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2019-20 Season: Bowl picks are graded; results are in!

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Our 2019-20 college football season is in the books, and the picks have been graded.  First, we always crown a yearly bowl pick’em champion.  Below are the competitors who qualified by picking all (or most) of the bowl games:

percent n.correct n.wrong
Stewart.Mandel 75 30 10
Adam.Rittenberg 75 30 10
Bruce.Feldman 72.5 29 11
Pat.Forde 70 28 12
Jennifer 67.5 27 13
Greg.McElroy 55.26 21 17

Stewart Mandel and Adam Rittenberg tied at a whopping 30-10 on bowl picks and will be our co-bowl picking champions.

Our ATS bowl picking went pretty well too.  Results are below, and remember, THESE are picking against the spread.

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 66.67 26 13 0
Pat.Forde.ATS 58.97 23 16 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 51.28 20 19 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS 51.28 20 19 0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 43.59 17 22 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 47.37 18 20 0

Dan Wetzel managed to go 26-13 picking all of the bowl games, so he is our ATS champion.  That’s pretty impressive against the number for the entirety of bowl season, so congratulations to Dan Wetzel!

We will be back shortly with the yearly results.

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2019-20 Season: #NationalChampionship picks and predictions! #LSUvsClemson

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It is time for the annual championship game megapost.  I will be posting all of the picks and predictions on tonight’s championship game in this single thread.  I will be updating throughout the day and posting on Twitter as well so follow along and check back for the latest.

Emmanuel Acho:
LSU over Clemson

Steve Coughlin:
LSU over Clemson straight up
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Clyde Edwards-Helaire under 99.5 rushing yards

Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Heather Dinich:
LSU over Clemson

Chris Doering:
LSU over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU

Chris Fallica:
LEAN Clemson+ the points, waiting to see if it goes to 6.5

Bruce Feldman:
LSU over Clemson

Paul Finebaum:
LSU over Clemson

Pat Forde:
Clemson over LSU

Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU

Joey Galloway:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson

@GamedayJen:
Clemson over LSU

Mike Golic:
LSU over Clemson

Mike Greenberg:
LSU over Clemson

Lou Holtz:
LSU over Clemson

Dan Katz:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Doug Kezirian:
Clemson/LSU over 69.5

Joel Klatt:
LSU over Clemson

Matt Leinart:
Clemson over LSU

Tom Lugibill:
Clemson over LSU

Ivan Maisel:
LSU over Clemson

Mark May:
LSU over Clemson

Greg McElroy:
LSU over Clemson

Booger McFarland:
LSU over Clemson

Ryan McGee:
LSU over Clemson

Todd McShay:
LSU over Clemson

Urban Meyer:
LSU over Clemson

Jim Mora Jr.:
LSU over Clemson

Dari Nowkhah:
LSU over Clemson

Jesse Palmer:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson

Dave Portnoy:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Ryen Russillo:
LSU over Clemson

Mark Schlabach:
LSU over Clemson

Stephen A. Smith:
Clemson over LSU

Marcus Spears:
LSU over Clemson

Pete Thamel:
LSU over Clemson

Clay Travis:
Clemson+6 vs LSU

Dan Wetzel:
LSU over Clemson

Scott Van Pelt:
LSU over Clemson

Jonathan Vilma:
LSU over Clemson

Trey Wingo:
Clemson over LSU

Matt Youmans:
Clemson+6.5/7 vs LSU

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2019-20 Bowl Season: Greg McElroy’s #BowlMania BIG BOARD!!!

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Here is the official BIG BOARD from Greg McElroy on this year’s Bowl Mania Special.  Please note Greg McElroy is calling the Alabama/Michigan game and the Buffalo/Charlotte game.  He is not allowed to make a pick on those games, so Kevin Negandhi made those picks for him.  Those two picks are not counted in McElroy’s official record.

