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2016-17 College Football Preseason Predictions MEGA-POST! #cfb #cfbplayoff

Posted on August 26, 2016 by gamedaycole

Welcome back guys and gals. We are sitting here watching official Week 0 college football with Cal and Hawaii battling it out in Australia and we could not be more excited. For this reason, we are here with a late night Friday night post which will be our penultimate preseason MEGA-POST!!!! Tomorrow we will be back with the greatest of college football traditions: the College Gameday Season Preview. Until then, check out the full slate of insane predictions below. Many of them came waaaay too early to take seriously, and I don’t count these in any official record, but it sure is fun to look at now and it is even MORE fun to look back at these in January. Enjoy.

Andrea Adelson: espn.com 8/23
Final four: Alabama over FSU, Clemson over Stanford
Clemson over Alabama for championship

Charles Arbuckle: ACC Preview 8/23
Pitt ACC Surprise Team
Miami FL Overhyped ACC Team
UNC to win ACC Coastal
Clemson to win ACC Atlantic
UCLA best chance for Pac-12 to make playoff

Mike Bellotti: ACC Preview 8/23
Miami FL ACC Surprise team
Louisville Overhyped ACC team
Miami FL to win ACC Coastal
Clemson to win ACC Atlantic
Stanford best chance for Pac-12 to make playoff
Final Four: Clemson, Alabama, OU, Ohio St

Kevin Carter:
Clemson to win championship (ESPN the Magazine preview 8/8)
Tennessee 10-2 (SEC Preview 8/22)
Florida 10 wins
Alabama over 10 wins
Chad Kelly SEC POY
Bama to win SEC
Baker Mayfield Big 12 POY
OU to win Big 12

Stanford Steve Coughlin: (Behind the Bets podcast 8/9)
LSU/Tennessee winner, Clemson, Ohio St, FSU to make playoff
UCF over 5 wins (#1 value bet)
Kansas over 1.5 wins
OU under 10 wins
TCU to win Big 12
UNC over 8.5 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
SDSU over 8.5 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Mich St over 7.5 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Michigan under 10 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Alabama under 10 wins (regular season) R&K 8/24
Alabama under 10 wins (Behind the Bets Podcast 8/26)
Clemson over ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
OU under 10 wins
FSU over 9.5 wins
LSU to go 10-2, no play on 10 win total
Ohio St over 9.5 wins
Stanford under 8.5 wins
Tennessee under 9.5 wins
Notre Dame over 9.5 wins
UCLA over 8.5 wins
Washington over ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
Iowa over 8.5 wins

Colin Cowherd:
Iowa over 8.5 wins (Twitter 8/19)

Heather Dinich: espn.com 8/23
Final four: LSU over OU, Clemson over ND
Clemson over ND for championship

Chris Fallica: (Behind the Bets podcast 8/9)
Alabama, Clemson, Ohio St, Notre Dame to make playoff
Wake Forest over 5.5 wins
LSU under 10 wins
Tennessee under 10 wins
TCU to win Big 12
Alabama over 10 wins (Behind the Bets podcast 8/26)
Clemson over ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
OU under 10 wins
FSU under 10 wins
LSU under 10 wins
Ohio St over 9.5 wins
Stanford over 8.5 wins
Michigan under 10 wins
Tennessee under 9.5 wins
Notre Dame over 9.5 wins
UCLA over 8.5 wins
Washington under ?? wins (didn’t give a total)
Louisville over 8.5 wins

Paul Finebaum: (SEC NATION PREVIEW 8/17)
Bama over Tennessee in SEC Championship
Kentucky to have 6 or 7 wins this year
Alabama and Clemson to the National Championship (CFB Live 8/22)

Joey Galloway:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins (10-2)
UCLA to win championship
ESPNU Path to the Playoff (8/16)
LSU to win SEC
Clemson to go undefeated
Clemson to win ACC
Ohio St to win Big 10
UCLA to win Pac 12
Big 12 to miss playoff
TCU as sleeper to make playoff

