Week 1 2013: Results are up, grades are posted!

Week 1 results are in and grades are posted.  Big weeks all around with nobody having a losing record (aside from a few 0-1 records).  Hard to pick a winner because of some really solid picks, but those in the running include Lee Corso (9-2), Dari Nowkhah at 11-2, and Colin Cowherd at 9-1.  However we will give this week’s win to Pat Forde who went 27-4 on his Yahoo picks.  Congratulations Pat; the certificate and coupon for a free taco is in the mail.  Since I have to award a loser, Kirk Herbstreit will take it at 10-4 especially for his upset picks of Vandy over Ole Miss, Toledo over Florida, and La Lafayette over Arkansas.  That’s a tough one pal.  Billy the Cat and Lee Corso both got Georgia over Clemson wrong, so they are tied on the year at 0-1.

Tom Luginbill: 4-0
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT Clemson over UGA
RIGHT LSU over TCU

Colin Cowherd: 9-1
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT S.Carolina over UNC
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
WRONG Georgia over Clemson
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
RIGHT UCLA over Nevada
RIGHT NW over Cal
RIGHT FSU over Pitt

Mike Bellotti: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over VaTech

Matt Stinchcomb: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over VaTech

Mark Schlabach: 4-0
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT TOSU over Buffalo
RIGHT Niu over Iowa (upset special)

Brad Edwards: 0-2
WRONG Cal over NW (upset special)
WRONG Vandy over Ole Miss

Skip bayless: 0-1
WRONG Vandy over Ole Miss

Jason Sehorn: 9-3
RIGHT S.carolina over UNC
RIGHT Penn St over Syracuse
WRONG BYU over UVA
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT FSU over Pitt
WRONG Cal over NW
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
WRONG Boise St over Washington
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT Clemson over Georgia
RIGHT OU over UL Monroe

Brian griese: 3-0
RIGHT Ole miss over Vandy
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT S.car over UNC

Ryen Russillo: 2-1
RIGHT Ohio St over Buffalo
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
WRONG CSU over Colorado

Tim Cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT LSU over TCU

Lou Holtz: 7-1
RIGHT Ole miss over Vandy
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT S.car over UNC
WRONG Syracuse over Penn St
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Clemson over Georgia
RIGHT NDSU over KState (upset special)

Mark may: 7-1
RIGHT Ole miss over Vandy
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT S.car over UNC
RIGHT Penn St over Syracuse
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT LSU over TCU
WRONG Georgia over Clemson
RIGHT WKU over Kentucky (upset special)

Dari Nowkhah: 11-2
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT S.carolina over UNC
RIGHT Penn St over Syracuse
WRONG BYU over UVA
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT FSU over Pitt
RIGHT NW over Cal
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
WRONG TCU over LSU
RIGHT Clemson over Georgia
RIGHT OU over UL Monroe
RIGHT ND over Temple

Mel Kiper Jr.: 7-1
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
WRONG Georgia over Clemson
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT ND over Temple
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
RIGHT FSU over Pitt

Pat Forde: 27-4
RIGHT Miami Fl over FAU
RIGHT TTU over SMU
RIGHT Samford over Ga St
WRONG UGA over Clemson
WRONG BYU over UVA
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT Nebraska over Wyoming
RIGHT OU over UL Monroe
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT Michigan over C.Mich
RIGHT tOSU over Buffalo
RIGHT Wisconsin over UMass
RIGHT NW over Cal
RIGHT Oregon over Nichols St
WRONG Oreg St over E.Washington
RIGHT UCLA over Nevada
WRONG Boise St over Washington
RIGHT Florida over Toledo
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT Texas over NM St
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Cinci over Purdue
RIGHT ND over Temple
RIGHT Marshall over Mia(OH)
RIGHT UNT over Idaho
RIGHT Troy over UAB
RIGHT WKU over Kentucky
RIGHT Colorado over CSU
RIGHT Lville over Ohio
RIGHT FSU over Pitt

