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Week 1 2015: Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by gamedaycole

Week 1 saw a lot of picks and a great mix of tough games to pick along with cupcakes. The emphasis on gambling on college football from our expert prognosticators makes things more exciting than ever around these parts.

Big winners this week included David Pollack (5-0), Paul Finebaum (6-1), Greg McElroy (8-1), Dari Nowkhah (8-2), Pat Forde (24-5), and Phil Steele (24-3). Our big winner on the week was Trevor Matich (7-0) since he picked a full slate of tough games this week.

The only loser we will feature this week is none other than legendary picker Mark May, who was the lone soul picking Virginia Tech to beat Ohio State. His pick looked promising going into the half, but after the loss of a starting QB Virginia Tech just could not hang.

Lee Corso went 9-4 on the week including a correct pick on the headgear going with Alabama. Celebrity guest Brad Paisley went 8-3 on the week with a solid showing. Bear’s Bank went 1-2 on the week so Fallica is off to a bad start with his new feature on Gameday. Jennifer went 11-3 on the week while Charley the Cat went 0-1 picking Wisconsin over Alabama. Everyone else was somewhere in between, so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week!

Lee Corso: 9-4
RIGHT Utah over Michigan
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
WRONG Penn St over Temple
RIGHT Temple+7 vs Penn St
RIGHT Tennessee-21.5 over BGSU
RIGHT OU-31.5 over Akron
WRONG Stanford over NW
WRONG Nebraska over BYU
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
WRONG Alabama/Wisconsin under
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 8-4
RIGHT Utah over Michigan
WRONG PSU over Temple
RIGHT Temple+7 vs PSU
RIGHT Tennessee over BGSU
WRONG BGSU+21.5 vs Tennessee
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
WRONG Ariz St over TAMU
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
RIGHT OU-31.5 over Akron
WRONG Stanford over NW

Desmond Howard: 8-3
WRONG Michigan over Utah
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska
RIGHT Louisville over Auburn
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
WRONG Stanford over NW
WRONG Penn St-7 vs Temple
RIGHT Tennessee-21.5 over BGSU
RIGHT OU-31.5 over Akron
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin

Brad Paisley: 8-3
RIGHT Temple+7 vs Penn St
RIGHT WVU over Georgia Southern
RIGHT Tennessee-21.5 over BGSU
RIGHT OU over Akron
WRONG Akron+31.5 vs OU
RIGHT NW over Stanford
WRONG Nebraska over BYU
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
WRONG Texas over Notre Dame
RIGHT Louisville over Auburn
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin

David Pollack: 5-0
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska

Chris Fallica: (Bear’s Bank 1-2) (4-5 week 1)
RIGHT Alabama-10.5 over Wisconsin (27-10)
RIGHT TAMU-3 over Ariz St (41-31) (Bear’s Bank pick)
RIGHT Ohio St over VT (30-17)
WRONG Louisville over Auburn (31-24)
WRONG Penn St over Temple (20-17)
RIGHT USC over Ark St (47-21)
WRONG Nebraska over BYU
WRONG Alabama/Wisconsin under 49 (Bear’s Bank pick)
WRONG Ark St+27.5 vs USC (Bear’s Bank pick)

Jennifer’s Picks: 11-3
RIGHT Baylor over SMU
RIGHT Boise St over Washington
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska (upset special)
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
WRONG Ariz St over TAMU
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
RIGHT WVU over Georgia Southern
WRONG Penn St over Temple
RIGHT Tennessee over BGSU
RIGHT OU over Akron
WRONG Stanford over NW
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Clemson over Wofford

Paul Finebaum: 6-1
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech
RIGHT S.Carolina over UNC
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
WRONG Vanderbilt over WKU
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas

Marcus Spears: 4-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over UNC 31-21
WRONG Vandy over WKU 28-21
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Auburn over Wisconsin
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St