Kirk Herbstreit:
Final Four: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio St, TCU (Finebaum 8/25 on Twitter)

Desmond Howard:
Michigan to win Big 10 (CFB Live 8/23)

Danny Kanell:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins
Nobody undefeated
Clemson to win championship
ESPNU Path to the Playoff (8/16)
LSU to win SEC West
Georgia to win SEC
Clemson loses to FSU but wins ACC
Michigan to win Big10
OU to win Big 12 (not undefeated)
UCLA to win Pac 12
Big 10 to miss playoff
Nobody will go undefeated
UNC sleeper to make playoff

Mel Kiper Jr.: (Dari & Mel 8/20)
Ohio St to win the Big 10
Indiana as Big 10 sleeper
Michigan St and Iowa overrated
JT Barrett Big 10 player of the year
Tennessee to win the SEC
TAMU as the SEC sleeper
Ole Miss overrated
Jalen Hurd as SEC player of the year
FSU to win the ACC
Louisville as the ACC sleeper
Miami (FL) overrated
Dalvin Cook ACC Player of the Year
Oklahoma to win Big 12
TCU as Big 12 sleeper
Oklahoma State overrated
Baker Mayfield Big 12 player of the year
Oregon to win Pac 12
Colorado as Pac 12 sleeper
USC overrated
Royce Freeman Pac 12 player of the year-
Final Four: Tennessee, Ohio State, FSU, Oklahoma
Oklahoma to win championship over FSU

Tom Luginbill:
FSU to win championship (ESPN the Magazine preview 8/8)
Tennessee 10-2 (SEC Preview 8/23)
Georgia 7-5
Kentucky to make bowl game, 6 wins
L Fournette SEC POY
LSU to win SEC
Iowa to win Big 10 West
Ohio St to win the Big 10 East
JT Barrett Big 10 POY
Ohio St to win Big 10
Final four: Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Ohio St

Ivan Maisel: espn.com 8/23
Final Four: Clemson over FSU, OU over Alabama
Clemson over OU for championship

Greg McElroy: Arkansas Preview 8/22
Alabama to go 11-1
Auburn to go 6-6
Georgia to go 7-5
S.Carolina to go 4-8
Tennessee to go 10-2

Booger McFarland: Dari & Mel 8/20
LSU to win SEC
Florida as SEC Sleeper
TAMU overrated
Leonard Fournette as the SEC player of the year
Mich St to win Big 10 (CFB Live 8/23)
LSU to go 11-1
S.Carolina to go 4-8

Todd McShay:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins (11-1)
Clemson to win championship
Texas over ND (Week 1)

Dari Nowkhah: (Dari & Mel 8/20)
Ohio St to win the Big 10
Nebraska as the Big 10 sleeper
Michigan overrated
JT Barrett Big 10 Player of the Year
LSU to win the SEC
Georgia the SEC sleeper
Tennessee overrated
Jonathan Allen SEC player of the year
FSU to win the ACC
UNC the ACC sleeper
Clemson overrated (only because they won’t win the ACC)
Dalvin Cook ACC player of the year
Oklahoma to win Big 12
Baylor as Big 12 sleeper
TCU overrated
Baker Mayfield Big 12 player of the year
Oregon to win Pac 12
Washington St as Pac 12 sleeper
UCLA overrated
Royce Freeman Pac 12 player of the year
Final Four: Oklahoma, Clemson, LSU, FSU
Clemson to have one loss
FSU undefeated
FSU over LSU to win championship

David Pollack:
ESPNU Schedule Analysis Show (8/16)
Alabama over 9.5 wins
Alabama to win championship
ESPNU Path to the Playoff (8/16)
Alabama to win SEC
Ohio St to win Big 10 (CFB Live 8/23)
TCU to win Big 12
Stanford to win Pac 12
Pac 12 to miss playoff
Louisville a sleeper to make playoff

Jordan Rodgers:
Florida to go 8-4
Kentucky to go 6-6
Ole Miss to go 9-3
Mizzou to go 4-8

