2012-13 Bowl Season: BCS BIG BOARD BONANZA!

The day has finally arrived folks.  Tonight is a very bittersweet night for college football fans and insane gamblers alike, as we crown this year’s champion and put the sport to bed for 8 months.  For this reason, we must make the most of it and savor every minute of today, which also means it is time for Cole’s BCS BIG BOARD BONANZA WITH PICKS AND OTHER THINGS!!!  I will be updating all day long burning up the DVR to make sure I get you the updates on who is picking which team in tonight’s big game.  I will be taking you right up to kickoff where we will *HOPEFULLY* get one more headgear pick from Coach Corso before college football hibernation.  So make sure you check back throughout the day because who knows how things will develop.

With a current tally of 36 votes, our panel of experts is currently sitting at 24-12 in favor of Bama over Notre Dame in tonight’s game.

Brad Edwards:
Bama over Notre Dame (College Gameday Radio 1/7)

Charles Arbuckle:
Bama over Notre Dame (Road to the BCS 1/6)

Christian Fauria:
Bama over Notre Dame (SportsNation 1/6)

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over Notre Dame (The Herd 1/7)

Danny Kanell:
Notre Dame over Bama (CFB Daily 1/7)

Dari Nowhkah:
Bama over Notre Dame (ESPN.com podcast)

David Pollack:
Bama over Notre Dame (BCS Countdown 1/6)

Desmond Howard:
Bama over Notre Dame (BCS Countdown 1/6)

Ed Cunningham:
Bama over Notre Dame (ESPN Bowl Mania Special 12/9)

Ivan Maisel:
Bama over Notre Dame (espn.com preview 12/3)

JA Adande:
Bama over Notre Dame (ATH 1/7)

Jackie MacMullan:
Bama over Notre Dame (ATH 1/7)

Jennifer’s Pick:
Notre Dame over Bama (Upset Special)

Jesse Palmer:
Bama over Notre Dame (BCS Countdown 1/6)

Kevin Carter:
Bama over Notre Dame (ESPNU BCS Bowl Preview 12/13)

Lee Corso:
Notre Dame over Bama (BCS Pregame show 1/7)

Lou Holtz:
Notre Dame over Bama (CFB Live 1/7)

Mark May:
Bama over Notre Dame (CFB Live 1/7)

Mark Schlabach:
Bama over Notre Dame (College Gameday Radio 1/7)

Matt Millen:
Bama ovre Notre Dame (CFB Live 1/7)

Matt Stinchcomb:
Notre Dame over Bama (Final Verdict 12/3)

Mel Kiper Jr.:
Notre Dame over Bama (ESPN.com Podcast)

Michael A. Smith:
Notre Dame over Bama (Numbers Never Lie 1/7)

Mike Bellotti:
Bama over Notre Dame (ESPNU BCS Bowl Preview 12/13)

Mike Golic:
Notre Dame over Bama (Mike & Mike 1/7)

Mike Greenberg:
Notre Dame over Bama (Mike & Mike 1/7)

Pat Forde:
Notre Dame over Bama (Forde Yard Dash 12/13)

Ryen Russillo:
Bama ovre Notre Dame (SVP 1/7)

Robert Smith:
Bama over Notre Dame (First Take 1/7)

Scott Van Pelt:
Bama over Notre Dame (SVP 1/7)

Skip Bayless:
Notre Dame over Bama (First Take 1/7)

Stephen A. Smith:
Bama over Notre Dame (First Take 1/7)

Tim Cowlishaw:
Notre Dame over Bama (ATH 1/7)

Todd McShay:
Bama over Notre Dame (The Herd 1/7)

Tom Luginbill:
Bama over Notre Dame (ESPNU BCS Bowl Preview 12/13)

Trevor Matich:
Notre Dame over Bama (College Gameday Radio 1/7)

Urban Meyer:
Notre Dame over Bama (BCS Pregame show 1/7)

Woody Paige:
Bama over Notre Dame (ATH 1/7)

2012 Regular Season Standings

As we ramp up to bowl season this Saturday, I thought we would take a moment to review where everyone stands heading into bowl season.  This has been a very strong year at the top, with Tom Luginbill currently sitting on top of things at 80% right (I’m not counting SVP or Michael Smith with 4 picks).  Pat Forde has been on a tear this year, and Lou Holtz is looking good headed into bowl season thanks to Notre Dame running the table.  Most years, his Notre Dame undefeated predictions lead to his demise.  On the other end of the spectrum is rookie Brian Griese who is trying his hardest to tank this season, and Mark May who is the victim of Dr. Lou’s historic run.  I’ll be updating all week with bowl picks, so check back often because who knows when the picks might start rolling in!

Scott Van Pelt: 100% (4-0)
Michael Smith: 100% (4-0)
Tom Luginbill: 80.00% (52-13)
Matt Stinchcomb: 80.00% (12-3)
Ryen Russillo: 77.27% (17-5)
Pat Forde: 75.84% (292-93)
Lou Holtz: 75.00% (45-15)
Brock Huard: 75.00% (3-1)
Colin Cowherd: 74.76% (77-26)
Mike Bellotti: 73.75% (59-21)
Dari Nowkhah: 72.41% (105-40)
Lee Corso: 72.02% (121-47)
Trevor Matich: 70.65% (65-27)
Kirk Herbstreit: 70.18% (120-51)
Christian Fauria: 69.75% (83-36)
Mel Kiper Jr.: 67.44% (29-14)
Charles Arbuckle: 66.67% (40-20)
Mark Schlabach: 66.67% (16-8)
Jesse Palmer: 66.67% (4-2)
Woody Paige: 66.67% (4-2)
Jason Sehorn: 66.22% (49-25)
Brad Edwards: 66.13% (41-21)
Jennifer’s Picks: 65.03% (119-64)
David Pollack: 64.71% (66-36)
Desmond Howard: 62.69% (84-50)
Dan Hawkins: 62.50 (15-9)
Danny Kanell: 61.11% (22-14)
Robert Smith: 61.02% (72-46)
Matt Millen: 3-2 (60.00%)
Mark May: 57.89% (44-32)
Todd McShay: 57.69% (30-22)
Brian Griese: 57.45% (27-20)
Celebrity Guests: 55.65% (69-55)
Skip Bayless: 40.00% (4-6)
Chris Fowler: 40.00% (2-3)
Andre Ware: 25.00% (1-3)

