2015-16 Bowl season results! #CFBPlayoff #BowlMania

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen.  With the fantastic CFB Playoff championship game in the books last night, that means the bowl season has ended.  It is now time that we look back and review how all of our competitors did playing a little bit of Bowl Mania pick’em.

We had 12 of our expert predictors and prognosticators who picked enough of the bowl games to qualify for our championship competition this year.  As with most things around here, it is all subjective and up to my judgment as to what to make of all of this mess.  Not everyone picked the Celebration Bowl between NC A&T and Alcorn State.  Some of us picked it, and it ended up being quite profitable.  Not everyone had a qualifying CFB Playoff Championship pick, because some of them picked before the playoff and had Oklahoma playing in the championship game.  And for some reason, Pat Forde refused to pick any bowl games involving 5-7 teams, but since he still picked most of them I have granted him a waiver.  Without further adieu, I present to you this year’s Gamedaycole.com official bowl championship rankings.

Cole’s Picks: 32-10
Joey Galloway: 31-11
Chris Doering: 29-13
Phil Steele: 29-12 SU, 14-9 ATS
Jennifer’s Picks: 27-14
Todd McShay: 27-15
Pat Forde: 26-12
Ryen Russillo: 25-17
Danny Kanell: 24-18
Joel Klatt: 24-17
Mark Schlabach: 23-18
Dari Nowkhah: 22-20

As you can see, Cole’s picks came out on top this year coming in at 32-10.  Not to toot my own too much, but I’m pretty good at picking bowl games.  Pay no attention to last year’s results behind the curtain where I went 20-18 in Bowl Mania.  Anyways, since I can’t very well give myself an award for picking bowl games (I guess I could since it is my site), we are proud to announce that Joey Galloway has won the 2015-16 Gamedaycole.com Bowl Season Championship at 31-11!

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We had a grand total of 59 experts who participated in bowl season this year, and for the full results you can check out the list below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did during bowl season.  Since my full list of bowl picks for all of these people is over 30 pages long, you’ll just have to take my word on it for now.  Congratulations to everyone who participated this year.

Andrea Adelson: 1-1
Charles Arbuckle: 1-2
Skip Bayless: 1-2 SU, 1-0 ATS
Mike Bellotti: 3-2
Jon Berger: 7-1
Kevin Blackstone: 1-0
Mack Brown: 2-2
Kevin Carter: 15-10
Lee Corso: 2-4 (1-2 headgear picks)
Stanford Steve Coughlin: 2-6 SU, 3-9 ATS
Colin Cowherd: 7-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Tim Cowlishaw: 7-1 SU, 8-5 ATS
Ed Cunningham: 5-9
Butch Davis: 2-2
Rece Davis: 1-0
Heather Dinich: 14-6
Brad Edwards: 7-0 SU, 4-1 ATS
Chris “The Bear” Fallica: 7-7 SU, 10-9 ATS
Paul Finebaum: 10-3
Mike Golic: 3-0 SU, 2-0 ATS
Mike Greenberg: 3-0 SU, 1-0 ATS
Brian Griese: 2-0
Israel Gutierrez: 1-0
Kirk Herbstreit: 6-4
Lou Holtz: 1-2
Desmond Howard: 8-4
Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-0
Matt Leinart: 2-1
Tom Luginbill: 4-0
Trevor Matich: 4-0
Mark May: 3-1
Greg McElroy: 13-3
Booger McFarland: 9-5
Ryan McGee: 1-0
Urban Meyer: 1-0
Woody Paige: 0-1
Jesse Palmer: 1-0
Petros Papadakis: 2-1
Brady Quinn: 1-2
David Pollack: 6-5
Jason Sehorn: 7-2
Robert Smith: 2-2
Marcus Spears: 10-2
Clint Stoerner: 1-0
Tim Tebow: 2-1
Scott Van Pelt: 2-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Andre Ware: 1-0

2015-16 #CFBPlayoff Championship picks! #BowlMania #Clemson #Alabama

Here we are with one game left in the season, so it is about that time to start paying attention to who is picking whom (and in some cases, BY HOW MUCH).  Undefeated Clemson is taking on Nick Saban’s Alabama, and our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators is sitting at 32 to 13 in favor of Alabama winning the game, with five experts laying the 7, two experts liking the under, one expert taking the points, and one Chris Fallica who is on the Clemson moneyline.

Check back often over the next few days because we will be updating anytime someone wants to give a pick on this game.  As always, I’ll be putting the place and date I got the pick from, so if you see someone picking the opposite way more recently, go with the more recent pick.

