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2012 Bowl Season: COLE’S BIG BOWL BOARD!

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We’ve given things a few days to develop since our last update, and we have plenty more for you today. The picks have been rolling in, and with that being said, I hereby unveil COLE’S BIG BOWL BOARD!!!! This will be the official post for all of the picks, and will continue to be updated as more picks roll in. The format may be obvious, but I will explain it anyways. Where there are numbers, it is the expert’s confidence pick (for those of you in confidence leagues). 35 is the highest, 1 is the lowest confidence. All of the picks have their source listed with them, so if someone changes their mind between now and kickoff, the most up to date pick will count for the official record. Happy bowling (and holidays or whatever).

Barry Melrose:
Bama over Notre Dame (Sportscenter 12/18)

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over Notre Dame (The Herd 12/12)
Arizona over Nevada (ESPN Bowl Mania)
Utah St over Toledo
BYU over SDSU
Ball St over UCF
La Lafayette over ECU
Boise St over Washington
SMU over Fresno St
C.Mich over WKU
BGSU over SJSU
Duke over Cinci
Baylor over UCLA
LaMonroe over Ohio
VaTech over Rutgers
TTU over Minnesota
AF over Rice
WVU over Syracuse
Ariz St over Navy
Oregon St over Texas
TCu over Mich St
Vanderbilt over NC St
USC over GaTech
Tulsa over Iowa St
LSU over Clemson
NW over Miss St (Twitter 1/1)
Okla St over Purdue
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
Stanford over Wisconsin
FSU over NIU
KState over Oregon (The Herd 1/3)

David Pollack:
Oregon St over Texas (Twitter 12/5)
LSU over Clemson (Sportscenter 12/20)
Rutgers over VaTech
Florida over Louisville

Danny Kanell:
FSU over NIU (Sportsnation 12/9)

Desmond Howard:
FSU over NIU
NW over Miss St
Okla St over Purdue
Georgia over Nebraska
Michigan over S.Carolina
Florida over Louisville
Oregon over KState
TAMU over OU
Stanford over Wisconsin

Ed Cunningham: (ESPN Bowl Mania special 12/9):
35. Oregon over KState
33. Florida over Louisville
30. FSU over NIU
14. UCLA over Baylor
12. Mich St over TCU
10. S.Carolina over Michigan
9. Bama over Notre Dame
7. GaTech over USC
3. Miss St over NW
2. Georgia over Nebraska
1. Stanford over Wisconsin

Ivan Maisel:
Oregon over KState (espn.com preview 12/4)
LSU over Clemson (espn.com preview 12/4)
FSU over NIU (espn.com preview 12/4)
Bama over Notre Dame (espn.com preview 12/3)

Jennifer’s Picks:
Georgia over Nebraska
Ole Miss over Pitt
Stanford over Wisconsin
FSU over NIU
TAMU over OU
WVU over Syracuse
Lafayette over ECU
Clemson over LSU
GaTech over USC
Ariz St over Navy
LaMonroe over Ohio
Rice over AF
Boise St over Washington
Baylor over UCLA
UCF over Ball St
WKU over C.Michigan
Oregon over KState
Utah St over Toledo
Fresno St over SMU
S.Carolina over Michigan
Vanderbilt over NC St
TCU over Mich St
Iowa St over Tulsa
BYU over SDSU
Notre Dame over Bama (upset special)
Arizona over Nevada
SJSU over BGSU
Ark St over Kent St
Florida over Louisville
Miss St over NW
Cinci over Duke
Rutgers over VaTech
Texas over Oregon St
TTU over Minnesota
Okla St over Purdue

Jesse Palmer:
FSU over NIU (CFB Live 12/3)
Florida over Louisville

Kevin Carter: (ESPNU Bowl Preview Show 12/12)
Oregon St over Texas
LSU over Clemson
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
TAMU over OU
FSU over NIU (ESPNU BCS Bowl Preview 12/13)
Stanford over Wisconsin
Florida over Louisville
Oregon over KState
Bama over Notre Dame

