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Week 5 2019: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Here’s the week 5 grades on picks from our expert panel of pickers and prognosticators.  Winners this week are Paul Finebaum (straight up) and Pete Thamel (ATS).  Check out the full results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100 1 0
David.Pollack 100 1 0
Andrea.Adelson 100 8 0
Reggie.Bush 100 2 0
Colin.Cowherd 100 1 0
Tim.Cowlishaw 100 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100 3 0
Chris.Fallica 100 1 0
Lou.Holtz 100 4 0
Danny.Kanell 100 1 0
Joel.Klatt 100 1 0
Mark.May 100 4 0
Urban.Meyer 100 1 0
Brady.Quinn 100 2 0
Pete.Thamel 100 4 0
Tim.Tebow 100 4 0
Dan.Wetzel 100 3 0
Paul.Finebaum 87.5 7 1
Jesse.Palmer 85.71 6 1
Joey.Galloway 83.33 5 1
Eric.Mac.Lain 83.33 5 1
EJ.Manuel 83.33 5 1
Mark.Richt 83.33 5 1
Stewart.Mandel 81.82 9 2
Chris.Doering 80 4 1
Bruce.Feldman 80 8 2
Houston.Nutt 80 4 1
Lee.Corso 76.92 10 3
Desmond.Howard 76.92 10 3
Kirk.Herbstreit 75 9 3
Pat.Forde 75 3 1
Marcus.Spears 75 3 1
Jennifer 73.33 11 4
Rick.Neuheisel 72.73 8 3
Steve.Coughlin 66.67 2 1
Randy.Cross 66.67 6 3
Aaron.Taylor 66.67 6 3
Kevin.Carter 60 3 2
Brian.Jones 55.56 5 4
Celebrity.Guest 53.85 7 6
Matt.Leinart 50 1 1
Brett.McMurphy 50 2 2
Phil.Steele 28.57 2 5

ATS grades:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Rece.Davis.ATS 100 1 0 0
Joey.Galloway.ATS 100 2 0 0
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 100 1 0 0
Desmond.Howard.ATS 100 1 0 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS 100 2 0 0
Michael.Schwimer.ATS 100 1 0 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS 83.33 5 1 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS 75 3 1 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS 75 6 2 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 66.67 2 1 0
Dan.Katz.ATS 63.64 7 4 0
Rico.Bosco.ATS 62.5 5 3 0
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 60 3 2 0
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 60 3 2 0
Pat.Forde.ATS 57.14 4 3 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 50 3 3 0
Jesse.Palmer.ATS 50 1 1 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 50 1 1 0
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 46.67 7 8 0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 45.45 5 6 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 44.44 4 5 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 40 4 6 0
Phil.Steele.ATS 40 4 6 0
Clay.Travis.ATS 40 4 6 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 33.33 2 4 0
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 28.57 2 5 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 25 1 3 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 20 1 4 0
Preston.Johnson.ATS 18.75 1 6 1
Lee.Corso.ATS 0 0 1 0
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Week 4 2019: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Here’s the week 4 grades from our panel of college football pickers and prognosticators.

Winners this week are Bruce Feldman (8-3 straight up) and Tim Cowlishaw (4-0 ATS).

Experts struggled this week overall, but Corso went 10-4 on the week including his winning headgear pick.  Super Dog picks went a combined 1-3 this week.  Celebrity guest Jeezy went 7-6 on the week.  @GamedayJen barely pulled out a winner at 9-7 on the week with the late games.

Full grades are below so check out the full results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100 1 0
David.Pollack 100 1 0
Reggie.Bush 100 2 0
Tim.Cowlishaw 100 2 0
Joel.Klatt 100 1 0
Matt.Leinart 100 3 0
Greg.McElroy 100 1 0
Urban.Meyer 100 2 0
Scott.Van.Pelt 100 1 0
Jesse.Palmer 80 4 1
Steve.Coughlin 75 3 1
Joey.Galloway 75 3 1
Houston.Nutt 75 3 1
Bruce.Feldman 72.73 8 3
Lee.Corso 71.43 10 4
Colin.Cowherd 66.67 2 1
Chris.Fallica 66.67 2 1
Danny.Kanell 66.67 4 2
Desmond.Howard 61.54 8 5
Mark.May 60 3 2
Mark.Richt 60 3 2
Marcus.Spears 60 3 2
Pete.Thamel 60 3 2
Tim.Tebow 60 3 2
Kirk.Herbstreit 58.33 7 5
Phil.Steele 58.33 7 5
Jennifer 56.25 9 7
Gene.Chizik 55.56 5 4
Chris.Doering 55.56 5 4
Rick.Neuheisel 55.56 5 4
Stewart.Mandel 54.55 6 5
Celebrity.Guest 53.85 7 6
Kevin.Carter 50 1 1
Randy.Cross 50 5 5
Dusty.Dvoracek 50 2 2
Paul.Finebaum 50 3 3
Brian.Jones 50 5 5
Brett.McMurphy 50 1 1
Aaron.Taylor 50 5 5
Pat.Forde 40 2 3
EJ.Manuel 40 2 3
Dan.Wetzel 40 2 3
Brady.Quinn 33.33 1 2
Lou.Holtz 20 1 4
Eric.Mac.Lain 20 1 4

ATS grades:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Rece.Davis.ATS 100 1 0 0
Joey.Galloway.ATS 100 2 0 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS 100 2 0 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS 90 4 0 1
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 61.11 5 3 1
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 60 3 2 0
Preston.Johnson.ATS 57.14 4 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 54.55 6 5 0
Dan.Katz.ATS 54.55 6 5 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 50 2 2 1
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 50 1 1 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 50 3 3 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 50 2 2 1
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 50 6 6 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 50 1 1 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 50 4 4 0
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 50 3 3 0
Clay.Travis.ATS 45.45 5 6 0
Rico.Bosco.ATS 37.5 3 5 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 37.5 1 2 1
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 36.36 4 7 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS 33.33 2 4 0
Phil.Steele.ATS 19.23 2 10 1
Pat.Forde.ATS 16.67 1 5 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS 12.5 0 3 1
Lee.Corso.ATS 0 0 1 0
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 0 0 1 0
Desmond.Howard.ATS 0 0 1 0
Jesse.Palmer.ATS 0 0 2 0
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2018-19 College Football Season: Picks are graded. Final results are in; yearly champion is crowned!