Lee Corso:
Clemson over Alabama (Headgear pick)

Andrea Adelson:
Clemson over Alabama (epsn.com 1/7)

Charles Arbuckle: Film Room 1/6
Clemson over Alabama

Skip Bayless: First Take 1/11
Clemson over Alabama 28-27
Clemson+7 vs Alabama

Mike Bellotti: Film Room 1/6
Alabama over Clemson (Close)

Jon Berger: Big 12 Weekly 1/6
Alabama over Clemson

Kevin Blackstone: ATH 1/11
Alabama over Clemson

Mack Brown:
Clemson over Alabama (Champ Drive 1/10)

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Kevin Carter: Film Room 1/6
Alabama over Clemson

Cole’s Pick:
Alabama over Clemson

Stanford Steve Coughlin: Behind the Bets podcast 1/6
Alabama over Clemson
Alabama-7 vs Clemson
Alabama vs Clemson under 50.5 (if he had to bet it)

Colin Cowherd:
Alabama over Clemson (The Herd 1/8)
Alabama-7 vs Clemson (The Herd 1/8)

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Tim Cowlishaw:
Alabama over Clemson (103.3 ESPNRadio 1/11)

Ed Cunningham:
Clemson over Alabama (Bowl Mania 12/13)

Butch Davis:
Alabama over Clemson (Champ Drive 1/10)

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Heather Dinich:
Alabama over Clemson (Twitter 1/9)

Chris “The Bear” Fallica: Behind the Bets podcast 1/6
Clemson over Alabama 24-21
Clemson+220ish over Alabama
Clemson+7 vs Alabama
Alabama vs Clemson under 50.5 (lean only)

Paul Finebaum:
Alabama over Clemson (Champ Drive 1/10)

Pat Forde: Bowl Dash 12/17
Alabama over Clemson 28-21

Joey Galloway:
Clemson over Alabama (Champ Drive 1/10)

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Mike Greenberg:
Alabama over Clemson

Israel Gutierrez: ATH 1/11
Alabama over Clemson

Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Clemson

Jennifer’s Pick:
Clemson over Alabama

Danny Kanell:
Clemson over Alabama (Halftime show ½, CFB Live 1/4)

Joel Klatt:
Alabama over Clemson (WJOX podcdast 1/5)

Matt Leinart:
Alabama over Clemson (FS1 12/31)

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Tom Luginbill: Film Room 1/6
Alabama over Clemson

Mark May:
Alabama over Clemson (Championship Drive 12/6)

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Greg McElroy:
Alabama over Clemson (SEC Nation 1/11)

Booger McFarland:
Alabama over Clemson 34-17 (M&M 1/11)

Todd McShay:
Alabama over Clemson 28-20 (Champ Drive 1/10)

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Urban Meyer:
Alabama over Clemson

Woody Paige: ATH 1/11
Clemson over Alabama

Jesse Palmer:
Alabama over Clemson (CFB Live 1/11)

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Petros Papadakis:
Alabama over Clemson (FS1 12/31)

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Brady Quinn:
Clemson over Alabama (FS1 12/31)

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Ryen Russillo:
Alabama over Clemson (Champ Drive 1/10)

Robert Smith:
Clemson over Alabama (Championship Drive 12/6)

Stephen A. Smith: First Take 1/11
Alabama over Clemson 33-20
Alabama-7 vs Clemson

Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Clemson (SEC Nation 1/11)

Phil Steele:
Alabama over Clemson (by 10) (Champ Drive 1/7)
Alabama-7 vs Clemson

Clint Stoerner:
Alabama over Clemson (Twitter 1/11)

Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Clemson 24-17 (R&K 1/11)

Scott Van Pelt:
Alabama over Clemson
Alabama-7 vs Clemson (Winners 1/7)

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Week 10 2015: College football results are in; picks are graded! #cfb #cfbpicks

Separation Saturday may have brought a bit more clarity to the college football playoff rankings this week, but brought little clarity to our season-long competition amongst our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.

Big winners this week include Lee Corso (8-3), David Pollack (4-0), Booger McFarland (6-2, 1-0 ATS), Andrea Adelson (5-1), Chris Doering (5-1), Chris Fallica (16-7-1, 8-4-1 ATS), and Phil Steele (12-7, 6-3 ATS).  However, our biggest winners on the week were Colin Cowherd and Jason Sehorn who put up 7-1 records this week.  The tie will go to Colin Cowherd for picking Oklahoma State over TCU amongst his picks, and we value quality wins in this thing.  So let’s all take a minute to congratulate Colin Cowherd and his new 2015-16 season hairpiece.

