Tag: ivan maisel

Week 8 was pretty mundane if you ask me.  I’m sure that you, just like myself, made the following predictions for last week: Tennessee over S.Carolina, Vanderbilt over Georgia, Mizzou over Florida, Auburn over Texas A&M, UCF over Louisville, and Ole Miss over LSU.  We all probably also picked FSU over Clemson, Notre Dame over USC, Stanford over UCLA, and Minnesota over Northwestern.  Now I’m not here to point fingers, but below you may find a handful of people who did NOT make these obvious picks.

Needless to say, it was a rough week for our posse of expert analysts.  First off, let’s get the good performances out of the way.  Brad Edwards went 3-1, as did Lou Holtz and Trevor Matich.  Pat Forde had a decent week at 22-8.  Herbie went 7-4, and Lee Corso went 6-3 nailing the headgear pick with FSU over Clemson.  Jennifer came in with a solid 8-4 record this week.  The winner this week by default goes to Desmond Howard, who came in at 6-1 basically by the chance that he only picked 1 SEC game.  Congratulations Desmond.  Bill Murray went 5-4 but put on a delightful performance.

Now let’s move on to this week’s real news.  A handful of others tanked hard.  David Pollack went 2-3.  Todd McShay went 3-3, but missed TWO upset specials.  Mel Kiper Jr. went 2-3.  You would think Dari Nowkhah and Jason Sehorn would be this week’s co-losers at 3-8.  However this week we had a performance for the ages.  I hope you remember this day and tell your grandchildren about the week that Robert Smith, last year’s bowl pick’em champion, put up an amazing 0-9 performance.  I don’t recall ever seeing something like that in all of the years I’ve been doing this.  It somehow seems harder than going 9-0.  Whatever it was, it was impressive.

Check below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Mike Bellotti: 1-1
RIGHT Oregon over Wash St
WRONG Clemson over FSU

Paul Finebaum: 1-1
Tamu over auburn
Mizzou over Florida

Robert Smith: 0-9
WRONG Clemson over FSU
WRONG Tamu over auburn
WRONG Louisville over ucf
WRONG Ucla over Stanford
WRONG Florida over mizzou
WRONG USC over ND
WRONG LSU over ole miss
WRONG S.Carolina over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over Vandy

Brad Edwards: 3-1
WRONG USC over ND (upset special)
RIGHT Oregon over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Iowa
RIGHT Fsu over Clemson

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT Wake Forest over Maryland (upset special)

Skip Bayless: 0-1
WRONG Clemson over FSU

Brian Griese: 3-0
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA

Lou Holtz: 3-1
RIGHT ND over USC
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT FSU over Clemson

Mark May: 3-2
WRONG USC over ND
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU

Colin Cowherd: 6-6
WRONG S.Carolina over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over Vandy
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG Wash over Ariz St
RIGHT Bama over Arkansas
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
RIGHT ND over USC
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
RIGHT Oregon over Wash St

Ivan Maisel: 1-1
RIGHT Oregon St over Cal
WRONG Clemson over fsu

Trevor Matich: 3-1
RIGHT Bama over Arkansas
RIGHT Oregon over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Iowa
WRONG Clemson over fsu

Ryen Russillo: 1-0
RIGHT Fsu over Clemson

Pat Forde: 22-8
WRONG Louisville over UCF
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
WRONG WVU over TTU
RIGHT OU over Kansas
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
RIGHT Michigan over Indiana
WRONG NW over Minnesota
RIGHT Ohio St over Iowa
RIGHT NIU over C.Mich
RIGHT Akron over Miami OH
RIGHT Arizona over Utah
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
RIGHT Oreg St over Cal
RIGHT Oregon over Wash St
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG S.Carolina over Tennessee
WRONG Georgia over Vandy
WRONG BAma over Arkansas
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St
RIGHT BYU over Houston
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Fresno St over UNLV
WRONG Wyoming over CSU
RIGHT Cinci over UConn
RIGHT SMU over Memphis
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
RIGHT Buffalo over UMass

Jason Sehorn: 3-8
WRONG Louisville over UCF
WRONG USC over ND
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG Georgia over Vandy
WRONG LSU over ole miss
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
RIGHT Auburn over TAMU
WRONG Ucla over Stanford
RIGHT Fsu over Clemson
WRONG S.Carolina over Tennessee

Dari Nowkhah: 3-8
WRONG Louisville over UCF
WRONG TCU over Okla St
WRONG Georgia over Vandy
WRONG LSU over ole miss
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
WRONG Clemson over FSU
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
RIGHT Oregon over Wash St

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-3
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC

Todd McShay: 3-3
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG WVU over TTU (upset special)
WRONG Utah over Arizona (upset special #2)

Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over Iowa St

David Pollack: 2-3
RIGHT TTU over WVU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG LSU over Ole Miss
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
WRONG Clemson over fsu

Desmond Howard: 6-1
RIGHT TTU over WVU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Ohio St over Iowa
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT FSU over Clemson

Kirk Herbstreit: 7-4
RIGHT Bama over Arkansas
WRONG WVU over TTU
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Ohio St over Iowa
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Akron over Miami OH
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
RIGHT BYU over Houston
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
WRONG UCLA over Stanford

Lee Corso: 6-3
WRONG USC over Notre Dame
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Akron over Miami OH
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
RIGHT BYU over Houston
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG WVU over TTU
RIGHT FSU over Clemson (headgear pick)

Bill Murray: 5-4
RIGHT Akron over Miami OH
WRONG Florida over Mizzou
RIGHT BYU over Houston
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
RIGHT TTU over WVU
RIGHT Arizona over Utah
WRONG Clemson over FSU

Jennifer’s Picks: 8-4
RIGHT Okla St over TCU
WRONG WVU over TTU
RIGHT Ohio St over Iowa
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
WRONG TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Akron over Miami OH
RIGHT Mizzou over Florida
RIGHT Byu over Houston
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington (upset special)
WRONG Ucla over Stanford
WRONG Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Boise st over Nevada