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2011-2012 Preseason predictions

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These won’t be counted in any of my rankings but I think it might be fun to look back at these preseason predictions from the Gameday crew and a few more random experts.

Desmond Howard:
Miami 8 wins
Auburn 7 wins
Michigan: 8 Wins
EJ Manuel, QB FSU for Heisman
USF to win Big East
FSU over VaTech to ACC Championship
OU to win Big12
Wisconsin over Nebraska for Big10 title
Oregon over ArizSt for Pac12
Bama over Georgia for SEC
FSU over Bama for BCS championship

Lee Corso:
Miami 6 Wins
Auburn 5 wins
Ohio St 10 Wins
Michigan 5 Wins
Landry Jones, QB OU for Heisman
WVU to win Big East
FSU to win ACC
OU to win Big12
Nebraska over Ohio St for Big10 title
Stanford over ArizSt for Pac12
LSU over Georgia for SEC
OU over LSU for BCS Championship

Kirk Herbstreit:
Miami 6 wins
Auburn 6 Wins
Ohio St 10 wins
Michigan 8 Wins
Lamichael James, RB Oregon for Heisman
USF to win Big East
FSU over VaTech to win ACC Championship
OU to win Big12
Ohio St over Iowa for Big10 title
Oregon over UCLA for Pac12 (USC wins South though ineligible)
Bama over S.Car for SEC
Oregon over Bama for BCS Championship

Chris Fowler:
Andrew Luck, QB Stanford for Heisman

Lou Holtz:
Wisconsin to win BCS Championship

Mark May:
Auburn to not be bowl eligible

Skip Bayless:
OU to win BCS Championship
Notre Dame possibly undefeated
Texas 6 wins tops
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Week 1 2011 Saturday Morning Picks

Posted on by gamedaycole

Here’s the picks from this morning.

Lou Holtz:
USF over ND
Georgia over Boise St
LSU over Oregon

Mark May:
ND over USF
Georgia over Boise St
Oregon over LSU

Desmond Howard:
USF over ND
LSU over Oregon

Kirk Herbstreit:
ND over USF
Boise St over Georgia
Indiana over Ball St
Miami over Maryland
UCLA over Houston
Ole Miss over BYU
BC over NW
Oregon over LSU (he picked Oregon to win the national championship, I assume he thinks they will win this game)

Lee Corso:
ND over USF
Georgia over Boise St
Indiana over Ball St
Maryland over Miami
UCLA over Houston
BYU over Ole Miss
BC over NW
LSU over Oregon (headgear pick)

Mark Cuban:
Indiana over Ball St
Maryland over Miami
UCLA over Hou
BYU over Ole Miss
NW over BC
ND over USF
Boise St over Georgia
Oregon over LSU

David Pollack:
UCLA over Houston
Ole Miss over BYU
ND over USF
USC over Minnesota
Georgia over Boise St
LSU over Oregon
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Post-bowl season updates

Posted on by gamedaycole

Bowl season has been over for a couple weeks and I am finally done inputting numbers and now I am updating pages. Here’s how everyone came out from my tracking:

Robert Smith: 9-3, 75% Correct
Desmond Howard: 4-2, 66.67% Correct
Todd McShay: 20-11, 64.52% Correct
Trevor Matich: 14-8, 63.64% Correct
Howie Schwab: 22-13, 62.86% Correct
Mike Golic: 22-13, 62.86% Correct
Colin Cowherd: 20-15, 57.14% Correct
Mike Greenberg: 20-15, 57.14% Correct
Mark May: 20-15, 57.14% Correct
Lou Holtz: 19-16, 54.29% Correct
Kirk Herbstreit: 17-15, 53.13% Correct
Rod Gilmore: 16-15, 51.61% Correct
Craig James: 18-17, 51.43% Correct
Skip Bayless: 8-10, 44.44% Correct
Pat Forde: 14-21, 40.00% Correct
Lee corso: 2-3, 40.00% Correct

Note I only counted the guys who have more than 10 games picked in addition to Lee Corso and Des Howard because they’re on the Gameday crew.

I guess Robert Smith takes the crown going 9-3 but I am giving it to Todd McShay for the highest correct pick percentage amongst those who picked over 30 games.

Other than that, check individual pages for updates.

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