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2018-19 College Football Championship: Picks, predictions, ATS plays, and prop bets!

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Welcome back everyone.  Here is the official GamedayCole.com megapost of CFB Championship picks, predictions, ATS plays, prop bets, and anything else we can find along the way today.  I will be updating all day with the latest and greatest picks available so check back often for updates.

Corso’s Headgear:
Clemson over Alabama

Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Clemson

David Pollack:
Alabama over Clemson

Full slate of ESPN.com writer predictions can be found HERE!!!!

@GamedayJen:
Clemson over Alabama

Paul Finebaum: CFP Selection Show 12/2
Alabama over Clemson

Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Clemson 24-24

Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Clemson

Emmanuel Acho:
Clemson over Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Adelson:
Alabama over Clemson

Charles Arbuckle:
Clemson over Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip Bayless:
Alabama over Clemson 36-30

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama-4.5 vs Clemson
Alabama vs Clemson over 58.5 (not official pick but gave it out on his podcast)

Colin Cowherd:
Alabama over Clemson (by 10)

Tim Cowlishaw:
Alabama-5 vs Clemson

Randy Cross:
Clemson over Alabama

Heather Dinich:
Alabama over Clemson

Chris Doering:
Alabama over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson over Alabama (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Chris Fallica:
Clemson moneyline+180-190
Henry Ruggs to score+115
Longest TD over 52.5 yards
No defensive/special teams touchdowns-220
Tee Higgins to score+120
Justyn Ross over 69.5 receiving yards
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama (gave this out on Dari & Mel)

Bruce Feldman:
Alabama over Clemson

Pat Forde:
Alabama over Clemson

Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Joey Galloway:
Alabama over Clemson

Mike Golic:
Alabama over Clemson 35-24

Mike Golic Jr.:
Alabama over Clemson

Brian Jones:
Alabama over Clemson

Danny Kanell:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Chip Kelly:
Alabama over Clemson

Doug Kezirian:
Leans Alabama minus the points
Tua’s longest completion over 42.5 yards
No special teams or defensive touchdowns-220

Joel Klatt:
Alabama over Clemson

Matt Leinart:
Clemson over Alabama

Chris Low:
Alabama over Clemson

Jeff Ma:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama

Ivan Maisel:
Alabama over Clemson

Stewart Mandel:
Alabama over Clemson 38-31

Mark May:
Alabama over Clemson

Greg McElroy:
Alabama over Clemson

Ryan McGee:
Alabama over Clemson

Brett McMurphy:
Clemson over Alabama 35-31

Todd McShay:
Alabama over Clemson

Jim Mora Jr.:
Clemson over Alabama

Rick Neuheisel:
Alabama over Clemson

Dan Orlovsky:
Clemson over Alabama

Jesse Palmer:
Alabama over Clemson

Rufus Peabody:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama

Adam Rittenberg:
Alabama over Clemson

Rex Ryan:
Clemson over Alabama

Mark Schlabach:
Alabama over Clemson

Robert Smith:
Alabama over Clemson

Scott Spreitzer:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Phil Steele:
Alabama over Clemson

Aaron Taylor:
Alabama over Clemson

Pete Thamel:
Clemson over Alabama

Jake Trotter:
Alabama over Clemson (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama

Jonathan Vilma:
Clemson over Alabama 27-17

Dave Wannstedt:
Clemson over Alabama

Dan Wetzel:
Alabama over Clemson

Trey Wingo:
Alabama over Clemson 31-21

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Week 14 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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Week 14 of our college football season brought us a shorter slate of games due to conference championships, so let’s get to it.

Winners this week included Rufus Peabody (3-0 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-1 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-1 ATS), Phil Steele (14-2 straight up), Lou Holtz (6-2), Rick Neuheisel  & Houston Nutt (7-3).  This week’s win is going to Brian Jones at 8-2 on the week.

Losers this week included Stewart Mandel (3-8 ATS), Dave Portnoy (3-7 ATS), Bruce Feldman (3-7 ATS), Pete Thamel (2-4 ATS), with a lot of small losers against the spread this week.  The official loss is going to be shared by Tim Cowlishaw and Dusty Dvoracek at 1-4 ATS.

Lee Corso had a good week at 8-3, including his headgear pick Alabama over Georgia.  Special celebritiy guest Quavo (?) went had a tough week at 6-5.  @GamedayJen marches on with another win at 9-3.  Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week.  Everyone else is somewhere in between, so check out the full grades below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0
David.Pollack 100% 1 0
Andrea.Adelson 100% 5 0
Gene.Chizik 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 4 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 5 0
Dusty.Dvoracek 100% 2 0
Chris.Fallica 100% 5 0
Paul.Finebaum 100% 4 0
Joel.Klatt 100% 4 0
Matt.Leinart 100% 2 0
Greg.McElroy 100% 1 0
Ryan.McGee 100% 5 0
Jordan.Rodgers 100% 1 0
Robert.Smith 100% 2 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 2 0
Phil.Steele 87.50% 14 2
Pat.Forde 85.71% 6 1
Brian.Jones 80% 8 2
Ivan.Maisel 80% 4 1
Adam.Rittenberg 80% 4 1
Mark.Schlabach 80% 4 1
Jennifer 75% 9 3
Steve.Coughlin 75% 3 1
Lou.Holtz 75% 6 2
Lee.Corso 72.73% 8 3
Desmond.Howard 72.73% 8 3
Randy.Cross 72.73% 8 3
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Houston.Nutt 70% 7 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Aaron.Taylor 66.67% 6 3
Pete.Thamel 66.67% 4 2
Mark.May 62.50% 5 3
Bruce.Feldman 60% 6 4
Kirk.Herbstreit 54.55% 6 5
Celebrity.Guest 54.55% 6 5
Stewart.Mandel 54.55% 6 5
Chris.Doering 0% 0 1
Marcus.Spears 0% 0 1

