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Week 3 2019: College Gameday picks and predictions! #CyHawk

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Here are the official picks from the Gameday crew and associates.

Super Dog Picks:
Desmond Howard: Kansas St+7 vs Mississippi St
Kirk Herbstreit: Arizona St+15 vs Michigan St
Lee Corso: WVU+7 vs NC State
Rece Davis: CSU+9.5 vs Arkansas

Bear’s Bank:
E.Michigan+7 vs Illinois
Washington-21.5 vs Hawaii
Iowa St+1.5 vs Iowa

Corso’s Headgear: Iowa State over Iowa

Lee Corso:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Colorado  over  Air Force
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
3 9/14/19 Clemson  over  Syracuse
3 9/14/19 Florida  over  Kentucky
3 9/14/19 Iowa State  over  Iowa
3 9/14/19 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
3 9/14/19 Maryland  over  Temple
3 9/14/19 Ohio State  over  Indiana
3 9/14/19 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
3 9/14/19 Southern Cal  over  BYU
3 9/14/19 UCF  over  Stanford
3 9/14/19 TCU  over  Purdue

Kirk Herbstreit:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Colorado  over  Air Force
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
3 9/14/19 Kentucky  over  Florida
3 9/14/19 Iowa  over  Iowa State
3 9/14/19 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
3 9/14/19 Maryland  over  Temple
3 9/14/19 Ohio State  over  Indiana
3 9/14/19 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
3 9/14/19 Southern Cal  over  BYU
3 9/14/19 UCF  over  Stanford
3 9/14/19 Purdue  over  TCU

Desmond Howard:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Colorado  over  Air Force
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
3 9/14/19 Clemson  over  Syracuse
3 9/14/19 Florida  over  Kentucky
3 9/14/19 Iowa State  over  Iowa
3 9/14/19 Kansas State  over  Mississippi State
3 9/14/19 Maryland  over  Temple
3 9/14/19 Ohio State  over  Indiana
3 9/14/19 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
3 9/14/19 Southern Cal  over  BYU
3 9/14/19 UCF  over  Stanford
3 9/14/19 TCU  over  Purdue

Eric Church:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Colorado  over  Air Force
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
3 9/14/19 Clemson  over  Syracuse
3 9/14/19 Kentucky  over  Florida
3 9/14/19 Iowa  over  Iowa State
3 9/14/19 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
3 9/14/19 Maryland  over  Temple
3 9/14/19 Ohio State  over  Indiana
3 9/14/19 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
3 9/14/19 Southern Cal  over  BYU
3 9/14/19 UCF  over  Stanford
3 9/14/19 TCU  over  Purdue

@GamedayJen:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Michigan State  over  Arizona State
3 9/14/19 Clemson  over  Syracuse
3 9/14/19 Kentucky  over  Florida
3 9/14/19 Iowa State  over  Iowa
3 9/14/19 Maryland  over  Temple
3 9/14/19 Ohio State  over  Indiana
3 9/14/19 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh
3 9/14/19 Boise State  over  Portland State
3 9/14/19 Southern Cal  over  BYU
3 9/14/19 UCF  over  Stanford
3 9/14/19 TCU  over  Purdue

David Pollack:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Florida  over  Kentucky
3 9/14/19 Iowa State  over  Iowa
3 9/14/19 Penn State  over  Pittsburgh

Paul Finebaum:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Clemson  over  Syracuse
3 9/14/19 Kentucky  over  Florida
3 9/14/19 Iowa State  over  Iowa
3 9/14/19 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
3 9/14/19 Southern Cal  over  BYU

Marcus Spears:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Florida  over  Kentucky
3 9/14/19 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State

Tim Tebow:

Week Date Picks
3 9/14/19 Alabama  over  South Carolina
3 9/14/19 Florida  over  Kentucky
3 9/14/19 Mississippi State  over  Kansas State
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Week 1 2019: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in (corrected)

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I posted grades last night and was quickly informed they contained a number of errors.  I wrote a new grading script in the offseason and forgot to account for one teeny tiny aspect of neutral site games and it blew things apart for week 1.  I think I’ve got the script fixed and here are the corrected grades.  If you find any other errors please make sure to roast me on social media as usual.

