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Week 6 2018: Saturday morning #CollegeGameday Picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen.  We are up and running live with College Gameday, and we will be updating this post as all of the picks come in.  On the way we have the picks from the Gameday crew, SEC Nation, Toby Keith, Bear’s Bank, Superdogs, and of course Corso’s Headgear.

CORSO’S HEADGEAR: Oklahoma over Texas

Super Dogs:
Lee Corso: Central Michigan+7.5 vs Buffalo
Kirk Herbstreit: Northwestern+10 vs Michigan State
Desmond Howard: Old Dominion+13.5 vs FAU
Rece Davis: Iowa St+9.5 vs Okla St

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Arizona State  over  Colorado
10/6/18 North Carolina State  over  Boston College
10/6/18 Clemson  over  Wake Forest
10/6/18 Miami (FL)  over  Florida State
10/6/18 Iowa  over  Minnesota
10/6/18 Texas A&M  over  Kentucky
10/6/18 LSU  over  Florida
10/6/18 Michigan  over  Maryland
10/6/18 Navy  over  Air Force
10/6/18 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
10/6/18 Notre Dame  over  Virginia Tech
10/6/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
10/6/18 Stanford  over  Utah

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Colorado  over  Arizona State
10/6/18 North Carolina State  over  Boston College
10/6/18 Clemson  over  Wake Forest
10/6/18 Miami (FL)  over  Florida State
10/6/18 Iowa  over  Minnesota
10/6/18 Kentucky  over  Texas A&M
10/6/18 LSU  over  Florida
10/6/18 Michigan  over  Maryland
10/6/18 Navy  over  Air Force
10/6/18 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
10/6/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
10/6/18 Stanford  over  Utah

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Colorado  over  Arizona State
10/6/18 North Carolina State  over  Boston College
10/6/18 Clemson  over  Wake Forest
10/6/18 Miami (FL)  over  Florida State
10/6/18 Iowa  over  Minnesota
10/6/18 Oklahoma State  over  Iowa State
10/6/18 Texas A&M  over  Kentucky
10/6/18 LSU  over  Florida
10/6/18 Michigan  over  Maryland
10/6/18 Air Force  over  Navy
10/6/18 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
10/6/18 Virginia Tech  over  Notre Dame
10/6/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
10/6/18 Stanford  over  Utah

Toby Keith:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Colorado  over  Arizona State
10/6/18 North Carolina State  over  Boston College
10/6/18 Clemson  over  Wake Forest
10/6/18 Miami (FL)  over  Florida State
10/6/18 Iowa  over  Minnesota
10/6/18 Kentucky  over  Texas A&M
10/6/18 LSU  over  Florida
10/6/18 Michigan  over  Maryland
10/6/18 Air Force  over  Navy
10/6/18 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
10/6/18 Virginia Tech  over  Notre Dame
10/6/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
10/6/18 Stanford  over  Utah

Bear’s Bank:

Date Pick
10/6/18 Arizona State+2.5 vs Colorado
10/6/18 Michigan State-10 vs Northwestern
10/6/18 Massachusetts+15 vs South Florida

David Pollack:

Date Picks
10/6/18 North Carolina State  over  Boston College
10/6/18 Miami (FL)  over  Florida State
10/6/18 Texas A&M  over  Kentucky
10/6/18 Texas  over  Oklahoma

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Colorado  over  Arizona State
10/6/18 North Carolina State  over  Boston College
10/6/18 Clemson  over  Wake Forest
10/6/18 Miami (FL)  over  Florida State
10/6/18 Iowa  over  Minnesota
10/6/18 Texas A&M  over  Kentucky
10/6/18 LSU  over  Florida
10/6/18 Michigan  over  Maryland
10/6/18 Navy  over  Air Force
10/6/18 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
10/6/18 Notre Dame  over  Virginia Tech
10/6/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
10/6/18 Boise State  over  San Diego State
10/6/18 Stanford  over  Utah

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Alabama  over  Arkansas
10/6/18 Auburn  over  Mississippi State
10/6/18 Clemson  over  Wake Forest
10/6/18 Kentucky  over  Texas A&M
10/6/18 Florida  over  LSU
10/6/18 Missouri  over  South Carolina
10/6/18 Notre Dame  over  Virginia Tech
10/6/18 Oklahoma  over  Texas
10/6/18 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt

Marcus Spears:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Alabama  over  Arkansas
10/6/18 Auburn  over  Mississippi State
10/6/18 Texas A&M  over  Kentucky
10/6/18 LSU  over  Florida
10/6/18 Missouri  over  South Carolina
10/6/18 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt

Tim Tebow:

Date Picks
10/6/18 Alabama  over  Arkansas
10/6/18 Auburn  over  Mississippi State
10/6/18 Kentucky  over  Texas A&M
10/6/18 Florida  over  LSU
10/6/18 Missouri  over  South Carolina
10/6/18 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt
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Week 5 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone.  We had some big games last night and some big results from our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.  Let’s get right to it.

