Week 14 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Phil Steele!

It is time to get week 14 started around here, and we are starting things off with Phil Steele’s picks via the Behind the Bets podcast with Doug Keziriain.  His three official plays were Memphis, Ohio St and Texas, but he said he likes Alabama by more than two touchdowns when prompted by Doug.  Doug said he kinda likes Clemson and the Bama/Georgia over this week but hasn’t decided on his official play(s).

Date Pick
12/1/18 Alabama  -13 vs Georgia
12/1/18 Memphis + 3.5 vs Central Florida
12/1/18 Ohio State  -14 vs Northwestern
12/1/18 Texas + 8 vs Oklahoma

The following picks are added from his Phil Steele Plus preview for week 14, including two of those in-demand FCS picks!

Date Pick
12/1/18 Alabama-Birmingham + 1 vs MTSU
12/1/18 Kennesaw State  -7.5 vs Wofford
12/1/18 Alcorn State  0 vs Southern

The following picks have been added via the Campus Conversation podcast which dropped Thursday.

Date Pick
12/1/18 Boise State  -2.5 vs Fresno State
11/30/18 Washington  -5 vs Utah

Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Welcome back everyone.  The week 13 picks are grades and we have the results for our expert panel of predictors and prognosticators.

Winners this week included Tim Tebow (8-1), Randy Cross (5-1), Mark May (8-2), Paul Finebaum (7-2), Marcus Spears (7-2), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Phil Steele (10-7 ATS, 11-5 straight up), Jef Ma (4-1 ATS), and Lou Holtz (7-3).  This week’s official win is going to your boy Scott Van Pelt at 7-2 ATS on his WINNERS segment this week.

Losers this week included Dusty Dvoracek (2-3 straight up, 1-5 ATS), Andrea Adelson (6-7), Tim Cowlishaw (1-4 ATS), Pat Forde (4-5 ATS), Rico Bosco (4-5 ATS), and Dan Katz (5-6 ATS).  This week’s official loss goes to the Bear at 1-7 ATS, so that’s a tough week for everyone’s favorite Bear.

Lee Corso had a so-so week at 8-6 but missed his headgear pick Michigan over Ohio State.  Celebrity guest Bryce Harper had a great week at 11-2.  @GamedayJen booked another winner at 14-6.  Bear’s Bank went 0-3 on the week as part of his 1-7 week.  Everyone else is somewhere in between so check out the full grades to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Rece.Davis 100% 1 0
Trevor.Matich 100% 1 0
Greg.McElroy 100% 2 0
Jesse.Palmer 100% 1 0
Jordan.Rodgers 100% 3 0
Scott.Van.Pelt 100% 1 0
Jonathan.Vilma 100% 1 0
Tim.Tebow 88.89% 8 1
Steve.Coughlin 87.50% 7 1
Celebrity.Guest 84.62% 11 2
Randy.Cross 83.33% 5 1
Mark.May 80% 8 2
Rick.Neuheisel 80% 4 1
Pat.Forde 79.17% 19 5
Paul.Finebaum 77.78% 7 2
Marcus.Spears 77.78% 7 2
Joel.Klatt 75% 3 1
Chris.Low 75% 3 1
Mark.Schlabach 75% 3 1
Pete.Thamel 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33% 11 4
Jennifer 70% 14 6
Lou.Holtz 70% 7 3
Phil.Steele 68.75% 11 5
Bruce.Feldman 66.67% 10 5
Brett.McMurphy 66.67% 2 1
Aaron.Taylor 66.67% 4 2
Chris.Fallica 60% 6 4
Lee.Corso 57.14% 8 6
Desmond.Howard 56.25% 9 7
Heather.Dinich 50% 2 2
Matt.Leinart 50% 1 1
Ivan.Maisel 50% 2 2
Stewart.Mandel 50% 8 8
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Robert.Smith 50% 1 1
Andrea.Adelson 46.15% 6 7
Dusty.Dvoracek 40% 2 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 33.33% 1 2
Brian.Jones 33.33% 2 4
Dave.Wannstedt 33.33% 1 2
Adam.Rittenberg 25% 1 3
Corso.Headgear 0% 0 1
David.Pollack 0% 0 1
Skip.Bayless 0% 0 1
Danny.Kanell 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong
danny.kanell.grade 100% 3 0
jeff.ma.grade 80% 4 1
scott.van.pelt.grade 77.78% 7 2
doug.kezirian.grade 66.67% 2 1
rufus.peabody.grade 60% 3 2
scott.spreitzer.grade 60% 3 2
phil.steele.grade 58.82% 10 7
steve.coughlin.grade 50% 3 3
stewart.mandel.grade 50% 8 8
brett.mcmurphy.grade 50% 3 3
dave.portnoy.grade 50% 9 9
pete.thamel.grade 50% 3 3
dan.katz.grade 45.45% 5 6
rico.bosco.grade 45% 4 5
pat.forde.grade 41.67% 2 3
bruce.feldman.grade 40% 6 9
tim.cowlishaw.grade 20% 1 4
dusty.dvoracek.grade 16.67% 1 5
chris.fallica.grade 12.50% 1 7

Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Phil Steele (and Doug Kezirian)!

Week 13 rolls along with Phil Steele’s picks via the Behind the Bets podcast with Doug Kezirian.  His five official picks were BYU, Texas A&M, TCU, Memphis and Virginia.  He explicitly agreed with Doug Kezirian about Michigan, Notre Dame, Miss State, and then said his computer projects the WVU/OU total around 92 so he likes the over.  I’m counting them all for the record.

As always I will be updating with any other picks Phil gives out on podcasts, radio shows, Phil Steele Plus preview, or anywhere else I find him.

Phil Steele on Behind the Bets:

Date Pick
11/24/18 BYU + 13.5 vs Utah
11/24/18 Texas A&M  -2.5 vs LSU
11/24/18 Michigan  -4 vs Ohio State
11/24/18 Notre Dame  -10.5 vs Southern California
11/24/18 TCU + 5 vs Oklahoma State
11/23/18 Memphis  -7 vs Houston
11/23/18 West Virginia vs Oklahoma Over 83.5
11/23/18 Virginia  -3.5 vs Virginia Tech
11/22/18 Mississippi State  -10.5 vs Mississippi

Doug Kezirian talked some games and said he’s definitely giving out Mississippi State-10.5 in the Egg bowl, but is deciding on his other official picks.  He said he likes Notre Dame-10.5, Michigan-4, and Kentucky but didn’t give a line.

The following two picks have been added from this week’s Campus Conversation podcast:

Date Pick
11/24/18 Boston College  -7 vs Syracuse
11/23/18 Central Florida  -14 vs South Florida

The following two picks have been added from his Phil Steele Plus week 13 preview.

Date Pick
11/24/18 Georgia Southern  -10.5 vs Georgia State
11/24/18 Nicholls State  -14 vs San Diego