Jesse Palmer: 0-1
WRONG UGA over Clemson

Robert Smith: 6-0
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Clemson over UGA
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
RIGHT NW over Cal

Chris Fowler: 0-1
WRONG Boise St over Washington

David Pollack: 0-1
WRONG UGA over Clemson

Desmond Howard: 4-1
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT NIU over Iowa
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
WRONG Boise St over Washington
RIGHT Clemson over UGA

Kirk Herbstreit: 10-4
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT TAMU over Rice
RIGHT Penn St over Syracuse
RIGHT S.Carolina over UNC
WRONG Vandy over Ole Miss
WRONG Toledo over Florida
WRONG La Lafayette over Arkansas
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT NIU over Iowa
RIGHT NW over Cal
WRONG BYU over UVA
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
RIGHT LSU over TCU

Lee Corso: 9-2
WRONG Iowa over NIU
RIGHT Florida over Toledo
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
RIGHT UVA over BYU
RIGHT NW over Cal
RIGHT Penn St over Syracuse
RIGHT LSU over TCU
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
WRONG UGA over Clemson (headgear pick)

Eric Stonestreet: 7-2
RIGHT UVA over BYU
RIGHT NW over Cal
WRONG Syracuse over Penn St
RIGHT Washington over Boise St
WRONG TCU over LSU
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT Clemson over UGA

Jennifer’s Picks: 7-3
RIGHT S.Carolina over UNC
RIGHT Okla St over Miss St
WRONG BYU over UVA
WRONG Boise St over Washington
RIGHT NW over Cal
RIGHT Penn St over Syracuse
WRONG TCU over LSU (upset special)
RIGHT Auburn over Wash St
RIGHT Bama over VaTech
RIGHT Clemson over UGA

Billy the Cat: 0-1
WRONG Georgia over Clemson

Week 1 2013: Weekday picks!

We’re getting a late start on a strange week 1 where there is an absolute BONANZA of games for the next five days.  Games kickoff tonight, and carry on throughout the weekend, so we will be updating as often as picks roll in.  Stay tuned!

Kirk Herbstreit:
Bama over VaTech (Twitter 7/30)
TAMU over Rice (Gameday Season Preview)
Penn St over Syracuse (Twitter 8/26)
S.Carolina over UNC
Vandy over Ole Miss

Tom Luginbill:
TAMU over Rice (CFB Daily 8/5)
Bama over VaTech
Clemson over UGA
LSU over TCU

Dari Nowkhah:
Bama over VaTech
S.carolina over UNC
Penn St over Syracuse
BYU over UVA
Auburn over Wash St
FSU over Pitt
NW over Cal
Okla St over Miss St
Washington over Boise St
TCU over LSU
Clemson over Georgia
OU over UL Monroe

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over VaTech
USC over Hawaii
S.Carolina over UNC
Okla St over Miss St
Georgia over Clemson
LSU over TCU
Washington over Boise St
UCLA over Nevada
NW over Cal
FSU over Pitt

Mike Bellotti:
Bama over VaTech

Matt Stinchcomb:
Bama over VaTech

Pat Forde:
Bama over VaTech
UGA over Clemson
LSU over TCU
Okla St over Miss St
Boise St over Wash

Mark Schlabach:
USC over Hawaii
TAMU over Rice
TOSU over Buffalo
Niu over Iowa (upset special)

Brad Edwards:
Cal over NW upset special

Skip bayless:
Vandy over Ole Miss

Jason Sehorn:
S.carolina over UNC
Penn St over Syracuse
BYU over UVA
Auburn over Wash St
FSU over Pitt
Cal over NW
Okla St over Miss St
Boise St over Washington
LSU over TCU
Bama over VaTech
Clemson over Georgia
OU over UL Monroe

Brian griese:
Ole miss over Vandy
USC over Hawaii
S.car over UNC

Lou Holtz:
Ole miss over Vandy
USC over Hawaii
S.car over UNC

Mark may:
Ole miss over Vandy
USC over Hawaii
S.car over UNC

Ryen Russillo:
Ohio St over Buffalo
Washington over Boise St
CSU over Colorado

Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU over TCU

Jennifer’s Picks:
S.Carolina over UNC

2012-13 Bowl Season: Results & Champions!

