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Week 7 2018: Saturday morning #CollegeGameday picks!

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Here we go folks.  We are up and running with picks for College Gameday, and the boys are picking a lot of games already.  We will be updating all morning with the full Gameday crew, Corso’s headgear, Super Dog picks, the Chainsmokers for some reason, SEC Nation, and whoever else shows up this morning.  Check back often for the latest picks and predictions.

Corso’s Headgear: Wisconsin over Michigan

Super Dogs:

Lee Corso: Arkansas+6.5 vs Mississippi

Desmond Howard: Illinois+10.5 vs Purdue

Kirk Herbstreit: BYU+11 vs Hawaii

Rece Davis: Iowa State+6.5 vs West Virginia

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 South Carolina  over  Texas A&M
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Wisconsin  over  Michigan
10/13/18 St. Thomas  over  St. John’s

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 Iowa State  over  West Virginia
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

Chainsmokers:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Indiana  over  Iowa
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Michigan State  over  Penn State
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

David Pollack:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Nebraska  over  Northwestern
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh

Bear’s Bank:

Date Chris.Fallica.ATS
10/13/18 Akron+11.5 vs Buffalo
10/13/18 Memphis+5 vs Central Florida
10/13/18 Navy+7 vs Temple

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Boise State  over  Nevada
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Iowa  over  Indiana
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/13/18 St. John’s  over  St. Thomas

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Mississippi  over  Arkansas
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Auburn  over  Tennessee
10/13/18 South Carolina  over  Texas A&M
10/13/18 UCLA  over  California
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Marcus Spears:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Arkansas  over  Mississippi
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Auburn  over  Tennessee
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina

Tim Tebow:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Mississippi  over  Arkansas
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Auburn  over  Tennessee
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
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Week 7 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Good morning ladies and gents.  We are getting things started this morning with all of those picks from earlier this week we haven’t gotten to yet.  We will be updating throughout the morning, and as always we will be back with the main College Gameday post featuring Corso’s headgear, Super Dogs, celebrity guests, SEC Nation, and whoever else shows up.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Duke  over  Georgia Tech
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Boston College  over  Louisville
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Virginia Tech  over  North Carolina
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Colin Cowherd:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
10/13/18 LSU  over  Georgia
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Chris Doering:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Florida  over  Vanderbilt
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Arkansas  over  Mississippi
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Tennessee  over  Auburn
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Pick
10/13/18 Duke+2.5 vs Georgia Tech
10/13/18 Oklahoma State-7 vs Kansas State
10/13/18 Iowa State+6.5 vs West Virginia
10/13/18 Michigan-9.5 vs Wisconsin

Bruce Feldman (straight up):

Date Picks
10/13/18 Texas  over  Baylor
10/13/18 Central Florida  over  Memphis
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Ohio State  over  Minnesota
10/13/18 Alabama  over  Missouri
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Texas A&M  over  South Carolina
10/13/18 UCLA  over  California
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Notre Dame  over  Pittsburgh
10/13/18 UCLA  over  California
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Pat Forde (straight up):

Date Picks
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Northwestern  over  Nebraska
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Pat Forde ATS:

Date Pick
10/13/18 Colorado+7.5 vs Southern California
10/13/18 Georgia-7.5 vs LSU
10/13/18 Northwestern-3.5 vs Nebraska
10/13/18 Washington-3 vs Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia-7 vs Iowa State
10/13/18 Wisconsin+7.5 vs Michigan

Joey Galloway:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Southern California  over  Colorado
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Brian Jones:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Nebraska  over  Northwestern
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 Iowa State  over  West Virginia
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/12/18 San Diego State  over  Air Force

Danny Kanell:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 South Carolina  over  Texas A&M
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/12/18 San Diego State  over  Air Force

Danny Kanell ATS:

Date Pick
10/13/18 Baylor+12 vs Texas
10/13/18 Colorado+7 vs Southern California
10/13/18 Vanderbilt+7.5 vs Florida
10/13/18 LSU+7.5 vs Georgia
10/13/18 Hawaii+11.5 vs BYU
10/13/18 South Carolina+2.5 vs Texas A&M
10/13/18 Michigan-9.5 vs Wisconsin

