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Week 1 2014: Weekday picks!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by gamedaycole

Aaaaaand we’re back. Business as usual. Week 1 picks are coming in fast and we will be updating as more and more come in. Check back often as we continue to update this post with weekday picks, and as always we will be back Saturday morning with all of your College Gameday picks including Corso’s first FBS headgear pick of the season!

Lee Corso:
EWU over SHSU (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit:
UCF over Penn St

Desmond Howard:
Bama over WVU
FSU over Okla St
Michigan over App St
Georgia over Clemson

David Pollack:
FSU over Okla St
Bama over WVU
Michigan over App St

Colin Cowherd:
Mich St over Jax St 30-10
Ohio St over Navy 24-20
UCLA over UVA 32-22
Bama over WVU 30-13
ND over Rice 30-14
Auburn over Ark 42-17
Georgia over Clemson 28-20
USC over Fresno St 31-10
FSU over Okla St 42-14
LSU over Wisconsin -17
Oregon over S.Dakota 38-13
Washington over Hawaii 50-17

Mark May:
Ole Miss over Boise St

Brian Griese:
Ole Miss over Boise St

Todd McShay:
S.Carolina over TAMU
Georgia over Clemson

Trevor Matich:
S.Carolina over TAMU
Clemson over Georgia
LSU over Wisconsin

Ryen Russillo:
Ohio St over Navy

Robert Smith:
S.Carolina over TAMU
Michigan over App St
Ohio St over Navy
FSU over Okla St
Georgia over Clemson
OU over LaTech
LSU over Wisconsin

Pat Forde:
Colorado over CSU
Mich St over Jax St
Arizona over UNLV
UNC over Liberty
UCLA over UVA
Iowa St over ND St
KState over SFA
Mizzou over SD St
Nebraska over FAU
OU over LaTech
FSU over Okla St
Iowa over N Iowa
Michigan over App St
NW over Cal
Ohio over Kent St
Marshall over Mia(OH)
Toledo over NH
Oregon over S Dakota
USC over Fresno St
Stanford over UCD
Georgia over Clemson
Bama over WVU
Auburn over Arkansas
LSU over Wisconsin
Washington over Hawaii
Wyoming over Montana
Ohio St over Navy
ND over Rice
UCF over Penn St
Tennessee over Utah St
Baylor over SMU

Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU over Wisconsin
FSU over Okla St
Texas over UNT

Phil Steele
Bama over WVU
Marshall over MiaOH
Mich over App St
UGA over Clemson
S.Carolina over TAMU
LSU over Wisconsin
FSU over Okla St

Joey Galloway:
Georgia over Clemson

Mike Bellotti:
FSU over Okla St

Kevin Carter:
LSU over Wisconsin

Jason Sehorn:
LSU over Wisconsin
Bama over WVU
Louisville over Miami FL

Jon Berger:
Bama over WVU
Louisville over Miami FL

Jennifer’s Picks:
S.Carolina over TAMU

2013-14 Season Awards!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by gamedaycole

Yeah so it is a little bit delayed, but here are the awards for our 2013-14 season of Cole’s Gameday Blog Football Championship Stuff Edition!!!

2013-14 Bowl Co-Champions:
Phil Steele/Robert Smith (21-14). It was a down year in the Bowl Pick’em leagues, but our two champs this year include multiple Bowl Pick’em winner Robert Smith, and newcomer (to this blog) Phil Steele.

Best preseason pick of the year: Colin Cowherd, Ole Miss over Texas. It was supposed to be a bounce-back year for Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns, and nobody was predicting big things for the Ole Miss Rebels. However, Colin went out on a limb and called this one week before the season started, and was amazingly right!

Best Weeks of the Year:
Colin Cowherd, Week 9 (11-0)
Bubba Watson, Week 5 (10-0)
Jennifer’s Picks, Week 5 (13-1)
Pat Forde, Week 4 (30-3)

Worst Week of the Year:
Robert Smith, Week 8 (0-9)

Best Picks of the Year:
Lou Holtz, Week 1: NDSU over KState
Lou Holtz, Fiest Bowl: UCF over Baylor
Nobody on earth would have picked either of these upsets. Somehow Lou Holtz picked both. What does this mean? I don’t know, but it is impressive.

Upset Specialists:
Jennifer’s upset specials: 10-5, 66.67%
Mark Schlabach: 7-5, 58.33%
Todd McShay: 8-10, 44.44%
Brad Edwards: 6-8, 42.86%
Lee Corso: 2-3, 40%
Kirk Herbstreit: 1-4, 20%

2013-14 Cole’s Gameday Blog SEASON CHAMPION!!!
Pat Forde: 301-95, 76.01%
This year’s champion, Pat Forde, is unusual in the sense that not only did he finish with the strongest record amongst our competitors, but he also had the most picks of anyone this year. I would say that is strong to quite strong. The full slate of results is below, but let’s take a minute to congratulate Pat Forde for a historic season.

The first section is our true competitors this season, and the second section are those who didn’t have enough picks to qualify for the yearly awards.