ATS Grades:

% Correct n.correct n.wrong n.tie
doug.kezirian.grade 100% 1 0 0
rufus.peabody.grade 100% 3 0 0
steve.coughlin.grade 66.67% 2 1 0
jeff.ma.grade 66.67% 2 1 0
rico.bosco.grade 50% 2 2 0
chris.fallica.grade 50% 2 2 0
phil.steele.grade 50% 5 5 0
pat.forde.grade 40% 2 3 0
scott.van.pelt.grade 37.50% 3 5 0
dan.katz.grade 33.33% 2 4 0
scott.spreitzer.grade 33.33% 1 2 0
pete.thamel.grade 33.33% 2 4 0
bruce.feldman.grade 30% 3 7 0
dave.portnoy.grade 30% 3 7 0
stewart.mandel.grade 27.27% 3 8 0
tim.cowlishaw.grade 20% 1 4 0
dusty.dvoracek.grade 20% 1 4 0
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Week 12 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

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The week 12 college football grades are in.  Let’s examine.

Winners this week include Andrea Adelson (9-2), Lou Holtz (8-2), Phil Steele (12-3 straight up, 13-6 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Rick Neuheisel (7-3), Rufus Peabody (4-1 ATS), and Scott Spreitzer (4-1 ATS).  However, after splitting a weekly win last week, @GamedayJen sits atop the throne going 13-3 on picks this week.  That’s two in a row and three overall this season, so I expect her to get called up to ESPN any day.

Losers this week include Scott Van Pelt (3-5 ATS), Dan Katz (4-6 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-3 ATS), and Brett McMurphy (3-4 ATS).  However this week’s loss definitely goes to Bruce Feldman at 5-6 straight up; 3-7 ATS.

Lee Corso posted a big win at 12-3, including a win with this headgear pick UCF over Cincinnati.  Special guest celebrity Maury Povich had a nice winning week at 10-4.  The Bear had a losing week 3-4 ATS, but Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week.  Everyone else was somewhere in between to check out the results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent.correct n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100% 1 0
Colin.Cowherd 100% 1 0
Heather.Dinich 100% 4 0
Chris.Doering 100% 5 0
Pat.Forde 100% 2 0
Brett.McMurphy 100% 2 0
Dari.Nowkhah 100% 1 0
Marcus.Spears 100% 1 0
Tim.Tebow 100% 1 0
Jonathan.Vilma 100% 1 0
Dave.Wannstedt 100% 2 0
Andrea.Adelson 81.82% 9 2
Jennifer 81.25% 13 3
Lee.Corso 80% 12 3
Steve.Coughlin 80% 4 1
Lou.Holtz 80% 8 2
Phil.Steele 80% 12 3
Paul.Finebaum 75% 3 1
Chris.Low 75% 3 1
Ivan.Maisel 75% 3 1
Kirk.Herbstreit 73.33% 11 4
Celebrity.Guest 71.43% 10 4
Rick.Neuheisel 70% 7 3
Tim.Cowlishaw 66.67% 2 1
Joel.Klatt 66.67% 2 1
Pete.Thamel 66.67% 2 1
Desmond.Howard 64.71% 11 6
Randy.Cross 60% 6 4
Brian.Jones 60% 6 4
Mark.May 60% 6 4
Aaron.Taylor 60% 6 4
Stewart.Mandel 54.55% 6 5
David.Pollack 50% 1 1
Matt.Leinart 50% 1 1
Ryan.McGee 50% 2 2
Les.Miles 50% 2 2
Adam.Rittenberg 50% 2 2
Mark.Schlabach 50% 2 2
Bruce.Feldman 45.45% 5 6
Chris.Fallica 44.44% 4 5
Dusty.Dvoracek 40% 2 3
Greg.McElroy 0% 0 1
Robert.Smith 0% 0 1

ATS grades:

percent.correct.ats n.correct n.wrong n.tie
rufus.peabody.grade 80% 4 1 0
scott.spreitzer.grade 80% 4 1 0
jeff.ma.grade 75% 3 1 0
phil.steele.grade 68.42% 13 6 0
rico.bosco.grade 57.14% 4 3 0
dusty.dvoracek.grade 50% 2 2 0
pat.forde.grade 50% 3 3 0
doug.kezirian.grade 50% 1 1 0
stewart.mandel.grade 50% 5 5 0
pete.thamel.grade 50% 3 3 0
chris.fallica.grade 42.86% 3 4 0
brett.mcmurphy.grade 42.86% 3 4 0
steve.coughlin.grade 40% 2 3 0
dan.katz.grade 40% 4 6 0
scott.van.pelt.grade 37.50% 3 5 0
bruce.feldman.grade 30% 3 7 0
tim.cowlishaw.grade 25% 1 3 0
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