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We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes with our team of scientists, mathematicians, and the boys down in the lab.  The numbers have been crunched and the results are in for your 2018-19 college football season.  Without further delay, we are proud to announce Stanford Steve Coughlin as our 2018-19 college football picking champion.  Steve Coughlin put forth a 65-22 record picking games straight up on his ESPN Chalk column, which is a nice 74.71% picking record.  However, Stanford Steve blew the doors off the competition 57-29-1 AGAINST THE SPREAD which is 66.09%.  If you followed his picks and invested in them you are probably a millionaire reading this website from your new beachfront property.  This is an all-time great performance, so if you see Steve please buy him a drink for me.

Everyone else with more than 10 games picked is below, so enjoy the full 2018-19 grades below.

Straight up records:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Jordan.Rodgers 85% 17 3
Brett.McMurphy 80.65% 25 6
Kevin.Carter 80% 8 2
Matt.Leinart 76.47% 13 4
Paul.Finebaum 75.86% 88 28
Tim.Tebow 75% 51 17
Steve.Coughlin 74.71% 65 22
Chris.Doering 74.60% 47 16
Joey.Galloway 74.36% 29 10
Colin.Cowherd 74.07% 20 7
Rece.Davis 73.33% 11 4
Les.Miles 73.33% 33 12
Lou.Holtz 72.86% 102 38
Heather.Dinich 71.67% 43 17
Jennifer 71.16% 190 77
Phil.Steele 70.87% 163 67
Andrea.Adelson 70.81% 114 47
Marcus.Spears 69.74% 53 23
David.Pollack 69.64% 39 17
Tim.Cowlishaw 69.23% 27 12
Jake.Trotter 68.57% 48 22
Joel.Klatt 67.35% 33 16
Rick.Neuheisel 67.16% 45 22
Jonathan.Vilma 66.67% 12 6
Dusty.Dvoracek 66.04% 35 18
Mark.Schlabach 65.96% 62 32
Lee.Corso 65.91% 145 75
Dari.Nowkhah 65.22% 15 8
Greg.McElroy 65% 39 21
Jesse.Palmer 64.86% 24 13
Chris.Fallica 64.80% 81 44
Corso.Headgear 64.71% 11 6
Trevor.Matich 64.71% 11 6
Dave.Wannstedt 64.29% 9 5
Pat.Forde 64.06% 82 46
Kirk.Herbstreit 64.02% 137 77
Houston.Nutt 64% 16 9
Chris.Low 63.64% 35 20
Celebrity.Guest 63.41% 130 75
Pete.Thamel 62.63% 62 37
Brian.Jones 62.03% 49 30
Aaron.Taylor 61.43% 43 27
Randy.Cross 61.33% 46 29
Desmond.Howard 61.18% 145 92
Andy.Staples 61.06% 127 81
Bruce.Feldman 60.30% 120 79
Robert.Smith 60% 9 6
Ryan.McGee 60% 36 24
Mark.May 59.44% 85 58
Adam.Rittenberg 59.18% 58 40
Emmanuel.Acho 58.82% 10 7
Ivan.Maisel 58.33% 35 25
Stewart.Mandel 56.16% 114 89
Danny.Kanell 53.85% 21 18
Gene.Chizik 50% 6 6
Dan.Orlovsky 29.41% 5 12

ATS Records:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
steve.coughlin.ats 66.09% 57 29 1
dusty.dvoracek.ats 62.65% 52 31 0
brett.mcmurphy.ats 60.19% 32 21 1
phil.steele.ats 58.78% 129 90 3
rufus.peabody.ats 58.55% 44 31 1
kirk.herbstreit.ats 57.69% 7 5 1
danny.kanell.ats 56.33% 43 33 3
doug.kezirian.ats 56.10% 23 18 0
adam.kramer.ats 55.56% 49 39 2
jeff.ma.ats 55.07% 38 31 0
todd.fuhrman.ats 54.95% 60 49 2
rico.bosco.ats 54.69% 69 57 2
dave.portnoy.ats 54.59% 110 91 6
scott.spreitzer.ats 54.55% 42 35 0
rece.davis.ats 53.85% 7 6 0
chris.fallica.ats 52.27% 57 52 1
lee.corso.ats 50% 6 6 1
scott.van.pelt.ats 49.17% 58 60 2
dan.katz.ats 48.22% 80 86 3
dari.nowkhah.ats 46.67% 7 8 0
stewart.mandel.ats 45.99% 73 86 3
pat.forde.ats 44.26% 53 67 2
tim.cowlishaw.ats 43.38% 28 37 3
pete.thamel.ats 42.21% 51 70 1
bruce.feldman.ats 41.46% 64 91 3
jake.trotter.ats 41.18% 7 10 0
desmond.howard.ats 37.50% 4 7 1
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