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Week 4 2016: College Gameday review!

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Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the portion of today where we take a minute to reflect on this morning’s edition of College Gameday!  Today’s edition of Gameday was broadcasting to your television set live from Knoxville, Tennessee for the big matchup between Tennessee and Florida.  Florida was riding an 11 game losing streak in this rivalry; one of the great rivalries in college football.

Let’s dive right into #GamedaySigns because there were a LOT of good ones today.  Lots of funny Tebow references, good old fashioned insults, and hilarious vague minutiae about players and coaches.

This was one of my favorites, although kids might not even know what this means these days.

I think they call this throwin’ shade.

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/779681002918518784

https://twitter.com/DrFratter/status/779675003113639936

And by request of @TheGamedayBaby…

We got a dose of the Sam Ponder outfit of the week, which means it is time for the @GamedayJen official Sam Ponder outfit of the week review brought to you by the Home Depot!  This week Jen liked the Sam Ponder outfit as usual.  “I really like the vest.  I’m excited to see the Sam Ponder fall outfit season.  She always has a good boot game”.

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Gene W had a really nice segment on the influx of Aussie rules football players coming into college football as punters.  For those of you not from Down Under, they call it footie.  Anyways, there was a funny question segment at the end with an Aussie about American college gridiron football (or football as we call it for those of you Down Under).  Check it out below.

Onto my weekly complaint about the You Had One Job segment.  Still no online video of the funniest segment of the week.  Please tweet @jimmyg44 and let him know we need this.

This week’s Harambe watch was pretty impressive, and the Harambe memes were dank.  Let’s start off with this gem from last night apparently.  I’m confused by the “too” portion of this sign.

https://twitter.com/CFBGamedaySigns/status/779684636033163265

Also…

And of course…

The investigation into the death of Harambe by yours truly continued this week.  In week 1 all evidence from Gameday signs pointed towards Les Miles and/or Colin Kaepernick killing Harambe.  In week 2 things took a turn, and the prime suspect was Butch Jones.  After Butch Jones was cleared, week 3 saw accusations that Dalvin Cook killed Harambe.  However things have taken a shocking turn in week 4, as we have reliable evidence via #GamedaySigns that Jim McElwain killed Harambe.  You may have to look hard, but in the Tweet below the evidence is indisputable.

The best segment of the week was brought to you by new College Gameday castmember Jen Lada about how a family from Auburn and a family from LSU came together under extraordinary circumstances.  Just watch the video because I can’t do it any justice.

In reference to Jen Lada showing back up, @GamedayJen said “I’m still not sure about her”.  So we will be monitoring that situation closely.

Christiain McCaffrey had a segment which I believe is the OFFICIAL start of his Heisman campaign this year.  This piece was about the football camp he runs for kids with Down’s Syndrome.  Not only is McCaffrey lighting it up on the field, but he seems like a great guy off the field and a great story.  He’s going to need exposure like this to have any chance at a Heisman since he plays all of his games at 4AM or whenever most weeks.

When it came time to get down to the business of picking games, we were alerted to the news that we had TWO guest pickers this week.  Former Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer and former Florida coach Steve Spurrier were our special guests today.  I’m still convinced Spurrier is laying the groundwork for joining Gameday at some point in the future after he appeared last year, and I for one would welcome him.  Anyways, another unusual circumstance is that they picked ELEVEN games this morning as opposed to a usual batch of about 8.  Combine that with two celebrity pickers and it made for a long picking segment.  Of course, normally I would love a long picking segment, but some of us had a fresh omelette sitting on the breakfast table right as they started picking games.  The sacrifices I make for this website…

Back to picking games.  Both coaches were light hearted and had some good input on the upcoming slate of games.  To nobody’s surprise Fulmer took Tennessee while Spurrier took Florida.  Desmond and Kirk both took Tennessee while Pollack had taken Florida earlier in the show before his exit.  @TheGamedayBaby also went with Tennessee, boldly proclaiming that she was born to end Florida’s streak.  @GamedayJen took Tennessee too, leaving it lopsided from our panel of experts favoring Tennessee.  When it came time for Corso to make his pick, Smokey the dog was ready on set for Corso’s pick.  Corso loved on the dog before telling him that he was sorry, because this was purely business.  Corso threw on the Gator headgear as Smokey made a quick exit, and just like that it was time for kickoff.

