Week 12 2015: Weekday college football picks! #cfb #ohiostate #michiganstate

It is week 12 of our college football season and frankly I don’t know where the time has gone.  It seems like yesterday that the season was kicking off, we were SURE Leonard Fournette was guaranteed a Heisman, we weren’t sure whether it was TCU or Baylor which was the best team in the Big 12, and Steve Sarkisian was primed to return USC to glory.  Somehow we ended up here.  All of that said, it is week 12 and that means it is time for week 12 picks.  We will be updating Thursday and Friday as more picks come into our pick center, so check back often for all of your favorites including Colin Cowherd, Phil Steele’s latest, and anyone else we can find along the way.

Andrea Adelson:
Miami FL over GT
Louisville over Pitt
Duke over UVA
UNC over VT
NC St over Syracuse
FSU over Tennessee-Chattanooga
Clemson over Wake Forest
Notre Dame over BC

Charles Arbuckle:
Ohio St over Mich St
Okla St over Baylor
OU over TCU
Michigan over Penn St
Ole Miss over LSU
UNC over VT

Skip Bayless:
Ohio St over Mich St

Mike Bellotti:
Ohio St over Mich St

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

Kevin Carter:
UNC over VaTech
Ohio St over Mich St
OU over TCU
Baylor over Okla St
Utah over UCLA
LSU over Ole Miss
Clemson over Wake Forest
Notre Dame over BC
Iowa over Purdue

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Ohio St over Mich St 38-25
Okla St over Baylor 41-40
Utah over UCLA 27-20
Ole Miss over LSU 24-17
Ohio St vs Michigan Over 51
Okla St vs Baylor Over 80
Utah-2 vs UCLA
Ole Miss-4 vs LSU

Colin Cowherd:
Michigan over Penn St (by 7)
Ohio St over Mich St (close)
Baylor over Okla St
OU over TCU
LSU over Ole Miss
Wisconsin over NW
UCLA over Utah
Oregon over USC 30-25

Heather Dinich:
Iowa over Purdue
VaTech over UNC

Chris Doering:
Mizzou over Tennessee 24-20
Vanderbilt over TAMU 20-17
Arkansas over Miss St 31-30
Ole Miss over LSU 33-27

Chris Fallica:
Ohio St over Mich St 38-21
Okla St over Baylor 41-31
UNC over VaTech 28-24
TAMU over Vanderbilt 20-17
Georgia over Georgia Southern 35-24
GaTech over Miami FL 38-27
Ohio St-13.5 vs Mich St
Okla St over Baylor PK
VaTech+6 vs UNC
Vanderbilt+7 vs TAMU
Georgia Southern+15.5 vs Georgia
GaTech+1 vs Miami Fl

Paul Finebaum:
Ohio St over Mich St
TAMU over Vanderbilt

Pat Forde:
Ohio St over Mich St 24-14
Baylor over Okla St 42-35
OU over TCU 41-28
VT over UNC 31-30
Michigan over Penn St 24-21
Houston over Connecticut 31-21
UCLA over Utah 27-24
Oregon over USC 38-31
Ole Miss over LSU 26-24
Boise St over AF 37-24

Joey Galloway:
Ohio St over Mich St
Okla St over Baylor
OU over TCU

Mike Greenberg:
Iowa over Purdue
Ohio St over Mich St

Mike Golic:
Iowa over Purdue

Lou Holtz:
Okla St over Baylor
OU over TCU
Ohio St over Mich St

Danny Kanell:
Houston over Connecticut
Iowa over Purdue
OU over TCU
ECU over UCF
Ohio St over Mich St
Okla St over Baylor
Notre Dame over BC
Okla St-1 vs Baylor
Mich St+14 vs Ohio St

Trevor Matich:
Ohio St over Mich St
OU over TCU
UNC over VT
Michigan over Penn St
USC over Oregon

Greg McElroy:
Clemson over Wake Forest
Ohio State over Mich St
Iowa over Purdue

Booger McFarland:
Clemson over Wake Forest
Tennessee over Mizzou 21-14
TAMU over Vanderbilt 24-14
Arkansas over Miss St 31-17
Ole Miss over LSU 28-24

Bill Plaschke:
Mich St over Ohio St

David Pollack:
OU over TCU

Ryen Russillo:
Ohio St over Mich St
Ohio St-14 vs Mich St
Okla St-1 vs Baylor

Mark Schlabach:
Okla St over Baylor
Notre Dame over Boston College

Jason Sehorn:
Ohio St over Mich St
Alabama over Charleston Southern
Clemson over Wake Forest
Iowa over Purdue
Okla St over Baylor
OU over TCU

Robert Smith:
Ohio St over Mich St
OU over TCU
UNC over VT
Michigan over Penn St
USC over Oregon
Okla St over Baylor

Phil Steele:
Ohio St over Mich St (by 14)
LSU over Ole Miss
VaTech over UNC
Baylor over Okla St
OU over TCU
UCLA over Utah
Wisconsin over NW
Houston over UConn (close)
Temple over Memphis
VaTech+6.5 vs UNC
Purdue+22.5 vs Iowa