Kirk Herbstreit:
Oregon over KState
FSU over NIU
NW over Miss St
Okla St over Purdue
Georgia over Nebraska
Michigan over S.Carolina
Florida over Louisville
OU over TAMU

Lee Corso:
NIU over FSU
Stanford over Wisconsin (headgear pick)
NW over Miss St
Okla St over Purdue
Georgia over Nebraska
Oregon over KState
S.Carolina over Michigan
Florida over Louisville
TAMU over OU

Lou Holtz:
Notre Dame over Bama (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mark May:
Bama over Notre Dame (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mark Schlabach: (espn.com 12/13)
Oregon over KState
LSU over Clemson
FSU over NIU
Bama over Notre Dame
Arizona over Nevada
Utah St over Toledo
BYU over SDSU
Ball St over UCF
La Lafayette over ECU
Boise St over Washington
Fresno St over SMU
WKU over C.Mich
SJSU over BGSU
Cinci over Duke
UCLA over Baylor
LaMonroe over Ohio
Rutgers over VaTech
TTU over Minnesota
AF over Rice
Syracuse over WVU
Ariz St over Navy
Oreg St over Texas
TCU over Mich St
Vanderbilt over NC St
USC over GaTech
Tulsa over Iowa St
NW over Miss St
Okla St over Purdue
Georgia over Nebraska
S.Carolina over Michigan
Stanford over Wisconsin
Florida over Louisville
TAMU over OU
Ole Miss over Pitt
Kent St over Ark St

Matt Stinchcomb:
Notre Dame over Bama (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mike Bellotti:
Oregon St over Texas (ESPNU Bowl Preview Show 12/12)
LSU over Clemson
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
OU over TAMU
FSU over NIU (Film Room 12/14)
Stanford over Wisconsin (ESPNU BCS Bowl Preview 12/13)
Florida over Louisville
Oregon over KState
Bama over Notre Dame

Mike Golic: (ESPN Bowl Mania)
Arizona over Nevada
Toledo over Utah St
BYU over SDSU
Ball St over UCF
La Lafayette over ECU
Boise St over Washington
Fresno St over SMU
C.Mich over WKU
SJSU over BGSU
Duke over Cinci
UCLA over Baylor
Ohio over LaMonroe
VaTech over Rutgers
TTU over Minnesota
Rice over AF
Syracuse over WVU
Ariz St over Navy
Texas over Oregon St
Mich St over TCU
NC St over Vanderbilt
USC over GaTech
Tulsa over Iowa St
LSU over Clemson
Miss St over NW
Purdue over Okla St
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
Stanford over Wisconsin
FSU over NIU

Mike Greenberg: (ESPN Bowl Mania)
Nevada over Arizona
Toledo over Utah St
BYU over SDSU
Ball St over UCF
ECU over La Lafayette
Washington over Boise St
Fresno St over SMU
WKU over C.Mich
SJSU over BGSU
Cinci over Duke
Baylor over UCLA
Ohio over LaMonroe
Rutgers over VaTech
Minnesota over TTU
Rice over AF
WVU over Syracuse
Navy over Ariz St
Texas over Oregon St
TCU over Mich St
NC St over Vanderbilt
USC over GaTech
Iowa St over Tulsa
LSU over Clemson
NW over Miss St
Purdue over Okla St
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
Wisconsin over Stanford
NIU over FSU

Michael Smith: (ESPN Bowl Mania)
Georgia over Nebraska
S.Carolina over Michigan
Vanderbilt over NC St
LSU over Clemson
Stanford over Wisconsin
Utah St over Toledo
Arizona over Nevada
SJSU over BGSU
Ball St over UCF
USC over GaTech
Boise St over Washington
FSU over NIU
WVU over Syracuse
AF over Rice
Okla St over Purdue
LaMonroe over Ohio
Mich St over TCU
UCLA over Baylor
Cinci over Duke
TTU over Minnesota
Oregon St over Texas
C.Mich over WKU
Ariz St over NAvy
Iowa St over Tulsa
Rutgers over VaTech
ECU over LaLafayette
Fresno St over SMU
SDSU over BYU
Miss St over NW