Straight up grades:

people.to.score percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
David.Pollack 100 1 0
Gene.Chizik 100 2 0
Steve.Coughlin 100 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100 2 0
Chris.Doering 100 2 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100 2 0
Lou.Holtz 100 6 0
Houston.Nutt 100 2 0
Dan.Wetzel 100 3 0
Phil.Steele 92.31 12 1
Mark.Richt 87.5 7 1
Chris.Fallica 85.71 6 1
Paul.Finebaum 85.71 6 1
Jennifer 84.21 16 3
Pete.Thamel 83.33 5 1
Aaron.Taylor 77.78 7 2
Lee.Corso 75 12 4
Celebrity.Guest 75 9 3
Danny.Kanell 75 3 1
Eric.Mac.Lain 75 6 2
EJ.Manuel 75 6 2
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33 11 4
Pat.Forde 71.43 5 2
Desmond.Howard 70.59 12 5
Brian.Jones 66.67 6 3
Mark.May 66.67 4 2
Tim.Tebow 66.67 2 1
Stewart.Mandel 63.64 7 4
Rick.Neuheisel 62.5 5 3
Adam.Rittenberg 60 3 2
Mark.Schlabach 60 3 2
Randy.Cross 55.56 5 4
Bruce.Feldman 54.55 6 5
Corso.Headgear 50 1 1
Reggie.Bush 50 1 1
Matt.Leinart 50 1 1
Brett.McMurphy 50 1 1
Brady.Quinn 50 1 1
Andrea.Adelson 40 2 3
Heather.Dinich 40 2 3
Chris.Low 40 2 3
Ivan.Maisel 40 2 3
Marcus.Spears 33.33 1 2
Urban.Meyer 0 0 2

ATS grades:

people.to.score percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Lee.Corso.ATS 100 1 0 0
Preston.Johnson.ATS 81.82 9 2 0
Dan.Katz.ATS 81.82 9 2 0
Clay.Travis.ATS 65.79 12 6 1
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 59.09 6 4 1
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 57.14 4 3 0
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 54.55 6 5 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 50 3 3 0
Rece.Davis.ATS 50 0 0 1
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 50 2 2 1
Pete.Thamel.ATS 50 3 3 0
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 50 3 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 45.45 5 6 0
Rico.Bosco.ATS 40 2 3 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 40 2 3 0
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 39.13 9 14 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Pat.Forde.ATS 33.33 2 4 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Phil.Steele.ATS 27.27 3 8 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS 22.22 2 7 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 20 1 4 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 20 1 4 0
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 16.67 1 5 0
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 0 0 1 0
Desmond.Howard.ATS 0 0 1 0
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Week 1 2019: Saturday morning College Gameday picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Good morning everyone.  The College Gameday crew didn’t pick any games early today so all the picks came at the end of the show.  I’ll be adding in all the the Saturday picks to this post so check back for the latest updates.

Corso’s Headgear: Oregon over Auburn

Super Dog picks:
Lee Corso: Boston College+4 vs Virginia Tech
Kirk Herbstreit: Northwestern+6.5 vs Stanford
Desmond Howard: Oregon+4 vs Auburn
Rece Davis: James Madison+7 vs West Virginia

Bear’s Bank:
Kentucky-10.5 vs Toledo
Coastal Carolina+6 vs Eastern Michigan
Georgia Southern+27.5 vs LSU

Lee Corso:

Week Date Picks
1 8/29/19 Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
1 8/29/19 Texas A&M  over  Texas State
1 8/29/19 Cincinnati  over  UCLA
1 8/29/19 Utah  over  BYU
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Oregon  over  Auburn
1 8/31/19 Florida State  over  Boise State
1 8/31/19 Ohio State  over  Florida Atlantic
1 8/31/19 Southern Cal  over  Fresno State
1 8/31/19 Memphis  over  Ole Miss
1 8/31/19 South Carolina  over  North Carolina
1 8/31/19 Stanford  over  Northwestern
1 8/31/19 Kentucky  over  Toledo
1 8/31/19 Pittsburgh  over  Virginia
1 8/31/19 Boston College  over  Virginia Tech
1 9/1/19 Oklahoma  over  Houston

Kirk Herbstreit:

Week Date Picks
1 8/29/19 Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
1 8/29/19 Texas A&M  over  Texas State
1 8/29/19 UCLA  over  Cincinnati
1 8/29/19 BYU  over  Utah
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Boise State  over  Florida State
1 8/31/19 Ohio State  over  Florida Atlantic
1 8/31/19 Southern Cal  over  Fresno State
1 8/31/19 Ole Miss  over  Memphis
1 8/31/19 North Carolina  over  South Carolina
1 8/31/19 Northwestern  over  Stanford
1 8/31/19 Kentucky  over  Toledo
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Boston College  over  Virginia Tech
1 9/1/19 Oklahoma  over  Houston

