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Week 13 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks! #RivalryWeek

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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!

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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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Week 12 2018: Saturday morning #CFB Picks!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Good morning everyone, and welcome back to college football Saturday.  We are starting things this morning as we always do, with picks and predictions from assorted experts and prognosticators.  We will be updating throughout the morning with the official Gameday crew picks, SEC Nation, Bear’s Bank, Super Dogs, celebrity guests, and whoever the hell else we find along the way.

Andrea Adelson:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Florida State  over  Boston College
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Clemson  over  Duke
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Miami (FL)  over  Virginia Tech
11/17/18 North Carolina State  over  Louisville
11/17/18 Syracuse  over  Notre Dame
11/17/18 Pittsburgh  over  Wake Forest
11/17/18 Georgia Tech  over  Virginia
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State
11/17/18 North Carolina  over  Western Carolina

Colin Cowherd:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse

Heather Dinich:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 Oklahoma State  over  West Virginia

Chris Doering:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Texas A&M  over  Alabama-Birmingham
11/17/18 Mississippi State  over  Arkansas
11/17/18 Kentucky  over  MTSU
11/17/18 Vanderbilt  over  Mississippi
11/17/18 Missouri  over  Tennessee

Dusty Dvoracek:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Iowa State + 2.5 vs Texas
11/17/18 Oklahoma  -36.5 vs Kansas
11/17/18 Nebraska + 1 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 California + 2 vs Stanford
11/17/18 Oklahoma State + 4.5 vs West Virginia

Paul Finebaum:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse

Pat Forde:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Cincinnati + 7.5 vs Central Florida
11/17/18 Iowa State + 3 vs Texas
11/17/18 Northwestern  -2.5 vs Minnesota
11/17/18 Notre Dame  -9.5 vs Syracuse
11/17/18 UCLA + 3.5 vs Southern California
11/17/18 Colorado + 7 vs Utah

Doug Kezirian:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Nebraska  -1 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 Minnesota  -2.5 vs Northwestern

Joel Klatt:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Chris Low:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Ivan Maisel:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Ryan McGee:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State  over  Texas
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Brett McMurphy:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Wyoming  -2.5 vs Air Force
11/17/18 Florida State + 1 vs Boston College
11/17/18 Liberty + 29 vs Auburn
11/17/18 Nebraska + 2 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 Louisville + 16 vs North Carolina State
11/17/18 Minnesota + 2.5 vs Northwestern
11/17/18 Utah State  -28 vs Colorado State

Les Miles:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State  over  Texas
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Adam Rittenberg:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Cincinnati  over  Central Florida
11/17/18 Texas  over  Iowa State
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Mark Schlabach:

Date Picks
11/17/18 Central Florida  over  Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State  over  Texas
11/17/18 Notre Dame  over  Syracuse
11/17/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma State

Scott Spreitzer:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Arizona State + 3.5 vs Oregon
11/17/18 Nebraska + 1 vs Michigan State
11/17/18 San Diego State + 13.5 vs Fresno State
11/17/18 Navy  -5.5 vs Tulsa
11/16/18 SMU + 7.5 vs Memphis

Pete Thamel:

Date Pick
11/17/18 Central Florida  -7.5 vs Cincinnati
11/17/18 Iowa State + 3 vs Texas
11/17/18 Minnesota + 2.5 vs Northwestern
11/17/18 Notre Dame  -9.5 vs Syracuse
11/17/18 UCLA + 3.5 vs Southern California
11/17/18 Texas Tech  -6 vs Kansas State
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