Week 8 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!
Welcome back everyone. We saw great football action on Saturday and great performances from our panel of expert pickers and prognosticators last week, so let’s dive right in.
Winners this week included Andrea Adelson (6-1), Stanford Steve (4-1 ATS, he’s on fire), Chris Doering (5-1), Pat Forde (4-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-3), Lou Holtz (7-2), Paul Finebaul (7-2), Desmond Howard (11-5), Brett McMurphy (4-2 ATS), and Phil Steele (continuing to light it up at 14-7 ATS, 13-2 straight up). However, this week’s undisputed winner is none other than our own @GamedayJen who showed up with a huge performance on Saturday going 15-1 on her picks! Pretty impressive stuff compared to all these people who get paid to pick games for a living.
Losers this week include Pete Thamel (2-4 ATS), Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS), Rufus Peabody (2-3 ATS), Danny Kanell (3-4 ATS), your boy SVP (4-5 ATS), and Bruce Feldman (5-6 ATS). Nobody had an actual losing week picking straight up, but a notable performance was Mark May (5-4).
Coach Corso got back on track with the headgear pick going with Washington State over Oregon, and put up an impressive 13-2 week on the regular picks. Chris Fallica went 4-4 against the spread this week, but Bear’s Bank was 3-0 this week! Special guest celebrity Drew Bledsoe went 11-3 on the week, proving that he does indeed know more about football than the Chainsmokers.
Everyone else finished somewhere in the middle, so check out the full grades below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.
Straight up grades:
| percent.correct | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| Corso.Headgear | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David.Pollack | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles.Arbuckle | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack.Brown | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Heather.Dinich | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat.Forde | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian.Jones | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny.Kanell | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel.Kiper.Jr | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt.Leinart | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris.Low | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett.McMurphy | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Les.Miles | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dari.Nowkhah | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston.Nutt | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert.Smith | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus.Spears | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim.Tebow | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott.Van.Pelt | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave.Wannstedt | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jennifer | 93.75% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee.Corso | 86.67% | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil.Steele | 86.67% | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrea.Adelson | 85.71% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris.Fallica | 83.33% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris.Doering | 83.33% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 78.57% | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 78.57% | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Lou.Holtz | 77.78% | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Joey.Galloway | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel.Klatt | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan.Maisel | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan.McGee | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesse.Palmer | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark.Schlabach | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 71.43% | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Desmond.Howard | 68.75% | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 63.64% | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Mark.May | 55.56% | 5 | 4 | 0 |
ATS grades:
| percent.correct.ats | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade | 83.33% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade | 80% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade | 80% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade | 66.67% | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade | 66.67% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade | 66.67% | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS.Grade | 60% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade | 50% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Dari.Nowkhah.ATS.Grade | 50% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade | 45.45% | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade | 44.44% | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade | 42.86% | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Pete.Thamel.ATS.Grade | 33.33% | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Week 8 2018: #CFB Picks w/ Stanford Steve & The Bear Chris Fallica!
Here’s the moment you’ve been waiting all week for. You need a little folding money in your pocket so its time to get those picks from Stanford Steve and the Bear Chris Fallica. I’ve got Stanford Steve’s record at 27-11-1 on the year (70.51%!!!), so he’s basically driving through the streets throwing hundred dollar bills out the window. All you have to do is reach down and pick them up. Listen to the whole podcast if you want the full details but here’s the picks.
Chris Fallica:
| Date | Full.Pick |
| 10/20/18 | Oregon State + 7 vs California |
| 10/20/18 | Temple -3 vs Cincinnati |
| 10/20/18 | Mississippi State + 6.5 vs LSU |
| 10/20/18 | Nevada + 3 vs Hawaii |
| 10/20/18 | Purdue + 13.5 vs Ohio State |
| 10/20/18 | Tulsa + 7 vs Arkansas |
| 10/18/18 | Arizona State + 2.5 vs Stanford |
Stanford Steve Coughlin:
| Date | Full.Pick |
| 10/20/18 | Auburn -3.5 vs Mississippi |
| 10/20/18 | East Carolina vs Central Florida Over 66 |
| 10/20/18 | Temple -3 vs Cincinnati |
| 10/20/18 | Nebraska -3.5 vs Minnesota |
| 10/20/18 | Nebraska vs Minnesota Over 56 |
Week 7 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!
