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Week 14 2018: #CFB Picks from CBS Sports!

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Welcome back everyone.  Here are the week 14 picks from CBS Sports via Inside College Football.

Randy Cross:

Week Picks
14 Alabama  over  Georgia
14 Alabama-Birmingham  over  MTSU
14 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
14 Boise State  over  Fresno State
14 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
14 Marshall  over  Virginia Tech
14 Central Florida  over  Memphis
14 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
14 Oklahoma  over  Texas
14 Buffalo  over  Northern Illinois
14 Washington  over  Utah

Brian Jones:

Week Picks
14 Alabama  over  Georgia
14 Alabama-Birmingham  over  MTSU
14 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
14 Fresno State  over  Boise State
14 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
14 Central Florida  over  Memphis
14 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
14 Texas  over  Oklahoma
14 Buffalo  over  Northern Illinois
14 Washington  over  Utah

Rick Neuheisel:

Week Picks
14 Alabama  over  Georgia
14 MTSU  over  Alabama-Birmingham
14 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
14 Fresno State  over  Boise State
14 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
14 Memphis  over  Central Florida
14 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
14 Oklahoma  over  Texas
14 Buffalo  over  Northern Illinois
14 Washington  over  Utah

Houston Nutt:

Week Picks
14 Alabama  over  Georgia
14 Alabama-Birmingham  over  MTSU
14 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
14 Boise State  over  Fresno State
14 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
14 Memphis  over  Central Florida
14 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
14 Oklahoma  over  Texas
14 Buffalo  over  Northern Illinois
14 Washington  over  Utah

Aaron Taylor:

Week Picks
14 Alabama  over  Georgia
14 Clemson  over  Pittsburgh
14 Boise State  over  Fresno State
14 Appalachian State  over  UL Lafayette
14 Memphis  over  Central Florida
14 Ohio State  over  Northwestern
14 Oklahoma  over  Texas
14 Buffalo  over  Northern Illinois
14 Washington  over  Utah
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Week 13 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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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
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Week 13 2018: #RivalryWeek picks from the CBS Sports crew!

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Here’s the week 13 picks from the CBS Sports crew on Inside College Football.

Randy Cross:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan
11/24/18 Boise State  over  Utah State
11/23/18 Oklahoma  over  West Virginia
11/23/18 Virginia Tech  over  Virginia
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington

Brian Jones:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Indiana  over  Purdue
11/24/18 Utah State  over  Boise State
11/23/18 Oklahoma  over  West Virginia
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington

Rick Neuheisel:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Ohio State  over  Michigan
11/24/18 Boise State  over  Utah State
11/23/18 West Virginia  over  Oklahoma
11/23/18 Washington  over  Washington State

Aaron Taylor:

Date Picks
11/24/18 Alabama  over  Auburn
11/24/18 Michigan  over  Ohio State
11/24/18 Syracuse  over  Boston College
11/24/18 Boise State  over  Utah State
11/23/18 Oklahoma  over  West Virginia
11/23/18 Washington State  over  Washington
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