Week 0 2020: #CFB Picks from Yahoo Sports College podcast (Pat Forde, Pete Thamel, Dan Wetzel)!

I can’t believe it, but the first official college football picks and predictions are in. Pat Forde, Pete Thamel and Dan Wetzel gave out their week 0 lock of the week for what I guess we are calling week 0. There’s only one game, so take what you can get. Welcome back football!

Pat Forde:
Austin Peay+4.5 vs Central Arkansas

Pete Thamel:
Central Arkansas-4.5 vs Austin Peay

Dan Wetzel:
Central Arkansas-4.5 vs Austin Peay
BONUS PICK FROM DAN WETZEL: Take UAB BIG over Central Arkansas on Thursday

2019-20 Season: Bowl picks are graded; results are in!

Our 2019-20 college football season is in the books, and the picks have been graded.  First, we always crown a yearly bowl pick’em champion.  Below are the competitors who qualified by picking all (or most) of the bowl games:

percent n.correct n.wrong
Stewart.Mandel 75 30 10
Adam.Rittenberg 75 30 10
Bruce.Feldman 72.5 29 11
Pat.Forde 70 28 12
Jennifer 67.5 27 13
Greg.McElroy 55.26 21 17

Stewart Mandel and Adam Rittenberg tied at a whopping 30-10 on bowl picks and will be our co-bowl picking champions.

Our ATS bowl picking went pretty well too.  Results are below, and remember, THESE are picking against the spread.

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 66.67 26 13 0
Pat.Forde.ATS 58.97 23 16 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 51.28 20 19 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS 51.28 20 19 0
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 43.59 17 22 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 47.37 18 20 0

Dan Wetzel managed to go 26-13 picking all of the bowl games, so he is our ATS champion.  That’s pretty impressive against the number for the entirety of bowl season, so congratulations to Dan Wetzel!

We will be back shortly with the yearly results.

2019-20 Season: #NationalChampionship picks and predictions! #LSUvsClemson

It is time for the annual championship game megapost.  I will be posting all of the picks and predictions on tonight’s championship game in this single thread.  I will be updating throughout the day and posting on Twitter as well so follow along and check back for the latest.

Emmanuel Acho:
LSU over Clemson

Steve Coughlin:
LSU over Clemson straight up
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Clyde Edwards-Helaire under 99.5 rushing yards

Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Heather Dinich:
LSU over Clemson

Chris Doering:
LSU over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU

Chris Fallica:
LEAN Clemson+ the points, waiting to see if it goes to 6.5

Bruce Feldman:
LSU over Clemson

Paul Finebaum:
LSU over Clemson

Pat Forde:
Clemson over LSU

Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU

Joey Galloway:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson

@GamedayJen:
Clemson over LSU

Mike Golic:
LSU over Clemson

Mike Greenberg:
LSU over Clemson

Lou Holtz:
LSU over Clemson

Dan Katz:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Doug Kezirian:
Clemson/LSU over 69.5

Joel Klatt:
LSU over Clemson

Matt Leinart:
Clemson over LSU

Tom Lugibill:
Clemson over LSU

Ivan Maisel:
LSU over Clemson

Mark May:
LSU over Clemson

Greg McElroy:
LSU over Clemson

Booger McFarland:
LSU over Clemson

Ryan McGee:
LSU over Clemson

Todd McShay:
LSU over Clemson

Urban Meyer:
LSU over Clemson

Jim Mora Jr.:
LSU over Clemson

Dari Nowkhah:
LSU over Clemson

Jesse Palmer:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson

Dave Portnoy:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson

Ryen Russillo:
LSU over Clemson

Mark Schlabach:
LSU over Clemson

Stephen A. Smith:
Clemson over LSU

Marcus Spears:
LSU over Clemson

Pete Thamel:
LSU over Clemson

Clay Travis:
Clemson+6 vs LSU

Dan Wetzel:
LSU over Clemson

Scott Van Pelt:
LSU over Clemson

Jonathan Vilma:
LSU over Clemson

Trey Wingo:
Clemson over LSU

Matt Youmans:
Clemson+6.5/7 vs LSU