Greg Mcelroy: 8-1
WRONG UNC over S.Carolina 38-35
RIGHT WKU over Vandy 35-21
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Kentucky over UL-Lafayette
RIGHT Miss St over S.Miss
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT Mizzou over SE Mizzou St
RIGHT Tennessee over BGSU

Dari Nowkhah: 8-2
RIGHT TCU over Minnesota 41-20
WRONG UNC over S.Carolina
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT Boise St over Washington
RIGHT Ohio St over VT
WRONG Michigan over Utah
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT Temple over Penn St

Trevor Matich: 7-0
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT Ohio St over VT
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska
RIGHT UCLA over UVA

Charley the Cat: 0-1
WRONG Wisconsin over Alabama

Charles Arbuckle: 1-0
RIGHT Oregon over EWU

Mike Bellotti: 3-0
RIGHT Oregon over EWU
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech
RIGHT Ohio St-14 vs VaTech

Kevin Blackistone:1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech

Kevin Carter: 1-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over UNC (CFB Daily 8/5)

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 3-2-1
WRONG Alabama over Wisconsin U49.5 (27-10)
RIGHT TAMU-3.5 over Ariz St (48-44)
RIGHT Ohio St over VT
RIGHT Stanford over NW+12.5 (27-17)
WRONG PSU vs Temple O40 (24-20)
PUSH Auburn over Louisville O55 (38-28)

Colin Cowherd: 3-0
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas 34-16
RIGHT Utah over Michigan
Ohio St over VaTech

Butch Davis:1-0
Ohio St over VaTech

Heather Dinich: 1-0
Ohio St over VaTech

Brad Edwards: 1-0
Ohio St over VaTech

Pat Forde: 24-5
RIGHT Mich St over W.Michigan
RIGHT Baylor over SMU
WRONG Army over Fordham
RIGHT Boise St over Washington
RIGHT Clemson over Wofford
RIGHT FSU over Tx St
WRONG Penn St over Temple
RIGHT Iowa St over N Iowa
RIGHT Mizzou over SE Missouri
WRONG Nebraska over BYU
RIGHT OU over Akron
WRONG Stanford over NW
RIGHT NIU over UNLV
RIGHT Oregon over EWU
RIGHT USC over Ark St
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
RIGHT Georgia over UL-Monroe
RIGHT Tennessee over BGSU
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Arkansas over UTEP
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville
CANCELLED LSU over McNeese St
RIGHT Ole Miss over UT-Martin
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT Buffalo over Albany
RIGHT Marshall over Purdue
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech
WRONG UNC over S.Carolina
RIGHT Utah over Michigan

Joey Galloway: 5-2
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech
RIGHT USC over Ark St
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
WRONG UNC over S.Carolina
WRONG Michigan over Utah

Rod Gilmore: 1-0
Ohio St over VaTech (CFB Live 8/27)

Lou Holtz: 3-0
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech

Mark May: 0-1
VaTech over Ohio St

Danny Kanell: 4-2
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech
RIGHT Utah over Michigan
WRONG Ariz St over TAMU
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
WRONG UNC over S.Carolina
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-0
RIGHT TCU over Minnesota
RIGHT Boise St over Washington

Tom Luginbill:1-0
Ohio St over VaTech

Ryan McGee: 1-0
Ohio St over VaTech

Ivan Maisel: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over VaTech

Booger McFarland: 4-0
RIGHT Miss St over S.Miss (by 1)
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville 42-20
RIGHT TAMU over Ariz St 35-28
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin 31-7

Todd McShay: 4-0
RIGHT Ohio St over VT
RIGHT Ohio St-14 vs VaTech
RIGHT Temple over Penn St
RIGHT UCLA over UVA

Ryen Russillo: 2-4
RIGHT Ariz St over TAMU (outright)
WRONG Texas+9.5 vs Notre Dame
WRONG Wisconsin+12 vs Alabama
WRONG VaTech+14 vs Ohio St
WRONG Auburn-10 over Louisville
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville

Jason Sehorn: 6-2
RIGHT Notre Dame-9 over Texas
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville 28-17
WRONG Ariz St over TAMU
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech 30-14
WRONG Stanford over NW
RIGHT UCLA over UVA
RIGHT Mich St over W.Michigan

Robert Smith: 2-0
CANCELLED Toledo over Stony Brook
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin

Phil Steele: 24-3
RIGHT Utah over Michigan by 7
RIGHT BYU over Nebraska
CANCELLED LSU over McNeese St
WRONG Ariz St over TAMU 34-31
RIGHT Alabama over Wisconsin 28-10
RIGHT Ohio St over VT 30-20
RIGHT Auburn over Louisville 30-24
RIGHT Notre Dame over Texas 30-17
PPD Illinois over Kent St 34-13
RIGHT Tennessee over BGSU 42-28
RIGHT USC over Ark St 49-13
WRONG Penn St over Temple 25-13 (BEST BET OF THE WEEK)
RIGHT Florida over NM St 41-10
RIGHT FSU over Tx St 49-14
RIGHT UCLA over UVA 38-14
RIGHT GaTech over Alcorn St
RIGHT TCU over Minnesota
RIGHT Arizona over UTSA
RIGHT Baylor over SMU
RIGHT Mich St over W.Michigan
RIGHT Boise St over Washington
RIGHT Georgia over UL-Monroe
WRONG Stanford over NW
RIGHT Ole Miss over UT-Martin
RIGHT Clemson over Wofford
RIGHT Arkansas over UTEP
RIGHT Mizzou over SE Missouri St
RIGHT OU over Akron
RIGHT Oregon over EWU
All top 25 to win (aside from Bama/Wisc)

Matt Stinchcomb: 1-0
RIGHT Kentucky over UL-Lafayette

Clint Stoerner: 3-0
RIGHT Ole Miss over Tennessee-Martin (Twitter 8/28)
RIGHT Arkansas over UTEP (Twitter 8/26)
RIGHT Mizzou over SE Mizzou St

Scott Van Pelt: 2-3
RIGHT Minnesota+16.5 vs TCU
RIGHT Temple+7 vs. PSU
WRONG BGSU+21.5 vs Tennessee
WRONG Tulane+7 vs Duke
WRONG VaTech+14 vs Ohio St

Andre Ware: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over VaTech

Cole’s Platinum Top 25 Picks: 18-5
RIGHT #1 Ohio St over VaTech
RIGHT #2 TCU over Minnesota
RIGHT #4 Baylor over SMU
RIGHT #5 Mich St over W.Michigan
RIGHT #6 Auburn over Louisville
RIGHT #7 Oregon over EWU
RIGHT #8 USC over Arkansas St
RIGHT #9 Georgia over UL-Monroe
RIGHT #10 FSU over Tx State
WRONG Texas over #11 Notre Dame
RIGHT #12 Clemson over Wofford
RIGHT #13 UCLA over UVA
CANCLD #14 LSU over McNeese St
RIGHT #16 GaTech over Alcorn St
WRONG #15 Ariz St over TAMU
RIGHT #17 Ole Miss over UT-Martin
RIGHT #18 Arkansas over UTEP
RIGHT #19 OU over Akron
WRONG #20 Wisconsin over #3 Alabama
WRONG #21 Stanford over Northwestern
WRONG #22 Arizona over UTSA
RIGHT #23 Boise St over Washington
RIGHT #24 Mizzou over SE Mizzou St
RIGHT #25 Tennessee over BGSU

Week 1 2015: Weekday college picks! #saturdayselections

Posted on September 2, 2015 by gamedaycole

Week 1 college games are less than 24 hours away as I am typing this, which means we are doing pushups and drinking Red Bull and getting as jacked up as possible. With the dawn of a new season, we would like to welcome the greatest first half QB in Dallas Cowboys history, Clint Stoerner, to our world of picks and predictions. We have lots of early picks this week as everyone wants to throw out predictions before we know anything, so let’s get with it. Check back Thursday and Friday for some more updates as the week heads into Saturday!