Losers this week included Stanford Steve Coughlin (6-6, 3-3 ATS) who continues to struggle after a sensational 2014-15 season.  Trevor Matich (5-6, 1-2 ATS) continues to struggle with learning the fine intricacies of picking against the spread after living a full Mormon life without engaging in gambling.  However this week’s loss will go to Robert Smith at 4-6 on the week and 2-3 ATS.  He has put up some spectacular weeks and also some duds, and it seems that with him it is feast or famine.  Tough week Robert but I’m sure we will see you back on top soon.

Lee Corso went 8-3 on the week but lost his headgear pick of LSU over Alabama.  Special guest celebrity picker and self-professed fan of pears Rick Ross went 5-4 on the week.  Jennifer booked a winner at 7-4 on the week while Charley the Cat steals a game back from Corso picking Alabama.  Corso now sits at 3-7 on the year for headgear picks and Charley has taken a come-from-behind lead at 4-6 on the year.

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

Lee Corso: 8-3
WRONG LSU over Alabama (headgear pick)
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Utah over Washington
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT NW over Penn St
RIGHT Navy over Memphis
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt (by 2)

Kirk Herbstreit: 7-5
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG Pitt+9.5 vs Notre Dame
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT USC over Arizona
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG Washington over Utah

Desmond Howard: 10-4 (1-1 ATS)
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Notre Dame-9.5 vs Pitt
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG Mich St-4 vs Nebraska
RIGHT Stanford over Colorado
RIGHT USC over Arizona
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Utah over Washington
WRONG LSU over Alabama

Rick Ross: 5-4
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Notre Dame over Navy
RIGHT Clemson over ND
WRONG TCU over Okla St (Boykin is bossin’ up)
WRONG Washington over Utah
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

David Pollack: 4-0
RIGHT Stanford over Colorado
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Jennifer’s Picks: 7-4
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT USC over Arizona
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT NW over Penn St
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Utah over Washington
WRONG LSU over Alabama (upset special)

Tim Tebow: 5-2
RIGHT Miss St over Missouri
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Marcus Spears: 4-3
RIGHT Miss St over Missouri
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
WRONG LSU over Alabama
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Greg McElroy: 7-3
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Miss St over Mizzou
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Paul Finebaum: 7-3
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Missouri
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Booger McFarland: 6-2 (1-0 ATS)
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky 27-17
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina 24-21
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt 20-3
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas 31-24
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU 31-28
WRONG LSU over Alabama 20-17
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Arkansas+10 vs Ole Miss

JA Adande: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Andrea Adelson: 5-1
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG UVA over Miami FL
RIGHT NC St over BC

Mike Bellotti: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas State

Jon Berger: 3-1
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas St
RIGHT WVU over TTU
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
WRONG TCU over Okla St

Mack Brown 3-1
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota

Kevin Carter: 1-0
RIGHT UNC over Duke

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 6-6 (3-3 ATS)
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 24-13
RIGHT Alabama-6 vs LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU 38-24
WRONG Clemson-12 vs FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St 48-35
WRONG TCU-5 vs Okla St
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas 27-20
RIGHT Arkansas+11 vs Ole Miss
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati 48-42
RIGHT Cincinnati+9 vs Houston
WRONG Indiana over Iowa
WRONG Indiana+6.5 vs Iowa

Colin Cowherd: 7-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Ohio State over Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson over FSU (by 7)
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt (by 7 or 8)
RIGHT Okla St over TCU (by 7)
WRONG Indiana over Iowa
RIGHT UCLA over Oregon St
RIGHT USC over Arizona

Rece Davis: 2-1 (1-0 ATS)
WRONG Indiana over Iowa
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson

Heather Dinich: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Chris Doering: 5-1
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky 31-9
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina 41-27
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt 24-6
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas 34-26
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU 38-35
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 24-16

Brad Edwards: 4-2 (1-2 ATS)
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Okla St+5.5 vs TCU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG LSU+7.5 vs Alabama
WRONG Tennessee-17 vs S.Carolina
RIGHT Tennessee over S.Carolina

Chris Fallica: 16-7-1 (8-4-1 ATS)
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 28-17
RIGHT Alabama-6 vs LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU 30-24
RIGHT FSU+12 vs Clemson
RIGHT Okla St over TCU 49-45
RIGHT Okla St+5 vs TCU
RIGHT BYU over SJSU 27-20
RIGHT SJSU+12.5 vs BYU
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt 28-10
RIGHT Vanderbilt+21 vs Florida
WRONG Idaho over South Alabama 24-20
RIGHT Idaho+9.5 vs South Alabama
RIGHT Idaho+9 vs South Alabama (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana 30-27
WRONG Indiana+6.5 vs Iowa
WRONG Indiana+7 vs Iowa (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Washington over Utah 24-16
WRONG Washington-1 vs Utah
RIGHT MTSU over Marshall 37-24
PUSH MTSU-3 vs Marshall
WRONG MTSU-2.5 vs Marshall (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Wisconsin over Maryland 24-17
RIGHT Maryland+13 vs Wisconsin
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska

