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Week 2 2019: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen.  Here are all those picks I haven’t posted this week to go with your Saturday morning coffee.  I’ll be posting the usual College Gameday thread in a little bit once they start picking some games so check back for all the usual favorites like Corso’s headgear, celebrity guests, super dogs, Bear’s Bank, SEC Nation and all that.

Andrea Adelson:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 BYU  over  Tennessee
2 9/7/19 Washington  over  California
2 9/7/19 Texas  over  LSU
2 9/7/19 Stanford  over  Southern Cal
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Gene Chizik:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 Arkansas  over  Ole Miss
2 9/7/19 Tennessee  over  BYU
2 9/7/19 LSU  over  Texas
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Tim Cowlishaw ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 LSU  -6.5 vs Texas
9/7/19 Colorado + 4.5 vs Nebraska
9/7/19 North Texas + 3 vs SMU
9/7/19 Clemson  -17 vs Texas A&M

Heather Dinich:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 BYU  over  Tennessee
2 9/7/19 Washington  over  California
2 9/7/19 LSU  over  Texas
2 9/7/19 Stanford  over  Southern Cal
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Chris Doering:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 Ole Miss  over  Arkansas
2 9/7/19 Tennessee  over  BYU
2 9/7/19 LSU  over  Texas
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Pat Forde ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Michigan  -23 vs Army
9/7/19 Cincinnati + 16.5 vs Ohio State
9/7/19 Texas + 5 vs LSU
9/7/19 Southern Cal  -2.5 vs Stanford
9/7/19 Clemson  -17.5 vs Texas A&M
9/7/19 Tulane + 18 vs Auburn

Joe Fortenbaugh ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/6/19 Marshall + 13 vs Boise State
9/7/19 Fresno State + 3 vs Minnesota

Joey Galloway ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Army + 22 vs Michigan
9/7/19 Maryland  -2 vs Syracuse

Danny Kanell ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Cincinnati + 15 vs Ohio State
9/7/19 Texas + 7 vs LSU
9/7/19 North Carolina + 5 vs Miami (FL)
9/7/19 Clemson  -17 vs Texas A&M

Doug Kezirian ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Penn State  -30 vs Buffalo
9/7/19 Washington  -13.5 vs California
9/7/19 Illinois  -20 vs Connecticut
9/7/19 LSU  -5.5 vs Texas
9/7/19 Colorado + 4 vs Nebraska
9/7/19 Rutgers + 20 vs Iowa
9/7/19 UCLA  -7.5 vs San Diego State

Adam Kramer ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Miami (FL)  -5 vs North Carolina
9/7/19 Fresno State + 3 vs Minnesota
9/7/19 Georgia Tech  -6 vs South Florida
9/7/19 Maryland  -1.5 vs Syracuse
9/7/19 Tulane + 17 vs Auburn

Chris Low:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 Tennessee  over  BYU
2 9/7/19 Washington  over  California
2 9/7/19 LSU  over  Texas
2 9/7/19 Stanford  over  Southern Cal
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Ivan Maisel:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 Tennessee  over  BYU
2 9/7/19 Washington  over  California
2 9/7/19 Texas  over  LSU
2 9/7/19 Stanford  over  Southern Cal
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Jesse Palmer ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 LSU  -6.5 vs Texas
9/7/19 Wyoming  -6.5 vs Texas State

Rufus Peabody ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Texas A&M + 17 vs Clemson
9/7/19 Vanderbilt + 7 vs Purdue

Adam Rittenberg:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 Tennessee  over  BYU
2 9/7/19 Washington  over  California
2 9/7/19 LSU  over  Texas
2 9/7/19 Southern Cal  over  Stanford
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Mark Schlabach:

Week Date Picks
2 9/7/19 Tennessee  over  BYU
2 9/7/19 Washington  over  California
2 9/7/19 Texas  over  LSU
2 9/7/19 Stanford  over  Southern Cal
2 9/7/19 Clemson  over  Texas A&M

Scott Spreitzer ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Washington  -13.5 vs California
9/6/19 Wake Forest  -19 vs Rice

