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Week 13 2018: Saturday morning College Gameday Picks! #RivalryWeek

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone.  We will be updating this post all morning with the picks from the College Gameday crew, SEC Nation, celebrity guests, Super Dog picks, Corso’s headgear, and whatever else we find along the way.

Corso’s Headgear: Michigan over Ohio State

Super Dog Picks:
Lee Corso: Navy+7 vs Tulane
Kirk Herbstreit: Wake Forest+10.5 vs Duke
Desmond Howard: Miami FL+6 vs Pittsburgh Desmond took Miami FL+6 and said they cover vs Pitt, but Miami is favored by 6 so I am striking this from the record
Rece Davis: Maryland+14 vs Penn State

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Utah  over  BYU
11/24/18 Florida  over  Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 UL Lafayette  over  Louisiana-Monroe
11/24/18 LSU  over  Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  over  Minnesota
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California
11/24/18 Indiana  over  Purdue
11/24/18 Boston College  over  Syracuse
11/24/18 Tennessee  over  Vanderbilt
11/24/18 Appalachian State  over  Troy
11/24/18 Boise State  over  Utah State

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Utah  over  BYU
11/24/18 Florida  over  Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 UL Lafayette  over  Louisiana-Monroe
11/24/18 Texas A&M  over  LSU
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  over  Minnesota
11/24/18 Indiana  over  Purdue
11/24/18 Clemson  over  South Carolina
11/24/18 Syracuse  over  Boston College
11/24/18 Vanderbilt  over  Tennessee
11/24/18 Appalachian State  over  Troy
11/24/18 Boise State  over  Utah State
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Utah  over  BYU
11/24/18 Florida  over  Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 Louisiana-Monroe  over  UL Lafayette
11/24/18 LSU  over  Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  over  Minnesota
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California
11/24/18 Purdue  over  Indiana
11/24/18 Clemson  over  South Carolina
11/24/18 Syracuse  over  Boston College
11/24/18 Tennessee  over  Vanderbilt
11/24/18 Appalachian State  over  Troy
11/24/18 Utah State  over  Boise State
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington

Bear’s Bank:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Arizona + 2 vs Arizona State
11/24/18 Florida State + 8 vs Florida
11/24/18 Utah State + 2.5 vs Boise State

Bryce Harper:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Utah  over  BYU
11/24/18 Florida  over  Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 UL Lafayette  over  Louisiana-Monroe
11/24/18 LSU  over  Texas A&M
11/24/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan
11/24/18 Minnesota  over  Wisconsin
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California
11/24/18 Purdue  over  Indiana
11/24/18 Syracuse  over  Boston College
11/24/18 Appalachian State  over  Troy

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Texas Tech  over  Baylor
11/24/18 Utah  over  BYU
11/24/18 Florida  over  Florida State
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 UL Lafayette  over  Louisiana-Monroe
11/24/18 LSU  over  Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Wisconsin  over  Minnesota
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California
11/24/18 Purdue  over  Indiana
11/24/18 Clemson  over  South Carolina
11/24/18 Syracuse  over  Boston College
11/24/18 Appalachian State  over  Troy
11/24/18 Boise State  over  Utah State
11/23/18 Central Florida  over  South Florida
11/23/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma
11/23/18 Oregon  over  Oregon State
11/23/18 Texas  over  Kansas
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington

David Pollack:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 LSU  over  Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California

Marcus Spears:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California

Tim Tebow:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California
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Week 13 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks! #RivalryWeek

Posted on by gamedaycole

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.  We are starting things off as usual with some picks on Saturday morning from all of the random people I’ve found this week.  We will be updating throughout the morning, and will return shortly with the Gameday crew picks, SEC Nation, celebrity guests, Super Dog picks, Corso’s headgear, and whoever the hell else we find along the way.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Florida State  over  Florida
11/24/18 Georgia  over  Georgia Tech
11/24/18 Kentucky  over  Louisville
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 North Carolina State  over  North Carolina
11/24/18 Pittsburgh  over  Miami (FL)
11/24/18 Clemson  over  South Carolina
11/24/18 Boston College  over  Syracuse
11/24/18 Duke  over  Wake Forest
11/23/18 Oklahoma  over  West Virginia
11/23/18 Virginia  over  Virginia Tech
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington

Tim Cowlishaw:

Date Pick
11/24/18 LSU + 2.5 vs Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -10.5 vs Southern California
11/24/18 UCLA + 6 vs Stanford
11/23/18 West Virginia + 1.5 vs Oklahoma

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/23/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma
11/23/18 Washington  over  Washington State