Pat Forde: 301-95, 76.01%
Phil Steele: 102-36, 73.91%
Colin Cowherd: 115-43, 72.78%
Desmond Howard: 71-30, 70.30%
Jennifer’s Picks: 149-63, 70.28%
Mel Kiper Jr.: 54-27, 66.67%
Lee Corso: 128-50, 66.07%
Mike Bellotti: 26-14, 65.00%
Mark May: 46-25, 64.79%
Kirk Herbstreit: 114-63, 64.41%
Dari Nowkhah: 117-66, 63.93%
Jason Sehorn: 72-43, 62.61%
Brad Edwards: 31-19, 62.00%
Celebrity Guests: 95-60, 61.29%
Todd McShay: 65-44, 59.63%
David Pollack: 32-22, 59.26%
Mark Schlabach: 31-24, 56.36%
Robert Smith: 70-55, 56.00%
Lou Holtz: 38-31, 55.07%

Tim Cowlishaw: 3-0, 100.00%
Tim Tebow: 1-0, 100.00%
Kevin Blackistone: 1-0, 100.00%
Charles Arbuckle: 26-5, 83.87%
Ivan Maisel: 16-5, 76.19%
Chris Fowler: 12-4, 75.00%
Trevor Matich: 29-10, 74.36%
Tom Luginbill: 24-10, 70.59%
Paul Finebaum: 15-7, 68.18%
Bill Plaschke: 4-2, 66.67%
Matt Millen: 5-3, 62.50%
Ryen Russillo: 23-14, 62.16%
Danny Kanell: 12-8, 60.00%
Joey Galloway: 3-2, 60.00%
Andre Ware: 3-2, 60.00^
Jesse Palmer: 14-10, 58.33%
Skip Bayless: 9-7, 56.25%
Brian Griese: 21-18, 53.85%
Ed Cunningham: 18-17, 51.43%
Chris Fallia: 11-11, 50.00%
Kevin Carter: 4-4, 50.00%
Scott Van Pelt: 3-3, 50.00%
Woody Paige: 2-2, 50.00%
JA Adande: 1-1, 50.00%
Mike Golic: 1-1, 50.00%
Stephen A. Smith: 1-1, 50.00%
Matt Stinchcomb: 7-8, 46.67%
Brock Huard: 2-3, 40.00%
Jackie MacMullen: 0-1, 0.00%
Mike Greenberg: 0-2, 0.00%
Rod Gilmore: 0-4, 0.00%

2013-14 Bowl Season: Results are in! #bowlmania

Posted on January 11, 2014 by gamedaycole

In this reporter’s opinion, the 2013-14 Bowl Season was one that upfront looked like a disapointing schedule, yet turned out to be one of the more exciting bowl seasons I can remember. The BCS era definitely went out with a bang thanks to four of five major upsets, and a championship game which will be remembered for a long time. However, our panel of experts struggled this year with the bowl picks. For reference, the previous bowl season champions are:

2006-2007 Bowl Season Champion: Howie Schwab @ 24-8, 75%
2007-2008 Bowl Season Champion: Colin Cowherd @ 25-7, 78.1%
2008-2009 Bowl Season Champion: Pat Forde @ 17-10, 63%
2009-2010 Bowl Season Champion: Jesse Palmer @ 18-16, 52.9%
2010-2011 Bowl Season Champion: Todd McShay @ 20-11, 64.52%
2011-2012 Bowl Season Champion: Tony Reali @ 25-10, 71.43%
2012-13 Bowl Season Co-Champions: Robert Smith & Jennifer, 25-10, 71.43%

So some years are up and others are down. This wasn’t quite as bad as the 2009-10 season when Jesse Palmer won the championship basically because I already ordered the trophy and had to send it to somebody. However, this year I would like to present to you a set of co-champions for the second year in a row. This year’s winners are last year’s co-champion Robert Smith and newcomer Phil Steele. They went 21-14 this season, which is low for a champion, but this is also a year in which none of our main competitors (defined as those who picked all 35 games) finished with a losing record. It was a very tight group. Check out the records below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this year in the bowl games.

Qualifying Competitors:
Phil Steele: 21-14
Robert Smith: 21-14
Dari Nowkhah: 20-15
Jennifer’s Picks: 20-15
Pat Forde: 20-15
Todd McShay: 19-16
Mark Schlabach: 18-17
Ed Cunningham: 18-17

Others receiving votes:
Mel Kiper Jr.: 1-0
Mike Golic: 1-0
Chris Fowler: 1-0
Trevor Matich: 1-0
Tim Tebow: 1-0
Brad Edwards: 1-0
Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
Bill Plaschke: 1-0
Ivan Maisel: 1-0
Stephen A Smith: 1-0
Andre Ware: 3-2
Joey Galloway: 3-2
Matt Millen: 3-2
David Pollack: 7-7
Brian Griese: 3-3
Magic Johnson: 3-3
Ryen Russillo: 2-2
Kirk Herbstreit: 6-7
Lee Corso: 4-5
Desmond Howard: 2-3
Kevin Carter: 2-3
Brock Huard: 2-3
Danny Kanell: 3-4
Jesse Palmer: 3-5
Mark May: 2-4
Lou Holtz: 2-4
Mike Bellotti: 1-4
Tom Luginbill: 1-4
Matt Stinchcomb: 1-4
Colin Cowherd: 1-5
Mike Greenberg: 0-1
Paul Finebaum: 0-1
Skip Bayless: 0-1
Woody Paige: 0-1
Jackie MacMullen: 0-1
Rod Gilmore: 0-4