Week 0 2023: CFB analyst picks are graded; results are in!

Week 0 is in the books and the picks from our analysts are graded. We only had a handful of picks from the analysts this week but frankly I needed to make sure my grading scripts still worked, so here we are.

Our winner this week was Pete Thamel for a handful of picks on the College Gameday podcast this week. He and Rece Davis both went 4-1 but Pete’s GDC value gave him the edge. We look forward to a full slate of games and predictions this week as we get into week 1 action!

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Pete.Thamel80412.689
Rece.Davis80412.628
Kirk.Herbstreit75311.782
Dennis.Dodd100201.747
Dan.Wetzel75311.737
Tom.Fornelli75311.716
Ross.Dellenger100100.937
Steve.Coughlin66.67210.906
Chip.Patterson66.67210.8
Danny.Kanell5011-0.031
Desmond.Howard5022-0.05
Jennifer5022-0.05
Pat.Forde33.3312-1.013
Pat.McAfee2513-1.924
Average64.583117NA

Week 0 2023: CFB Picks from the College Gameday podcast with Rece Davis, Pete Thamel and Stanford Steve!

Here are the week 0 picks from the College Gameday podcast with a new appearance from Stanford Steve!

Rece Davis:

Louisiana Tech-11 vs FIU
Southern Cal-30 vs San Jose State
Vanderbilt-17.5 vs Hawaii
Ohio+2.5 vs San Diego State
New Mexico State-6.5 vs Massachusetts
Jacksonville State+1 vs UTEP
Navy+21 vs Notre Dame

Pete Thamel:

Louisiana Tech-11 vs FIU
Southern Cal-30 vs San Jose State
Vanderbilt-17.5 vs Hawaii
San Diego State-2.5 vs Ohio
New Mexico State-6.5 vs Massachusetts
Jacksonville State+1 vs UTEP
Navy+21 vs Notre Dame

Stanford Steve:

FIU+11 vs Louisiana Tech
San Jose State+30 vs Southern Cal
Vanderbilt-17.5 vs Hawaii
San Diego State-2.5 vs Ohio
New Mexico State-6.5 vs Massachusetts
Jacksonville State+1 vs UTEP
Navy+21 vs Notre Dame

2022-23 Bowl Season: Bowl picks against the spread from the College Gameday podcast with Rece Davis, Bill Connelly and Pete Thamel!

Here are the 2022-23 bowl picks against the spread from the College Gameday podcast with Rece Davis, Bill Connelly and Pete Thamel. Enjoy.

Rece Davis:

Utah  -2.5 vs Penn State
Tulane + 2 vs Southern Cal
LSU  -14.5 vs Purdue
Mississippi State  -1 vs Illinois
Georgia  -6.5 vs Ohio State
TCU + 7.5 vs Michigan
Alabama  -6.5 vs Kansas State
Kentucky + 2 vs Iowa

Bill Connelly:

Penn State + 2.5 vs Utah
Southern Cal  -2 vs Tulane
Purdue + 14.5 vs LSU
Illinois + 1 vs Mississippi State
Ohio State + 6.5 vs Georgia
Michigan  -7.5 vs TCU
Alabama  -6.5 vs Kansas State
Kentucky + 2 vs Iowa

Pete Thamel:

Penn State + 2.5 vs Utah
Southern Cal  -2 vs Tulane
LSU  -14.5 vs Purdue
Mississippi State  -1 vs Illinois
Georgia  -6.5 vs Ohio State
Michigan  -7.5 vs TCU
Alabama  -6.5 vs Kansas State
Iowa  -2 vs Kentucky