Ryen Russillo:
UNC over 8.5 wins (R&K 8/24)

Mark Schlabach: (espn.com 8/8)
Alabama to win championship over Michigan (espn.com 8/23)
Final Four: Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, OU
Deshaun Watson to win Heisman
Pac-12 Left out of playoff
Michigan to beat Ohio St, win Big 10
Tom Herman hired by a Power 5 school by 12/1
Tennessee to win SEC East, but won’t be Florida
Big 12 to add 2 teams (probably Houston/Cinci)
SDSU undefeated

Jason Sehorn:
Iowa to win Big 10 West
Ohio St to win Big 10 East
JT Barrett Big 10 POY
Ohio St to win Big 10
Baker Mayfield Big 12 POY
OU to win Big 12

Marcus Spears: (SEC NATION PREVIEW 8/17)
LSU over Tennessee in SEC Championship
Florida to go 8-4
Georgia to go 10-2
LSU to go 11-1
Miss St to go 6-6

Phil Steele: (ESPN the Magazine preview ESPNU 8/8)
Alabama, FSU, OU, LSU to make playoff
FSU to win national championship
Texas over 7 wins
Texas to win 8 games (Phil Steele podcast 8/18)
Navy over 6.5 wins (Podcast 8/18)
Navy to win 8

Matt Stinchcomb:
Mizzou to go 5-7
Tennessee to go 10-2

Clint Stoerner: Arkansas Preview 8/22
Alabama to go 11-1
Arkansas to go
Arkansas to beat Florida
LSU over Arkansas
Auburn to go 6-6
Kentucky to go 8-4
Ole Miss to go 8-4
Miss St to go 6-6

Tim Tebow: (SEC NATION PREVIEW 8/17)
Bama over Tennessee in SEC Championship

2015-16 Season results and champion Phil Steele! #cfb

Posted on January 13, 2016 by gamedaycole

The 2015-16 season of college football brought excitement and many hours wasted in front of the television, and it is with great sadness that we now enter the offseason. However, that also means that it is time to crown the 2015-16 GAMEDAYCOLE.COM SEASON CHAMPION!!! Competition was fierce this year, with 4,271 picks tracked this year and an average correct pick rate of 70.03% on the season. We had 33 competitors eligible for this year’s championship, and it is without further adieu that I present to you our 2015-16 season champion, Mr. Phil Steele!

Mr. Steele finished off this season with a record of 597-174 straight up and 121-105-2 against the spread, which comes out to 77.03% straight up and 53.54% against the spread. I don’t know what his secret is to picking games. Maybe it is his computer. Maybe it is the mustache. Maybe it is the fact that he hasn’t slept since June due to football. Whatever it is, it works. Congratulations Phil. You can now add this to your long and impressive resume, and no doubt impress acquaintances at cocktail parties with this accolade.

There are plenty of other notes to get to for this season’s wrap up. As you may notice, Greg McElroy topped the straight up percentages on the year at 84.54% with a record of 82-15 on the year. While this is impressive and deserving of congratulations, he was hurt by the limited number of games he picked, and the fact that his picks are almost entirely SEC conference picks. Phil Steele had a much larger body of work, and combined with his win rate against the spread that was enough to vault him over McElroy on the season. Next year we will probably have a separate award for the experts focusing on a single conference, but it is too late to be starting that nonsense right now.

Lee Corso’s headgear picks on the year were his worst year on record. He went 6-12 on the year in the headgear picks due to some tough breaks and close losses on underdogs. Charley the Cat had a season on par with Coach Corso, and ended up squeezing out a 7-11 season to beat Corso on the year picking games. Gameday Jen had her best season on record, going 153-59 (72.17%) on the year, so watch out Phil; she is coming for you! Maybe next year we’ll have her pick against the spread and make us some money. Our Gameday guest celebrities had an abysmal year at 56.39% picking games straight up this year. Maybe you shouldn’t be trusting Rick Ross, the Philly Phanatic, or Eric Church for your betting advice after all.