 

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Week 4 2016: Saturday morning #CFB Picks! #TENNvsUF #UFvsTENN

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Saturday morning college picks are getting a little bit of a late start but we are up and running full steam ahead now.  We will be updating all morning with picks, picks and more picks so check back as the day progresses for all of the latest predictions and picks from all of your favorites!

 

 

Lee Corso:
Florida over Tennessee (headgear pick)
Nebraska over NW (close)
Stanford over UCLA
Mich St over Wisconsin
USF over FSU
Ole Miss over Georgia
Arkansas over TAMU
LSU over Auburn
Washington over Arizona
Ariz St over Cal
Baylor over Okla St
WVU over BYU
S.Carolina+2 vs Kentucky (Superdog)

Kirk Herbstreit:
FSU over USF
UNC over Pitt
C. Mich over UVA
Wisconsin over Mich St
NW over Nebraska
Michigan over Penn St
Ole Miss over Georgia
Arkansas over TAMU
Auburn over LSU
Washington over Arizona
Cal over Ariz St
Okla St over Baylor
WVU over BYU
Tennessee over Florida
NW+7.5 vs Nebraska (Superdog)

Desmond Howard:
Pitt over UNC
UVA over C. Michigan
Nebraska over NW
Mich St over Wisconsin
FSU over USF
Ole Miss over Georgia
TAMU over Arkansas
LSU over Auburn
Stanford over UCLA
Washington over Arizona
Ariz St over Cal
Baylor over Okla St
WVU over BYU
Tennessee over Florida
Wake Forest+7 vs Indiana (Superdog)

Steve Spurrier:
Mich St over Wisconsin
FSU over USF (close)
Georgia over Ole Miss
TAMU over Arkansas
Auburn over LSU
Stanford over UCLA
Arizona over Washington
Cal over Ariz St
Baylor over Okla St
WVU over BYU
Florida over Tennessee

Phillip Fulmer:
Mich St over Wisconsin
FSU over USF
Georgia over Ole Miss
TAMU over Arkansas
LSU over Auburn
Stanford over UCLA
Arizona over Washington
Cal over Ariz St
Okla St over Baylor
WVU over BYU
Tennessee over Florida

David Pollack:
UNC over Pitt
Michigan over Penn St
Florida over Tennessee

Rece Davis:
Arkansas+6 vs TAMU (Superdog)

Jennifer’s Picks:
Clemson over GT
UNC over Pitt
Nebraska over NW
Michigan over Penn St
Mich St over Wisconsin
FSU over USF
Ole Miss over Georgia
Arkansas over TAMU
Auburn over LSU
Stanford over UCLA
Cal over Ariz St
Baylor over Okla St
WVU over BYU
Tennessee over Florida

The Gameday Baby:
Tennessee over Florida

Jason Sehorn:
Florida over Tennessee
TAMU over Arkansas
Mich St over Wisconsin

Chris Fallica:
UCLA over Stanford
Florida over Tennessee
Auburn over LSU
NW over Nebraska
FSU over USF
BYU over WVU
UCLA+3 vs Stanford (Bear’s Bank)
Florida+6.5 vs Tennessee
Auburn+3.5 vs LSU
NW+7.5 vs Nebraska (Bear’s Bank)
Okla St+9 vs Baylor
Kent St+44 vs Alabama (Bear’s Bank)
Auburn+3 vs LSU
USF+6.5 vs FSU
Kent St+43.5 vs Alabama
BYU ML vs WVU

Paul Finebaum:
Clemson over GT
Tennessee over Florida
TAMU over Arkansas
Ole Miss over Georgia
LSU over Auburn
Kentucky over S.Carolina