Pat Forde: 22-5
RIGHT BYU over SJSU
RIGHT Temple over SMU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Maryland
RIGHT UNC over Duke
RIGHT Miami (FL) over UVA
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT WVU over TTU
RIGHT Stanford over Colorado
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
RIGHT OU over Iowa State
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
RIGHT Michigan over Rutgers
RIGHT NW over Penn St
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT UCLA over Oregon St
RIGHT Utah over Washington
RIGHT Wash St over Ariz St
RIGHT Florida over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Louisville over Syracuse
WRONG Memphis over Navy

Joey Galloway: 5-4
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Georgia over Kentucky
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska

Mike Golic: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Mike Greenberg: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Israel Gutierrez: 1-1
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Lou Holtz: 2-1
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Danny Kanell: 7-4 (2-2 ATS)
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG LSU over Alabama
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Ohio State over Minnesota
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG TCU-4.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson
WRONG LSU+6.5 vs Alabama
RIGHT Iowa-7 vs Indiana

Mel Kiper Jr: 0-1
WRONG TCU over Okla St

Tom Luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas State

Jackie MacMullan: 1-1
WRONG LSU over Alabama
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Ivan Maisel: 1-1-1 (0-0-1 ATS)
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
PUSH Pitt+8 vs Notre Dame
WRONG TCU over Okla St

Trevor Matich: 5-6 (1-2 ATS)
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
WRONG Memphis over Navy
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
WRONG Mich St over Nebraska
WRONG TCU-5.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT Alabama-7.5 vs LSU
WRONG Ole Miss-9.5 vs Arkansas
WRONG Ole Miss over Arkansas

Mark May: 2-1
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Ryan McGee: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas State

Todd McShay: 1-1
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU

Dari Nowkhah: 2-0 ATS
RIGHT S.Carolina+17.5 vs Tennessee
RIGHT Arkansas+10 vs Ole Miss

Ryen Russillo: 3-2 (2-1 ATS)
WRONG TCU-4.5 vs Okla St
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson
RIGHT Iowa-7 vs Indiana
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana

Mark Schlabach: 2-1
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Clemson over FSU

Jason Sehorn: 7-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota
RIGHT Alabama over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
WRONG TCU over Okla St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Iowa over Indiana
RIGHT OU over Iowa St
RIGHT Houston over Cincinnati

Robert Smith: 4-6 (2-3 ATS)
RIGHT Clemson over FSU 27-23
RIGHT FSU+10.5 vs Clemson
WRONG TCU over Okla St 51-45
WRONG TCU-4.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 20-17
WRONG LSU+6.5 vs Alabama
WRONG Memphis over Navy 24-20
RIGHT Navy+7.5 vs Memphis
WRONG Indiana over Iowa 38-35
WRONG Indiana+7 vs Iowa

Phil Steele: 12-7 (6-3 ATS)
RIGHT Ohio State over Minnesota
RIGHT Kansas St+17.5 vs Baylor
RIGHT Baylor over Kansas St
RIGHT Notre Dame-8 vs Pitt
RIGHT Notre Dame over Pitt
RIGHT Clemson over FSU
RIGHT FSU+12 vs Clemson
WRONG TCU over Okla St (by 7)
WRONG TCU-5 vs Okla St
RIGHT Alabama over LSU 27-20
RIGHT Alabama-6.5 vs LSU
WRONG Memphis over Navy
WRONG TAMU over Auburn (by 3)
WRONG Washington over Utah
RIGHT North Carolina over Duke
WRONG Duke+8 vs UNC (Smart Money Pick)
RIGHT Notre Dame-8.5 vs Pitt (Smart Money Pick)
RIGHT Auburn+7 vs TAMU (Smart Money Pick)
WRONG Ohio St-23 vs Minneosta (Double play, Smart Money Pick)

Clint Stoerner: 0-1
WRONG LSU over Alabama

Scott Van Pelt WINNER$!: 3-2 ATS
WRONG Indiana+7 vs Iowa
RIGHT Nebraska+6 vs Mich St
WRONG BC+4 vs NC St
RIGHT Okla St+5 vs TCU
RIGHT Navy+7.5 vs Memphis

Andre Ware: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Minnesota