preseason – Page 6 – Cole's Gameday Blog

2016-17 Preseason predictions: Chris “The Bear” Fallica & “Stanford” Steve Coughlin season totals!

Posted on August 25, 2016 by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone. Today we have for you some early picks on season totals from Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Stanford Steve Coughlin. They did a Behind the Bets podcast two weeks ago, and Stanford Steve showed up on Russillo & Kanell with some more picks yesterday. They are supposed to be putting out another podcast soon, so I’ll update again when their next podcast drops. Until then, go stack that money with these hot picks.

UPDATED 8/26 from Behind the Bets podcast!

Stanford Steve Coughlin: (Behind the Bets podcast 8/9)
LSU/Tennessee winner, Clemson, Ohio St, FSU to make playoff
UCF over 5 wins (#1 value bet)
Kansas over 1.5 wins
OU under 10 wins
TCU to win Big 12
UNC over 8.5 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
SDSU over 8.5 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Mich St over 7.5 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Michigan under 10 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Alabama under 10 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Alabama under 10 wins (Behind the Bets Podcast 8/26)
Clemson over ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
OU under 10 wins
FSU over 9.5 wins
LSU to go 10-2, no play on 10 win total
Ohio St over 9.5 wins
Stanford under 8.5 wins
Tennessee under 9.5 wins
Notre Dame over 9.5 wins
UCLA over 8.5 wins
Washington over ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
Iowa over 8.5 wins

Chris Fallica: (Behind the Bets podcast 8/9)
Alabama, Clemson, Ohio St, Notre Dame to make playoff
Wake Forest over 5.5 wins
LSU under 10 wins
Tennessee under 10 wins
TCU to win Big 12
Alabama over 10 wins (Behind the Bets podcast 8/26)
Clemson over ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
OU under 10 wins
FSU under 10 wins
LSU under 10 wins
Ohio St over 9.5 wins
Stanford over 8.5 wins
Michigan under 10 wins
Tennessee under 9.5 wins
Notre Dame over 9.5 wins
UCLA over 8.5 wins
Washington under ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
Louisville over 8.5 wins

2016-17 Preseason Predictions: Dari & Mel (featuring Booger McFarland)

Posted on August 20, 2016 by gamedaycole

This morning our good buddies Dari Nowkhah and Mel Kiper Jr. had their annual college football preseason prediction show. They were joined for one segment by the SEC Network’s own Booger McFarland for SEC conference predictions. They went conference-by-conference selecting their conference winner, conference sleeper, overrated team of the conference, and conference player of the year. They finished off the show with their official playoff predictions for your listening pleasure.

Dari Nowkhah: (Dari & Mel 8/20)
Ohio St to win the Big 10
Nebraska as the Big 10 sleeper
Michigan overrated
JT Barrett Big 10 Player of the Year
LSU to win the SEC
Georgia the SEC sleeper
Tennessee overrated
Jonathan Allen SEC player of the year
FSU to win the ACC
UNC the ACC sleeper
Clemson overrated (only because they won’t win the ACC)
Dalvin Cook ACC player of the year
Oklahoma to win Big 12
Baylor as Big 12 sleeper
TCU overrated
Baker Mayfield Big 12 player of the year
Oregon to win Pac 12
Washington St as Pac 12 sleeper
UCLA overrated
Royce Freeman Pac 12 player of the year
Final Four: Oklahoma, Clemson, LSU, FSU
Clemson to have one loss
FSU undefeated
FSU over LSU to win championship

Mel Kiper Jr.: (Dari & Mel 8/20)
Ohio St to win the Big 10
Indiana as Big 10 sleeper
Michigan St and Iowa overrated
JT Barrett Big 10 player of the year
Tennessee to win the SEC
TAMU as the SEC sleeper
Ole Miss overrated
Jalen Hurd as SEC player of the year
FSU to win the ACC
Louisville as the ACC sleeper
Miami (FL) overrated
Dalvin Cook ACC Player of the Year
Oklahoma to win Big 12
TCU as Big 12 sleeper
Oklahoma State overrated
Baker Mayfield Big 12 player of the year
Oregon to win Pac 12
Colorado as Pac 12 sleeper
USC overrated
Royce Freeman Pac 12 player of the year-
Final Four: Tennessee, Ohio State, FSU, Oklahoma
Oklahoma to win championship over FSU

Booger McFarland: Dari & Mel 8/20
LSU to win SEC
Florida as SEC Sleeper
TAMU overrated
Leonard Fournette as the SEC player of the year

ESPNU Preseason Predictions (8/16)

Posted on August 18, 2016 by gamedaycole

We are getting this season of college football started bringing you some picks and predictions from ESPNU’s Schedule Analysis Show and the ESPNU Path to the Playoff preview. These two shows were basically the same with the exception of Todd McShay showing up for the Schedule Analysis and not the Path to Playoff preview. Without further adieu I bring you some preseason predictions from some of your favorites. Some of it m

Joey Galloway:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins (10-2)
UCLA to win championship
ESPNU Path to the Playoff (8/16)
LSU to win SEC
Clemson to go undefeated
Clemson to win ACC
Ohio St to win Big 10
UCLA to win Pac 12
Big 12 to miss playoff
TCU as sleeper to make playoff

Danny Kanell:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins
Nobody undefeated
Clemson to win championship
ESPNU Path to the Playoff (8/16)
LSU to win SEC West
Georgia to win SEC
Clemson loses to FSU but wins ACC
Michigan to win Big10
OU to win Big 12 (not undefeated)
UCLA to win Pac 12
Big 10 to miss playoff
Nobody will go undefeated
UNC sleeper to make playoff

Todd McShay:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins (11-1)
Clemson to win championship
Texas over ND (Week 1)

David Pollack:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins
Alabama to win championship
ESPNU Path to the Playoff (8/16)
Alabama to win SEC
Ohio St to win Big 10
TCU to win Big 12
Stanford to win Pac 12
Pac 12 to miss playoff
Louisville a sleeper to make playoff