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2014-15 College Football Championship picks! #cfbplayoff #cfbchampionship #ohiostate #oregonducks

Posted on January 10, 2015 by gamedaycole

It seems like yesterday we were just starting this 2014-15 season of college football, and yet here we are with one game left. The first ever FBS college football playoff champion will be crowned in Arlington, Tx Monday night in the matchup between Oregon and Ohio State. Along with a game of this magnitude comes more picks than you could possibly handle (or at least a lot). Anyone and everyone ESPN can trot out there on one of their networks wants to get a pick in on this game, so we will be tracking them and updating this post with the most up to date picks available.

Our current group of picks from our experts are standing at 28 to 20 in favor of the UNDERDOG Ohio State, including a final parting shot from Brady Hoke who predicted “Ohio” to beat Oregon Monday night. Check back over the next 48 hours leading up to the game for the latest updates to see who your favorite (or most hated) personality picked in the biggest game in college football history.

Steve Addazio:
Ohio St over Oregon (Championship Drive 1/11)

Charles Arbuckle:
Oregon over Ohio St (Twitter 1/7)

Charles Arbuckle's pick — Charles Arbuckle’s pick

Skip Bayless:
Oregon over Ohio St 30-28 (First Take 1/12)

Mike Bellotti:
Oregon over Ohio St (CFB Daily 1/6)

Kevin Blackistone:
Ohio St over Oregon (ATH 1/12)

Todd Blackledge:
Ohio St over Oregon (Championship Drive 1/11)

Mack Brown:
Oregon over Ohio St (Championship Drive 1/11)

Kevin Carter:
Oregon over Ohio St (Film Room 1/12)

Charley the Cat:
Ohio St over Oregon (Twitter 1/12)

Lee Corso:
Ohio St over Oregon (Headgear pick, Gameday 1/12)

Corso's headgear pick! — Corso’s headgear pick!

“Stanford” Steve Coughlin:
Ohio St over Oregon 38-32 (espn.com 1/9)

Colin Cowherd:
Ohio St over Oregon 38-34 (The Herd 1/12)

Tim Cowlishaw:
Ohio St over Oregon 38-30 (ESPN Radio 103.3 1/12)

Butch Davis:
Oregon over Ohio St (Championship Drive 1/11)

Heather Dinich:
Oregon over Ohio St (Championship Drive Podcast 1/9)

Brad Edwards:
Ohio St over Oregon (SVP & Russillo 1/12)

Chris Fallica:
Ohio St over Oregon 34-24 (espn.com 1/9)

Paul Finebaum:
Oregon over Ohio St (The Herd 1/2, Olbermann 1/12)

Pat Forde:
Oregon over Ohio St (Twitter 1/1)

Joey Galloway:
Ohio St over Oregon 35-28 (Sportscenter 1/10, CFB Daily 1/11)

Joey Galloway's pick — Joey Galloway’s pick

Rod Gilmore:
Ohio St over Oregon (Towny & Zakariah 1/9)

Mike Golic:
Oregon over Ohio St (Mike & Mike 1/12)

Mike Greenberg:
Ohio St over Oregon (Mike & Mike 1/12)

Brian Griese:
Oregon over Ohio St (SVP 1/9, Championship Drive 1/11)

Brady Hoke:
“Ohio” over Oregon (CFB Live 1/8)

Lou Holtz:
Ohio St over Oregon (SVP 1/9, Championship Drive 1/11)

Desmond Howard:
Oregon over Ohio St (Gameday 1/12)

Jennifer’s Pick:
Oregon over Ohio St (Our couch, 1/12)

Danny Kanell:
Oregon over Ohio St 41-33 (Mike & Mike 1/2, SVP 1/7, SVP 1/9, Sportscenter 1/10)

Brian Kelly:
Ohio St over Oregon (SVP 1/8)

Mel Kiper Jr.:
Ohio St over Oregon 38-37 (Dari & Mel 1/10)

Tom Luginbill:
Ohio St over Oregon (CFB Daily 1/6)

Ivan Maisel:
Oregon over Ohio St (Championship Drive Podcast 1/9)

Mark May:
Oregon over Ohio St

Booger McFarland:
Ohio St over Oregon 35-31 (Twitter 1/11)

Booger McFarland's pick — Booger McFarland’s pick

Trevor Matich:
Oregon over Ohio St (College Gameday radio 1/12)

Brett McMurphy:
Oregon over Ohio St 48-34 (espn.com 1/12)

Todd McShay:
Ohio St over Oregon (CFB Championship preview 1/10)

Matt Millen:
Ohio St over Oregon (CFB Daily 1/6)

