Week 14 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Week 14 of our college football season brought us a shorter slate of games due to conference championships, so let’s get to it.

Winners this week included Rufus Peabody (3-0 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-1 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-1 ATS), Phil Steele (14-2 straight up), Lou Holtz (6-2), Rick Neuheisel  & Houston Nutt (7-3).  This week’s win is going to Brian Jones at 8-2 on the week.

Losers this week included Stewart Mandel (3-8 ATS), Dave Portnoy (3-7 ATS), Bruce Feldman (3-7 ATS), Pete Thamel (2-4 ATS), with a lot of small losers against the spread this week.  The official loss is going to be shared by Tim Cowlishaw and Dusty Dvoracek at 1-4 ATS.

Lee Corso had a good week at 8-3, including his headgear pick Alabama over Georgia.  Special celebritiy guest Quavo (?) went had a tough week at 6-5.  @GamedayJen marches on with another win at 9-3.  Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week.  Everyone else is somewhere in between, so check out the full grades below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0
David.Pollack 100% 1 0
Andrea.Adelson 100% 5 0
Gene.Chizik 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 4 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 5 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100% 2 0
Chris.Fallica 100% 5 0
Paul.Finebaum 100% 4 0
Joel.Klatt 100% 4 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 2 0
Greg.McElroy 100% 1 0
Ryan.McGee 100% 5 0
Jordan.Rodgers 100% 1 0
Robert.Smith 100% 2 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 2 0
Phil.Steele 87.50% 14 2
Pat.Forde 85.71% 6 1
Brian.Jones 80% 8 2
Ivan.Maisel 80% 4 1
Adam.Rittenberg 80% 4 1
Mark.Schlabach 80% 4 1
Jennifer 75% 9 3
Steve.Coughlin 75% 3 1
Lou.Holtz 75% 6 2
Lee.Corso 72.73% 8 3
Desmond.Howard 72.73% 8 3
Randy.Cross 72.73% 8 3
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Houston.Nutt 70% 7 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Aaron.Taylor 66.67% 6 3
Pete.Thamel 66.67% 4 2
Mark.May 62.50% 5 3
Bruce.Feldman 60% 6 4
Kirk.Herbstreit 54.55% 6 5
Celebrity.Guest 54.55% 6 5
Stewart.Mandel 54.55% 6 5
Chris.Doering 0% 0 1
Marcus.Spears 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
doug.kezirian.grade 100% 1 0 0
rufus.peabody.grade 100% 3 0 0
steve.coughlin.grade 66.67% 2 1 0
jeff.ma.grade 66.67% 2 1 0
rico.bosco.grade 50% 2 2 0
chris.fallica.grade 50% 2 2 0
phil.steele.grade 50% 5 5 0
pat.forde.grade 40% 2 3 0
scott.van.pelt.grade 37.50% 3 5 0
dan.katz.grade 33.33% 2 4 0
scott.spreitzer.grade 33.33% 1 2 0
pete.thamel.grade 33.33% 2 4 0
bruce.feldman.grade 30% 3 7 0
dave.portnoy.grade 30% 3 7 0
stewart.mandel.grade 27.27% 3 8 0
tim.cowlishaw.grade 20% 1 4 0
dusty.dvoracek.grade 20% 1 4 0

Week 14 2018: College Gameday picks!

Welcome back everyone.  Here are your week 14 College Gameday picks.  We will be updating throughout the morning with the College Gameday crew, SEC Nation, Super Dog picks, Bear’s Bank, celebrity guests, and Corso’s headgear.  Check back for the latest updates.

Corso’s Headgear: Alabama over Georgia

No Super Dog picks this week.

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Alabama  over  Georgia
12/1/18 MTSU  over  Alabama-Birmingham
12/1/18 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
12/1/18 Boise State  over  Fresno State
12/1/18 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
12/1/18 Virginia Tech  over  Marshall
12/1/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
12/1/18 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
12/1/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
12/1/18 Stanford  over  California
12/1/18 Southern  over  Alcorn State

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Alabama  over  Georgia
12/1/18 MTSU  over  Alabama-Birmingham
12/1/18 Boise State  over  Fresno State
12/1/18 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
12/1/18 Marshall  over  Virginia Tech
12/1/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
12/1/18 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
12/1/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
12/1/18 California  over  Stanford
12/1/18 Southern  over  Alcorn State
11/30/18 Washington  over  Utah

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Alabama  over  Georgia
12/1/18 Alabama-Birmingham  over  MTSU
12/1/18 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
12/1/18 Boise State  over  Fresno State
12/1/18 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
12/1/18 Virginia Tech  over  Marshall
12/1/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
12/1/18 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
12/1/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
12/1/18 California  over  Stanford
12/1/18 Southern  over  Alcorn State

Bear’s Bank:

Date Pick
12/1/18 Clemson  -27.5 vs Pittsburgh
12/1/18 Central Florida  -3 vs Memphis
12/1/18 Northwestern + 14.5 vs Ohio State

