Week 5 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Welcome back everyone.  We had some big games last night and some big results from our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.  Let’s get right to it.

Winners this week included Andrea Adelson (11-2), Paul Finebaum (9-2), Kirk Herbstreit (12-4), Phil Steele (6-2 straight up, 5-3 ATS), Stanford Steve (5-1 ATS), Pat Forde (4-2 ATS), SVP (6-3 ATS), and Desmond Howard (12-5).  Scott Spreitzer, after a horrendous start to the year, booked a 3-0 week ATS on Dari & Mel picking games.  However, this week’s official win will go to Lou Holtz at 8-1 on his weekly picks.  Congratulations to Dr. Lou for smashing Mark May this week on the Crowd’s Line.

Losers this week included Chris Fallica (3-4 ATS) and Mark May (5-4), but our undisputed loss this week goes to Rufus Peabody, who after an incredible start to the season booked a 1-4 record against the spread yesterday.  He’s still way up on the year picking 65% against the spread, but that’s a tough week by anybody’s standards.

Lee Corso booked a great week at 14-3 but missed out on his headgear pick of Penn State over Ohio State.  Bear’s Bank went 1-2 this week as part of Fallica’s tough 3-4 week against the spread.  Special guest celebrity Keegan-Michael Key went 8-8, which continues the new trend of picking significantly more games than celebrities in the past.  @GamedayJen went 12-4 on the wek continuing to quietly book winners.  Everyone else is somewhere else in between so check out the results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Colin.Cowherd 100% 2 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0
Chris.Doering 100% 5 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0
Robert.Smith 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 1 0
Lou.Holtz 88.89% 8 1
Andrea.Adelson 84.62% 11 2
Lee.Corso 82.35% 14 3
Paul.Finebaum 81.82% 9 2
Pat.Forde 80% 4 1
Joey.Galloway 80% 4 1
Jesse.Palmer 80% 4 1
Marcus.Spears 80% 4 1
Tim.Tebow 80% 4 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 75% 12 4
Jennifer 75% 12 4
Dusty.Dvoracek 75% 3 1
Ryan.McGee 75% 3 1
Les.Miles 75% 3 1
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1
Phil.Steele 75% 6 2
Desmond.Howard 70.59% 12 5
Bruce.Feldman 70% 7 3
Chris.Fallica 63.64% 7 4
Steve.Coughlin 60% 3 2
Danny.Kanell 60% 3 2
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4
Celebrity.Guest 50% 8 8
Ivan.Maisel 50% 2 2
David.Pollack 33.33% 1 2

ATS Results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 100% 3 0 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 66.67% 4 2 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 66.67% 6 3 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 62.50% 5 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 60% 6 4 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 50% 4 4 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 20% 1 4 0

Week 5 2018: Saturday morning College Gameday/SEC Nation picks!

College Gameday is up and running from State College for the big matchup between Ohio State and Penn State, and that means it is time to get some picks posted.  We will be updating all morning with the Gameday crew picks, celebrity guest Keegan-Michael Key, SEC Nation picks, Super Dogs, Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Bank, and whoever the hell else we find along the way!

Corso’s Headgear: Penn State over Ohio State

Super Dog Picks:
Desmond Howard: BYU+17 vs Washington
Kirk Herbstreit: Virginia+6 vs NC State
Lee Corso: Tennessee+31 vs Georgia
Rece Davis: CCU+14.5 vs Troy

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Army  over  Buffalo
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Florida  over  Mississippi State
9/29/18 Michigan  over  Northwestern
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Washington State  over  Utah
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Army  over  Buffalo
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Michigan  over  Northwestern
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 Virginia  over  North Carolina State
9/29/18 Virginia Tech  over  Duke
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Buffalo  over  Army
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Michigan  over  Northwestern
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Virginia Tech  over  Duke
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Keegan-Michael Key:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Buffalo  over  Army
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 South Carolina  over  Kentucky
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

David Pollack:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 South Carolina  over  Kentucky
9/29/18 Virginia  over  North Carolina State

Bear’s Bank picks:

Date Pick
9/29/18 Washington-17 vs BYU
9/29/18 Connecticut+17.5 vs Cincinnati
9/29/18 California+2.5 vs Oregon

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Army  over  Buffalo
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee
9/29/18 Virginia Tech  over  Duke
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Marcus Spears:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee

Tim Tebow:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee

Week 4 2017: #CFB picks are graded; results are in!

Week 4 picks are graded a little late, but here we are with some results.