Brent Musberger:
Ohio St over Oregon (103.3 ESPN Radio 1/12)

Dari Nowkhah:
Oregon over Ohio St 41-31 (Dari & Mel 1/10)

Woody Paige:
Ohio St over Oregon (ATH 1/12)

Jesse Palmer:
Oregon over Ohio St (SVP 1/9, CFB Daily 1/11)

Bill Plaschke:
Oregon over Ohio St (Around The Horn 1/9)

David Pollack:
Ohio St over Oregon (CFB Championship preview 1/10)

David Pollack's Pick — David Pollack’s Pick

Ryen Russillo:
Oregon over Ohio St (SVP 1/7)
Oregon-6 vs Ohio St (SVP 1/9)

Bob Ryan:
Ohio St over Oregon (ATH 1/12)

Mark Schlabach:
Ohio St over ORegon 34-31 (espn.com 1/12)

Robert Smith:
Ohio St over Oregon 48-38 (twitter 1/12)

Robert Smith's pick — Robert Smith’s pick

Stephen A. Smith:
Ohio St over Oregon (First Take 1/9)

Marcus Spears:
Ohio St over Oregon (Twitter 1/12)

Marcus Spears' pick — Marcus Spears’ pick

Scott Van Pelt:
Ohio St over Oregon (SVP 1/12)
Ohio St+6 vs Oregon (SVP 1/9)

Week 15 2014: Championship week picks are graded, results are in! #cfb #cfbplayoff

Posted on December 10, 2014 by gamedaycole

Week 15 promised drama and it delivered after the championship games were complete and the playoff seeding was announced. You may love it, or you may hate it, but you didn’t come here to see my opinions on the college football playoff. You came for picks and results, so here they are.

Winners this week include David Pollack (4-0), Greg McElroy (5-0), Lou Holtz (4-1), Stephen A. Smith (5-0), Robert Smith (5-0), Jon Berger (4-1) and Jason Sehorn (5-1). This week’s champion will be Phil Steele, who got things back on track in a big way after last week, going 10-1 on the week this week.

Losers this week included Todd McShay (1-2), Heather Dinich (0-2), and Brett McMurphy (1-2). Since nobody had a horrible week, the three of them can share the honor.

Lee Corso went with the underdog road team Kansas State over Baylor for his headgear pick, and that did not work out too well. Charley the Cat took Baylor, so she gains another game on Corso. Special guest picker Mike Singletary had a pretty good week at 5-2, but had perhaps the worst pick of all time calling for Iowa State to upset TCU; a game which ended 55-3 in favor of TCU. Jennifer had another winner this week at 5-3 as well. Everyone else is somewhere in the middle, so check out the full slate below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Lee Corso: 6-3
WRONG OU over Okla St
WRONG UConn over SMU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
WRONG KState over Baylor (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 6-2
WRONG OU over Okla St
WRONG UConn over SMU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Desmond Howard: 6-3
WRONG OU over Okla St
WRONG UConn over SMU
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Mike Singletary: 5-2
RIGHT Houston over Cinci
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
WRONG Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Jennifer’s Picks: 5-3
WRONG OU over Okla St
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St
RIGHT Cinci over Houston
WRONG GaTech over FSU (upset special)
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Charley the Cat: 1-0
RIGHT Baylor over KState

David Pollack: 4-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Greg McElroy: 5-0
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Lou Holtz: 4-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
IGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG KState over Baylor
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Dari Nowkhah: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Brett McMurphy: 1-2
WRONG Mizzou over Alabama 17-13
RIGHT Temple over Tulane
WRONG UConn over SMU

Pat Forde: 2-2
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Baylor over KState
WRONG GaTech over FSU
WRONG Wisconsin over OhioSt

Tim Tebow: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Marcus Spears: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Paul Finebaum: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Booger McFarland: 2-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 42-28
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St

Mack Brown: 2-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Gene Chizik: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 35-17

Tom Luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Bill Plaschke: 1-0
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Kevin Blackistone: 0-1
WRONG Arizona over Oregon

Colin Cowherd: 4-2
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona 43-27
RIGHT TCU ove Iowa St 52-17
RIGHT Baylor over KState 33-30
WRONG GaTech over FSU 36-30
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St 33-23
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 28-13

Phil Steele: 10-1
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 42-34
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin 31-30
RIGHT Baylor over KState 41-28
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 34-16
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona 41-31
RIGHT Marshall over La Tech 40-33
RIGHT Boise St over Fresno St 48-27
RIGHT NIU over BGSU 34-30
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St 54-16
WRONG UConn over SMU 24-17
RIGHT Temple over Tulane 17-16

Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou

Ryen Russillo: 3-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin

Skip Bayless: 3-2
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 35-33
WRONG Arizona over Oregon 34-33
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St 20-17
RIGHT Baylor over KState 30-26
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 45-14

Stephen A. Smith: 5-0
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 28-24
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona 34-28
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin 24-23
RIGHT Baylor over KState 41-37
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 33-24

Robert Smith: 5-0
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin

Mark May: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Brian Griese: 3-1
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Heather Dinich: 0-2
WRONG GaTech over FSU
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Mike Bellotti: 3-1
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Charles Arbuckle: 3-1
RIGHT Bama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over GaTech
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Chris Fallica: 3-0
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou 31-20
RIGHT FSU over GaTech 38-24
RIGHT Baylor over KState 38-35

Todd McShay: 1-2
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
WRONG KState over Baylor
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Trevor Matich: 2-2
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St
RIGHT Baylor over KState
WRONG Arizona over Oregon
RIGHT FSU over GT

Danny Kanell: 2-1
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona

Ryan McGee: 2-2
WRONG GT over FSU
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG Wisconsin over Ohio St

Jon Berger: 4-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Baylor over KState

Jason Sehorn: 5-1
RIGHT Alabama over Mizzou
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG GaTech over FSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Wisconsin
RIGHT Baylor over KState
RIGHT TCU over Iowa St

Joey Galloway: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over GaTech

Week 15 2014: Weekday college picks! #championshipweek #cfb #cfbplayoff

Posted on December 4, 2014 by gamedaycole

We may be running late with the picks this week, but it is Thursday night so that means weekday college picks are here for you. The slate is a little light this week for obvious reasons, but the games couldn’t be any bigger leading up to the first ever college football playoff. That means THESE PICKS COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT TO YOUR LIFE! Or you can just look at them too.

Colin Cowherd:
Oregon over Arizona 43-27
TCU ove Iowa St 52-17
Baylor over KState 33-30
GaTech over FSU 36-30
Wisconsin over Ohio St 33-23
Alabama over Mizzou 28-13

Phil Steele:
FSU over GaTech 42-34
Ohio St over Wisconsin 31-30
Baylor over KState 41-28
Alabama over Mizzou 34-16
Oregon over Arizona 41-31
Marshall over La Tech 40-33
TCU over Iowa St
Boise St over Fresno St 48-27
NIU over BGSU 34-30

Scott Van Pelt:
Alabama over Mizzou

Ryen Russillo:
Alabama over Mizzou
FSU over GaTech
Ohio St over Wisconsin

Skip Bayless:
FSU over GaTech 35-33
Arizona over Oregon 34-33
Wisconsin over Ohio St 20-17
Baylor over KState 30-26
Alabama over Mizzou 45-14

Stephen A. Smith:
FSU over GaTech 28-24
Oregon over Arizona 34-28
Ohio St over Wisconsin 24-23
Baylor over KState 41-37
Alabama over Mizzou 33-24

Robert Smith:
FSU over GaTech
Alabama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona
TCU over Iowa St
Ohio St over Wisconsin

Mark May:
Alabama over Mizzou
Wisconsin over Ohio St
Oregon over Arizona
FSU over GaTech

Lou Holtz:
Ohio St over Wisconsin

Brian Griese:
GaTech over FSU
Alabama over Mizzou
Ohio St over Wisconsin
Oregon over Arizona

Heather Dinich:
GaTech over FSU
Wisconsin over Ohio St

Mike Bellotti:
FSU over GaTech
Alabama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona
Wisconsin over Ohio St

Charles Arbuckle:
Bama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona
FSU over GaTech
Wisconsin over Ohio St

Chris Fallica:
Alabama over Mizzou 31-20
FSU over GaTech 38-24
Baylor over KState 38-35

Todd McShay:
Wisconsin over Ohio St
KState over Baylor
Oregon over Arizona

Greg McElroy:
Oregon over Arizona
Ohio St over Wisconsin
FSU over GaTech
Alabama over Mizzou

Trevor Matich:
Wisconsin over Ohio St
Baylor over KState
Arizona over Oregon

Booger McFarland:
Alabama over Mizzou

Danny Kanell:
GaTech over FSU
Alabama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona

Ryan McGee:
GT over FSU
Alabama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona
Wisconsin over Ohio St

Jon Berger:
Alabama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona
GaTech over FSU
Ohio St over Wisconsin
Baylor over KState

Jason Sehorn:
Alabama over Mizzou
Oregon over Arizona
GaTech over FSU
Ohio St over Wisconsin
Baylor over KState

Joey Galloway:
FSU over GaTech