Lee Corso:
Utah over Michigan

Kirk Herbstreit:
Utah over Michigan
PSU over Temple
Tennessee over BGSU

Desmond Howard:
Michigan over Utah

Charles Arbuckle:
Oregon over EWU

Mike Bellotti:
Oregon over EWU

Kevin Blackistone:
Ohio St over VaTech

Kevin Carter:
S.Carolina over UNC (CFB Daily 8/5)

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama over Wisconsin U49.5 (27-10)
TAMU-3.5 over Ariz St (48-44)
Ohio St over VT
Stanford over NW+12.5 (27-17)
PSU vs Temple O40 (24-20)
Auburn over Louisville O55 (38-28)

Colin Cowherd:
Notre Dame over Texas 34-16
Utah over Michigan

Butch Davis:
Ohio St over VaTech

Brad Edwards:
Ohio St over VaTech

Chris Fallica:
Alabama-10.5 over Wisconsin (27-10)
TAMU-3 over Ariz St (41-31)
Ohio St over VT (30-17)
Louisville over Auburn (31-24)
Penn St over Temple (20-17)
USC over Ark St (47-21)

Paul Finebaum: (Sportscenter 8/30)
Alabama over Wiscnosin
Ohio St over VaTech
S.Carolina over UNC
Auburn over Louisville
Vanderbilt over WKU

Pat Forde:
Mich St over W.Michigan
Baylor over SMU
Army over Fordham
Boise St over Washington
Clemson over Wofford
FSU over Tx St
Penn St over Temple
Iowa St over N Iowa
Mizzou over SE Missouri
Nebraska over BYU
OU over Akron
Stanford o ver NW
NIU over UNLV
Oregon over EWU
USC over Ark St
UCLA over UVA
Georgia over UL-Monroe
Tennessee over BGSU
Alabama over Wisconsin
Arkansas over UTEP
Auburn over Louisville
LSU over McNeese St
Ole Miss over UT-Martin
TAMU over Ariz St
Notre Dame over Texas
Buffalo over Albany
Marshall over Purdue
Ohio St over VaTech
UNC over S.Carolina
Utah over Michigan

Joey Galloway:
Ohio St over VaTech
USC over Ark St
UCLA over UVA
TAMU over Ariz St
Alabama over Wisconsin
UNC over S.Carolina
Michigan over Utah

Rod Gilmore:
Ohio St over VaTech (CFB Live 8/27)

Lou Holtz:
Notre Dame over Texas
Alabama over Wisconsin
Ohio St over VaTech

Danny Kanell:
Ohio St over VaTech
Utah over Michigan
Ariz St over TAMU
Alabama over Wisconsin
UNC over S.Carolina
Auburn over Louisville

Mel Kiper Jr.:
TCU over Minnesota
Boise St over Washington

Tom Luginbill:
Ohio St over VaTech

Ivan Maisel:
Alabama over VaTech

Trevor Matich:
Ohio St over VT
BYU over Nebraska
UCLA over UVA

Greg Mcelroy:
UNC over S.Carolina 38-35
WKU over Vandy 35-21
Alabama over Wisconsin
Kentucky over UL-Lafayette
Miss St over S.Miss

Booger McFarland:
Miss St over S.Miss (by 1)
Auburn over Louisville 42-20
TAMU over Ariz St 35-28
Alabama over Wisconsin 31-7

Todd McShay:
Ohio St over VT (Ohio St to cover)
Temple over Penn St
UCLA over UVA

Dari Nowkhah:
TCU over Minnesota 41-20
UNC over S.Carolina
Auburn over Louisville
Boise St over Washington
Ohio St over VT
Michigan over Utah