Desmond Howard:

Week Date Picks
1 8/29/19 Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
1 8/29/19 Texas A&M  over  Texas State
1 8/29/19 Cincinnati  over  UCLA
1 8/29/19 BYU  over  Utah
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Oregon  over  Auburn
1 8/31/19 Florida State  over  Boise State
1 8/31/19 Ohio State  over  Florida Atlantic
1 8/31/19 Southern Cal  over  Fresno State
1 8/31/19 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt
1 8/31/19 Memphis  over  Ole Miss
1 8/31/19 South Carolina  over  North Carolina
1 8/31/19 Stanford  over  Northwestern
1 8/31/19 Kentucky  over  Toledo
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Virginia Tech  over  Boston College
1 9/1/19 Oklahoma  over  Houston

Bo Jackson:

Week Date Picks
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Auburn  over  Oregon
1 8/31/19 Boise State  over  Florida State
1 8/31/19 Ohio State  over  Florida Atlantic
1 8/31/19 Southern Cal  over  Fresno State
1 8/31/19 Ole Miss  over  Memphis
1 8/31/19 South Carolina  over  North Carolina
1 8/31/19 Stanford  over  Northwestern
1 8/31/19 Kentucky  over  Toledo
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Virginia Tech  over  Boston College
1 9/1/19 Oklahoma  over  Houston

@GamedayJen:

Week Date Picks
1 8/29/19 Clemson  over  Georgia Tech
1 8/29/19 Texas A&M  over  Texas State
1 8/29/19 Cincinnati  over  UCLA
1 8/29/19 Utah  over  BYU
1 8/30/19 Wisconsin  over  South Florida
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Oregon  over  Auburn
1 8/31/19 Boise State  over  Florida State
1 8/31/19 Ohio State  over  Florida Atlantic
1 8/31/19 Southern Cal  over  Fresno State
1 8/31/19 Texas  over  Louisiana Tech
1 8/31/19 Memphis  over  Ole Miss
1 8/31/19 South Carolina  over  North Carolina
1 8/31/19 Stanford  over  Northwestern
1 8/31/19 Kentucky  over  Toledo
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Virginia Tech  over  Boston College
1 9/1/19 Oklahoma  over  Houston

David Pollack:

Week Date Picks
1 8/31/19 Auburn  over  Oregon

Colin Cowherd:

Date Pick
8/31/19 Auburn  -3.5 vs Oregon
8/31/19 Southern Cal  -13.5 vs Fresno State
8/31/19 Northwestern + 6.5 vs Stanford

Paul Finebaum:

Week Date Picks
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Auburn  over  Oregon
1 8/31/19 Boise State  over  Florida State
1 8/31/19 Ohio State  over  Florida Atlantic
1 8/31/19 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt
1 8/31/19 Ole Miss  over  Memphis
1 8/31/19 Stanford  over  Northwestern

Marcus Spears:

Week Date Picks
1 8/31/19 Oregon  over  Auburn
1 8/31/19 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt
1 8/31/19 Ole Miss  over  Memphis

Tim Tebow:

Week Date Picks
1 8/31/19 Auburn  over  Oregon
1 8/31/19 Georgia  over  Vanderbilt
1 8/31/19 Ole Miss  over  Memphis

Eric Mac Lain:

Week Date Picks
1 8/30/19 Utah State  over  Wake Forest
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Florida State  over  Boise State
1 8/31/19 NC State  over  East Carolina
1 8/31/19 North Carolina  over  South Carolina
1 8/31/19 Syracuse  over  Liberty
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Boston College  over  Virginia Tech

EJ Manuel:

Week Date Picks
1 8/30/19 Wake Forest  over  Utah State
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Florida State  over  Boise State
1 8/31/19 NC State  over  East Carolina
1 8/31/19 South Carolina  over  North Carolina
1 8/31/19 Syracuse  over  Liberty
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Boston College  over  Virginia Tech

Mark Richt:

Week Date Picks
1 8/30/19 Wake Forest  over  Utah State
1 8/31/19 Alabama  over  Duke
1 8/31/19 Boise State  over  Florida State
1 8/31/19 NC State  over  East Carolina
1 8/31/19 South Carolina  over  North Carolina
1 8/31/19 Syracuse  over  Liberty
1 8/31/19 Virginia  over  Pittsburgh
1 8/31/19 Boston College  over  Virginia Tech
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