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Week 2 2023: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, Super Dog picks, Stanford Steve, celebrity guests and more!

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Corso’s Headgear: Texas over Alabama

Stanford Steve’s Six Pack:

Charlotte+24.5 vs Maryland
Alabama vs Texas Under 54
Oklahoma vs SMU Over 68.5
Northwestern-1 vs UTEP
Texas A&M-3 vs Miami (FL)
Wake Forest vs Vanderbilt Over 57

Super Dog picks:
Lee Corso: California+6.5 vs Auburn
Kirk Herbstreit: SMU+15.5 vs Oklahoma
Stanford Steve: Arizona+9 vs Mississippi State
Desmond Howard: Texas+7 vs Alabama
Pat McAfee: Jacksonville State+14 vs Coastal Carolina
Rece Davis: Washington State+6 vs Wisconsin

Lee Corso:

California  over  Auburn
Oklahoma State  over  Arizona State
Mississippi State  over  Arizona
Wisconsin  over  Washington State
Oregon  over  Texas Tech
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Ole Miss  over  Tulane
Miami (FL)  over  Texas A&M
Iowa  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Troy
Colorado  over  Nebraska
Notre Dame  over  NC State

Celebrity guest Joe Namath:

California  over  Auburn
Arizona State  over  Oklahoma State
Mississippi State  over  Arizona
Washington State  over  Wisconsin
Oregon  over  Texas Tech
Alabama  over  Texas
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Ole Miss  over  Tulane
Texas A&M  over  Miami (FL)
Iowa  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Troy
Colorado  over  Nebraska
Notre Dame  over  NC State

Kirk Herbstreit:

Auburn  over  California
Oklahoma State  over  Arizona State
Arizona  over  Mississippi State
Wisconsin  over  Washington State
Texas Tech  over  Oregon
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Ole Miss  over  Tulane
Texas A&M  over  Miami (FL)
Iowa  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Troy
Colorado  over  Nebraska
NC State  over  Notre Dame

Desmond Howard:

Auburn  over  California
Oklahoma State  over  Arizona State
Mississippi State  over  Arizona
Wisconsin  over  Washington State
Oregon  over  Texas Tech
Texas  over  Alabama
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Ole Miss  over  Tulane
Texas A&M  over  Miami (FL)
Iowa  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Troy
Colorado  over  Nebraska
Notre Dame  over  NC State

Pat McAfee:

California  over  Auburn
Oklahoma State  over  Arizona State
Mississippi State  over  Arizona
Wisconsin  over  Washington State
Oregon  over  Texas Tech
Alabama  over  Texas
North Carolina  over  Appalachian State
Ole Miss  over  Tulane
Texas A&M  over  Miami (FL)
Iowa  over  Iowa State
Kansas State  over  Troy
Colorado  over  Nebraska
Notre Dame  over  NC State
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Week 1 2023: CFB Analyst picks are graded; results are in!

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The week 1 picks from our college football analysts are graded. Let’s jump right in.

Winners this week include Dennis Dodd, Tom Fornelli and Bruce Feldman. However, the biggest winner of the week was Chip Patterson going 21-4 straight up with a GDC value of 13.667. Congratulations to Chip on the big win this week.

Lee Corso had a great week going 10-2 including a win with his headgear pick North Carolina over South Carolina. Gameday’s celebrity guest Darius Rucker went 6-6 on the week. @GamedayJen went 8-6 on the week. I have to give props to Pat McAfee and Randy Cross for being the only analysts I track who picked Colorado over TCU for a big upset.