Matt Stinchcomb:
Auburn over Idaho
LSU over Ole Miss

Clint Stoerner:
Alabama over Charleston Southern
Florida over FAU
Auburn over Idaho
Ole Miss over LSU

Scott Van Pelt:
VT+5 vs UNC
Penn St+3.5 vs Michigan
Miss St+4.5 vs Arkansas
Vanderbilt+6.5 vs TAMU
UCLA+1.5 vs Utah

Andre Ware:
Ohio St over Mich St

 

 

 

2014-15 Bowl Season: Results are in! #cfbplayoff #cfbchampionship #bowlmania

The 2014-15 Bowl season has come to an end, which I guess means the actual season has come to an end, but let’s focus on bowl season for now.  As you know, the majority of pickers went with the 6-point-underdog Buckeyes to beat Oregon, but how about the rest of the games?  We will start off by crowning the 2014-15 Bowl Season champion.  Coming in with a record of 25-14 is 2012-13 Bowl Season champion, and 2013-14 Bowl Season co-champion, Robert Smith.  That is three years in a row winning or splitting the bowl season championship, so we are certainly impressed.  Here he is at our awards ceremony claiming his award!

Robert Smith: 2014-15 Bowl Champion!
Robert Smith: 2014-15 Bowl Champion!

Other than that, the records of our qualifying competitors are listed below:

Qualifying Pickers:
Robert Smith: 25-14
Mark Schlabach: 23-16
Ed Cunningham: 22-17
Phil Steele: 21-17 (no championship pick)
Todd McShay: 20-19
Jennifer’s Picks: 20-19
Cole’s Picks: 20-19
Stanford Steve: 19-20
Pat Forde: 17-22

And everyone else:
Charles Arbuckle: 4-4
Skip Bayless: 1-2
Mike Bellotti: 1-1
Jon Berger: 2-4
Kevin Blackistone: 1-0
Mack Brown: 1-2
Kevin Carter: 1-5
Charley the Cat: 1-1
Gene Chizik: 0-2
Lee Corso: 5-3
Colin Cowherd: 3-4
Tim Cowlishaw: 3-0
Butch Davis: 0-3
Heather Dinich: 13-7
Brad Edwards: 5-5
Chris Fallica: 10-7
Paul Finebaum: 2-5
Joey Galloway: 7-2
Rod Gilmore: 2-0
Mike Golic: 1-3
Mike Greenberg: 1-2
Brian Griese: 0-1
Kirk Herbstreiet: 8-9
Lou Holtz: 8-3
Desmond Howard: 4-7
Brock Huard: 0-2
Danny Kanell: 8-5
Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-1
Tom Luginbill: 0-3
Ivan Maisel: 0-3
Trevor Matich: 3-6
Mark May: 0-2
Greg McElroy: 2-2
Booger McFarland: 1-2
Brett McMurphy: 1-2
Matt Millen: 2-1
Brent Musberger: 1-0
Dari Nowkhah: 0-3
Woody Paige: 1-0
Jesse Palmer: 0-3
Bill Plaschke: 0-1
David Pollack: 2-7
Ryen Russillo: 0-1
Bob Ryan: 1-0
Stephen A. Smith: 1-0
Marcus Spears: 2-3
Matt Stinchcomb: 1-1
Tim Tebow: 1-3
Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
Andre Ware: 1-2

Congratulations to everyone above for a great showing this year, or at least trying.  We are hard at work computing records to crown the season championship, so stay tuned for at least one more update!

2014-15 College football championship results! #cfbplayoff #cfbchampionship

Last night was quite a performance by the Ohio State Buckeyes, and while they were the underdog in Vegas it should be no surprise to our panel of experts we tracked here.  Our expert panel picked Ohio State to beat Oregon by a margin of 30 to 21.  So let us all join in and congratulate the following 30 experts for being such geniuses in predicting the first College Football Playoff champion!

Picked Ohio State:
Steve Addazio
Skip Bayless
Kevin Blackistone
Todd Blackledge
Charley the Cat
Lee Corso (headgear pick)
Stanford Steve Coughlin
Colin Cowherd
Tim Cowlishaw
Brad Edwards
Chris Fallica
Joey Galloway
Mike Greenberg
Brady Hoke
Lou Holtz
Brian Kelly
Mel Kiper Jr.
Tom Luginbill
Booger McFarland
Todd McShay
Matt Millen
Brent Musberger
Woody Paige
David Pollack
Bob Ryan
Mark Schlabach
Robert Smith
Stephen A. Smith
Marcus Spears
Scott Van Pelt

And with all wins, there must be losses.  Let us hang our heads in shame for all of the experts who took the favorite.

Picked Oregon:
Charles Arbuckle
Mike Bellotti
Mack Brown
Kevin Carter
Butch Davis
Heather Dinich
Paul Finebaum
Pat Forde
Mike Golic
Brian Griese
Desmond Howard
Jennifer
Danny Kanell
Ivan Maisel
Trevor Matich
Mark May
Brett McMurphy
Dari Nowkhah
Jesse Palmer
Bill Plaschke
Ryen Russillo

Good game ladies and gentlemen.  We will be tallying up bowl season records shortly, and then we will be crowning the 2014-15 GamedayCole.com season champion!