Week 13 2016: #CFB Picks from Phil Steele! #RivalryWeek

Week 13 is already underway as of last night, but its time to get things going around here.  As always, Phil Steele starts us off with his best picks and predictions on ALL of the great rivalry week games this weekend.  Check out his full podcast for in-depth analysis and leans.

Alabama over Auburn (by about 3 TD)
Washington over Wash St (by a TD or more)
W.Mich over Toledo
Colorado over Utah
UConn over Tulane
Ariz St over Arizona
Navy over SMU (by double digits)
Temple over ECU
WKU over Marshall
BYU over Utah St (by 3 TD or more)
Ohio St over Michigan (by 8 to 10)
BC over Wake Forest
USC over Notre Dame
Georgia over GT (by 7 or more)
Wyoming over UNM
LSU over TAMU (by about 10)
Wisconsin over Minnesota (by 17-21 pts)
Iowa over Nebraska
Clemson over S.Carolina
FSU over Florida
Alabama-17 vs Auburn
Washington-6 vs Wash St
Oregon St+3 vs Oregon
Colorado-10 vs Utah (VERY slight lean)
UConn PK vs Tulane
Navy-7 vs SMU
WKU-24 vs Marshall
BYU-18 vs Utah St
Kentucky+26 vs Louisville
Ole Miss vs Miss St over 69.5
Miss St+8 vs Ole Miss
Ohio St-7 vs Michigan
BC+3.5 vs Wake Forest
Mich St+12 vs Penn St
Georgia-4.5 vs GT
UNM+3 vs Wyoming
LSU-6.5 vs TAMU
Wisconsin-14.5 vs Minnesota
Iowa-1.5 vs Nebraska
NC St+12.5 vs UNC
S.Carolina+24 vs Clemson

Week 13 2015: #RivalryWeek college picks! #cfb #cfbpicks

Week 13 is upon us, and that means Rivalry Week is here.  We have the Egg Bowl, the Iron Bowl, Bedlam, whatever TCU/Baylor is, and some teams playing for Buckets and Axes and stuff.  While most of you will be enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving dinner and perhaps some shopping excursions, I am recovering from a medical procedure.  But if you would allow me to cheapen the accomplishments of world class athletes, I will be playing through the pain just like Trevone Boykin and Baker Mayfield.  Check back over the next few days as we update the latest college picks as best as we can!

Andrea Adelson:
Clemson over S.Carolina
Louisville over Kentucky
BC over Syracuse
Wake Forest over Duke
FSU over Florida
Pitt over Miami Fl
Georgia over GT
UNC over NC St

Jon Berger:
Texas over TTU
Baylor over TCU
WVU over Iowa State
Kansas St over Kansas
OU over Okla St

Kevin Carter:
UNC over NC St

Lee Corso:
TAMU over LSU

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Ohio St over Michigan 27-20
Notre Dame over Stanford 31-21
OU over Okla St 35-31
UCLA over USC 34-31
Florida over FSU 17-14
Ohio St+1.5 vs Michigan
Notre Dame+4 vs Stanford
Okla St+6.5 vs OU
UCLA+4 vs USC
Florida+2 vs FSU

Colin Cowherd:
Stanford over Notre Dame
Ohio St over Michigan
Oklahoma St over OU
Alabama over Auburn

Heather Dinich:
Iowa over Nebraska

Chris Fallica:
Ohio St over Michigan 24-17
Notre Dame over Stanford 35-33
OU over Okla St 34-31
Illinois over NW 17-16
UNC over NC St 38-35
SJSU over Boise St 31-30
Purdue over Indiana 35-31
Ohio St+1.5 vs Michigan
Notre Dame+4 vs Stanford
Okla St+6.5 vs OU
Illinois+3.5 vs NW
NC St+7 vs UNC
SJSU+7.5 vs Boise St
Purdue+6.5 vs Indiana

Paul Finebaum:
LSU over TAMU
Nebraska over Iowa
Stanford over Notre Dame
Okla St over OU
Ohio St over Michigan

Pat Forde:
Alabama over Auburn 20-10
OU over Okla St 35-28
FSU over Florida 17-16
Mich St over Penn St 21-14
Nebraska over Iowa 26-24
Stanford over Notre Dame 31-28
Baylor over TCU 47-41
UNC over NC St 31-20
Clemson over S.Carolina 41-14
Michigan over Ohio St 20-16
UCLA over USC 28-22
Miss St over Ole Miss 29-27
VT over UVA 22-19
Washington over Wash St 32-31
Purdue over Indiana 41-40
Wisconsin over Minnesota 24-14
NW over Illinois 25-21
Navy over Houston 35-31
WKU over Marshall 59-56
Pitt over Miami FL
Toledo over W.Michigan
Oregon over Oregon St
Arkansas over Mizzou
Navy over Houston
Georgia over GT
Temple over UConn
LSU over TAMU
Miss St over Ole Miss
Utah over Colorado

Joey Galloway:
Michigan St over Penn St
Iowa over Nebraska

Mike Greenberg:
Iowa over Nebraska
Mich St over Penn St
Stanford over Notre Dame

Mike Golic:
Iowa over Nebraska
Mich St over Penn St
Ohio St over Michigan
Okla St over OU
Stanford over Notre Dame
Alabama over Auburn