Winners this week included Andrea Adelson (11-2), Paul Finebaum (9-2), Kirk Herbstreit (12-4), Phil Steele (6-2 straight up, 5-3 ATS), Stanford Steve (5-1 ATS), Pat Forde (4-2 ATS), SVP (6-3 ATS), and Desmond Howard (12-5).  Scott Spreitzer, after a horrendous start to the year, booked a 3-0 week ATS on Dari & Mel picking games.  However, this week’s official win will go to Lou Holtz at 8-1 on his weekly picks.  Congratulations to Dr. Lou for smashing Mark May this week on the Crowd’s Line.

Losers this week included Chris Fallica (3-4 ATS) and Mark May (5-4), but our undisputed loss this week goes to Rufus Peabody, who after an incredible start to the season booked a 1-4 record against the spread yesterday.  He’s still way up on the year picking 65% against the spread, but that’s a tough week by anybody’s standards.

Lee Corso booked a great week at 14-3 but missed out on his headgear pick of Penn State over Ohio State.  Bear’s Bank went 1-2 this week as part of Fallica’s tough 3-4 week against the spread.  Special guest celebrity Keegan-Michael Key went 8-8, which continues the new trend of picking significantly more games than celebrities in the past.  @GamedayJen went 12-4 on the wek continuing to quietly book winners.  Everyone else is somewhere else in between so check out the results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Colin.Cowherd 100% 2 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0
Chris.Doering 100% 5 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0
Robert.Smith 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 1 0
Lou.Holtz 88.89% 8 1
Andrea.Adelson 84.62% 11 2
Lee.Corso 82.35% 14 3
Paul.Finebaum 81.82% 9 2
Pat.Forde 80% 4 1
Joey.Galloway 80% 4 1
Jesse.Palmer 80% 4 1
Marcus.Spears 80% 4 1
Tim.Tebow 80% 4 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 75% 12 4
Jennifer 75% 12 4
Dusty.Dvoracek 75% 3 1
Ryan.McGee 75% 3 1
Les.Miles 75% 3 1
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1
Phil.Steele 75% 6 2
Desmond.Howard 70.59% 12 5
Bruce.Feldman 70% 7 3
Chris.Fallica 63.64% 7 4
Steve.Coughlin 60% 3 2
Danny.Kanell 60% 3 2
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4
Celebrity.Guest 50% 8 8
Ivan.Maisel 50% 2 2
David.Pollack 33.33% 1 2

ATS Results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 100% 3 0 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 83.33% 5 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 66.67% 4 2 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 66.67% 6 3 0
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 62.50% 5 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 60% 6 4 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 60% 3 2 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 50% 4 4 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 20% 1 4 0
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Week 5 2018: Saturday morning College Gameday/SEC Nation picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

College Gameday is up and running from State College for the big matchup between Ohio State and Penn State, and that means it is time to get some picks posted.  We will be updating all morning with the Gameday crew picks, celebrity guest Keegan-Michael Key, SEC Nation picks, Super Dogs, Corso’s headgear, Bear’s Bank, and whoever the hell else we find along the way!

Corso’s Headgear: Penn State over Ohio State

Super Dog Picks:
Desmond Howard: BYU+17 vs Washington
Kirk Herbstreit: Virginia+6 vs NC State
Lee Corso: Tennessee+31 vs Georgia
Rece Davis: CCU+14.5 vs Troy

Lee Corso:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Army  over  Buffalo
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Florida  over  Mississippi State
9/29/18 Michigan  over  Northwestern
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Washington State  over  Utah
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Kirk Herbstreit:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Army  over  Buffalo
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Michigan  over  Northwestern
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 Virginia  over  North Carolina State
9/29/18 Virginia Tech  over  Duke
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Desmond Howard:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Buffalo  over  Army
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Michigan  over  Northwestern
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Virginia Tech  over  Duke
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Keegan-Michael Key:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Buffalo  over  Army
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 South Carolina  over  Kentucky
9/29/18 Stanford  over  Notre Dame
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

David Pollack:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 South Carolina  over  Kentucky
9/29/18 Virginia  over  North Carolina State

Bear’s Bank picks:

Date Pick
9/29/18 Washington-17 vs BYU
9/29/18 Connecticut+17.5 vs Cincinnati
9/29/18 California+2.5 vs Oregon

@GamedayJen:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Army  over  Buffalo
9/29/18 Oklahoma  over  Baylor
9/29/18 Boise State  over  Wyoming
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 Penn State  over  Ohio State
9/29/18 Oregon  over  California
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Texas  over  Kansas State
9/29/18 Utah  over  Washington State
9/29/18 North Carolina State  over  Virginia
9/29/18 Duke  over  Virginia Tech
9/29/18 West Virginia  over  Texas Tech

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Washington  over  BYU
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Ohio State  over  Penn State
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Notre Dame  over  Stanford
9/29/18 Clemson  over  Syracuse
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee
9/29/18 Virginia Tech  over  Duke
9/29/18 Texas Tech  over  West Virginia

Marcus Spears:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee

Tim Tebow:

Date Picks
9/29/18 Texas A&M  over  Arkansas
9/29/18 Mississippi State  over  Florida
9/29/18 LSU  over  Mississippi
9/29/18 Kentucky  over  South Carolina
9/29/18 Georgia  over  Tennessee
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