Pat Forde: (Forde Yard Dash 12/13)
Arizona over Nevada
Utah St over Toledo
SDSU over BYU
Ball St over UCF
La Lafayette over ECU
Boise St over Washington
Fresno St over SMU
WKU over C.Mich
SJSU over BGSU
Cinci over Duke
UCLA over Baylor
LaMonroe over Ohio
Rutgers over VaTech
TTU over Minnesota
AF over Rice
WVU over Syracuse
Ariz St over Navy
Oregon St over Texas
TCU over Mich St
Vanderbilt over NC St
USC over GaTech
Iowa St over Tulsa
LSU over Clemson
NW over Miss St
Okla St over Purdue
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
Stanford over Wisconsin
FSU over NIU
Florida over Louisville
Oregon over KState
TAMU over OU
Ole Miss over Pitt
Kent St over Ark St
ND over BAma

Robert Smith (ESPN Bowl Mania Special 12/9):
35. Georgia over Nebraska
34. Florida over Louisville
31. FSU over NIU
30. S.Carolina over Michigan
28. Stanford over Wisconsin
27. TCU over Mich St
26. LSU over Clemson
25. Bama over Notre Dame
20. TAMU over OU
16. Oregon over KState
8. USC over GaTech
6. Baylor over UCLA
3. NW over Miss ST
Duke over Cinci
SJSU over BGSU
WKU over C.Mich

Skip Bayless:
Notre Dame over Bama (First Take 12/14)

Stephen A. Smith:
Bama over Notre Dame (First Take 12/14)

Todd McShay (ESPN Bowl Mania Special 12/9):
35. Okla St over Purdue
34. TTU over Minnesota
33. Utah St over Toledo
32. Oregon over KState
31. Fresno St over SMU
30. Stanford over Wisconsin
29. S.Carolina over Michigan
28. Vanderbilt over NC St
27. Florida over Louisville
26. FSU over NIU
25. Ark St over Kent St
24. SJSU over BGSU
23. Arizona over Nevada
22. Bama over Notre Dame
21. Lafayette over ECU
20. WVU over Syracuse
19. TAMU over OU
18. Georgia over Nebraska
17. Ole Miss over Pitt
16. USC over GaTech
15. Ariz St over Navy
14. LaMonroe over Ohio
13. Rice over AF
12. Boise St over Washington
11. LSU over Clemson
10. Baylor over UCLA
9. Ball St over UCF
8. WKU over C.Michigan
7. BYU over SDSU
6. TCU over Mich St
5. Iowa St over Tulsa
4. Oregon St over Texas
3. Rutgers over VaTech
2. Duke over Cinci
1. NW over Miss St
Wisconsin over Stanford (College Gameday 1/1)

Tom Luginbill: (ESPNU Bowl Preview Show 12/12)
Oregon St over Texas
LSU over Clemson
S.Carolina over Michigan
Georgia over Nebraska
OU over TAMU
Florida over Louisville (ESPNU BCS Bowl Preview 12/13)
Stanford over Wisconsin
FSU over NIU
Oregon over KState
Bama over Notre Dame

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Week 4 2012: College Gameday Review

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Welcome back.  College Gameday is just ending, the full day of games are just beginning, and its time for us to take a minute to reflect on this morning’s activities.  Things were a little hectic this morning as we suffered some technical difficulties involving the FIOS box, DVR, and their ability for me to view College Gameday.  Luckily we had a backup TV, but might have missed a couple of details while I was getting things back into working order.  Things are back online, and all is normal in the universe.