Joel Klatt:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Ryan McGee:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Brett McMurphy:

Date Pick
10/13/18 Rice+16.5 vs Alabama-Birmingham
10/13/18 Duke+2.5 vs Georgia Tech
10/13/18 Alabama vs Missouri over 74.5
10/13/18 California-6.5 vs UCLA
10/13/18 Fresno State-18 vs Wyoming

Les Miles:

Date Picks
10/13/18 LSU  over  Georgia
10/13/18 Penn State  over  Michigan State
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Houston Nutt:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Memphis  over  Central Florida
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 Iowa State  over  West Virginia
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
10/12/18 Air Force  over  San Diego State

Jesse Palmer:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Colorado  over  Southern California
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Oregon  over  Washington
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Mark Schlabach:

Date Picks
10/13/18 Georgia  over  LSU
10/13/18 Washington  over  Oregon
10/13/18 West Virginia  over  Iowa State
10/13/18 Michigan  over  Wisconsin

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Pick
10/13/18 Duke+3 vs Georgia Tech
10/13/18 Vanderbilt+7.5 vs Florida
10/13/18 Iowa State+6.5 vs West Virginia
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Week 6 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Good evening college football fans.  We are back with the results from all of our expert pickers and prognosticators for week 6 of our 2018 college football season.

Winners this week included David Pollack (4-0), Stanford Steve (4-1 straight up, 4-0-1 ATS), Andrea Adelson (6-3), and Scott Spreitzer (2-1 ATS).  You’re probably wondering how Stanford Steve didn’t win this week, but we had a pretty incredible performance this week.  Phil Steele got off to a rough start on the year, but he absolutely blew the door off of the picks this week.  Phil went 9-3 straight up, but it was his 14-2 record against the spread this week which earns him the top spot.  Congratulations to Phil Steele on a huge week.

Losers this week included Gene Chizik (2-4), Ryan McGee (1-3), Ivan Maisel (1-3), and Rufus Peabody (2-3 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS).  However this week’s loss is going to Bruce Feldman, who had a 7-4 week straight up but went 4-7 against the spread.

Lee Corso went 7-6 on his picks this week, including a loss on the Oklahoma headgear pick.  Special guest celebrity Toby Keith also went 7-6 on the week.  Bear’s Bank had a tough week going 0-3 on the Gameday picks. @GamedaJen booked another winner at 9-6 on the week.

Everyone else is somewhere in between, so 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
David.Pollack 100% 4 0
Rece.Davis 100% 2 0
Pat.Forde 100% 3 0
Danny.Kanell 100% 3 0
Steve.Coughlin 80% 4 1
Jesse.Palmer 75% 3 1
Phil.Steele 75% 9 3
Andrea.Adelson 66.67% 6 3
Chris.Doering 66.67% 4 2
Lou.Holtz 66.67% 6 3
Joel.Klatt 66.67% 2 1
Bruce.Feldman 63.64% 7 4
Jennifer 60% 9 6
Desmond.Howard 57.14% 8 6
Chris.Fallica 57.14% 4 3
Paul.Finebaum 55.56% 5 4
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4
Lee.Corso 53.85% 7 6
Celebrity.Guest 53.85% 7 6
Kirk.Herbstreit 50% 6 6
Heather.Dinich 50% 2 2
Joey.Galloway 50% 2 2
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Dari.Nowkhah 50% 1 1
Marcus.Spears 50% 3 3
Tim.Tebow 50% 3 3
Gene.Chizik 33.33% 2 4
Dusty.Dvoracek 33.33% 1 2
Ivan.Maisel 25% 1 3
Ryan.McGee 25% 1 3
Corso.Headgear 0% 0 1
Colin.Cowherd 0% 0 1
Matt.Leinart 0% 0 1
Robert.Smith 0% 0 1
Dave.Wannstedt 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 90% 4 0 1
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 87.50% 14 2 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 58.33% 3 2 1
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 55% 5 4 1
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 50% 3 3 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 36.36% 4 7 0
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