Marcus Spears:
Ole Miss over Georgia
TAMU over Arkansas
Tennessee over Florida
LSU over Auburn
S.Carolina over Kentucky

Tim Tebow:
S.Carolina over Kentucky
Ole Miss over Georgia
TAMU over Arkansas
Florida over Tennessee
LSU over Auburn

Dari Nowkhah:
Florida over Tennessee
Florida+5 vs Tennessee
Marshall+28.5 vs Louisville

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Week 3 2016: College football picks are graded; results are in! #CFB #CFBPicks

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Week 3 results are in and picks have been graded.  This proved to be a tough week for many of our expert analysts and prognosticators; especially those picking against the spread.

Winners this week include a nice 7-2 for Lee Corso, David Pollack (4-1), Andrea Adelson (8-4), Charles Arbuckle (14-6), Mack Brown (4-1), Chris Doering (4-1), Dusty Dvoracek (3-0 straight up, 4-1 ATS), Pat Forde (21-9 straight up, 4-1-1 ATS), Joey Galloway (5-2), Greg McElroy (6-1), Booger McFarland (4-1), and Marcus Spears (5-0).  Our official win this week goes to Desmond Howard who booked a nice 8-2 week so Desmond if you are reading this, you can expect a nice gift certificate to the GamedayCole.com online store in the mail.

Losers this week include another tough week for the Bear as he went 5-3 straight up and 5-6 ATS.  Paul Finebaum and Mark May had mediocre weeks at 3-2.  Danny Kanell went 4-3 straight up but 0-3 ATS.  His parter Ryen Russillo went 2-4 straight up, and 0-3 ATS.  Matt Leinart went 0-3 on the week.  However this week’s dunce cap is going to have to go to Dari Nowkhah, who decided the time was ripe to pick upsets and went 2-4 straight up and 1-2-1 ATS.

Coach Corso got back on track with the headgear picks choosing Louisville to upset FSU.  Special guest celebrity Laila Ali went 5-4 on the week.  @GamedayJen booked another winner at 9-4 on the week, while @TheGamedayBaby went 1-0 on the week.

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: 7-2
RIGHT Louisville over FSU (Headgear pick)
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
WRONG Notre Dame over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss (big)
WRONG App St over Miami Fl
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Stanford over USC
UCF+10 vs Maryland (Super Dog)

Kirk Herbstreit: 6-4
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
WRONG Pitt over Okla St
WRONG Notre Dame over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Miami Fl over App St
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
Pitt+3.5 vs Okla St (Super Dog)

Desmond Howard: 8-2
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
RIGHT Okla St over Pitt
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Miami Fl over App St
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn
WRONG ND over Mich St
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Louisville over FSU
Vanderbilt+6.5 vs GT (Super Dog)

Laila Ali: 5-4
RIGHT Miami Fl over App St
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
WRONG ND over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG USC over Stanford
RIGHT Louisville over FSU

David Pollack: 4-1
RIGHT Louisville over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Mich St over Notre Dame
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
WRONG Pitt over Okla St
Mich St+7 vs ND (Super Dog)

Jennifer’s Picks: 9-4
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
WRONG Pitt over Okla St (upset special)
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Miami Fl over App St
RIGHT LSU over Miss St (close)
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
WRONG ND over Mich St (close)
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Clemson over SC St
RIGHT Texas over Cal
RIGHT Louisville over FSU
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou

The Gameday Baby: 1-0
RIGHT Louisville over FSU

Rece Davis: 0-1
WRONG ND over Mich St
ECU+3 vs S.Carolina (Super Dog)

Andrea Adelson: 8-4
WRONG FSU over Louisville
WRONG UVA over UConn
WRONG Pitt over Okla St
RIGHT USF over Syracuse
RIGHT Clemson over SC St
RIGHT Miami FL over App St
RIGHT GT over Vanderbilt
RIGHT VT over BC
RIGHT UNC over James Madison
RIGHT NC St over Old Dom
RIGHT Wake Forest over Delaware
WRONG Duke over NW