We kicked off things live from Tallahassee, Florida this morning for the big matchup between Clemson and Florida State.  Going into this show, they said FSU is only 3-5 when Gameday is present on their campus, so take note of this important information gamblers.  Coach Corso also comes into this week riding a two-week losing streak for his headgear picks.  Can he turn it around?  Tune in tonight to find out.  Who did he pick?  Read on and you will see (or just scroll down if you could care less about anything I say).  Things started off the first hour as always with Chris Fowler welcoming us to the presentation with Desmond Howard and David Pollack.  Then Samantha Steele took over hosting the first hour because, as she put it, the humidity was killing his hair.  We got discussions on all the games including tonight’s game, which has now been dubbed “The Battle of Jimbo and Dabo”.  We got a replay of last week’s Dewey Bozella piece and his inspirational story of being wrongfully imprisoned.  The first hour closed, as always, with picks from Desmond and David making picks.  They both took the Seminoles and got quite an ovation from the crowd.  Also, Samantha Steele’s shoes made another return, so Jennifer will be thrilled.  No outlandish suit from Desmond Howard; I am disappointed.

The Early Crew: Looking Sharp

As the second hour started, David Pollack was sent back to the bus to go use the internet.  I do apologize, but this was during our technical difficulties, and this is the closest picture I got of him tweeting, when the FSU cheerleaders threw one of their members at him and he managed to catch her.  Well done David.

Pollack put away the internet; catches cheerleader!

During today’s show, we got some footage of Lee Corso’s time spent playing for Florida State back in the mid  1950s.  I don’t know about you, but I love watching vintage college football clips.  Nothing better than a lazy day watching “Southwest Conference Legends” on Fox Sports Net that used to air a few years ago.  Coming back from one commercial, we got a piece by Tom Rinaldi called “Chopped” about FSU, and the piece lasted about 25 seconds.  I thought this was going to be a full Tom Rinaldi quiet-talking segment, but it was really short and didn’t have much of a point.  I don’t understand why we needed a full title card for “Chopped: by Tom Rinaldi” for a piece less than a minute long.  However, we did get a full Tebow Memorial Segment by Tom Rinaldi about Jimbo Fisher’s son Ethan who suffers from Fanconi Anemia.  Apparently its a blood disorder that his son has, and the life expectancy is about 25.  It sounds pretty horrible, because even if you get a bone marrow transplant to fight the disorder, you are still susceptible to all kinds of cancers.  Heartbreaking stuff, but you would never know it looking at Ethan.  The kid doesn’t look like he has a care in the world, so best of luck to him.

We got a discussion between Pollack, Herbie and Jesse Palmer back in the studio about Mizzou’s QB James Franklin refusing the needle and sitting out last week’s game.  Jesse Palmer chimed in with a great looking opinion that Franklin made the right decision.  He talked about his own choice to use painkillers to get through a game, and how it messed him up for weeks after that because he couldn’t feel the damage he was causing to his body.  Pollack said if he heard the opposing QB had a bad shoulder, he was coming for the shoulder.  We also found out FSU does not like Jesse Palmer, as it rained down boos when he came on the screen.  They must be jealous of his good looks.

We saw the return of Bald Man on Campus with Scott Van Pelt, which we have missed the last two weeks.  His initial piece was him hanging out on campus with Denard Robinson, and this week was him hanging out on campus with Collin Klein; Kansas State QB.  Comparisons were made to Tim Tebow.  Both white. Both home schooled.  Both religious. Both rugged.  Both bring their lunch pale.  Both great leaders.  They talked about Klein always getting bloodied up from taking the big hits, and he said he always looks at his teammates in the huddle who take bigger hits to help him out.  Apparently he supports Tebow, and Tebow supports him.  Klein also plays the piano, violin and mandolin.  Great segment, and I’m glad we had SVP back.

