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Week 2 2017: Assorted #CFB Weekday picks!

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Here’s a random collection of weekday picks and predictions for college football this week.  We will be updating this post with the latest and greatest picks all day and as always we will return Saturday morning with the full slate of Gameday picks!

Andrea Adelson:
Louisville over UNC
Duke over NW
Wake Forest over BC
Penn St over Pitt
Indiana over UVA
Clemson over Auburn
FSU over UL-Monroe
GT over Jax St
VT over Delaware
Syracuse over MTSU
NC St over Marshall

Lee Corso:
USC over Stanford

Gene Chizik:
LSU over UT-Chatt
Clemson over Auburn
Florida over N.Colorado
Kentucky over EKU

Colin Cowherd:
Ohio St over OU (by a touchdown)
Stanford over USC
ND over Georgia

Chris Doering:
Miss St over LT
S.Carolina over Mizzou
Arkansas over TCU
Georgia over ND
Auburn over Clemson

Bruce Feldman:
NW over Duke
Iowa St over Iowa
Penn St over Pitt
TCU over Arkansas
S.Carolina over Mizzou
Clemson over Auburn
Ohio St over OU
ND over Georgia
USC over Stanford
Utah over BYU
Boise St over Wash St

Pat Forde:
Ohio St over OU
ND over Georgia
Clemson over Auburn
Stanford over USC
Penn St over Pitt
TCU over Arkansas

Joey Galloway:
ND over Georgia
Stanford over USC
Clemson over Auburn
Ohio St over OU

Joel Klatt:
ND over Georgia

Trevor Matich:
Clemson over Auburn

Greg McElroy:
Mizzou over S.Carolina
Tennessee over Indiana St
Ole Miss over UT-Martin
Clemson over Auburn

Booger McFarland:
Mizzou over S.Carolina
Miss St over LT
Ole Miss over UT-Martin
Kentucky over EKU

Jesse Palmer:
ND over Georgia
Stanford over USC
Clemson over Auburn
Ohio St over OU

David Pollack:
Georgia over ND

Jordan Rodgers:
LSU over UT-Chatt
Arkansas over TCU
Georgia over ND

Ryen Russillo:
OU+7.5 vs Ohio St
Auburn+5 vs Clemson
Stanford+6 vs USC

Mark Schlabach:
Auburn over Clemson
Georgia over Notre Dame
Wisconsin over FAU

Marcus Spears:
S.Carolina over Mizzou
Georgia over ND
Alabama over Fresno St

Matt Stinchcomb:
TAMU over Nicholls
Tennessee over Indiana St
Mizzou over S.Carolina
Miss St over LaTech

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2016-17 College Football season results! #CFB

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Welcome back everyone.  With the addition of @thegamedaybaby to our family things kind of got away from me towards the end of the football season and we forgot to post season results.  We are back to provide results and announce the winner finally!

As always, everything is subjective since everyone is picking different games each week.  We are comparing the overall body of work and then our distinguished panel of one decides who are the winners and losers.  Experts who focus on single conferences don’t generally qualify, and the sample size is definitely a big factor.  With that being said, let’s get down to it.  We are proud to announce that the 2016-17 Season Champion, for the second year in a row, is none other than Mr. Phil Steele!  Phil went 257-93 (73.43%) straight up by our counts.  He was in 2nd place behind @GamedayJen heading into bowl season, but a strong bowl performance was enough to edge out Jen for the season title.  Since we focus on straight up picks, I’m also awarding a gold star to Chris Fallica for going 55.14% against the spread this season (78-63-5).

Everyone else is listed below, so check it out to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this season!