Travis Haney:
Clemson over S.Carolina
Michigan over Ohio St

Danny Kanell:
Iowa over Nebraska
OU over Okla St
Mich St over Penn St
Michigan over Ohio St
Michigan PK vs Ohio St
Stanford-3.5 vs Notre Dame
Stanford over Notre Dame
Okla St+6.5 vs OU
FSU over Florida
FSU-2 vs Florida

Jennifer’s picks:
Clemson over S.Carolina
Boise St over SJSU

Tom Luginbill:
FSU over Florida

Mark May:
Baylor over TCU
Michigan State over Penn St

Greg McElroy:
Clemson over S.Carolina
Ole Miss over Miss St
Iowa over Nebraska

Booger McFarland:
Clemson over S Carolina
Florida over FSU
Alabama over Auburn
Georgia over GT

Woody Paige:
Okla St over OU

David Pollack:
OU over Okla St
Michigan over Ohio St
Alabama over Auburn

Ryen Russillo:
Stanford over Notre Dame
Ohio St over Michigan PK
Stanford-3.5 vs Notre Dame
Okla St+6.5 vs OU
FSU-2 vs Florida
FSU over Florida

Jason Sehorn:
Alabama over Auburn
Clemson over S.Carolina
Iowa over Nebraska

Robert Smith:
OU over Okla St 41-38
Stanford over Notre Dame 27-20
Ohio St over Michigan 23-20
Mich St over Penn St 24-17
Miss St over Ole Miss 41-38
Okla St+7 vs OU
Stanford-4 vs Notre Dame
Ohio St-1 vs Michigan
Penn St+11 vs Mich St
Miss St+1 vs Ole Miss

Phil Steele:
Ohio St over Michigan
Penn St+11 vs Mich St
Miss St over Ole Miss
Stanford over Notre Dame
OU over Okla St
Alabama over Auburn
Wisconsin over Minnesota
Clemson over S.Carolina (by 10-14)
Alabama-13.5 vs Auburn
Alabama-14 vs Auburn
OU-6.5 vs Okla St
S.Miss+6 vs LaTech
Wisconsin-2.5 vs Minnesota
S.Carolina+17 vs Clemson
Ohio St+1 vs Michigan

Clint Stoerner:
Alabama over Auburn
Florida over FSU

Scott Van Pelt:
Nebraska+1.5 vs Iowa
SJSU+7 vs Boise St
Florida+2.5 vs FSU
NC St+5 vs UNC
Auburn+14.5 vs Alabama

 

Week 14 2014: College picks are graded; results are up! #cfb #rivalryweek #cfbplayoff

This week we had a wild week of football with a few unexpected results and some big games.  We had some equally wild results in the picking game for week 14 of our college football season.

Winners include Kirk Herbstreit (9-5), Desmond Howard (9-4), Brett McMurphy (6-2), Kevin Carter (5-2), Lou Holtz (5-1), Jon Berger (5-2), Mike Bellotti (5-1), Danny Kanell (4-1), Trevor Matich (4-1), Brad Edwards (4-0), and my wife Jennifer (11-4).  Our undisputed week 14 champion is Jason Sehorn, who put up an impressive 9-1 record picking the big games this week.

Losers this week are honorable mention Mark May (1-3), with Tim Tebow taking the title this week at 3-4.  Things have taken a downturn for the SEC network’s golden boy in recent weeks, and he continues his slide into normalcy.

Special guest picker Joe Namath put up a respectable 6-3 on the week, and we hope to see him back in the future.  Lee Corso nailed the headgear pick going with Alabama over Auburn in the Iron Bowl, while Charley the Cat lost another game on Corso after she chose Auburn.

Everyone else was somewhere in the mix between greatness and failure, so check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 6-5
WRONG Grambling St over Southern
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
WRONG Wash St over Washington
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 9-5
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Marshall over WKU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Mich St over Penn St
WRONG NW over Illinois
WRONG Grambling St over Southern
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT USC over ND

Desmond Howard: 9-4
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Mich St over Penn St
WRONG NW over Illinois
WRONG Grambling St over Southern
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson
RIGHT GaTech over Georgia
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon St over Oregon
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn

Joe Namath: 6-3
WRONG Minnesota over Wisconsin
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn

Jennifer’s Picks: 11-4
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota (close)
RIGHT Mich St over Penn St
WRONG NW over Illinois
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
WRONG Florida over FSU (upset special)
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Baylor over TTU

Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT Southern over Grambling St

Charley the Cat: 0-1
WRONG Auburn over Alabama

David Pollack: 3-2
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Mich St over Penn St
WRONG NW over Illinois
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Florida over FSU

Dari Nowkhah: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT FSU over Florida

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minesota
RIGHT FSU over Florida

Greg McElroy: 5-3
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota

Tim Tebow: 3-4
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
WRONG Florida over FSU
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn

Marcus Spears: 4-3
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt
WRONG Kentucky over Louisville
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn

Paul Finebaum: 4-3
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn

Brett Mcmurphy: 6-2
WRONG Florida over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
WRONG Cal over BYU
RIGHT UAB over S.Miss
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky
RIGHT Duke over Wake Forest

Phil Steele: 12-7 FBS, 5-3 FCS, 17-10 Overall
WRONG Marshall over WKU
RIGHT TCU over Texas
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
RIGHT Mich St over Penn St
RIGHT NIU over W.Mich
WRONG Arkansas over Mizzou (upset special)
RIGHT Oregon over Oreg St
RIGHT Washington over Wash St
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT Arizona over Ariz St
WRONG Georgia over GaTech
WRONG NW over Illinois
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky

Phil Steele’s FCS Round 1 picks: 5-3
RIGHT Richmond over Morgan St
RIGHT Indiana St over EKU
WRONG SE Louisiana over SHSU
RIGHT Montana over San Diego
WRONG James Madison over Liberty
RIGHT S.Dakota St over Montana St
WRONG SF Austin over N.Iowa
RIGHT Fordham over Sacred Heart

Kevin Carter: 5-2
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
WRONG Georgia over GaTech

Colin Cowherd: 1-1
WRONG Texas over TCU
RIGHT FSU over Florida

Lou Holtz: 5-1
WRONG Arkansas over Mizzou
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT Ole Miss over Miss St
RIGHT Oregon over Oreg St
RIGHT Baylor over TTU

Mark May: 1-3
WRONG Arkansas over Mizzou
WRONG Florida over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss

Jon Berger: 5-2
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
WRONG Florida over FSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT TCU over Texas
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Baylor over TTU

Jason Sehorn: 9-1
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT TCU over Texas
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Clemson over S.Carolina
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT USC over ND
RIGHT Arizona over Ariz St

Pat Forde: 22-14
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn 35-17
RIGHT Oregon over Oreg St 44-21
RIGHT FSU over Florida 21-20
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss 23-17
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan 38-14
WRONG Georgia over GaTech 32-28
RIGHT Arizona over Ariz St 34-31
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota 24-13
WRONG CSU over AF 35-20
RIGHT KState over Kansas 41-14
WRONG UVA over VaTech 16-14
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky 27-16
WRONG NW over Illinois 29-24
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt 37-17
RIGHT Nevada over UNLV 45-28
RIGHT USC over ND 34-31
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson 23-22
WRONG UNC over NC St 43-19
RIGHT Indiana over Purdue 41-37
RIGHT Washington over Wash St 34-27
RIGHT UCF over USF 20-12
RIGHT BC over Syracuse 26-14
RIGHT Duke over Wake Forest 19-10
WRONG Texas over TCU 26-24
RIGHT Mizzou over Arkansas 21-16
RIGHT LSU over TAMU 25-21
WRONG Iowa over Nebraska 30-28
WRONG Maryland over Rutgers 28-21
RIGHT Utah over Colorado 23-20
RIGHT Mich St over Penn St 24-0
WRONG Akron over Kent St
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
WRONG Marshall over WKU
WRONG Cal over BYU
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT Boise St over Utah St

Chris Fallica: 3-3
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn 34-28
RIGHT Ole Miss over Miss St 20-16
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota 38-14
WRONG Texas over TCU 24-23
WRONG Iowa over Nebraska 28-24
WRONG Colorado over Utah 31-27

Mike Bellotti: 5-1
WRONG Texas over TCU
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Stanford over UCLA

Booger McFarland: 4-3
WRONG Georgia over GaTech 38-24
WRONG S.Carolina over Clemson 28-14
RIGHT FSU over Florida 35-17
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss 30-14
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn 42-28
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky 27-24
RIGHT Tennessee over Vanderbilt 31-24

Danny Kanell: 4-1
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Oregon over Oregon St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
WRONG Texas over TCU

Rece Davis: 2-1
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Arkansas over Mizzou

Trevor Matich: 4-1
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn 27-20
RIGHT Mizzou over Arkansas

Brad Edwards: 4-0
RIGHT Baylor over TTU
RIGHT FSU over Florida
RIGHT Wisconsin over Minnesota
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn

Mack Brown: 3-2
RIGHT Mizzou over Arkansas
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG UCLA over Stanford
RIGHT FSU over Florida

Skip Bayless: 2-1
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn 42-17
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss 30-13
RIGHT FSU over Florida 27-24

Stephen A. Smith: 2-1
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss
RIGHT Alabama over Ole Miss 37-20
RIGHT FSU over Florida 35-21

Joey Galloway: 2-1
RIGHT FSU over Florida
WRONG Texas over Okla St
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan

Ryen Russillo: 0-2
WRONG Arkansas over Mizzou
WRONG Miss St over Ole Miss

Tim Cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT TCU over Texas

Bill Plaschke: 1-1
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Texas over TCU

Jackie MacMullan: 1-1
RIGHT Alabama over Auburn
WRONG Florida over FSU

Charles Arbuckle: 0-1
WRONG Marshall over WKU

Matt Millen: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over Florida

Heather Dinich: 0-1
WRONG Texas over TCU

Butch Davis: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Michigan