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Week 14 2020: Sunday morning #NFL picks!

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Here’s a random assortment of week 14 NFL picks I jotted down while doing college football work this week. I have no plans to track or grade these picks but they are presented for your amusement.

Colin Cowherd’s Blazing Five:
Tennessee (-7.5) at Jacksonville
Kansas City at Miami (+7)
Arizona at NY Giants (+2.5)
Pittsburgh at Buffalo (-2)
Baltimore at Cleveland (+2.5)

Anita Marks:
Ravens-2.5 vs Browns
Giants+130 vs Cardinals

Tyler Fulghum:
Steelers+1.5 vs Bills

Doug Kezirian:
Seahawks-13.5 vs Jets
Buccaneers-6.5 vs Vikings

Joe Fortenbaugh:
Buccaneers-6.5 vs Vikings
Rams-4.5 vs Patriots

Hammerin’ Hank:
Chiefs-7 vs Dolphins
Saints-6.5 vs Eagles
Bills-2 vs Steelers

Rufus Peabody:
Ravens-1 vs Browns

Jeff Ma:
Packers-7.5 vs Lions
Jets+13.5 vs Seahawks
Chargers+2.5 vs Falcons
49ers-3 vs Football
Bills-1 vs Steelers

Todd Fuhrman:
Steelers vs Bills over 47
Ravens-1.5 vs Browns

Clay Travis:
Texans-1 vs Bears
Cowboys vs Bengals under 42
Chiefs at Dolphins under 42.5
Bills-2 vs Steelers
Colts vs Raiders over 51.5
Saints vs Eagles under 43.5

Stanford Steve:
Patriots vs Rams under 43.5

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Week 13 2020: Sunday morning #NFL Picks!

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I thought I’d mix it up this week and post some NFL picks for you. I have no plans to track and grade these picks but thought you might enjoy them anyways.

Colin Cowherd’s Blazing Five:
Browns+5.5 vs Titans
Rams-3 vs Cardinals
Patriots-1 vs Chargers
Eagles+8.5 vs Packers
49ers+1.5 vs Bills

Scott Van Pelt’s WINNERS:
Texans+3.5 vs Colts
Browns+5.5 vs Titans

Anita Marks:
49ers+1.5 vs Bills

Doug Kezirian:
Dolphins-11.5
Cardinals+3 vs Rams
Colts-3.5 vs Texans

Joe Fortenbaugh:
Falcons+2.5 vs Saints
Steelers-10 vs Ravens

Tyler Fulghum:
Rams-3 vs Cardinals

Hammerin’ Hank Goldberg:
Bears-3 vs Lions
Browns+5.5 vs Titans
49ers PK vs Bills

Rufus Peabody: (these were his picks as I understood them based on the Bet the Process podcast this week.)
Texans+3.5 vs Colts
Titans-4 vs Browns
49ers+2.5 vs Bills
Patriots PK vs Chargers
Bears-3 vs Lions
Jets+9 vs Raiders

Jeff Ma: picks from Tony Kornheiser Show
Browns+6 vs Titans
Lions+3 vs Bears
Jets+9.5 vs Raiders
Cardinals+3 vs Rams
Broncos+14 vs Chiefs
Colts-3.5 vs Texans (from Bet the Process)

Scott Spreitzer:
Cardinals+1.5 vs Rams

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2019-20 Season: Final season grades are complete; results are in!

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It is now time to crown our yearly champions.  We will be crowning two champions again this year.  Our first champion is picking games straight up and our second champion is for picking games against the spread.  Obviously not everyone below qualifies to be champion if they didn’t pick enough games.  My general rule is a minimum 100 games picked to be on the ballot.  Once we have all the finalists selected, our panel of voters decides our champions.  As always, our panel of voters consists of myself, a glass of bourbon, a box of Cheezits, and our cat Charley.

Without further adieu, I present to you our 2019-20 season results and yearly champions.  Our champion picking games straight up, coming in at 71.96% over 271 games is none other than noted football expert and my wife, @GamedayJen!  Our ATS champion, coming in at 58.78% over 131 games picked, is none other than the big time football reporter Pete Thamel!  Congratulations to you both, and look for a congratulatory basket of assorted bourbon and Cheezits which is being shipped to you as we speak!

Thank you all for tuning in for another season of football picks, and we will see you next season.

