However this week’s official winner was an extremely right race with Chip Patterson going 21-2 with a GDC of 17.329 barely edging out Tom Fornelli at 22-3 with a GDC of 17.225. That is two of the highest GDC weekly values we have seen this season! Congratulations to both of you but Chip gets the official win in the record books.

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.

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie	GDC.Value
Average	79.82	265	67	0	NA
Chip.Patterson	91.3	21	2	0	17.329
Tom.Fornelli	88	22	3	0	17.225
Dennis.Dodd	90.91	20	2	0	16.444
Brady.Quinn	93.75	15	1	0	12.99
Pat.Forde	81.25	13	3	0	9.73
Bruce.Feldman	90	9	1	0	7.642
Stewart.Mandel	81.82	9	2	0	6.742
Desmond.Howard	81.82	9	2	0	6.664
Aaron.Taylor	81.82	9	2	0	6.637
David.Hale	76.92	10	3	0	6.277
Jennifer	80	8	2	0	5.848
Mark.May	87.5	7	1	0	5.707
Lee.Corso	80	8	2	0	5.704
Andrea.Adelson	87.5	7	1	0	5.513
Pete.Thamel	100	5	0	0	4.755
Brian.Jones	72.73	8	3	0	4.729
Celebrity.Guest	70	7	3	0	3.88
Steve.Coughlin	100	4	0	0	3.817
Dan.Wetzel	100	4	0	0	3.681
Kirk.Herbstreit	70	7	3	0	3.656
Chris.Fallica	83.33	5	1	0	3.586
Phil.Steele	83.33	5	1	0	3.46
Dusty.Dvoracek	100	3	0	0	2.87
Rick.Neuheisel	63.64	7	4	0	2.832
Joey.Galloway	100	3	0	0	2.786
EJ.Manuel	75	3	1	0	1.956
Eric.Mac.Lain	75	3	1	0	1.916
Scott.Van.Pelt	75	3	1	0	1.891
Kevin.Carter	100	2	0	0	1.84
Houston.Nutt	75	3	1	0	1.799
Lou.Holtz	62.5	5	3	0	1.797
Colin.Cowherd	100	1	0	0	0.975
Corso.Headgear	100	1	0	0	0.923
Randy.Cross	54.55	6	5	0	0.826
Danny.Kanell	57.14	4	3	0	0.787
Mark.Richt	50	2	2	0	-0.024
David.Pollack	50	1	1	0	-0.047
Greg.McElroy	50	1	1	0	-0.054
Jon.Berger	50	1	1	0	-0.083
Paul.Finebaum	50	1	1	0	-0.142
Roman.Harper	50	1	1	0	-0.142
Jordan.Rodgers	50	1	1	0	-0.142
Tim.Tebow	50	1	1	0	-0.142
Matt.Leinart	0	0	1	0	-0.975

Week 10 2021: CFB Gambling picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 by gamedaycole

Week 10 is in the books and the picks from our expert panel of gamblers has been graded. Picks against the spread are graded up top and money line picks are graded at the bottom. Let’s dive right in.

Bear’s Board went 2-1 on the week with Fallica going 5-5 overall. Scott Van Pelt’s WINNERS went 6-2 on the week as he continues to light it up. Virtual Locks went 2-2 on the week with Joey going 2-0 and Matt/America going 0-2. Phil Steele went 2-5 on the Phil Steele Plus tour on Youtube this week. Super Dog picks went 1-4 on the week with Corso being the lone winner amongst the Gameday crew. Winners this week include Joe Fortenbaugh (6-1), Stanford Steve (5-1), and Blaine Brown/Wes Reynolds (both 4-1). However this week’s winner is going to be Bill Connelly going 5-0 on the week.

As for money line picks this week, there wasn’t much to brag about. Only three gamblers netted anything positive this week. Dave Portnoy and Kayce Smith both hit a single pick for +120 so I guess they win the week. Note: all money line picks are treated as single unit plays for grading purposes.

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

ATS Results:

Name	Pct	Win	Loss	Tie
Lee.Corso.ATS	100	1	0	0
Bill.Connelly.ATS	100	5	0	0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS	100	3	0	0
Greg.McElroy.ATS	100	3	0	0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS	100	1	0	0
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS	85.71	6	1	0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS	83.33	5	1	0
Blaine.Brown.ATS	80	4	1	0
Wes.Reynolds.ATS	80	4	1	0
Minty.Bets.ATS	75	3	1	0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS	75	6	2	0
Bryant.McFadden.ATS	71.43	15	6	0
David.Hale.ATS	69.23	9	4	0
Tyler.Fulghum.ATS	66.67	2	1	0
Kelly.Stewart.ATS	66.67	4	2	0
Clay.Travis.ATS	66.67	6	3	0
Doug.Kezirian.ATS	62.5	2	1	1
Bud.Elliott.ATS	60	6	4	0
Adam.Kramer.ATS	60	6	4	0
Mark.May.ATS	57.14	4	3	0
Tom.Fornelli.ATS	55.56	5	4	0
Chip.Patterson.ATS	55.56	5	4	0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS	54.55	6	5	0
Norm.Hitzges.ATS	53.85	7	6	0
Barrett.Sallee.ATS	52.27	11	10	1
Chris.Fallica.ATS	50	5	5	0
Pat.Forde.ATS	50	3	3	0
Emory.Hunt.ATS	50	1	1	0
Danny.Kanell.ATS	50	16	16	0
Katie.Pondiscio.ATS	50	5	5	0
Pete.Thamel.ATS	50	3	3	0
Dennis.Dodd.ATS	47.73	10	11	1
Brandon.Walker.ATS	47.22	8	9	1
Dan.Katz.ATS	47.06	16	18	0
Joey.Galloway.ATS	44.44	4	5	0
Pamela.Maldonado.ATS	44.44	4	5	0
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS	42.86	3	4	0
Kayce.Smith.ATS	40	2	3	0
Rico.Bosco.ATS	38.46	5	8	0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS	36.36	4	7	0
Dave.Portnoy.ATS	35.71	7	13	1
Tony.Barnhart.ATS	33.33	2	4	0
Chris.Doering.ATS	33.33	1	2	0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS	33.33	2	4	0
Dan.Wetzel.ATS	33.33	2	4	0
Phil.Steele.ATS	28.57	2	5	0
Matt.Youmans.ATS	12.5	0	3	1
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS	0	0	1	0
Desmond.Howard.ATS	0	0	1	0
Matt.Barrie.ATS	0	0	2	0
Rece.Davis.ATS	0	0	1	0
Megan.Makin.Money.ATS	0	0	6	0
David.Pollack.ATS	0	0	1	0

Money line results:

Name	ROI.Pct	Units.Up.Down	N.Picks
Dave.Portnoy.ML	120	1.2	1
Kayce.Smith.ML	120	1.2	1
Tyler.Fulghum.ML	60	1.2	2
Kelly.Stewart.ML	-6.67	-0.2	3
Chip.Patterson.ML	-11.67	-0.35	3
Tom.Fornelli.ML	-28.33	-0.85	3
Bud.Elliott.ML	-36.25	-1.45	4
Danny.Kanell.ML	-40	-1.6	4
Chris.Fallica.ML	-60	-3.6	6
Jon.Berger.ML	-100	-1	1
Todd.Fuhrman.ML	-100	-1	1
Pamela.Maldonado.ML	-100	-3	3
Brandon.Walker.ML	-100	-1	1