Ryen Russillo:
Ariz St over TAMU (outright)
Texas+9.5 vs Notre Dame
Wisconsin+12 vs Alabama
VaTech+14 vs Ohio St
Auburn-10 over Louisville

Jason Sehorn:
Notre Dame-9 over Texas
Alabama over Wisconsin
Auburn over Louisville 28-17
Ariz St over TAMU
Ohio St over VaTech 30-14
Stanford over NW
UCLA over UVA
Mich St over W.Michigan
Robert Smith:
Toledo over Stony Brook
Ohio St over VaTech
Alabama over Wisconsin

Marcus Spears:
S.Carolina over UNC 31-21
Vandy over WKU 28-21
Alabama over Wisconsin

Phil Steele:
Utah over Michigan by 7
BYU over Nebraska
LSU over McNeese St
Ariz St over TAMU 34-31
Alabama over Wisconsin 28-10
Ohio St over VT 30-20
Auburn over Louisville 30-24
Notre Dame over Texas 30-17
Illinois over Kent St 34-13
Tennessee over BGSU 42-28
USC over Ark St 49-13
Penn St over Temple 25-13 (BEST BET OF THE WEEK)
Florida over NM St 41-10
FSU over Tx St 49-14
UCLA over UVA 38-14
All top 25 to win (aside from Bama/Wisc)

Matt Stinchcomb:
Kentucky over UL-Lafayette

Clint Stoerner:
Ole Miss over Tennessee-Martin (Twitter 8/28)
Arkansas over UTEP (Twitter 8/26)

Scott Van Pelt:
Minnesota+16.5 vs TCU
Temple+7 vs. PSU
BGSU+21.5
Tulane+7
VaTech+14 vs Ohio St

Andre Ware:
Ohio St over VaTech

Jennifer’s Picks:
Baylor over SMU
Boise St over Washington

Cole’s Platinum Top 25 Picks:
#1 Ohio St over VaTech
#2 TCU over Minnesota
#4 Baylor over SMU
#5 Mich St over W.Michigan
#6 Auburn over Louisville
#7 Oregon over EWU
#8 USC over Arkansas St
#9 Georgia over UL-Monroe
#10 FSU over Tx State
Texas over #11 Notre Dame
#12 Clemson over Wofford
#13 UCLA over UVA
#14 LSU over McNeese St
#16 GaTech over Alcorn St
#15 Ariz St over TAMU
#17 Ole Miss over UT-Martin
#18 Arkansas over UTEP
#19 OU over Akron
#20 Wisconsin over #3 Alabama
#21 Stanford over Northwestern
#22 Arizona over UTSA
#23 Boise St over Washington
#24 Mizzou over SE Mizzou St
#25 Tennessee over BGSU

Big changes to our Gameday experience: Who is in, and who is out?

Posted on August 9, 2015 by gamedaycole

After the historic 2014 season of college football, which included record breaking ratings for ESPN’s college football coverage, I did not expect changes in that coverage. The landscape of college football coverage at ESPN has been pretty steady aside from recent expansions, with very little shakeup in their core coverage. However, this season’s landscape will look very different from years past.

To go back in my time running this blog, the biggest shakeup we’ve seen in the realm of college football pickers and prognosticators was Pat Forde leaving ESPN in 2011 when he jumped ship to Yahoo Sports. A few other changes of smaller significance come to mind. Howie Schwab being let go from ESPN in 2013. Craig James’ hair leaving ESPN for a failed political career. Christian Fauria getting the boot in 2013. Dan Hawkins taking a position coaching Team USA to compete against the Japanese. The passing of Beano Cook in 2012. Oh, and also the retirement of Billy the Cat and the addition of the heir to his legacy; Charley the Cat. Considering that I’ve tracked around 65 analysts (in addition to dozens of celebrity guests), those changes are pretty small. That all changed this offseason.

