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Week 8 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Phil Steele!

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Welcome back ladies and gents.  We are back for podcast Wednesday with Phil Steele’s week 8 picks via the Behind the Bets podcast with Doug Kezirian.  I’m not sure if the Oregon pick was an official play, so we’ll see if he mentions it again on Campus Conversation or anywhere else before ruling it official.  They talked some other games, half lines, totals and more so listen to the whole thing if you want some great analysis.  I’ll update between now and Saturday if he puts out any more plays to the public.

Date Pick
10/20/18 Auburn  -3 vs Mississippi
10/20/18 Temple  -3 vs Cincinnati
10/20/18 Missouri  -9.5 vs Memphis
10/20/18 Michigan  -7 vs Michigan State
10/20/18 North Carolina + 9 vs Syracuse
10/20/18 Clemson  -17.5 vs North Carolina State
10/20/18 Oregon + 3 vs Washington State
10/20/18 Southern California + 6.5 vs Utah

I’m adding the following picks from the Campus Conversation podcast today:

Date Pick
10/20/18 Marshall+3 vs Florida Atlantic
10/20/18 Iowa-9 vs Maryland
10/20/18 Ohio State-13 vs Purdue

The following picks have been added from his Inside the Pressbox preview this week, including his RED HOT FCS picks!

Date Pick
10/20/18 East Carolina + 21.5 vs Central Florida
10/20/18 Wisconsin  -24.5 vs Illinois
10/20/18 Tulane  -6.5 vs SMU
10/20/18 Florida State  -10 vs Wake Forest
10/20/18 Western Michigan  -4 vs Central Michigan
10/20/18 Bucknell + 9.5 vs Lafayette
10/20/18 Monmouth + 11.5 vs Campbell

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Week 7 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Welcome back everyone.  Week 7 brought us some big upsets and some big performances by our expert pickers and prognosticators.  Let’s dive right in.

Winners this week included Stanford Steve (4-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (10-4), Desmond Howard (12-5), Chris Fallica (5-2 ATS), Scott Van Pelt (6-3 ATS), and Dusty Dvoracek (3-1 ATS).  However this week’s big win is going to Phil Steele.  Phil started off to a pretty horrendous start on the year, but for two weeks in a row he has blown the competition away.  Phil Steele went 10-1 straight up and 14-3 against the spread this week!  For those of you keeping track at home, his FCS picks against the spread have been on fire the last two weeks so pay attention if he puts them out this week.

Losers this week include Danny Kanell (2-6 straight up, 3-4 ATS), Houston Nutt (3-4), Rufus Peabody (1-4 ATS), Brett McMurphy (2-3 ATS), and Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS).  However this week’s loss couldn’t go to anyone else but Pat Forde, who went 2-4 straight up but a pretty sad 0-6 against the spread.  That’s gotta sting, especially if Pat is betting those picks.

Lee Corso had a tough week this week going 6-8 on his picks and losing his headgear pick Wisconsin over Michigan.  Special guest celebrities the Chainsmokers went 9-5 on the week despite the fact that they seem to have never watched an actual football game between them.  Bear’s Bank went 1-1-1 on the official Gameday picks this week.  @GamedayJen booked another winner at 12-6 on the week.  Everyone else you can find below so check out the full results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Mack.Brown 100% 1 0
Rece.Davis 100% 2 0
Brad.Edwards 100% 3 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 1 0
Phil.Steele 90.91% 10 1
Steve.Coughlin 80% 4 1
Bruce.Feldman 75% 9 3
Joey.Galloway 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 71.43% 10 4
Desmond.Howard 70.59% 12 5
Jennifer 66.67% 12 6
Andrea.Adelson 66.67% 6 3
Chris.Doering 66.67% 4 2
Paul.Finebaum 66.67% 8 4
Lou.Holtz 66.67% 6 3
Tim.Tebow 66.67% 4 2
Celebrity.Guest 64.29% 9 5
Chris.Fallica 63.64% 7 4
David.Pollack 60% 3 2
Brian.Jones 57.14% 4 3
Mark.May 55.56% 5 4
Colin.Cowherd 50% 1 1
Heather.Dinich 50% 2 2
Joel.Klatt 50% 2 2
Brett.McMurphy 50% 1 1
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Jesse.Palmer 50% 2 2
Adam.Rittenberg 50% 2 2
Marcus.Spears 50% 3 3
Lee.Corso 42.86% 6 8
Houston.Nutt 42.86% 3 4
Dusty.Dvoracek 33.33% 1 2
Pat.Forde 33.33% 2 4
Danny.Kanell 25% 2 6
Chris.Low 25% 1 3
Ivan.Maisel 25% 1 3
Trevor.Matich 25% 1 3
Ryan.McGee 25% 1 3
Mark.Schlabach 25% 1 3
Corso.Headgear 0% 0 1
Robert.Smith 0% 0 1

ATS Results:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade 82.35% 14 3 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade 80% 4 1 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade 75% 3 1 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade 68.75% 5 2 1
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade 66.67% 2 1 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade 66.67% 6 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade 50% 6 6 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade 42.86% 3 4 0
Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade 40% 2 3 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade 20% 1 4 0
Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade 0% 0 6 0
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Week 7 2018: #CFB picks w/ Phil Steele!

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Here’s the week 7 picks from Phil Steele on the Behind the Bets podcast with Doug Kezirian which dropped today.  Phil usually puts out picks on the Campus Conversation podcast as well, so when those make their appearance I will update the picks for you.  I’ve got a link below for you to hear the full episode.  Phil also had a lean on Ohio State-29.5 because Doug made him choose, so do with that what you will.

http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?id=24951753

Picks have been updated from Thursday’s Campus Conversation podcast:

Date Pick
10/13/18 Duke+3 vs Georgia Tech
10/13/18 LSU+7.5 vs Georgia
10/13/18 East Carolina+16 vs Houston
10/13/18 Louisiana Tech-13 vs UTSA
10/13/18 Boston College-13.5 vs Louisville
10/13/18 Michigan State+14 vs Penn State
10/13/18 Notre Dame-21 vs Pittsburgh
10/13/18 Illinois+10.5 vs Purdue
10/13/18 North Carolina+6 vs Virginia Tech
10/13/18 Michigan-8.5 vs Wisconsin
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