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Week 0 2021: Gambling picks mega-post!

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Week 0 2021: Gambling picks mega-post!

Week 0 of the 2021 college football season is upon us. There are only a handful of games on this week’s schedule, so there’s not a ton of picks this week. Due to the limited slate, I will be collecting all the week 0 picks and posting them here as the week progresses. Check back throughout this week for more picks.  As always, make sure you check the latest College football odds or consult your local bookie to ensure you’re getting updated spreads and prices.

Rico Bosco via Barstool Pick’em:
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Illinois vs Nebraska under 55
UCLA vs Hawaii under 68

Chris “The Bear” Fallica:
Nebraska-6.5 vs Illinois

Pat Forde:
Illinois+7 vs Nebraska
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Hawaii+18 vs UCLA
UTEP-10 vs New Mexico State
San Jose State-21.5 vs Southern Utah

Tom Fornelli:
Connecticut + 27.5 vs Fresno State
UTEP -10 vs New Mexico State
Hawaii + 18 vs UCLA

Emory Hunt:
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn

Danny Kanell:
Fresno State vs Connecticut Under 63
Nebraska  -6.5 vs Illinois
Illinois vs Nebraska Over 54.5
New Mexico State vs UTEP Under 60
San Jose State  -23.5 vs Southern Utah

Dan Katz via Barstool Pick’em:
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Illinois+7 vs Nebraska
Illinois vs Nebraska under 55
UTEP-9.5 vs New Mexico State
San Jose State-22 vs Southern Utah
San Jose State vs Southern Utah under 56

Adam Kramer’s Week 0 locks:
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Nebraska-7 vs Illinois
UTEP-10 vs New Mexico State
UCLA vs Hawaii under 68

Pamela Maldonado:
Illinois+7 vs Nebraska

Chip Patterson:
Fresno State vs Connecticut Under 63
Illinois vs Nebraska Under 55
Illinois + 7 vs Nebraska
San Jose State -23.5 vs Southern Utah

Dave Portnoy via Barstool Pick’em:
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Illinois+7 vs Nebraska
Illinois vs Nebrasa over 55
San Jose State-22 vs Southern Utah
San Jose State vs Southern Utah over 56
UCLA-18 vs Hawaii
UCLA vs Hawaii over 68

Barrett Sallee:
Illinois+7 vs Nebraska
Hawaii+18 vs UCLA

Phil Steele Plus preview:
New Mexico State+10 vs UTEP
San Jose State-22.5 vs Southern Utah

Pete Thamel:
Nebraska-7 vs Illinois
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Hawaii+18 vs UCLA
UTEP-10 vs New Mexico State
San Jose State-21.5 vs Southern Utah

Dan Wetzel:
Nebraska-7 vs Illinois
Fresno State-27.5 vs UConn
Hawaii+18 vs UCLA
UTEP-10 vs New Mexico State
San Jose State-21.5 vs Southern Utah

Matt Youmans:
Illinois+7 vs Nebraska
Illinois vs Nebraska under 55
Hawaii+18 vs UCLA

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2019-20 Season: Final season grades are complete; results are in!

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It is now time to crown our yearly champions.  We will be crowning two champions again this year.  Our first champion is picking games straight up and our second champion is for picking games against the spread.  Obviously not everyone below qualifies to be champion if they didn’t pick enough games.  My general rule is a minimum 100 games picked to be on the ballot.  Once we have all the finalists selected, our panel of voters decides our champions.  As always, our panel of voters consists of myself, a glass of bourbon, a box of Cheezits, and our cat Charley.

Without further adieu, I present to you our 2019-20 season results and yearly champions.  Our champion picking games straight up, coming in at 71.96% over 271 games is none other than noted football expert and my wife, @GamedayJen!  Our ATS champion, coming in at 58.78% over 131 games picked, is none other than the big time football reporter Pete Thamel!  Congratulations to you both, and look for a congratulatory basket of assorted bourbon and Cheezits which is being shipped to you as we speak!

Thank you all for tuning in for another season of football picks, and we will see you next season.

