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Week 4 2019: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Here’s the week 4 grades from our panel of college football pickers and prognosticators.

Winners this week are Bruce Feldman (8-3 straight up) and Tim Cowlishaw (4-0 ATS).

Experts struggled this week overall, but Corso went 10-4 on the week including his winning headgear pick.  Super Dog picks went a combined 1-3 this week.  Celebrity guest Jeezy went 7-6 on the week.  @GamedayJen barely pulled out a winner at 9-7 on the week with the late games.

Full grades are below so check out the full results to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Straight up grades:

percent n.correct n.wrong
Corso.Headgear 100 1 0
David.Pollack 100 1 0
Reggie.Bush 100 2 0
Tim.Cowlishaw 100 2 0
Joel.Klatt 100 1 0
Matt.Leinart 100 3 0
Greg.McElroy 100 1 0
Urban.Meyer 100 2 0
Scott.Van.Pelt 100 1 0
Jesse.Palmer 80 4 1
Steve.Coughlin 75 3 1
Joey.Galloway 75 3 1
Houston.Nutt 75 3 1
Bruce.Feldman 72.73 8 3
Lee.Corso 71.43 10 4
Colin.Cowherd 66.67 2 1
Chris.Fallica 66.67 2 1
Danny.Kanell 66.67 4 2
Desmond.Howard 61.54 8 5
Mark.May 60 3 2
Mark.Richt 60 3 2
Marcus.Spears 60 3 2
Pete.Thamel 60 3 2
Tim.Tebow 60 3 2
Kirk.Herbstreit 58.33 7 5
Phil.Steele 58.33 7 5
Jennifer 56.25 9 7
Gene.Chizik 55.56 5 4
Chris.Doering 55.56 5 4
Rick.Neuheisel 55.56 5 4
Stewart.Mandel 54.55 6 5
Celebrity.Guest 53.85 7 6
Kevin.Carter 50 1 1
Randy.Cross 50 5 5
Dusty.Dvoracek 50 2 2
Paul.Finebaum 50 3 3
Brian.Jones 50 5 5
Brett.McMurphy 50 1 1
Aaron.Taylor 50 5 5
Pat.Forde 40 2 3
EJ.Manuel 40 2 3
Dan.Wetzel 40 2 3
Brady.Quinn 33.33 1 2
Lou.Holtz 20 1 4
Eric.Mac.Lain 20 1 4

ATS grades:

percent n.correct n.wrong n.tie
Rece.Davis.ATS 100 1 0 0
Joey.Galloway.ATS 100 2 0 0
Rufus.Peabody.ATS 100 2 0 0
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS 90 4 0 1
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS 61.11 5 3 1
Doug.Kezirian.ATS 60 3 2 0
Preston.Johnson.ATS 57.14 4 3 0
Bruce.Feldman.ATS 54.55 6 5 0
Dan.Katz.ATS 54.55 6 5 0
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS 50 2 2 1
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS 50 1 1 0
Danny.Kanell.ATS 50 3 3 0
Brett.McMurphy.ATS 50 2 2 1
Dave.Portnoy.ATS 50 6 6 0
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS 50 1 1 0
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS 50 4 4 0
Dan.Wetzel.ATS 50 3 3 0
Clay.Travis.ATS 45.45 5 6 0
Rico.Bosco.ATS 37.5 3 5 0
Steve.Coughlin.ATS 37.5 1 2 1
Stewart.Mandel.ATS 36.36 4 7 0
Colin.Cowherd.ATS 33.33 1 2 0
Pete.Thamel.ATS 33.33 2 4 0
Phil.Steele.ATS 19.23 2 10 1
Pat.Forde.ATS 16.67 1 5 0
Chris.Fallica.ATS 12.5 0 3 1
Lee.Corso.ATS 0 0 1 0
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS 0 0 1 0
Desmond.Howard.ATS 0 0 1 0
Jesse.Palmer.ATS 0 0 2 0
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Week 4 2019: College Gameday picks and predictions!

Posted on by gamedaycole

Here’s the official week 4 picks and predictions from the College Gameday crew and associates.