Charles Arbuckle: 14-6
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
WRONG ND over Mich St
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
WRONG Texas over Cal
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Miami FL over App St
WRONG Pitt over Okla St
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
RIGHT E.Michigan over Charlotte
WRONG Iowa over NDSU
RIGHT Navy over Tulane
RIGHT Army over UTEP
WRONG Duke over NW
RIGHT Penn St over Temple
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
RIGHT UCLA over BYU

Skip Bayless: 0-1
WRONG OU over Ohio St

Mack Brown: 4-1
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
WRONG Notre Dame over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over OU

Stanford Steve Coughlin: 4-1 straight up, 5-4-1 ATS
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Louisville over FSU
0-1 on ESPN Insider Straight Up
RIGHT Louisville+2 vs FSU
RIGHT Ohio St-2 vs OU
TIE Nebraska-3 vs Oregon
RIGHT Cal vs Texas over 68.5
WRONG USC+8.5 vs Stanford
WRONG ND-7.5 Vs Mich St
WRONG App St ML over Miami FL
2-1 ATS on ESPN Insider

Tim Cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss

Heather Dinich: 1-2
WRONG Texas over Cal
WRONG OU over Ohio St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St

Chris Doering: 4-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over ECU 24-20
RIGHT LSU over Miss St 23-16
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn 31-27
WRONG Mizzou over Georgia 26-24
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss 27-23

Dusty Dvoracek: 3-0 straight up, 4-1 ATS
RIGHT Ok St over Pitt
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Ok St-4.5 vs Pitt
RIGHT Ohio St-2 vs OU
RIGHT Louisville+1 vs FSU
RIGHT Colorado+20 vs Michigan
WRONG TCU-24.5 vs Iowa St

Chris Fallica: 5-3 straight up, 5-6 ATS
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
WRONG Pitt over Okla St
3-2 on ESPN Insider Straight Up
RIGHT Louisville+2 vs FSU
RIGHT Ohio St-2 vs OU
RIGHT UTSA+19.5 vs Ariz St
WRONG SJSU+13 vs Utah
WRONG SJSU+13.5 vs Utah (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Vanderbilt+6.5 vs GT (Bear’s Bank)
RIGHT Mizzou+6.5 vs Georgia (Bear’s Bank)
WRONG Pitt+6 vs OK St
WRONG Vanderbilt ML vs GT
1-1 on ESPN Insider ATS

Paul Finebaum: 3-2
WRONG OU over Ohio St
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
RIGHT LSU over Miss St

Pat Forde: 21-9 Straight up, 4-1-1 ATS
RIGHT Penn St over Temple
WRONG ND over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Clemson over SC St
RIGHT GT over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Rutgers over UNM
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
WRONG Pitt over Okla St
WRONG Iowa over NDSU
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
RIGHT NW over Duke
RIGHT Wisconsin over Georgia St
WRONG BGSU over MTSU
WRONG Texas over Cal
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Washington over Portland St
RIGHT Florida over UNT
RIGHT Tennessee over Ohio
RIGHT Arkansas over Tx St
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT UCLA over BYU
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT Navy over Tulane
RIGHT Miami Fl over App St
WRONG UVA over UConn
RIGHT Maryland over UCF
RIGHT Louisville+1 vs FSU
RIGHT Temple+8.5 vs Penn St
TIE Oregon+3 vs Nebraska
RIGHT Mich St+7.5 vs ND
RIGHT Ohio St-2 vs OU
WRONG Alabama-11 vs Ole Miss

Joey Galloway: 5-2
RIGHT Houston over Cinci
WRONG FSU over Louisville
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Mich St over ND
RIGHT Clemson over SC State

Danny Kanell: 4-3 straight up, 0-3 ATS
RIGHT Houston over Cinci
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG OU over Ohio ST
WRONG ND over Mich St
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
WRONG FSU-1.5 vs Louisville
WRONG Alabama-11 vs Ole Miss
WRONG OU+1.5 vs Ohio St