Straight up results:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.games
Kevin.Blackistone 100 1 0 1
Mike.Golic 100 3 0 3
Jackie.MacMullan 100 1 0 1
Booger.McFarland 100 2 0 2
Ryan.McGee 100 6 0 6
Brent.Musburger 100 1 0 1
Aaron.Murray 100 2 0 2
Petros.Papadakis 100 1 0 1
Jordan.Rodgers 100 7 0 7
Ryen.Russillo 100 1 0 1
Matt.Stinchcomb 100 2 0 2
Clint.Stoerner 100 1 0 1
Reggie.Bush 88.89 32 4 36
Urban.Meyer 86.49 32 5 37
Scott.Van.Pelt 84.62 11 2 13
Skip.Bayless 83.33 5 1 6
Jonathan.Vilma 81.25 13 3 16
Tim.Tebow 79.25 42 11 53
Todd.McShay 78.57 11 3 14
Tim.Cowlishaw 78.12 25 7 32
Dan.Wetzel 77.91 67 19 86
Jake.Trotter 77.78 7 2 9
Marcus.Spears 76.47 39 12 51
Matt.Leinart 76.32 29 9 38
Pete.Thamel 75.82 69 22 91
Chris.Fallica 75.71 53 17 70
Adam.Rittenberg 74.55 41 14 55
Paul.Finebaum 73.49 61 22 83
EJ.Manuel 73.24 52 19 71
Joel.Klatt 72.73 16 6 22
Joey.Galloway 72.22 39 15 54
Jennifer 71.96 195 76 271
Lou.Holtz 71.95 59 23 82
David.Pollack 71.82 79 31 110
Bruce.Feldman 71.72 142 56 198
Emmanuel.Acho 71.43 10 4 14
Mark.Richt 71.43 50 20 70
Chris.Doering 70.77 46 19 65
Lee.Corso 70.59 156 65 221
Danny.Kanell 70.27 52 22 74
Corso.Headgear 70 14 6 20
Steve.Coughlin 69.52 73 32 105
Pat.Forde 69.38 111 49 160
Andrea.Adelson 69.23 81 36 117
Phil.Steele 69.18 110 49 159
Gene.Chizik 69.09 38 17 55
Dusty.Dvoracek 69.09 38 17 55
Brett.McMurphy 68.75 22 10 32
Desmond.Howard 68.67 160 73 233
Colin.Cowherd 68.29 28 13 41
Jesse.Palmer 67.92 36 17 53
Kevin.Carter 67.5 27 13 40
Stewart.Mandel 67.48 139 67 206
Mark.May 67.07 55 27 82
Heather.Dinich 66.67 10 5 15
Dave.Wannstedt 66.67 2 1 3
Houston.Nutt 65.38 34 18 52
Aaron.Taylor 64.86 96 52 148
Kirk.Herbstreit 63.43 137 79 216
Brady.Quinn 62.5 25 15 40
Mark.Schlabach 62.5 10 6 16
Eric.Mac.Lain 61.97 44 27 71
Celebrity.Guest 61.11 121 77 198
Chris.Low 60 9 6 15
Rick.Neuheisel 58.74 84 59 143
Brian.Jones 57.69 90 66 156
Trevor.Matich 57.14 4 3 7
Randy.Cross 55.17 80 65 145
Greg.McElroy 55 22 18 40
Brad.Edwards 50 2 2 4
Mike.Greenberg 50 1 1 2
Jim.Mora.Jr 50 4 4 8
Dan.Orlovsky 50 1 1 2
Dari.Nowkhah 40 2 3 5
Ivan.Maisel 36.36 4 7 11
Rece.Davis 33.33 2 4 6
Stephen.A.Smith 33.33 1 2 3
Charles.Woodson 25 1 3 4
Charles.Arbuckle 0 0 1 1
Rod.Gilmore 0 0 1 1
Tom.Luginbill 0 0 1 1
Trey.Wingo 0 0 1 1