We’ve had the boys down at the Gameday lab tallying picks, crunching numbers and doing things in labcoats and the results for the 2012-13 Bowl Season are finally in!  As with every year, there is some discretion used by our board of trustees (i.e. Me) as to who actually wins, and how to interpret the results.  First, our bowling results are below for your review presented in alphabetical order by first name:

Brad Edwards: 1-0
Charles Arbuckle: 1-0
Christian Fauria: 1-0
Colin Cowherd: 22-13
Dari Nowkhah: 1-0
Danny Kanell: 1-1
David Pollack: 3-4
Desmond Howard: 8-2
Ed Cunningham: 8-3
Ivan Maisel: 3-1
JA Adande: 1-0
Jackie MacMullan: 1-0
Jennifer’s Picks: 25-10
Jesse Palmer: 3-1
Kevin Carter: 7-3
Kirk Herbstreit: 5-3
Lee Corso: 7-3
Lou Holtz: 0-2
Mark May: 2-0
Mark Schlabach: 23-12
Matt Stinchcomb: 0-1
Mel Kiper Jr: 0-1
Michael Smith: 0-1
Mike Bellotti: 6-4
Mike Golic: 21-14
Mike Greenberg: 13-22
Pat Forde: 18-17
Robert Smith: 25-10
Ryen Russillo: 1-0
Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
Skip Bayless: 1-1
Stephen A. Smith: 1-0
Tim Cowlishaw: 5-3
Todd McShay: 21-14
Tom Luginbill: 6-4
Trevor Matich: 0-1
Urban Meyer: 0-1
Woody Paige: 1-0

While we have 30+ bowl pickers, we only have a few competitors who qualify for the championship due to the amount of games picked.  The eligible competitors are Colin Cowherd, Jennifer, Mark Schlabach, Mike & Mike, Pat Forde, Robert Smith and Todd McShay.  Each of them picked the full slate of bowl games, while everyone else just chimed in for a few games.  Before crowning a champion, let me also explain the curious case of one Todd McShay.  On this year’s Bowl Mania Special on ESPN, prior to any of the bowls kicking off, he picked all of the games with his confidence points.  In his picks from this special, he went 22-13.  On his ESPN.com Bowl Mania group, he picked a slightly different slate of games with a few being different, but also went 22-13 on his Bowl Mania group.  The reason he is being dropped to 21-14 in the official record is because on the Rose Bowl pregame show, he came on about ten minutes before kickoff and boldly declared that he was changing his mind and called for Wisconsin to upset Stanford.  Maybe you thought nobody would notice, but listen up McShay: I am here to hold you accountable.  Therefore, you will be entered into the record going 21-14 for all eternity.

One last piece of business before we crown our champion.  Please make sure to shame Mike Greenberg for going 13-22 on bowl picks.  That is an all-time low as far as I know, and he was the only person to have a losing record.  Now let us crown our champion… or should I say champions.  This year, Robert Smith and my girlfriend Jennifer both put up 25-10 records in picking Bowl Games, and thus they will be our first ever BOWL PICK’EM CO-CHAMPIONS!!!  Congratulations to the both of you.  Jennifer has already received her congratulatory fruit basket.  Robert Smith, if you are reading this, please be on the lookout for the congratulatory cheese platter I have sent you.  It was a great bowl season, and we will be back soon with the yearly results!

Jennifer: Bowl Champion
Jennifer: Bowl Co-Champion
Robert Smith: 2012-13 Bowl Champion
Robert Smith: Bowl Co-Champion