Now its time to get down to the real business at hand.  You probably came here for picks, so its time for picks.  For the full slate of Saturday morning picks, check out THIS POST.  Last night on Twitter, Lee Fitting (@leefitting on Twitter) said he spent 30 minutes planning out the headgear pick with Lee Corso last night.  I could only imagine what they were coming up with.  There was also high speculation about who would be the guest celebrity.  My vote of former FSU star Burt Reynolds did not win.  What they managed to dig up is Tallahassee native and noted motocross driver Ricky Carmichael.  Ricky came onto the set with Fowler, Corso and Herbie and did a great job of contributing pretty much nothing to the presentation.  He had some great insight like “Gonna be a lot of points in this Oregon-Arizona game”, and “I’m going to the game tonight, so I gotta go with Florida State”.  Lee Corso was very unimpressed with this backwards-hat-wearing motorcycle jumper, and pretty much gave him a big MEH every time he picked a game.  This all built up to the big game tonight.  FSU only 3-5 all-time when Gameday is on campus.  Corso riding a two game losing streak on headgear picks.  Would he give the kiss of death to the Seminoles this week?  What was the big presentation Lee Fitting and Coach Corso came up with?  This should answer your question.  Also, I can’t be the only one who thought about this separated at birth comparison below.  Choose wisely, and enjoy your Saturday folks.

Corso goes with the Seminoles!
Mel Brooks: Separated at birth?
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Week 4 2012: Saturday Morning

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We are firing up things here this lovely Saturday morning.  Lots of exciting games this week, and lots of exciting picks will come in tow.  We’re drinking Rojo Tea again this morning.  We’ve got College Gameday on the main screen, Sportsnation on the bottom screen, and Dari & Mel going on the radio.  Why would I be listening to the radio while watching two TVs?  Because I like to party.  I’ll be updating all morning starting with a few picks from the last week, and continue to update as the picks continue to rain down on us.  Stay tuned!  UPDATE: Chris Fowler tweeted that today’s guest celebrity is going to be a big surprise and somewhat off the radar.  WHO COULD IT BE?  As soon as I know, it will be here.

Robert Smith:
Boise St over BYU
Notre Dame over Michigan
OU over KState
FSU over Clemson
Oregon over Arizona
UCLA over Oreg St
S.Carolina over Mizzou
TCU over UVA
GaTech over Miami
Rutgers over Arkansas
Minnesota over Syracuse

Christian Fauria:
Clemson over FSU
Notre Dame over Michigan
Oregon over Arizona
OU over KState
UCLA over Oreg St
S.Carolina over Mizzou
TCU over UVA
GaTech over Miami
Arkansas over Rutgers
UConn over W.Michigan

Mel Kiper Jr.:
FSU over Clemson
Notre Dame over Michigan
Florida over Kentucky
OU over KState
Oregon over Arizona

David Pollack:
GaTech over Miami
Oreg St over UCLA
Notre Dame over Michigan
KState over OU
Oregon over Arizona
FSU over Clemson

Desmond Howard:
Oregon over Arizona
GaTech over Miami
UCLA over Oreg St
Michigan over Notre Dame
OU over KState
FSU over Clemson
LSU over Auburn
Bama over FAU
USC over Cal

Kirk Herbstreit:
UCLA over Oreg St
LSU over Auburn
Boise St over BYU
Bama over FAU
Minnesota over Syracuse
Rutgers over Arkansas
Utah over Ariz St
UCLA over Oregon St
Notre Dame over Michigan
OU over KState

Lee Corso:
LSU over Auburn
Bama over FAU
OU over KState
NIU over Kansas
Oregon over Arizona
Notre Dame over Michigan
Minnesota over Syracuse
Rutgers over Arkansas
Ariz St over Utah
UCLA over Oregon St
FSU over Clemson (Headgear pick)

Ricky Carmichael:
Syracuse over Minnesota
Arkansas over Rutgers
Ariz St over Utah
UCLA over Oregon St
Michigan over Notre Dame
OU over KState
FSU over Clemson

Jennifer:
Boise St over BYU
Clemson over FSU (Upset Special)
Georgia over Vanderbilt
Michigan over Notre Dame
Arkansas over Rutgers
UCLA over Oreg St
Miami over GaTech
UConn over W.Michigan
Wake Forest over Army
Syracuse over Minnesota
S.Carolina over Mizzou
LSU over Auburn
Oregon over Arizona

 

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