Quavo:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Georgia  over  Alabama
12/1/18 MTSU  over  Alabama-Birmingham
12/1/18 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
12/1/18 Boise State  over  Fresno State
12/1/18 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
12/1/18 Marshall  over  Virginia Tech
12/1/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
12/1/18 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
12/1/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
12/1/18 California  over  Stanford
12/1/18 Alcorn State  over  Southern

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Alabama  over  Georgia
12/1/18 Alabama-Birmingham  over  MTSU
12/1/18 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
12/1/18 Boise State  over  Fresno State
12/1/18 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
12/1/18 Virginia Tech  over  Marshall
12/1/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
12/1/18 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
12/1/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
12/1/18 California  over  Stanford
12/1/18 Southern  over  Alcorn State
11/30/18 Washington  over  Utah

David Pollack:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Alabama  over  Georgia

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
12/1/18 Alabama  over  Georgia
12/1/18 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
12/1/18 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
12/1/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas

Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Welcome back everyone.  The week 13 picks are grades and we have the results for our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.

Winners this week included Tim Tebow (8-1), Randy Cross (5-1), Mark May (8-2), Paul Finebaum (7-2), Marcus Spears (7-2), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Phil Steele (10-7 ATS, 11-5 straight up), Jef Ma (4-1 ATS), and Lou Holtz (7-3).  This week’s official win is going to your boy Scott Van Pelt at 7-2 ATS on his WINNERS segment this week.

Losers this week included Dusty Dvoracek (2-3 straight up, 1-5 ATS), Andrea Adelson (6-7), Tim Cowlishaw (1-4 ATS), Pat Forde (4-5 ATS), Rico Bosco (4-5 ATS), and Dan Katz (5-6 ATS).  This week’s official loss goes to the Bear at 1-7 ATS, so that’s a tough week for everyone’s favorite Bear.

Lee Corso had a so-so week at 8-6 but missed his headgear pick Michigan over Ohio State.  Celebrity guest Bryce Harper had a great week at 11-2.  @GamedayJen booked another winner at 14-6.  Bear’s Bank went 0-3 on the week as part of his 1-7 week.  Everyone else is somewhere in between so check out the full grades to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Rece.Davis 100% 1 0
Trevor.Matich 100% 1 0
Greg.McElroy 100% 2 0
Jesse.Palmer 100% 1 0
Jordan.Rodgers 100% 3 0
Scott.Van.Pelt 100% 1 0
Jonathan.Vilma 100% 1 0
Tim.Tebow 88.89% 8 1
Steve.Coughlin 87.50% 7 1
Celebrity.Guest 84.62% 11 2
Randy.Cross 83.33% 5 1
Mark.May 80% 8 2
Rick.Neuheisel 80% 4 1
Pat.Forde 79.17% 19 5
Paul.Finebaum 77.78% 7 2
Marcus.Spears 77.78% 7 2
Joel.Klatt 75% 3 1
Chris.Low 75% 3 1
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1
Pete.Thamel 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33% 11 4
Jennifer 70% 14 6
Lou.Holtz 70% 7 3
Phil.Steele 68.75% 11 5
Bruce.Feldman 66.67% 10 5
Brett.McMurphy 66.67% 2 1
Aaron.Taylor 66.67% 4 2
Chris.Fallica 60% 6 4
Lee.Corso 57.14% 8 6
Desmond.Howard 56.25% 9 7
Heather.Dinich 50% 2 2
Matt.Leinart 50% 1 1
Ivan.Maisel 50% 2 2
Stewart.Mandel 50% 8 8
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Robert.Smith 50% 1 1
Andrea.Adelson 46.15% 6 7
Dusty.Dvoracek 40% 2 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 33.33% 1 2
Brian.Jones 33.33% 2 4
Dave.Wannstedt 33.33% 1 2
Adam.Rittenberg 25% 1 3
Corso.Headgear 0% 0 1
David.Pollack 0% 0 1
Skip.Bayless 0% 0 1
Danny.Kanell 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong
danny.kanell.grade 100% 3 0
jeff.ma.grade 80% 4 1
scott.van.pelt.grade 77.78% 7 2
doug.kezirian.grade 66.67% 2 1
rufus.peabody.grade 60% 3 2
scott.spreitzer.grade 60% 3 2
phil.steele.grade 58.82% 10 7
steve.coughlin.grade 50% 3 3
stewart.mandel.grade 50% 8 8
brett.mcmurphy.grade 50% 3 3
dave.portnoy.grade 50% 9 9
pete.thamel.grade 50% 3 3
dan.katz.grade 45.45% 5 6
rico.bosco.grade 45% 4 5
pat.forde.grade 41.67% 2 3
bruce.feldman.grade 40% 6 9
tim.cowlishaw.grade 20% 1 4
dusty.dvoracek.grade 16.67% 1 5
chris.fallica.grade 12.50% 1 7