Straight up results:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.games
Kevin.Blackistone 100 1 0 1
Mike.Golic 100 3 0 3
Jackie.MacMullan 100 1 0 1
Booger.McFarland 100 2 0 2
Ryan.McGee 100 6 0 6
Brent.Musburger 100 1 0 1
Aaron.Murray 100 2 0 2
Petros.Papadakis 100 1 0 1
Jordan.Rodgers 100 7 0 7
Ryen.Russillo 100 1 0 1
Matt.Stinchcomb 100 2 0 2
Clint.Stoerner 100 1 0 1
Reggie.Bush 88.89 32 4 36
Urban.Meyer 86.49 32 5 37
Scott.Van.Pelt 84.62 11 2 13
Skip.Bayless 83.33 5 1 6
Jonathan.Vilma 81.25 13 3 16
Tim.Tebow 79.25 42 11 53
Todd.McShay 78.57 11 3 14
Tim.Cowlishaw 78.12 25 7 32
Dan.Wetzel 77.91 67 19 86
Jake.Trotter 77.78 7 2 9
Marcus.Spears 76.47 39 12 51
Matt.Leinart 76.32 29 9 38
Pete.Thamel 75.82 69 22 91
Chris.Fallica 75.71 53 17 70
Adam.Rittenberg 74.55 41 14 55
Paul.Finebaum 73.49 61 22 83
EJ.Manuel 73.24 52 19 71
Joel.Klatt 72.73 16 6 22
Joey.Galloway 72.22 39 15 54
Jennifer 71.96 195 76 271
Lou.Holtz 71.95 59 23 82
David.Pollack 71.82 79 31 110
Bruce.Feldman 71.72 142 56 198
Emmanuel.Acho 71.43 10 4 14
Mark.Richt 71.43 50 20 70
Chris.Doering 70.77 46 19 65
Lee.Corso 70.59 156 65 221
Danny.Kanell 70.27 52 22 74
Corso.Headgear 70 14 6 20
Steve.Coughlin 69.52 73 32 105
Pat.Forde 69.38 111 49 160
Andrea.Adelson 69.23 81 36 117
Phil.Steele 69.18 110 49 159
Gene.Chizik 69.09 38 17 55
Dusty.Dvoracek 69.09 38 17 55
Brett.McMurphy 68.75 22 10 32
Desmond.Howard 68.67 160 73 233
Colin.Cowherd 68.29 28 13 41
Jesse.Palmer 67.92 36 17 53
Kevin.Carter 67.5 27 13 40
Stewart.Mandel 67.48 139 67 206
Mark.May 67.07 55 27 82
Heather.Dinich 66.67 10 5 15
Dave.Wannstedt 66.67 2 1 3
Houston.Nutt 65.38 34 18 52
Aaron.Taylor 64.86 96 52 148
Kirk.Herbstreit 63.43 137 79 216
Brady.Quinn 62.5 25 15 40
Mark.Schlabach 62.5 10 6 16
Eric.Mac.Lain 61.97 44 27 71
Celebrity.Guest 61.11 121 77 198
Chris.Low 60 9 6 15
Rick.Neuheisel 58.74 84 59 143
Brian.Jones 57.69 90 66 156
Trevor.Matich 57.14 4 3 7
Randy.Cross 55.17 80 65 145
Greg.McElroy 55 22 18 40
Brad.Edwards 50 2 2 4
Mike.Greenberg 50 1 1 2
Jim.Mora.Jr 50 4 4 8
Dan.Orlovsky 50 1 1 2
Dari.Nowkhah 40 2 3 5
Ivan.Maisel 36.36 4 7 11
Rece.Davis 33.33 2 4 6
Stephen.A.Smith 33.33 1 2 3
Charles.Woodson 25 1 3 4
Charles.Arbuckle 0 0 1 1
Rod.Gilmore 0 0 1 1
Tom.Luginbill 0 0 1 1
Trey.Wingo 0 0 1 1

ATS Results:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie n.games
Joey.Galloway.ATS 77.42 24 7 0 31
Jake.Trotter.ATS 61.54 8 5 0 13
Bill.Connelly.ATS 60.66 36 23 2 61
Pete.Thamel.ATS 58.78 76 53 2 131
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS 58.47 34 24 1 59
Lee.Corso.ATS 57.14 8 6 0 14
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 56.63 47 36 0 83
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 54.58 71 59 1 131
Jeff.Ma.ATS 54.55 12 10 0 22
Jesse.Palmer.ATS 54.41 18 15 1 34
Preston.Johnson.ATS 53.81 56 48 1 105
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 53.21 40 35 3 78
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 52.42 32 29 1 62
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 52.3 101 92 3 196
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 51.1 45 43 3 91
Matt.Youmans.ATS 50.75 66 64 3 133
Clay.Travis.ATS 50.28 89 88 3 180
Jim.Donnan.ATS 50 7 7 0 14
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 50 19 19 0 38
Norm.Hitzges.ATS 49.79 117 118 2 237
Phil.Steele.ATS 49.5 96 98 5 199
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 49.28 67 69 3 139
Dan.Katz.ATS 49.04 125 130 5 260
Rufus.Peabody.ATS 48.39 29 31 2 62
Chris.Fallica.ATS 48.05 60 65 3 128
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 48.02 120 130 3 253
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 47.8 96 105 4 205
Pat.Forde.ATS 47.79 64 70 2 136
Rico.Bosco.ATS 47.44 54 60 3 117
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 46.36 25 29 1 55
Danny.Kanell.ATS 44.25 37 47 3 87
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 43.56 44 57 0 101
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 42.86 6 8 0 14
Desmond.Howard.ATS 42.86 6 8 0 14
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 42.39 19 26 1 46
FPI.ATS 40.91 18 26 0 44
Rece.Davis.ATS 39.29 5 8 1 14
Adam.Kramer.ATS 35 3 6 1 10
Brad.Edwards.ATS 33.33 2 4 0 6
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS 0 0 1 0 1
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