Pete Thamel ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Army + 23 vs Michigan
9/7/19 UCF  -10.5 vs Florida Atlantic
9/7/19 Ohio State  -16.5 vs Cincinnati
9/7/19 Texas + 5 vs LSU
9/7/19 Stanford + 2.5 vs Southern Cal
9/7/19 Texas A&M + 17.5 vs Clemson

Dan Wetzel ATS picks:

Date Pick
9/7/19 Army + 23 vs Michigan
9/7/19 Ohio State  -16.5 vs Cincinnati
9/7/19 Texas + 5 vs LSU
9/7/19 Ohio + 5 vs Pittsburgh
9/7/19 Stanford + 2.5 vs Southern Cal
9/7/19 Clemson  -17.5 vs Texas A&M
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2018-19 College Football Championship: Picks, predictions, ATS plays, and prop bets!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone.  Here is the official GamedayCole.com megapost of CFB Championship picks, predictions, ATS plays, prop bets, and anything else we can find along the way today.  I will be updating all day with the latest and greatest picks available so check back often for updates.

Corso’s Headgear:
Clemson over Alabama

Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Clemson

David Pollack:
Alabama over Clemson

Full slate of ESPN.com writer predictions can be found HERE!!!!

@GamedayJen:
Clemson over Alabama

Paul Finebaum: CFP Selection Show 12/2
Alabama over Clemson

Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Clemson 24-24

Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Clemson

Emmanuel Acho:
Clemson over Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Adelson:
Alabama over Clemson

Charles Arbuckle:
Clemson over Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip Bayless:
Alabama over Clemson 36-30

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama-4.5 vs Clemson
Alabama vs Clemson over 58.5 (not official pick but gave it out on his podcast)

Colin Cowherd:
Alabama over Clemson (by 10)

Tim Cowlishaw:
Alabama-5 vs Clemson

Randy Cross:
Clemson over Alabama

Heather Dinich:
Alabama over Clemson

Chris Doering:
Alabama over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson over Alabama (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Chris Fallica:
Clemson moneyline+180-190
Henry Ruggs to score+115
Longest TD over 52.5 yards
No defensive/special teams touchdowns-220
Tee Higgins to score+120
Justyn Ross over 69.5 receiving yards
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama (gave this out on Dari & Mel)

Bruce Feldman:
Alabama over Clemson

Pat Forde:
Alabama over Clemson

Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Joey Galloway:
Alabama over Clemson

Mike Golic:
Alabama over Clemson 35-24

Mike Golic Jr.:
Alabama over Clemson

Brian Jones:
Alabama over Clemson

Danny Kanell:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Chip Kelly:
Alabama over Clemson

Doug Kezirian:
Leans Alabama minus the points
Tua’s longest completion over 42.5 yards
No special teams or defensive touchdowns-220

Joel Klatt:
Alabama over Clemson

Matt Leinart:
Clemson over Alabama

Chris Low:
Alabama over Clemson

Jeff Ma:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama

Ivan Maisel:
Alabama over Clemson

Stewart Mandel:
Alabama over Clemson 38-31

Mark May:
Alabama over Clemson

Greg McElroy:
Alabama over Clemson

Ryan McGee:
Alabama over Clemson

Brett McMurphy:
Clemson over Alabama 35-31

Todd McShay:
Alabama over Clemson

Jim Mora Jr.:
Clemson over Alabama

Rick Neuheisel:
Alabama over Clemson

Dan Orlovsky:
Clemson over Alabama

Jesse Palmer:
Alabama over Clemson

Rufus Peabody:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama

Adam Rittenberg:
Alabama over Clemson

Rex Ryan:
Clemson over Alabama

Mark Schlabach:
Alabama over Clemson

Robert Smith:
Alabama over Clemson

Scott Spreitzer:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Phil Steele:
Alabama over Clemson

Aaron Taylor:
Alabama over Clemson

Pete Thamel:
Clemson over Alabama

Jake Trotter:
Alabama over Clemson (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Jonathan Vilma:
Clemson over Alabama 27-17

Dave Wannstedt:
Clemson over Alabama

Dan Wetzel:
Alabama over Clemson

Trey Wingo:
Alabama over Clemson 31-21

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2018-19 Regular season standings!

