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BCS Championship extravaganza

Posted on January 9, 2012 by gamedaycole

Ladies and gents, the day has finally come. THE GAME OF THE CENTURY…. AGAIN! Tonight, we will see perhaps one of the greatest teams we’ve seen in college football history in LSU, who is undefeated, won the toughest conference in the nation, and has the most impressive resume of anyone in the country after beating 8 ranked opponents this season. We will also see Alabama, the team that proves that every week is not a playoff in the BCS, that only played 4 ranked opponents, that didn’t win this game the first time at home, the team that didn’t play in their conference championship (much less win it), and the greatest defense of all time that gave up 21 to FCS Georgia Southern. In honor of this occasion, I am posting our BCS Championship rundown with everyone’s championship picks that I have so far, and more as they roll in tonight so stay tuned. Currently we’re at 23 to 11 in favor of LSU from our panel of experts.

Lee Corso: LSU

Desmond Howard picks LSU — Desmond Howard really likes LSU

Desmond Howard: LSU

Lou Holtz and Mark May: Both pick Alabama

Skip takes LSU — Skip Bayless: "LSU over Alabama"

Skip Bayless: LSU

Todd McShay: LSU

Colin Cowherd: Alabama

David Pollack: Alabama

Jesse Palmer: Alabama

Tom Luginbill: Alabama

Trevor Matich: Alabama

Scott Van Pelt: LSU

Ryen Russillo: LSU

Mike Golic: LSU

Mike Greenberg: LSU

Woody Paige: LSU

JA Adande: LSU

Tim Cowlishaw: LSU

Tony Reali: LSU

Michael Smith: LSU

Kevin Blackistone: LSU

Bill Plaschke: LSU

Mark Schlabach: LSU

Pat Forde: LSU

Robert Smith: Bama over LSU

Ed Cunningham: Alabama

Coach Mike Bellotti: LSU

Rod Gilmore: LSU

Danny Kanell: LSU

Matt Stinchcomb: LSU

Charlie Arbuckle: LSU

Jason Sehorn: Alabama

Turner Gil: LSU

Rocky the Octopus: Alabama

Jennifer’s Pick: Alabama

2011 Regular Season Standings

Posted on December 6, 2011 by gamedaycole

Well after 14 weeks we are through the regular season and I thought I’d stop by and post a quick update with the 2011 standings. Lee Corso is the only expert to top the century mark with 100 correct picks on the year. On a comical note, Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit are right behind him with 91 and 90 correct picks respectively… except that Herby has twice as many wrong picks. Ooops. David Pollack had a solid regular season on his first year on Gameday. Jesse Palmer went a sharp 39-7 on the year. Matt Stinchcomb decided to pick upsets the entire year and is the only one aside from the Schwab that I tracked with a losing record on the season. The Celebrity Guests were pretty mediocre this year. In past years they’ve been pretty sharp (or whoever tells them who to pick is pretty sharp) but they went 62-42. And of course my girlfriend Jennifer was neck and neck with both David Pollack and Skip Bayless. Not bad Jennifer.

BUT HOLD ON. We can have big shakeups in bowl season. I’ll be updating as the picks roll in. Don’t be surprised to see me post an expert picking Team A over Team B, and then see me post a week later with the reverse, because everyone flip flops during bowl season as things develop. However I’ll still post it as I see it, and as always, the last decision they make is the one going in the official record.

Lee Corso: 100-65
Kirk Herbstreit: 90-61
Desmond Howard: 91-35
Lou Holtz: 56-27
Mark May: 52-29
David Pollack: 82-41
Robert Smith: 42-28
Jesse Palmer: 39-7
Pat Forde: 31-14
Trevor Matich: 4-2
Skip Bayless: 83-45
Todd McShay: 25-12
Colin Cowherd: 51-33
Tom Luginbill: 67-31
Mike Bellotti: 25-8
Charlie Arbuckle: 7-2
Matt Stinchcomb: 6-11
Danny Kanell: 21-8
Jason Sehorn: 12-12
Howie Schwab: 14-17
Michael Smith: 2-2
Woody Paige: 7-4
Tim Cowlishaw: 7-2
Kevin Blackistone: 3-3
Mark Schlabach: 5-4
Matt Millen: 6-1
Bob Davie: 3-4
Brock Huard: 6-3
Chris Fowler: 3-1
Randy Shannon: 1-3
Bill Plaschke: 1-3
Jennifer: 83-44
Celebrity Guests Overall: 62-42