Greg McElroy’s picks:

Week Date Picks
B 1/6/20 Louisiana  over  Miami (OH)
B 1/4/20 Tulane  over  Southern Miss
B 1/3/20 Nevada  over  Ohio
B 1/2/20 Cincinnati  over  Boston College
B 1/2/20 Tennessee  over  Indiana
B 1/1/20 Auburn  over  Minnesota
B 1/1/20 Baylor  over  Georgia
B 1/1/20 Wisconsin  over  Oregon
B 12/31/19 Arizona State  over  Florida State
B 12/31/19 Wyoming  over  Georgia State
B 12/31/19 Navy  over  Kansas State
B 12/31/19 Virginia Tech  over  Kentucky
B 12/31/19 Utah  over  Texas
B 12/30/19 California  over  Illinois
B 12/30/19 Florida  over  Virginia
B 12/30/19 Mississippi State  over  Louisville
B 12/30/19 Western Kentucky  over  Western Michigan
B 12/28/19 Clemson  over  Ohio State
B 12/28/19 Iowa State  over  Notre Dame
B 12/28/19 LSU  over  Oklahoma
B 12/28/19 Penn State  over  Memphis
B 12/27/19 Air Force  over  Washington State
B 12/27/19 Southern Cal  over  Iowa
B 12/27/19 Wake Forest  over  Michigan State
B 12/27/19 North Carolina  over  Temple
B 12/27/19 Oklahoma State  over  Texas A&M
B 12/26/19 Pittsburgh  over  Eastern Michigan
B 12/26/19 Miami (FL)  over  Louisiana Tech
B 12/24/19 BYU  over  Hawaii
B 12/23/19 UCF  over  Marshall
B 12/21/19 Appalachian State  over  UAB
B 12/21/19 Arkansas State  over  FIU
B 12/21/19 Boise State  over  Washington
B 12/21/19 San Diego State  over  Central Michigan
B 12/21/19 SMU  over  Florida Atlantic
B 12/21/19 Georgia Southern  over  Liberty
B 12/21/19 Alcorn State  over  North Carolina A&T
B 12/20/19 Utah State  over  Kent State

Todd McShay:

Week Date Picks
B 1/2/20 Tennessee  over  Indiana
B 1/1/20 Alabama  over  Michigan
B 1/1/20 Auburn  over  Minnesota
B 1/1/20 Georgia  over  Baylor
B 1/1/20 Oregon  over  Wisconsin
B 12/31/19 Arizona State  over  Florida State
B 12/31/19 Texas  over  Utah
B 12/30/19 Florida  over  Virginia
B 12/28/19 Clemson  over  Ohio State
B 12/28/19 LSU  over  Oklahoma
B 12/28/19 Penn State  over  Memphis
B 12/27/19 Southern Cal  over  Iowa

Desmond Howard:

Week Date Picks
B 1/2/20 Indiana  over  Tennessee
B 1/1/20 Alabama  over  Michigan
B 1/1/20 Auburn  over  Minnesota
B 1/1/20 Baylor  over  Georgia
B 1/1/20 Oregon  over  Wisconsin
B 12/31/19 Arizona State  over  Florida State
B 12/31/19 Utah  over  Texas
B 12/30/19 Florida  over  Virginia
B 12/28/19 Clemson  over  Ohio State
B 12/28/19 LSU  over  Oklahoma
B 12/28/19 Penn State  over  Memphis
B 12/27/19 Air Force  over  Washington State
B 12/27/19 Southern Cal  over  Iowa
B 12/27/19 Wake Forest  over  Michigan State
B 12/27/19 North Carolina  over  Temple
B 12/27/19 Texas A&M  over  Oklahoma State
B 12/26/19 Miami (FL)  over  Louisiana Tech
B 12/24/19 BYU  over  Hawaii
B 12/21/19 Appalachian State  over  UAB
B 12/21/19 Boise State  over  Washington
B 12/21/19 SMU  over  Florida Atlantic
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