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Week 1 2012: SATURDAY MORNING IS HERE!

Posted on September 1, 2012 by gamedaycole

Things are officially up and running here at our compound this morning. We’ve got the energy drinks cracked, the dual TVs running with Notre Dame/Navy on the bottom screen and College Gameday on the main screen. As the picks roll in we will be updating things live in this post, so check back often for updates to THIS post. If you’re anything like me, you tossed and turned all night like a little kid on the night before Christmas; so incredibly excited to see what Santa Corso will bring us this year! While we wait for the picks to come in this morning, please enjoy the following video which is an accurate representation of how my morning has gone so far.

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Week 1 Picks – Saturday Morning: BREAKING NEWS! NOTED MICHIGAN HOMER DESMOND HOWARD PICKS MICHIGAN, NOW EXPERTS ONLY FAVOR BAMA 17 TO 1!!!

Robert Smith:
Bama over Michigan

Desmond Howard:
Miami over BC
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
Colorado over CSU
VaTech over GaTech
Michigan over Bama

David Pollack:
BC over Miami
Penn St over Ohio
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
CSU over Colorado
VaTech over GaTech

Lee Corso:
Auburn over Clemson
VaTech over GaTech
BC over Miami
NIU over Iowa
Syracuse over NW
Bama over Michigan

Kirk Herbstreit:
Clemson over Auburn
VaTech over GaTech
BC over Miami
Iowa over NIU
NW over Syracuse

Celebrity Guest Jerry Jones:
VaTech over GaTech
Miami over BC
Iowa over NIU
Penn St over Ohio
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
Bama over Michigan

Jennifer’s Picks:
VaTech over GaTech
BC over Miami
Iowa over NIU
Penn St over Ohio
NW over Syracuse
Clemson over Auburn
Bama over Michigan

Pat Forde:

Duke over FIU
FSU over Murray St
BC over Miami
NW over Syracuse
WVU over Marshall
CSU over Colorado
KState over Missouri St
Nebraska over S.Miss
Okla St over Savannah St
Ohio St over Miami (OH)
Ohio over Penn St
Wisconsin over Northern Iowa
Iowa over NIU
Arizona over Toledo
Cal over Nevada
Oregon over Arkansas St
USC over Hawaii
Washington over SDSU
Florida over BGSU
Georgia over Buffalo
Arkansas over Jax St
Clemson over Auburn
LSU over UNT
Texas over Wyoming
OU over UTEP
ND over Navy
Baylor over SMU
Lville over Kentucky
GaTech over VaTech

Week 1 2012: Early picks

Posted on August 28, 2012 by gamedaycole

The week 1 picks are slowly trickling in folks. The Gameday preseason predictions brought us some Penn St predictions from the Gameday crew. College Football Daily has brought us a good bit from Dari Nowkhah (who it appears will be joining us full time this season on my blog), Coach Mike Bellotti, and Tom Luginbill. In addition, today on the Herd, Colin Cowherd broke down Bama/Michigan with Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo. The trends so far seem to be a lot of love for Bama, none for Michigan, and everyone piling on NC St to beat the favored Tennessee Vols. We’ll be back soon with more as they keep rolling in.

Dari Nowkhah:
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee
Mich St over Boise St
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Jason Sehorn:
Bama over Michigan

Mike Bellotti:
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee

Tom Luginbill:
NC St over Tennessee
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over Michigan

Scott Van Pelt:
Bama over Michigan

Ryen Russillo:
Bama over Michigan

Pat Forde:
Bama over Michigan
Wash St over BYU

David Pollack:
Bama over Michigan

Desmond Howard:
Penn St over Ohio

Kirk Herbstreit:
Penn St over Ohio

Lee Corso:
Penn St over Ohio

2011-12 Bowl Season Results

Posted on January 12, 2012 by gamedaycole

Alright ladies and gents, with all precincts reporting and all picks tallied, the results are in. It is official. Your 2011-12 Bowl Pick’em champion is one Tony Reali of Around the Horn fame. His 25-10 record was the tops of anyone who picked more than two games. Congratulations to Tony Reali for all of his hard work. I know that hair doesn’t grease itself up every day.

Tony Reali: Champion — Tony Reali: Bowl pick'em Champion

The final results are listed below. For championship contention I require our experts to more than just a few games, so coming up behind Tony Reali is Bill Plaschke, with Robert Smith taking the bronze medal. Todd McShay was last year’s winner going 20-11, so this is a much stronger year with several experts, including my girlfriend, putting up 20+ correct picks. And of course, we have to shame some of this year’s losers. Tim Cowlishaw brought up the rear this year, and Mike Greenberg is our only other expert who did the full bowl pick’em slate to have a losing record. Also of note, the entire Gameday crew posted losing records (oops). I’ll be updating pages over the next few days if you need to see everyone’s full results. I’ll also be back to post my post-season awards once they are completed.

P.S. Yours truly went 23-12 on picks. Just incase you were wondering.

Trevor Matich: 2-0, 100%
Chris Fowler: 1-0, 100%
Tony Reali: 25-10, 71.43%
Tom Luginbill: 5-2, 71.43%
Bill Plaschke: 24-11, 68.57%
Jesse Palmer: 2-1, 66.67%
Robert Smith: 23-13, 65.71%
Mike Bellotti: 20-11, 64.52%
Jennifer: 22-13, 62.86%
Colin Cowherd: 22-13, 62.86%
Pat Forde: 22-13, 62.86%
Ed Cunningham: 19-14, 57.58%
Ryen Russillo: 20-15, 57.14%
Todd McShay: 20-15, 57.14%
Mike Golic: 20-15, 57.14%
Skip Bayless: 19-15, 55.88%
David Pollack: 18-15, 54.55%
Kevin Blackistone: 19-16, 54.29%
Scott Van Pelt: 19-16, 54.29%
Michael Smith: 18-17, 51.43%
Danny Kanell: 3-3, 50%
Jason Sehorn: 1-1, 50%
Charlie Arbuckle: 1-1, 50%
Turner Gil: 1-1, 50%
Mike Greenberg: 17-18, 48.57%
Lee Corso: 4-5, 44.44%
Tim Cowlishaw: 15-20, 42.86%
Desmond Howard: 3-5, 37.5%
Kirk Herbstreit: 2-5, 28.57%
Mark Schlabach: 0-1, 0%
Rod Gilmore: 0-1, 0%
JA Adande: 0-1, 0%
Woody Paige: 0-1, 0%
Matt Stinchcomb: 0-2, 0%