College Gameday itself has had a core of Corso, Herbstreit and Fowler since 1996. Corso was with them from the beginning in 1987, and Herbie joined the party in 1996, but it has been Chris Fowler anchoring the production since 1990. In a surprise announcement which shocked fans of College Gameday, Fowler announced he was going to willingly step down from his hosting duties on College Gameday in order to focus on his duties replacing Brent Musberger in the biggest game on Saturday night, and his passion for covering the game of tennis. While his replacement Rece Davis is no slouch, there is no one finer when it comes to college football coverage. He can capture the drama and magnitude of games as well as Musberger, yuck it up with Corso and Will Ferrell on any Saturday morning, and deliver news on sometimes harsh realities of the sport with the class of Walter Chronkite. It is a shame we are losing him after 25 years, but that’s one heck of a run in one position. While only picking games rarely on College Gameday, and many of them being absurd TRIPLE-NOT-SO-FASTS, he retires with a Gamedaycole.com record of 29-18 (61.7%). I can only hope the hundred dollar bill question from College Gameday does not retire with him.

In his slot, Rece Davis will be stepping in, and I’m sure he will do great. Rece is no stranger to College Gameday, hosting the college hoops edition since 2005. He has a perfect combination of a sports almanac for a brain, a smooth delivery, and enough self-deprication in his sense of humor to don a judge’s rope and listen to Lou Holtz and Mark May yell at each other every Saturday night. We look forward to his addition to the College Gameday team, and he brings with him a lifetime Gamedaycole.com record of 5-3 (62.5%).

The next biggest change (possibly bigger depending on your tastes) is the departure of Colin Cowherd to parts unknown. After three seasons as a Gamedaycole.com champion (08, 09, 10), his status as a competitor on this site is unknown. He is rumored to be headed off to Fox Sports, Sirius XM, or some combination of both. I would assume he can pick college football games for another media outlet just as easily as he did at ESPN, but until some announcement is made and he starts broadcasting somewhere, his picks may be on hiatus. As he departs ESPN, he takes with him one of our all-time best records at 526-217 (70.79%).

Holtz, Davis, May: OUT, OUT, and OUT! — Holtz, Davis, May: OUT, IN, and OUT!

The next big tree to fall in this offseason was none other than Lou Holtz (or Dr. Lou as you may know him). In what was described by Sports Illustrated as “closer to a mutual agreement between the parties than Holtz getting fired”, this will be the first season we don’t see Lou Holtz since he joined ESPN in 2004. At the age of 78 maybe he decided it was time to hang it up, or maybe he wants to focus on his public speaking engagements. Maybe he will show up on NBC on Saturdays to pump up Notre Dame before each game. Whatever he decides to do with his newly-found free time, we know for sure it will be a much more solemn Saturday if you are a fan of Notre Dame (or South Carolina or Arkansas for that matter). Noone on ESPN had an undying loyalty to their own team like Holtz had to his teams, although Desmond Howard looks to be the new leader in the clubhouse of bias analysis. The ESPN studio halftime reports, as well as College Football Final, have been blown apart starting with the departure of Lou Holtz, and while this may not be as big of a single name to leave as Fowler or Cowherd, more dominoes start falling once Holtz is out. As Holtz makes his exit, he takes with him a lifetime record of 240-136 (63.83%).

That next domino to tip over is none other than Lou Holtz’s partner-in-crime Mark May. The unlikely marriage of an elderly white coach with a younger former black player, consecrated by Rece Davis, brought us some of the most absurd moments of ESPN’s college football coverage over the years. Yelling matches were regularly scheduled programming. There were victory dances when a debate was settled by Davis. There were tantrums on the part of losers and gloating on the part of winners when “Final Verdict” came to a close. While Mark May isn’t entirely out, it seems that his role continues to diminish. Before Desmond Howard was a regular contributor on College Gameday, Mark May was a regular presence. His argumentative tendencies may have been too much, as he was removed from Gameday, then seemingly removed himself from Twitter, and now has been removed from College Football Final. He will now be sitting in with John Saunders and Mack Brown for a game or two each week on ABC, which doesn’t exactly offer the same amount of exposure. While he was often considered a dunce in the world of picking games, he still takes with him a record of 214-140 (60.45%), which undoubtedly could have been better if he didn’t pick against Lou Holtz on principle so often for entertainment value.