Everyone else is somewhere in the mix so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Chip.Patterson8421413.667
Dennis.Dodd83.3320412.688
Tom.Fornelli78.5722612.509
Bruce.Feldman92.311219.81
Lee.Corso83.331027.135
Desmond.Howard75935.243
Andrea.Adelson75934.905
David.Hale75934.831
Rece.Davis85.71614.583
Dan.Mullen77.78724.418
Stewart.Mandel63.64742.459
Pete.Thamel66.67421.784
Greg.McElroy100201.774
Phil.Steele100201.75
Danny.Kanell75311.649
Jennifer57.14861.525
Corso.Headgear100100.94
Matt.Leinart100100.937
Urban.Meyer100100.937
Roman.Harper66.67210.895
Brady.Quinn60320.791
Rick.Neuheisel55.56540.748
Kirk.Herbstreit54.55650.523
Eric.Mac.Lain5011-0.021
EJ.Manuel5011-0.021
Steve.Coughlin5011-0.028
Chris.Fallica5011-0.046
Pat.Forde5011-0.104
Pat.McAfee5066-0.175
Celebrity.Guest5066-0.197
Ross.Dellenger5022-0.208
Randy.Cross44.4445-0.79
Chris.Doering001-0.929
Scott.Van.Pelt001-0.939
Sam.Acho001-0.986
Kevin.Carter33.3312-1.015
Paul.Finebaum33.3312-1.029
Jordan.Rodgers33.3312-1.029
Tim.Tebow33.3312-1.029
Dusty.Dvoracek33.3312-1.151
Mark.Richt002-1.901
Aaron.Taylor33.3336-2.81
Brian.Jones33.3336-2.822
Dan.Wetzel003-2.906
Josh.Pate28.5725-3.028
Average64.58206113NA
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Week 1 2023: Saturday morning College Gameday picks! Corso’s headgear, celebrity guests, Super Dog picks, Stanford Steve’s bets and more!

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Corso’s headgear: North Carolina over South Carolina

Stanford Steve’s Six Pack:
Duke+13 vs Clemson
New Mexico+38 vs Texas A&M
South Alabama+6.5 vs Tulane
Florida State+2 vs LSU
UTSA-2 vs Houston
South Carolina+2.5 vs North Carolina

Super Dog Picks:
Lee Corso: North Texas+6 vs California
Kirk Herbstreit: North Texas+6 vs California
Desmond Howard: Boise State+14 vs Washington
Pat McAfee: Colorado+20.5 vs TCU
Stanford Steve: Colorado State+10.5 vs Washington State
Rece Davis: South Alabama+6.5 vs Tulane

Lee Corso:

Clemson  over  Duke
Florida State  over  LSU
UCLA  over  Coastal Carolina
Illinois  over  Toledo
Penn State  over  West Virginia
North Carolina  over  South Carolina
Houston  over  UTSA
Washington  over  Boise State
Ohio State  over  Indiana
Tennessee  over  Virginia
Fresno State  over  Purdue
TCU  over  Colorado

Celebrity guest Darius Rucker:

Duke  over  Clemson
LSU  over  Florida State
Coastal Carolina  over  UCLA
Toledo  over  Illinois
Penn State  over  West Virginia
South Carolina  over  North Carolina
Houston  over  UTSA
Washington  over  Boise State
Ohio State  over  Indiana
Tennessee  over  Virginia
Purdue  over  Fresno State
TCU  over  Colorado

Kirk Herbstreit:

Clemson  over  Duke
UCLA  over  Coastal Carolina
Illinois  over  Toledo
Penn State  over  West Virginia
South Carolina  over  North Carolina
UTSA  over  Houston
Washington  over  Boise State
Ohio State  over  Indiana
Tennessee  over  Virginia
Purdue  over  Fresno State
TCU  over  Colorado

Desmond Howard:

Clemson  over  Duke
Florida State  over  LSU
UCLA  over  Coastal Carolina
Illinois  over  Toledo
Penn State  over  West Virginia
North Carolina  over  South Carolina
Houston  over  UTSA
Washington  over  Boise State
Ohio State  over  Indiana
Tennessee  over  Virginia
Purdue  over  Fresno State
TCU  over  Colorado

Pat McAfee:

Clemson  over  Duke
LSU  over  Florida State
UCLA  over  Coastal Carolina
Toledo  over  Illinois
West Virginia  over  Penn State
North Carolina  over  South Carolina
UTSA  over  Houston
Washington  over  Boise State
Ohio State  over  Indiana
Tennessee  over  Virginia
Purdue  over  Fresno State
Colorado  over  TCU
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