Winners include Desmond Howard (11-5 straight up, 1-0 ATS), Andrea Adelson (8-2), Dusty Dvoracek (3-0 straight up, 3-1 ATS), Jesse Palmer (8-2), Phil steel (16-4 straight up, 13-11-1 ATS), and SVP (5-3 ATS).  However this week’s win is being credited to Chris Fallica who went 7-3 straight up, 8-2 ATS, and 0-1 ML.  Pretty impressive stuff picking ATS this week from the Bear, and he was already having a good year against the bookies!

Losers this week were in short supply, but mediocre performances were turned in by Joey Galloway (5-5) and Pat Forde (5-4).  Our loser this week has to unfortunately be Dari Nowkhah, who picked 4 outright upsets in his games and went 0-4.  Sorry Dari.

Coach Corso went 7-6 straight up, and 1-0 ATS.  He didn’t have a headgear pick since they were live from NYC with no home teams to pick.  I liked the NYC Gameday, but come on Corso!  We need headgear!  Special guest celebrity picker Keegan-Michael Key (or was it James Franklin?) went 8-4 this week, bringing his lifetime record to 16-5 after two appearances.  @GamedayJen is back in the win column at 9-6, and I expect big things from her this weekend.  Everyone else is 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: 7-6 straight up, 1-0 ATS
WRONG Mich St over ND
WRONG Miss St over Georgia
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG UAB over UNT
RIGHT Columbia over Georgetown
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Penn St over Iowa
WRONG Okla St over TCU
RIGHT UAB+11 vs UNT (Super Dog)

Kirk Herbstreit: 7-5 straight up, 0-1 ATS
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
WRONG Colorado over Washington
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG Georgetown over Columbia
WRONG St. John’s over St. Thomas
RIGHT ND over Mich St
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St
RIGHT TCU over Okla St
WRONG Toledo+13 vs Miami FL (Super Dog)

Desmond Howard: 11-5 straight up, 1-0 ATS
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Ohio St over UNLV
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
WRONG Cal over USC
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT TTU over Houston
WRONG Georgetown over Columbia
WRONG St. John’s over St. Thomas
RIGHT ND over Mich St
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT NC St over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Penn St over Iowa
WRONG Okla St over TCU
RIGHT TTU+6 vs Houston (Super Dog)

Keegan-Michael Key: 8-4
RIGHT Columbia over Georgetown
RIGHT St. Thomas over St. John’s
WRONG Mich St over ND
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Penn St over Iowa
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
WRONG Miss St over Georgia
WRONG Okla St over TCU

@GamedayJen: 9-6
WRONG Boise St over UVA
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
WRONG Mich St over ND
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
RIGHT Kentucky over Florida
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Penn St over Iowa
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
WRONG Miss St over Georgia
WRONG Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG Houston over TTU
RIGHT Clemson over BC

Tim Tebow: 3-1
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
WRONG Miss St over UGA
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt

Marcus Spears: 3-1
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt

Paul Finebaum: 4-2
WRONG Okla St over TCU
WRONG Mich St over ND
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt

Andrea Adelson: 8-2
RIGHT Duke over UNC
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT GT over Pitt
RIGHT Wake Forest over App St
WRONG Boise St over UVA
RIGHT Louisville over Kent St
RIGHT VT over Old Dom
RIGHT Clemson over BC
RIGHT Miami FL over Toledo
RIGHT LSU over Syracuse

Gene Chizik: 2-0
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 5-3 straight up, 7-7 ATS, 1-0 ML
RIGHT UVA over Boise St
RIGHT SDSU over AF
WRONG Arkansas over TAMU
3-2 straight up on ESPN Insider
RIGHT TCU+13 vs Okla St
RIGHT Georgia vs Miss St under 48.5
WRONG UCF vs Maryland over 62
RIGHT NC St+13 vs FSU
WRONG VT vs Old Dominion over 58.5
RIGHT SDSU-3.5ish vs AF (didn’t give a spread)
WRONG Arkansas-2.5ish vs TAMU (didn’t give a spread)
RIGHT Ariz St+15.5 vs Oregon
WRONG Duke vs UNC over 66
WRONG Stanford vs UCLA under 62.5
2-2 ATS on ESPN Insider

Rece Davis: 1-0 ATS
RIGHT UCF+4 vs Maryland (Super Dog)

Chris Doering: 3-2
WRONG Miss St over Georgia
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
WRONG Arkansas over TAMU
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou

Dusty Dvoracek: 3-0 straight up, 3-1 ATS
RIGHT OU over Baylor
RIGHT WVU over Kansas
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
WRONG OU-27.5 vs Baylor
RIGHT TCU+12.5 vs Okla St
RIGHT WVU-21 vs Kansas
RIGHT Alabama-18.5 vs Vanderbilt