The duty to replace the trio of Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, and Mark May for studio coverage on Saturdays will fall to a new trio of Adnan Virk, Joey Galloway, and Danny Kanell. Galloway brings a solid starting record of 26-15 (63.41%), while Danny Kanell brings a 108-56 (65.85%) record. More importantly, Kanell brings a world class Twitter trolling record as he takes every opportunity to stick it to the SEC fans. While some may be concerned that he will be toning it down in his new position, given the fact that he is replacing world class troll Mark May I don’t predict we will miss out on any of Kanell’s antics. Kanell used to be in the third ABC spot with John Saunders and Mack Brown (a spot formerly owned by Jesse Palmer), so it is interesting that he is literally swapping spots with Mark May. The third member of the trio, Adnan Virk, is just Adnan Virk. Solid studio man with no record of picking games.

The next change saw the forced breakup of the SVP & Russillo show by ESPN. I guess it may not have been getting the ratings it needed, but this show will be sorely missed by college football fans as well as degenerate gamblers. “WINNERS” is now a thing of the past, given the fact that Scott Van Pelt will likely not be picking games while he hosts Sportscenter at nights, as well as the fact that Russillo was always pretty half-assed in his engagement of the “WINNERS” segment. While SVP takes a weak 32-24 (57.15%) record with him, his specialty was without a doubt picking against the spread (underdogs 99% of the time) rather than straight up winners. Ryen Russillo is hosting his own show, and taking an 84-54 (60.87%) record with him. The smaller tragedy is the loss of Stanford Steve Coughlin, who went 73-38 (65.77%) as our newcomer last year.

The next loss of this offseason is that of young Tim Tebow. As Tebow continues to chase the dream of being an NFL quarterback, he has signed on with the flock of other quarterbacks currently in Eagles training camp. While I don’t know anything for sure, I would assume that the NFL probably takes priority over his duties on SEC Nation on Saturday mornings. But assuming it doesn’t work out in the NFL (again), I think its likely that this will be a temporary hiatus for the chosen one. He takes with him a 48-23 (67.61%) lifetime record on our site.

The last change of the year is the loss of one Matt Millen, who has decided to jump ship to the Big Ten network and Fox Sports 1. While he may still be contributing and picking games over there, I am not sure I have the time (or patience) to sit through that much Purdue coverage to track his picks. While universally hated by most college fans and all Detroit Lions fans, he actually has some of the best analysis I’ve seen. Howerver his reputation for destroying the Lions from the inside has tarnished him beyond repair in the public eye. I know there will be at least one person who misses him as he departs with a 26-8 (76.47%) record.

So to sum it up:
Chris Fowler: OUT
Rece Davis: IN
Colin Cowherd: OUT (maybe)
Lou Holtz: OUT
Mark May: OUT (sort of)
Joey Galloway: IN
Danny Kanell: IN
Scott Van Pelt: OUT
Ryen Russillo: OUT (maybe)
Stanford Steve Coughlin: OUT
Tim Tebow: OUT (for now)
Matt Millen: OUT (sort of)

While we may be seeing the end of a golden age of college football coverage, I think it is important to focus on the fact that coverage is not being reduced. It may be expanded further as the college football playoff comes into maturity in addition to ESPN’s decision to embrace gambling odds into coverage. More importantly, you can count on our crack team of experts to continue tracking picks and predictions on Gamedaycole.com. At least until ESPN shuts us down.