2016-17 Season Straight Up Record Straight Up % ATS ATS %
Mel Kiper Jr. 8-1 88.89%
Brad Edwards 5-1 83.33% 3-3 50.00%
Mike Bellotti 4-1 80.00%
Mack Brown 18-5 78.26%
Jordan Rodgers 18-5 78.26%
Brett McMurphy 7-3 77.78%
Clint Stoerner 25-8 75.76%
Matt Stinchcomb 9-3 75.00%
Marcus Spears 58-20 74.36%
Andrea Adelson 92-32 74.19%
Phil Steele 257-93 73.43% 182-173-8 51.24%
Greg McElroy 35-13 72.92%
Mark Schlabach 45-17 72.58%
Jennifer’s Picks 172-67 71.97%
David Pollack 46-19 70.77%
Paul Finebaum 61-26 70.11%
Dusty Dvoracek 33-39 70.00% 33-39-2 45.95%
Trevor Matich 16-7 69.57%
Charles Arbuckle 111-49 69.38%
Booger McFarland 64-29 68.82%
Pat Forde 200-91 68.73% 19-23-1 45.35%
Joey Galloway 79-36 68.70%
Dari Nowkhah 32-15 68.09% 7-8-2001 46.88%
Dan Wetzel 17-8 68.00% 11-14 44.00%
Kirk Herbstreit 113-54 67.66%
Lee Corso 111-54 67.27%
Bruce Feldman 128-63 67.02% 86-96 47.33%
Robert Smith 10-5 66.67%
Tim Tebow 49-25 66.22%
Colin Cowherd 17-9 65.38%
Celebrity Guests Overall 102-56 64.56%
Desmond Howard 118-65 64.48%
Danny Kanell 71-40 63.96% 19-26-2 42.55%
Chris Doering 48-28 63.16%
Scott Van Pelt 5-3 62.50% 43-38-0 53.09%
Stanford Steve Coughlin 59-36 62.11% 60-62-4 49.21%
Chris Fallica 67-41 62.04% 78-63-5 55.14%
Joel Klatt 22-14 61.11%
Ryen Russillo 39-25 60.94% 18-22-2 45.24%
Dave Wannstedt 10-7 58.82%
Jason Seorn 4-3 57.14%
Todd McShay 23-20 53.49%
Rece Davis 12-17 41.38%
Rufus Peabody 16-12-0 57.14%
Season Totals 2436-1135 68.22% 575-579-30 49.83%
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2016-17 Bowl Season results!

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After some extended work grading bowl picks I am pleased to provide you with the 2016-17 Bowl Season results for our expert pickers and prognosticators!  I am very excited to report that Mark Schlabach has come out of nowhere to win this season’s bowl mania with a nice record of 29-12 (no pick on the championship game).  Below you will see the full record of results with the major competitors listed at the top and everyone else with a few random picks listed below.

Mark Schlabach: 29-12
Phil Steele: 27-15 (Bowl Mania record), 28-16 including FCS, 20-27-1 ATS
Bruce Feldman: 26-15 straight up, 18-18-1 ATS
Pat Forde: 25-16 straight up, 1-1 ATS
Joey Galloway: 25-17
Danny Kanell: 25-17
@GamedayJen: 24-17
@GamedayCole: 23-19
Ryen Russillo: 23-19
Todd McShay: 22-20

Skip Bayless: 3-0
Mike Greenberg: 3-0
Tom Luginbill: 3-0
Trevor Matich: 2-0
Rece Davis: 1-0
Rod Gilmore: 1-0
Matt Leinart: 1-0
Jesse Palmer: 1-0
Samantha Ponder: 1-0
Jordan Rodgers: 1-0
Stephen A. Smith: 1-0
Steve Spurrier: 1-0
Chris Fallica: 8-2 straight up, 14-5-1 ATS
Booger McFarland: 7-1
Andrea Adelson: 7-2
Charles Arbuckle: 6-2
David Pollack: 6-2
Dusty Dvoracek: 8-4 straight up, 0-2 ATS
Rufus Peabody: 15-9 ATS
Tim Cowlishaw: 6-3 straight up, 6-8 ATS
Kirk Herbstreit: 5-2
Dari Nowkhah: 5-3 straight up, 2-0 ATS
Desmond Howard: 6-4
Mack Brown: 4-2
Chris Doering: 4-2
Scott Van Pelt: 3-2 ATS, 0-1 straight up
Mike Bellotti: 2-1
Brock Huard: 2-1
Joel Klatt: 2-1
Ryan McGee: 2-1
Marcus Spears: 2-1
Mike Golic: 2-1 straight up, 1-0 ATS
Dan Wetzel: 2-1 straight up, 1-1 ATS
Ed Cunningham: 8-8
Greg McElroy: 4-5
Stanford Steve: 4-6 straight up, 10-14 ATS
Pual Finebaum: 2-3
Lee Corso: 2-4
Mark May: 3-5
Colin Cowherd: 1-1 straight up, 1-1 ATS
Mel Kiper Jr. 1-1 ATS
Ivan Maisel: 1-2
Brett McMurphy: 1-2
Tim Tebow: 1-2
Heather Dinich: 1-6
JA Adande: 0-1
Kevin Carter: 0-1

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