You can see the full rankings below to see how everyone else did on the year. We will be putting together a recap of preseason predictions this week to see how great everyone’s preseason picks surely went, so keep an eye out for that and much more to come.

	Straight Up	SU %	ATS	ATS %
Greg McElroy	82-15	84.54%
Phil Steele	597-174	77.03%	121-105-2	53.54%
Paul Finebaum	78-27	74.29%
Pat Forde	256-89	73.99%
Andrea Adelson	84-30	73.68%
Booger McFarland	80-32	72.73%
Tim Tebow	45-17	72.58%
Trevor Matich	68-26	72.34%	14-21-1	40.00%
Jennifer	153-59	72.17%
Jason Sehorn	82-33	71.30%
Kirk Herbstreit	120-49	71.01%
Marcus Spears	55-23	70.51%
Brad Edwards	89-38	70.08%	22-20-1	52.38%
Colin Cowherd	73-32	69.52%
David Pollack	71-32	68.93%
Joey Galloway	93-43	68.38%
Robert Smith	49-23	68.06%	10-17-0	37.04%
Mark May	23-11	67.65%
Kevin Carter	38-19	66.67%
Jon Berger	32-16	66.67%
Todd McShay	33-17	66.00%
Danny Kanell	88-47	65.19%	20-23-0	46.51%
Desmond Howard	111-60	64.91%
Chris Fallica	77-42	64.71%	71-67-3	51.45%
Lee Corso	101-56	64.33%
Ryen Russillo	46-27	63.01%	23-19-0	54.76%
Scott Van Pelt	5-3	62.50%	34-35	49.28%
Joel Klatt	105-64	62.13%
Celebrity Guests	75-58	56.39%
Dari Nowhkah	46-36	56.10%	10-8-0	55.56%
Lou Holtz	13-11	54.17%
Stanford Steve Coughlin	42-37	53.16%	40-44-3	48.19%

Season Average	2925-1250	70.06%	365-359-10	50.41%

2012 Season: First half report card time!

Posted on October 16, 2012 by gamedaycole

Well well well, its about the halfway point of the regular season, so I figured it was time to send report cards home to the parents of all our football experts below. I’m issuing a 14 point curve for everyone, so adjust the scores below accordingly to get their letter grade. I’ve only included experts with ten or more picks because who cares if someone is 2-0 for the season? Not me, that’s who. Lou Holtz is off to a surprise lead among those regularly picking every week. However, there is a lot of football left to be played, and most years championships are won and dreams are crushed during bowl season, so this thing is far from over. I expect these report cards to be signed and returned to my desk by 8AM Monday morning. That especially includes you Brian Griese. I don’t want to have another talk with Bob Griese about your performance, because Mark May is not a tough man to beat heads up picking games. Enjoy.

Ryen Russillo: 12-2, 85.71% A+
Lou Holtz: 25-5, 83.33% A+
Tom Luginbill: 29-9, 76.32% A-
Pat Forde: 153-50, 75.37% B+
Brad Edwards: 12-4, 75% B+
Dari Nowkhah: 40-14, 74.07% B+
Mark Schlabach: 8-3, 72.73% B+
Colin Cowherd: 37-14, 72.55% B+
Jason Sehorn: 25-10, 71.43% B
Mel Kiper JR.: 15-6, 71.43% B
Kirk Herbstreit: 59-25, 70.24% B
David Pollack: 40-17, 70.18% B
Charlie Arbuckle: 9-4, 69.23% B-
Lee Corso: 55-25, 68.75% B-
Christian Fauria: 43-20, 68.25% B-
Mike Bellotti: 21-10, 67.74% B-
Jennifer’s Picks: 58-34, 63.04% C+
Trevor Matich: 25-15, 62.5% C+
Robert Smith: 41-25, 62.12% C+
Desmond Howard: 41-28, 59.42% C-
Danny Kanell: 13-9, 59.09% C-
Mark May: 21-15, 58.33% C-
Todd McShay: 8-8, 50% D
Brian Griese: 11-12, 47.83% F (just because… come on man)