Week 13 2012: Results are in!

We’ve been tallying results and counting ballots and putting different colored beans into different containers to add up all of the results for this weekend; made only better by SHOWDOWN SATURDAY!  There were a few really good performances from our experts, a few really bad ones, and most of them right in the middle.  This week”s big winner would be Colin Cowherd at 10-2, with other winners being Pat Forde at 19-5, and Lee Corso at 9-2.  Lee Corso got his headgear pick right, pushing his record to 20-0 all time when picking a game USC is involved in.  Pretty impressive stuff for sure.  Our big loser this week was Mark May at 1-3.  Poor Mark.  Not only are you doing very poorly this season with your picks, but you get to hear from Lou Holtz every day who happens to be on a huge roll himself.  Other poor performances were David Pollack at 4-3 and Desmond Howard at 5-4.  Our guest celebrity picker Landon Donovan went 5-5, as the guest overall record continues to slide.  I remember when they used to get people on who knew something about football.  Oh well.  Everyone else finished somewhere in the middle, so look below to find your favorite or most hated personality and see how they did.

Robert Smith: 0-1
WRONG USC over ND

Charles Arbuckle: 5-4
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT ND over USC
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
WRONG FSU over Florida
WRONG Rutgers over Pitt
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Kentucky over Tennessee
WRONG Duke over Miami

Jesse Palmer: 0-1
WRONG FSU over Florida

Mike Bellotti: 6-3
RIGHT ND over USC
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT S.Carolina over clemson
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St
RIGHT WVU over Iowa St
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan

Matt Millen: 1-1
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
WRONG FSU over Florida

Tom Luginbill: 4-0
RIGHT Oregon over Oreg St
RIGHT ND over USC
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson
RIGHT Mich St over Minnesota

Mark Schlabach: 2-0
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson (upset special)

Jason Sehorn: 1-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson

Dan Hawkins: 0-1
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St

Colin Cowherd: 10-2
RIGHT ND over USC
WRONG Washington over Wash St
WRONG Ariz over Ariz St
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT Florida over FSU
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT TAMU over Mizzou
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson

Skip Bayless: 0-1
WRONG USC over ND

Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
RIGHT Pitt over Rutgers

Christian Fauria: 3-1
RIGHT ND over USC
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St

Danny Kanell: 2-2
WRONG FSU over Florida
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Vanderbilt over Wake Forest

Dari Nowkhah: 8-6
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
WRONG USC over ND
RIGHT Mich St over Minnesota
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Nebraska over Iowa
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Rutgers over Pitt
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Tennessee over Kentucky

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-2
RIGHT ND over USC
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St

Todd McShay: 3-2
RIGHT ND over USC
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
WRONG Okla St over OU (Upset special)

Lou Holtz: 3-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT ND over USC

Mark May: 1-3
WRONG Michigan over Ohio St
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Florida over FSU
WRONG USC over ND

Trevor Matich: 5-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT Penn St over Wisconsin
WRONG FSU over Florida

Brad Edwards: 5-0
RIGHT Florida over FSU
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT Penn St over Wisconsin

Mike Golic: 1-0
RIGHT ND over USC

Pat Forde: 19-5
RIGHT WVU over Iowa St
RIGHT Nebraska over Iowa
RIGHT NIU over E.Mich
RIGHT Kent St over Ohio
WRONG Arizona over Ariz St
RIGHT LSU over Arkansas
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson
WRONG FSU over Florida
WRONG Rutgers over Pitt
RIGHT VATech over UVA
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT Mich St over Minnesota
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Penn St over Wisconsin
RIGHT SJSU over LaTech
RIGHT Utah St over Idaho
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT TAMU over Mizzou
WRONG Louisville over UConn

David Pollack: 4-3
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
RIGHT Notre Dame over USC
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
WRONG Okla St over OU
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina

Desmond Howard: 5-4
WRONG Michigan over Ohio St
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
WRONG Okla St over OU
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT ND over USC
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St

Kirk Herbstreit: 6-4
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
WRONG FSU over Florida
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Indiana over Purdue
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT OU over Okla St

Lee Corso: 9-2
RIGHT S.Carolina over Clemson
RIGHT Bama over Auburn
RIGHT Penn St over Wisconsin
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Indiana over Purdue
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT ND over USC (headgear pick)

Landon Donovan: 5-5
WRONG Indiana over Purdue
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG Oregon St over Oregon
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT ND over USC

Jennifer’s Picks: 5-6
WRONG Texas over TCU
WRONG Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Indiana over Purdue
WRONG Wisconsin over Penn St
WRONG FSU over Florida
RIGHT Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA
WRONG Oregon St over Oregon (upset special)
RIGHT OU over Okla St
RIGHT ND over USC