ATS Results:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie n.games
Joey.Galloway.ATS 77.42 24 7 0 31
Jake.Trotter.ATS 61.54 8 5 0 13
Bill.Connelly.ATS 60.66 36 23 2 61
Pete.Thamel.ATS 58.78 76 53 2 131
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS 58.47 34 24 1 59
Lee.Corso.ATS 57.14 8 6 0 14
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 56.63 47 36 0 83
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 54.58 71 59 1 131
Jeff.Ma.ATS 54.55 12 10 0 22
Jesse.Palmer.ATS 54.41 18 15 1 34
Preston.Johnson.ATS 53.81 56 48 1 105
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 53.21 40 35 3 78
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 52.42 32 29 1 62
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 52.3 101 92 3 196
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 51.1 45 43 3 91
Matt.Youmans.ATS 50.75 66 64 3 133
Clay.Travis.ATS 50.28 89 88 3 180
Jim.Donnan.ATS 50 7 7 0 14
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 50 19 19 0 38
Norm.Hitzges.ATS 49.79 117 118 2 237
Phil.Steele.ATS 49.5 96 98 5 199
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 49.28 67 69 3 139
Dan.Katz.ATS 49.04 125 130 5 260
Rufus.Peabody.ATS 48.39 29 31 2 62
Chris.Fallica.ATS 48.05 60 65 3 128
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 48.02 120 130 3 253
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 47.8 96 105 4 205
Pat.Forde.ATS 47.79 64 70 2 136
Rico.Bosco.ATS 47.44 54 60 3 117
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 46.36 25 29 1 55
Danny.Kanell.ATS 44.25 37 47 3 87
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 43.56 44 57 0 101
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 42.86 6 8 0 14
Desmond.Howard.ATS 42.86 6 8 0 14
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 42.39 19 26 1 46
FPI.ATS 40.91 18 26 0 44
Rece.Davis.ATS 39.29 5 8 1 14
Adam.Kramer.ATS 35 3 6 1 10
Brad.Edwards.ATS 33.33 2 4 0 6
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS 0 0 1 0 1
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2019-20 Season: #NationalChampionship picks and predictions! #LSUvsClemson

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It is time for the annual championship game megapost.  I will be posting all of the picks and predictions on tonight’s championship game in this single thread.  I will be updating throughout the day and posting on Twitter as well so follow along and check back for the latest.

Emmanuel Acho:
LSU over Clemson

Steve Coughlin:
LSU over Clemson straight up
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Clyde Edwards-Helaire under 99.5 rushing yards

Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Heather Dinich:
LSU over Clemson

Chris Doering:
LSU over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU

Chris Fallica:
LEAN Clemson+ the points, waiting to see if it goes to 6.5

Bruce Feldman:
LSU over Clemson

Paul Finebaum:
LSU over Clemson

Pat Forde:
Clemson over LSU

Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU

Joey Galloway:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson

@GamedayJen:
Clemson over LSU

Mike Golic:
LSU over Clemson

Mike Greenberg:
LSU over Clemson

Lou Holtz:
LSU over Clemson

Dan Katz:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Doug Kezirian:
Clemson/LSU over 69.5

Joel Klatt:
LSU over Clemson

Matt Leinart:
Clemson over LSU

Tom Lugibill:
Clemson over LSU

Ivan Maisel:
LSU over Clemson

Mark May:
LSU over Clemson

Greg McElroy:
LSU over Clemson

Booger McFarland:
LSU over Clemson

Ryan McGee:
LSU over Clemson

Todd McShay:
LSU over Clemson

Urban Meyer:
LSU over Clemson

Jim Mora Jr.:
LSU over Clemson

Dari Nowkhah:
LSU over Clemson

Jesse Palmer:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson

Dave Portnoy:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Ryen Russillo:
LSU over Clemson

Mark Schlabach:
LSU over Clemson

Stephen A. Smith:
Clemson over LSU

Marcus Spears:
LSU over Clemson

Pete Thamel:
LSU over Clemson

Clay Travis:
Clemson+6 vs LSU

Dan Wetzel:
LSU over Clemson

Scott Van Pelt:
LSU over Clemson

Jonathan Vilma:
LSU over Clemson

Trey Wingo:
Clemson over LSU

Matt Youmans:
Clemson+6.5/7 vs LSU

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