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Texas A&M + 3 vs LSU
11/24/18 Michigan  -4.5 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Oklahoma State  -5 vs TCU
11/24/18 SMU  -2.5 vs Tulsa
11/23/18 West Virginia + 2.5 vs Oklahoma
11/23/18 Texas  -15 vs Kansas

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 LSU  over  Texas A&M
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California

Pat Forde:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Alabama  -24.5 vs Auburn
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 North Carolina State  -6 vs North Carolina
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -11 vs Southern California
11/23/18 Oklahoma  -1.5 vs West Virginia
11/23/18 Washington State  -3 vs Washington

Joel Klatt:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Texas A&M  over  LSU
11/24/18 Notre Dame  over  Southern California
11/24/18 Utah State  over  Boise State

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Maryland + 14 vs Penn State
11/24/18 Ohio State + 5.5 vs Michigan
11/24/18 Vanderbilt  -3 vs Tennessee
11/23/18 Central Florida  -14 vs South Florida
11/22/18 Mississippi vs Mississippi State Over 61.5

Pete Thamel:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Auburn + 24.5 vs Alabama
11/24/18 Northwestern  -18 vs Illinois
11/24/18 Ohio State + 4 vs Michigan
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -11 vs Southern California
11/23/18 Oklahoma  -1.5 vs West Virginia
11/23/18 Washington + 3 vs Washington State
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Week 12 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

The week 12 college football grades are in.  Let’s examine.

Winners this week include Andrea Adelson (9-2), Lou Holtz (8-2), Phil Steele (12-3 straight up, 13-6 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Rick Neuheisel (7-3), Rufus Peabody (4-1 ATS), and Scott Spreitzer (4-1 ATS).  However, after splitting a weekly win last week, @GamedayJen sits atop the throne going 13-3 on picks this week.  That’s two in a row and three overall this season, so I expect her to get called up to ESPN any day.

Losers this week include Scott Van Pelt (3-5 ATS), Dan Katz (4-6 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-3 ATS), and Brett McMurphy (3-4 ATS).  However this week’s loss definitely goes to Bruce Feldman at 5-6 straight up; 3-7 ATS.

Lee Corso posted a big win at 12-3, including a win with this headgear pick UCF over Cincinnati.  Special guest celebrity Maury Povich had a nice winning week at 10-4.  The Bear had a losing week 3-4 ATS, but Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week.  Everyone else was somewhere in between to check out the results 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
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0
Chris.Doering 100% 5 0
Pat.Forde 100% 2 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 2 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 1 0
Marcus.Spears 100% 1 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 1 0
Jonathan.Vilma 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 2 0
Andrea.Adelson 81.82% 9 2
Jennifer 81.25% 13 3
Lee.Corso 80% 12 3
Steve.Coughlin 80% 4 1
Lou.Holtz 80% 8 2
Phil.Steele 80% 12 3
Paul.Finebaum 75% 3 1
Chris.Low 75% 3 1
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33% 11 4
Celebrity.Guest 71.43% 10 4
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Joel.Klatt 66.67% 2 1
Pete.Thamel 66.67% 2 1
Desmond.Howard 64.71% 11 6
Randy.Cross 60% 6 4
Brian.Jones 60% 6 4
Mark.May 60% 6 4
Aaron.Taylor 60% 6 4
Stewart.Mandel 54.55% 6 5
David.Pollack 50% 1 1
Matt.Leinart 50% 1 1
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Adam.Rittenberg 50% 2 2
Mark.Schlabach 50% 2 2
Bruce.Feldman 45.45% 5 6
Chris.Fallica 44.44% 4 5
Dusty.Dvoracek 40% 2 3
Greg.McElroy 0% 0 1
Robert.Smith 0% 0 1

ATS grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
rufus.peabody.grade 80% 4 1 0
scott.spreitzer.grade 80% 4 1 0
jeff.ma.grade 75% 3 1 0
phil.steele.grade 68.42% 13 6 0
rico.bosco.grade 57.14% 4 3 0
dusty.dvoracek.grade 50% 2 2 0
pat.forde.grade 50% 3 3 0
doug.kezirian.grade 50% 1 1 0
stewart.mandel.grade 50% 5 5 0
pete.thamel.grade 50% 3 3 0
chris.fallica.grade 42.86% 3 4 0
brett.mcmurphy.grade 42.86% 3 4 0
steve.coughlin.grade 40% 2 3 0
dan.katz.grade 40% 4 6 0
scott.van.pelt.grade 37.50% 3 5 0
bruce.feldman.grade 30% 3 7 0
tim.cowlishaw.grade 25% 1 3 0
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