Posted on by gamedaycole

We have concluded the regular season with the Army/Navy game on Saturday, so I always like to review the standings heading into bowl season.  Here are the current 2018-19 regular season grades on all of the experts, and we look forward to an exciting bowl season to see who will be crowned our 2018-19 champion.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 2 0
Brad.Edwards 100% 5 0
Mike.Golic 100% 2 0
Israel.Gutierrez 100% 1 0
Mel.Kiper.Jr 100% 2 0
Woody.Paige 100% 1 0
Jordan.Rodgers 100% 16 0
Kevin.Carter 88.89% 8 1
Jonathan.Vilma 83.33% 5 1
Brett.McMurphy 79.31% 23 6
Greg.McElroy 78.95% 15 4
Steve.Coughlin 78.67% 59 16
Joey.Galloway 77.14% 27 8
Paul.Finebaum 76.85% 83 25
Chris.Doering 75.81% 47 15
Tim.Tebow 75.81% 47 15
Colin.Cowherd 75% 18 6
Trevor.Matich 75% 9 3
Phil.Steele 73.68% 140 50
Rece.Davis 73.33% 11 4
Matt.Leinart 73.33% 11 4
Les.Miles 73.33% 33 12
Lou.Holtz 73.28% 96 35
Jennifer 72.57% 164 62
Heather.Dinich 71.93% 41 16
Andrea.Adelson 70.89% 112 46
Marcus.Spears 70.15% 47 20
Pat.Forde 70.11% 61 26
Tim.Cowlishaw 69.70% 23 10
David.Pollack 69.39% 34 15
Joel.Klatt 69.05% 29 13
Rick.Neuheisel 68.33% 41 19
Mark.Schlabach 67.92% 36 17
Chris.Low 67.86% 19 9
Chris.Fallica 66.97% 73 36
Dari.Nowkhah 66.67% 14 7
Jesse.Palmer 66.67% 22 11
Adam.Rittenberg 66.67% 22 11
Dave.Wannstedt 66.67% 8 4
Lee.Corso 65.82% 129 67
Kirk.Herbstreit 65.28% 126 67
Celebrity.Guest 65.05% 121 65
Brian.Jones 64.71% 44 24
Dusty.Dvoracek 64.58% 31 17
Pete.Thamel 64.06% 41 23
Bruce.Feldman 62.89% 100 59
Desmond.Howard 62.44% 133 80
Robert.Smith 61.54% 8 5
Aaron.Taylor 61.02% 36 23
Randy.Cross 60.94% 39 25
Houston.Nutt 60.87% 14 9
Mack.Brown 60% 3 2
Scott.Van.Pelt 60% 3 2
Ryan.McGee 59.65% 34 23
Mark.May 58.65% 78 55
Ivan.Maisel 57.89% 33 24
Corso.Headgear 57.14% 8 6
Stewart.Mandel 56.99% 53 40
Gene.Chizik 54.55% 6 5
Danny.Kanell 52.63% 20 18
Skip.Bayless 33.33% 1 2
Bob.Ryan 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
doug.kezirian.binary 75% 12 4 0
steve.coughlin.binary 66.89% 49 24 1
dusty.dvoracek.binary 60.56% 43 28 0
brett.mcmurphy.binary 60.19% 32 21 1
phil.steele.binary 59.75% 118 79 3
rufus.peabody.binary 59.52% 37 25 1
jeff.ma.binary 56.45% 35 27 0
rico.bosco.binary 56.25% 35 27 2
scott.spreitzer.binary 55.56% 35 28 0
danny.kanell.binary 54.61% 40 33 3
chris.fallica.binary 52.20% 47 43 1
dave.portnoy.binary 51.72% 44 41 2
pat.forde.binary 50.60% 41 40 2
scott.van.pelt.binary 50% 58 58 2
stewart.mandel.binary 47.83% 43 47 2
dan.katz.binary 46.25% 36 42 2
tim.cowlishaw.binary 45.61% 25 30 2
dari.nowkhah.binary 42.86% 6 8 0
bruce.feldman.binary 41.46% 64 91 3
pete.thamel.binary 40.36% 33 49 1
colin.cowherd.binary 25% 1 3 0
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