Welcome back everyone. Week 7 brought us some big upsets and some big performances by our expert pickers and prognosticators. Let’s dive right in.
Winners this week included Stanford Steve (4-1 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (10-4), Desmond Howard (12-5), Chris Fallica (5-2 ATS), Scott Van Pelt (6-3 ATS), and Dusty Dvoracek (3-1 ATS). However this week’s big win is going to Phil Steele. Phil started off to a pretty horrendous start on the year, but for two weeks in a row he has blown the competition away. Phil Steele went 10-1 straight up and 14-3 against the spread this week! For those of you keeping track at home, his FCS picks against the spread have been on fire the last two weeks so pay attention if he puts them out this week.
Losers this week include Danny Kanell (2-6 straight up, 3-4 ATS), Houston Nutt (3-4), Rufus Peabody (1-4 ATS), Brett McMurphy (2-3 ATS), and Jeff Ma (2-3 ATS). However this week’s loss couldn’t go to anyone else but Pat Forde, who went 2-4 straight up but a pretty sad 0-6 against the spread. That’s gotta sting, especially if Pat is betting those picks.
Lee Corso had a tough week this week going 6-8 on his picks and losing his headgear pick Wisconsin over Michigan. Special guest celebrities the Chainsmokers went 9-5 on the week despite the fact that they seem to have never watched an actual football game between them. Bear’s Bank went 1-1-1 on the official Gameday picks this week. @GamedayJen booked another winner at 12-6 on the week. Everyone else you can find below so check out the full results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.
| percent.correct | n.correct | n.wrong | |
| Mack.Brown | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Rece.Davis | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Brad.Edwards | 100% | 3 | 0 |
| Matt.Leinart | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Phil.Steele | 90.91% | 10 | 1 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 80% | 4 | 1 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 75% | 9 | 3 |
| Joey.Galloway | 75% | 3 | 1 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 71.43% | 10 | 4 |
| Desmond.Howard | 70.59% | 12 | 5 |
| Jennifer | 66.67% | 12 | 6 |
| Andrea.Adelson | 66.67% | 6 | 3 |
| Chris.Doering | 66.67% | 4 | 2 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 66.67% | 8 | 4 |
| Lou.Holtz | 66.67% | 6 | 3 |
| Tim.Tebow | 66.67% | 4 | 2 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 64.29% | 9 | 5 |
| Chris.Fallica | 63.64% | 7 | 4 |
| David.Pollack | 60% | 3 | 2 |
| Brian.Jones | 57.14% | 4 | 3 |
| Mark.May | 55.56% | 5 | 4 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Heather.Dinich | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Joel.Klatt | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Brett.McMurphy | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Les.Miles | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Jesse.Palmer | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Marcus.Spears | 50% | 3 | 3 |
| Lee.Corso | 42.86% | 6 | 8 |
| Houston.Nutt | 42.86% | 3 | 4 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 33.33% | 1 | 2 |
| Pat.Forde | 33.33% | 2 | 4 |
| Danny.Kanell | 25% | 2 | 6 |
| Chris.Low | 25% | 1 | 3 |
| Ivan.Maisel | 25% | 1 | 3 |
| Trevor.Matich | 25% | 1 | 3 |
| Ryan.McGee | 25% | 1 | 3 |
| Mark.Schlabach | 25% | 1 | 3 |
| Corso.Headgear | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Robert.Smith | 0% | 0 | 1 |
ATS Results:
| percent.correct.ats | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade | 82.35% | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve.Coughlin.ATS.Grade | 80% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS.Grade | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris.Fallica.ATS.Grade | 68.75% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott.Spreitzer.ATS.Grade | 66.67% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS.Grade | 66.67% | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce.Feldman.ATS.Grade | 50% | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Danny.Kanell.ATS.Grade | 42.86% | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff.Ma.ATS.Grade | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Brett.McMurphy.ATS.Grade | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Rufus.Peabody.ATS.Grade | 20% | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Pat.Forde.ATS.Grade | 0% | 0 | 6 | 0 |
