Week 9 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Lou Holtz & Mark May!

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen.  It is Wednesday and that means it is time to get some picks posted.  Lou Holtz & Mark May have released their weekly picks via the Crowds Line Youtube channel as they do every week.  Check out the full video for all that witty banter, but here’s the picks if you need them.

Lou Holtz:

Week Date Picks
9 10/27/18 Clemson  over  Florida State
9 10/27/18 Georgia  over  Florida
9 10/27/18 Iowa  over  Penn State
9 10/27/18 Missouri  over  Kentucky
9 10/27/18 Notre Dame  over  Navy
9 10/27/18 Purdue  over  Michigan State
9 10/27/18 Washington State  over  Stanford
9 10/27/18 Wisconsin  over  Northwestern
9 10/25/18 West Virginia  over  Baylor

Mark May:

Week Date Picks
9 10/27/18 Clemson  over  Florida State
9 10/27/18 Florida  over  Georgia
9 10/27/18 Iowa  over  Penn State
9 10/27/18 Missouri  over  Kentucky
9 10/27/18 Notre Dame  over  Navy
9 10/27/18 Purdue  over  Michigan State
9 10/27/18 Washington State  over  Stanford
9 10/27/18 Wisconsin  over  Northwestern
9 10/25/18 West Virginia  over  Baylor

Week 8 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Welcome back everyone.  We saw great football action on Saturday and great performances from our panel of expert pickers and prognosticators last week, so let’s dive right in.

Winners this week included Andrea Adelson (6-1), Stanford Steve (4-1 ATS, he’s on fire), Chris Doering (5-1), Pat Forde (4-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-3), Lou Holtz (7-2), Paul Finebaul (7-2), Desmond Howard (11-5), Brett McMurphy (4-2 ATS), and Phil Steele (continuing to light it up at 14-7 ATS, 13-2 straight up).  However, this week’s undisputed winner is none other than our own @GamedayJen who showed up with a huge performance on Saturday going 15-1 on her picks!  Pretty impressive stuff compared to all these people who get paid to pick games for a living.

Losers this week include Pete Thamel (2-4 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS), Rufus Peabody (2-3 ATS), Danny Kanell (3-4 ATS), your boy SVP (4-5 ATS), and Bruce Feldman (5-6 ATS).  Nobody had an actual losing week picking straight up, but a notable performance was Mark May (5-4).

Coach Corso got back on track with the headgear pick going with Washington State over Oregon, and put up an impressive 13-2 week on the regular picks.  Chris Fallica went 4-4 against the spread this week, but Bear’s Bank was 3-0 this week!  Special guest celebrity Drew Bledsoe went 11-3 on the week, proving that he does indeed know more about football than the Chainsmokers.

Everyone else finished somewhere in the middle, so check out the full grades below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0 0
David.Pollack 100% 3 0 0
Charles.Arbuckle 100% 1 0 0
Mack.Brown 100% 1 0 0
Steve.Coughlin 100% 5 0 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0 0
Tim.Cowlishaw 100% 2 0 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100% 4 0 0
Pat.Forde 100% 4 0 0
Brian.Jones 100% 3 0 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 3 0 0
Mel.Kiper.Jr 100% 1 0 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0 0
Chris.Low 100% 4 0 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 4 0 0
Les.Miles 100% 4 0 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 2 0 0
Houston.Nutt 100% 1 0 0
Adam.Rittenberg 100% 4 0 0
Robert.Smith 100% 1 0 0
Marcus.Spears 100% 4 0 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 4 0 0
Scott.Van.Pelt 100% 1 0 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 1 0 0
Jennifer 93.75% 15 1 0
Lee.Corso 86.67% 13 2 0
Phil.Steele 86.67% 13 2 0
Andrea.Adelson 85.71% 6 1 0
Chris.Fallica 83.33% 5 1 0
Chris.Doering 83.33% 5 1 0
Kirk.Herbstreit 78.57% 11 3 0
Celebrity.Guest 78.57% 11 3 0
Lou.Holtz 77.78% 7 2 0
Joey.Galloway 75% 3 1 0
Joel.Klatt 75% 3 1 0
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1 0
Ryan.McGee 75% 3 1 0
Jesse.Palmer 75% 3 1 0
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1 0
Paul.Finebaum 71.43% 5 2 0
Desmond.Howard 68.75% 11 5 0
Bruce.Feldman 63.64% 7 4 0
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4 0

ATS grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 66.67% 4 2 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 66.67% 14 7 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 50% 4 4 0
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS.Grade 50% 2 2 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 45.45% 5 6 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 44.44% 4 5 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade 33.33% 2 4 0

Week 8 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Lou Holtz & Mark May!

It is Wednesday in this 8th week of our 2018 college football season and that means we need to get some picks going.  We are starting off with two of your favorites in Lou Holtz and Mark May.  If you want to hear their classic banter, tune into their Youtube channel The Crowd’s Line, otherwise here’s the picks.

Lou Holtz:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Temple  over  Cincinnati
10/20/18 Washington  over  Colorado
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Ohio State  over  Purdue
10/20/18 Washington State  over  Oregon
10/20/18 Kentucky  over  Vanderbilt
10/20/18 VMI  over  Citadel

Mark May:

Date Picks
10/20/18 Cincinnati  over  Temple
10/20/18 Washington  over  Colorado
10/20/18 Michigan  over  Michigan State
10/20/18 LSU  over  Mississippi State
10/20/18 Clemson  over  North Carolina State
10/20/18 Ohio State  over  Purdue
10/20/18 Oregon  over  Washington State
10/20/18 Vanderbilt  over  Kentucky
10/20/18 Citadel  over  VMI