Corso’s Headgear: Georgia over Notre Dame

Bear’s Bank:
Tulsa-3.5 vs Wyoming
Charlotte+42 vs Clemson
Western Michigan+5 vs Syracuse
Bear said Georgia wins but he’s not interested in playing either side

Super Dog Picks:
Desmond Howard: Northwestern+8.5 vs Michigan State
Kirk Herbstreit: Tennessee+14 vs Florida
Lee Corso: Rutgers+8 vs Boston College
Rece Davis: SMU+8.5 vs TCU

Lee Corso:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Auburn  over  Texas A&M
4 9/21/19 Rutgers  over  Boston College
4 9/21/19 UCF  over  Pittsburgh
4 9/21/19 Arizona State  over  Colorado
4 9/21/19 Mississippi State  over  Kentucky
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Wisconsin  over  Michigan
4 9/21/19 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Texas  over  Oklahoma State
4 9/21/19 Oregon  over  Stanford
4 9/21/19 TCU  over  SMU
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee
4 9/21/19 Washington  over  BYU

Kirk Herbstreit:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 UCF  over  Pittsburgh
4 9/21/19 Arizona State  over  Colorado
4 9/21/19 Kentucky  over  Mississippi State
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Wisconsin  over  Michigan
4 9/21/19 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Oregon  over  Stanford
4 9/21/19 TCU  over  SMU
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee
4 9/21/19 Washington  over  BYU

Desmond Howard:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 UCF  over  Pittsburgh
4 9/21/19 Colorado  over  Arizona State
4 9/21/19 Kentucky  over  Mississippi State
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
4 9/21/19 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Texas  over  Oklahoma State
4 9/21/19 Oregon  over  Stanford
4 9/21/19 TCU  over  SMU
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee
4 9/21/19 Washington  over  BYU

Jeezy:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 UCF  over  Pittsburgh
4 9/21/19 Arizona State  over  Colorado
4 9/21/19 Kentucky  over  Mississippi State
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
4 9/21/19 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Texas  over  Oklahoma State
4 9/21/19 Oregon  over  Stanford
4 9/21/19 TCU  over  SMU
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee
4 9/21/19 Washington  over  BYU

@GamedayJen:

Week Date Picks
4 9/20/19 Boise State  over  Air Force
4 9/20/19 Utah  over  Southern Cal
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 UCF  over  Pittsburgh
4 9/21/19 Clemson  over  Charlotte
4 9/21/19 Arizona State  over  Colorado
4 9/21/19 Kentucky  over  Mississippi State
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
4 9/21/19 Michigan State  over  Northwestern
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Texas  over  Oklahoma State
4 9/21/19 Oregon  over  Stanford
4 9/21/19 TCU  over  SMU
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee
4 9/21/19 Washington  over  BYU

David Pollack:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame

Paul Finebaum:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 Ole Miss  over  California
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Michigan  over  Wisconsin
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee

Marcus Spears:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 Ole Miss  over  California
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee

Tim Tebow:

Week Date Picks
4 9/21/19 Texas A&M  over  Auburn
4 9/21/19 Ole Miss  over  California
4 9/21/19 LSU  over  Vanderbilt
4 9/21/19 Georgia  over  Notre Dame
4 9/21/19 Florida  over  Tennessee
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Week 4 2019: #CFB Picks w/ Stanford Steve & The Bear… kinda…

Posted on by gamedaycole

Alright people, I know you want the week 4 picks from Stanford Steve and the Bear this week but we’ve got a situation.  For week 3, these guys absolutely loved the slate and gave out more picks than usual.  If you followed those picks you won your ass off in week 3, so you should be thankful for what they gave you.

With that being said, the guys hate the week 4 slate.  They both said they are struggling to even come up with games to pick in their ESPN Chalk column this week.  They talked a lot of games on the podcast this week and picked almost none with confidence.  You should listen to the podcast yourself if you want advice.  I want to make it very clear before you read any further:

THE FOLLOWING PICKS ARE NOT OFFICIAL PICKS, SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS OFFICIAL PICKS, AND WILL NOT BE GRADED AS OFFICIAL PICKS.

These are pretty much the leans they gave out for week 4 on the podcast.  If you want their official picks then you’ll have to get them from ESPN Chalk tomorrow and see what they come up with, because they had nothing official in the podcast this week.  With that being said, here’s some leans and you’re on your own if you bet them.

Stanford Steve:
Notre Dame+14 vs Georgia
Texas A&M-3.5 vs Auburn (but he said buy it down to 3 if you can)
Texas-5.5 vs Oklahoma State
Utah-3.5/4 vs USC
He kinda likes Colorado+7.5 vs Arizona State

Chris “The Bear” Fallica:
Texas A&M-3.5 vs Auburn (he said he could get behind laying the points in this game)
Oklahoma State vs Texas over 73.5
App State+3 vs UNC (he thinks App State wins outright!)
FSU/Louisville: He said he could play Louisville in this game (+6.5)

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