Chris Fallica: 7-3 straight up, 8-2 ATS, 0-1 ML
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou
RIGHT OU over Baylor
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
2-2 straight up on ESPN Insider
WRONG TCU over Okla St under 71
RIGHT Georgia-5 vs Miss St
WRONG Arizona+3.5 vs Utah
RIGHT Alabama-18.5 vs Vanderbilt
RIGHT Ohio+2 vs E.Michigan
RIGHT App St+6 vs Wake Forest (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Georgia-3.5 vs Miss St (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Kansas+23.5 vs WVU (Bear’s Bank)
2-0 ATS on ESPN Insider

Pat Forde: 5-4
WRONG Miss St over Georgia
WRONG Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Penn St over Iowa
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
RIGHT USC over Cal
WRONG Maryland over UCF
WRONG Houston over TTU
RIGHT Miami FL over Toledo

Joey Galloway: 5-5
WRONG Okla St over TCU
WRONG Miss St over Georgia
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT USC over Cal
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
RIGHT SDSU over AF
RIGHT Miami FL over Toledo
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
WRONG Boise St over UVA

Mel Kiper Jr.: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt

Matt Leinart: 2-0
RIGHT Utah over Arizona
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt

Greg McElroy: 2-0
RIGHT Tennessee over UMass
RIGHT Auburn over Mizzou

Booger McFarland: 2-1
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St

Dari Nowkhah: 0-4
WRONG Kentucky over Florida
WRONG Okla St over TCU (by 3 or 4 TD)
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
WRONG Miss St over Georgia

Jesse Palmer: 8-2
WRONG Okla St over TCU
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT SDSU over AF
RIGHT Miami FL over Toledo
RIGHT NC St over FSU
RIGHT Washington over Colorado
WRONG Boise St over UVA

Jordan Rodgers: 1-0
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St

Ryen Russillo: 0-1 straight up, 1-2 ATS
WRONG Okla St over TCU
WRONG Okla St-12.5 vs TCU
WRONG Miss St+4.5 vs Georgia
RIGHT UCLA+7.5 vs Stanford (best bet)

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt

Robert Smith: 1-0
RIGHT Utah over Arizona

Phil Steele: 16-4 straight up, 13-11-1 ATS
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St (by a field goal)
RIGHT Miami FL over Toledo (by more than a couple TD)
RIGHT Alabama over Vanderbilt (by over 3 TD)
RIGHT Utah over Arizona
RIGHT Ohio over E.Michigan (close)
RIGHT Navy over Cinci (close)
RIGHT UNT over UAB (closer than expected)
RIGHT SDSU over AF
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue (closer than expected)
RIGHT Penn St over Iowa (by double digits)
RIGHT ND over Mich St
RIGHT USC over Cal
WRONG Okla St over TCU 38-35
WRONG FAU over Buffalo
4-2 straight up on ESPN Insider
WRONG Miss St+5.5 vs Georgia
RIGHT Miami Fl-13.5 vs Toledo
RIGHT Alabama-18.5 vs Vanderbilt
WRONG Ball St+7.5 vs WKU
RIGHT Ohio+2.5 vs E.Michigan
RIGHT Cinci+11.5 vs Navy
RIGHT UAB+11 vs UNT
RIGHT SDSU-3 vs AF
WRONG Purdue+10 vs Michigan
RIGHT Ariz St+16 Vs Oregon
RIGHT Ariz St+14.5 vs Oregon
TIE FAU+3 vs Buffalo
RIGHT Army vs Tulane under 45
RIGHT TCU+13 vs Ok St
WRONG USC-16.5 vs Cal
RIGHT UNLV vs Ohio St over 64.5
WRONG Rice-2 vs FIU
2-6 ATS on ESPN Insider

Matt Stinchcomb: 3-0
RIGHT Tennessee over UMass
RIGHT TAMU over Arkansas
RIGHT Georgia over Miss St

Scott Van Pelt: 5-3 ATS
RIGHT NC St+12 vs FSU
RIGHT Iowa+13 vs Penn St
WRONG AF+3 vs SDSU
WRONG Ark St+5.5 vs SMU
RIGHT Baylor+27.5 vs OU
WRONG Kansas+21.5 vs WVU
RIGHT TCU+13 vs Okla St
RIGHT Kentucky+1.5 vs Florida

Dave Wannstedt: 0-1
WRONG Arizona over Utah