Mel Kiper Jr.: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss

Joel Klatt: 2-2
RIGHT Houston over Cinci
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT Stanford over USC
WRONG Texas over Cal

Matt Leinart: 0-3
WRONG FSU over Louisville
WRONG ND over Mich St
WRONG Texas over Cal

Jackie MacMullan: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss

Trevor Matich: 1-0
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado

Mark May: 3-2
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG Oregon over Nebraska
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado
WRONG Notre Dame over Mich St
RIGHT Ohio St over OU

Greg McElroy: 6-1
RIGHT Ohio St over OU
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT Arkansas over Tx St
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
RIGHT Tennessee over Ohio

Booger McFarland: 4-1
RIGHT LSU over Miss St 28-17
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss 35-21
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn 31-21
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou 42-3
WRONG ECU over S.Carolina 28-24

Brett McMurphy: 1-0
RIGHT Louisville over FSU 41-31

Brent Musberger: 2-0 straight up, 0-1 ATS
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG LSU-12 vs Miss St

Dari Nowkhah: 2-4 straight up, 1-2-1 Against the Spread
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn
WRONG BYU over UCLA
WRONG Vanderbilt over GT
WRONG ECU over S.Carolina
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT TAMU+3.5 vs Auburn
WRONG Vanderbilt+6.5 vs GT
WRONG ECU+3 vs S.Carolina
TIE BYU+3 vs UCLA

Jordan Rodgers: 3-0
RIGHT Florida over UNT
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou

Ryen Russillo: 1-1 Straight Up, 0-3 ATS
WRONG FSU over Louisville
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
WRONG FSU-1.5 vs Louisville
WRONG Alabama-11 vs Ole Miss
WRONG OU+1.5 vs Ohio St

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT SDSU over NIU

Marcus Spears: 5-0
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Florida over UNT
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn

Phil Steele: 13-5 Straight Up, 7-11 ATS
WRONG Auburn over TAMU
RIGHT Okla St over Pitt (by 3)
RIGHT Nebraska over Oregon
RIGHT Miami FL over App St (by a touchdown)
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss (by two touchdowns)
RIGHT Tennessee over Ohio (closer than expected)
WRONG Charlotte over E.Michigan
WRONG FSU over Louisville
WRONG OU over Ohio St
RIGHT Michigan over Colorado 31-20
RIGHT Houston over Cinci
RIGHT Stanford over USC
RIGHT Wisconsin over Georgia St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT S.Carolina over ECU
2-1 ESPN Insider Straight Up
WRONG Cinci+7 Vs Houston (Cinci to keep it closer than a touchdown)
WRONG Pitt+6 Vs OK St (decided by 3)
WRONG Pitt+4.5 vs Ok St
RIGHT Miami FL-3.5 Vs App St (decided by a touchdown)
WRONG Alabama-10.5 vs Ole Miss (decided by two touchdowns)
RIGHT Ohio+27.5 vs Tennessee (closer than expected)
RIGHT Mich St+7.5 vs ND (decided by 3-4 points)
WRONG OU+2 vs Ohio St (outright win)
RIGHT Mizzou+7 vs Georgia
WRONG Wisconsin-33.5 vs Georgia St
RIGHT Texas vs Cal over 81
WRONG Michigan vs Colorado under 56
WRONG TCU-24.5 vs Iowa St
2-3 on ESPN Insider ATS

Matt Stinchcomb: 2-0
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
RIGHT Tennessee over Ohio

Clint Stoerner: 2-1
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Arkansas over Tx St
WRONG Auburn over TAMU

Tim Tebow: 4-0
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss
RIGHT Georgia over Mizzou
RIGHT LSU over Miss St
RIGHT TAMU over Auburn

Scott Van Pelt: 2-4 ATS
WRONG BC+6 vs VT
RIGHT Mizzou+6.5 vs Georgia
WRONG OU+1.5 vs Ohio St
WRONG App St+3.5 vs Miami FL
RIGHT Cal+7 vs Texas
WRONG SJSU+13.5 vs Utah

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