Week 14: Championship week results

Posted on December 4, 2011 by gamedaycole

Here’s the results from Week 14 of the 2011 season. Quite a few mediocre weeks with Southern Miss upsetting Houston and VaTech upsetting Clemson. Our winners this week were Jesse Palmer (4-1) and David Pollack going 7-1. David Pollack was the only person who picked Southern Miss over Houston, and he also nailed two tough ones in Baylor over Texas and Okla St over Oklahoma. Robert Smith is this week’s loser going 2-3. Robert, unfortunately you can’t just pick the favorite in every game and win. I’ll be posting our regular season overall records soon so everyone can see where we stand. But now we’re entering Bowl Season, where legends are made and dreams are shattered. Look forward to big slates of picks from all of our experts and check back often to see who is picking what games, and to see who you should be following.

Jesse Palmer: 4-1
RIGHT   KSate over Iowa St
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
RIGHT   WVU over USF
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
RIGHT   Oregon over UCLA

David Pollack: 7-1
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
RIGHT   Oregon over UCLA
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
RIGHT   S.Miss over Houston
RIGHT   Okla St over OU
RIGHT   Baylor over Texas

Robert Smith: 2-3
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
WRONG   OU over Okla St
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia

Tom Luginbill: 4-3
RIGHT   Oregon over UCLA
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
WRONG   OU over Okla St
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia

Mike Bellotti: 3-3
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia
RIGHT   Wisc over Mich St
RIGHT   Oregon over UCLA
WRONG   OU over Okla St
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson

Trevor Matich: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over OU

Joey Galloway: 1-0
RIGHT Wisconsin over Mich St

Matt Stinchcomb: 0-1
WRONG Georgia over LSU

Mark Schlabach: 0-1
WRONG OU over Okla St

Howie Schwab: 1-1
RIGHT LSU over Georgia
WRONG VaTech over Clemson

Lee Corso: 5-3
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
RIGHT   Baylor over Texas
RIGHT   KState over Iowa St
WRONG   OU over Okla St
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia (Headgear picks 11-3 overall)

Kirk Herbstreit: 4-3
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
WRONG   Texas over Baylor
RIGHT   KState over Iowa St
WRONG   OU over Okla St
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia

Desmond Howard: 6-2
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
WRONG   Texas over Baylor
RIGHT   KState over Iowa St
RIGHT   Okla St over OU
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
RIGHT   VaTech over Clemson
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia

Chris Fowler: 1-0
Okla St over OU

Woody Paige: 1-0
RIGHT LSU over Georgia

Tim Cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over OU

Bob Ryan: 1-0
RIGHT LSU over Georgia

Skip Bayless: 5-4
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia
WRONG   OU over Okla St
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
RIGHT   Baylor over Texas
WRONG   Houston over S.Miss
RIGHT   KState over Iowa St
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
WRONG   Hawaii over BYU

Todd McShay: 1-2
RIGHT   Oregon over UCLA
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
WRONG   OU over Okla St

Jennifer’s Picks: 7-3
RIGHT   Oregon over UCLA
RIGHT   Cinci over UConn
RIGHT   Baylor over Texas
RIGHT   KState over Iowa St
WRONG   Houston over s.Miss
WRONG   OU over Okla St (Upset special 2-6 overall)
WRONG   VaTech over Clemson
RIGHT   Wisconsin over Mich St
RIGHT   LSU over Georgia
RIGHT   Sam Houston St over Stoney Brook