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!
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
Skip Bayless:
Oregon over Ohio St 30-28 (First Take 1/12)
Skip Bayless’ pick
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)
Todd Blackledge’s pick
Mack Brown:
Oregon over Ohio St (Championship Drive 1/11)
Mack Brown’s pick
Kevin Carter:
Oregon over Ohio St (Film Room 1/12)
Charley the Cat:
Ohio St over Oregon (Twitter 1/12)
Charley’s pick!
Lee Corso:
Ohio St over Oregon (Headgear pick, Gameday 1/12)
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)
It looks like we all made it through the night and into 2015, and since this is perhaps the biggest day in college football history with the official beginning of the college football playoff, I thought I would post an exclusive new years day prediction post. I will be posting new picks from today as well as the most up to date picks from everyone on today’s bowl games. Enjoy.
Lee Corso: (Gameday 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin
Tennessee over Iowa
UCLA over KState
Minnesota over Missouri
Mich St over Baylor
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU (headgear pick)
Kirk Herbstreit: (Gameday 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Wisconsin over Auburn
Iowa over Tennessee
KState over UCLA
Missouri over Minnesota
Alabama over Ohio St
Desmond Howard: (Gameday 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin
Tennessee over Iowa
UCLA over KState
Missouri over Minnesota
Baylor over Mich St
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon
David Pollack: (Gameday 1/1)
Baylor over Mich St
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon
Mack Brown: (Gameday 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Chris Fallica: (Gameday 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama (espn.com podcast 12/23)
FSU over Oregon (espn.com podcast 12/23)
Paul Finebaum: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon 34-31
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Baylor over Mich St (Bowl Mania special 12/14)
Missouri over Minnesota (SEC Nation 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin (SEC Nation 1/1)
Tim Tebow: (SEC Nation 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota
Auburn over Wisconsin
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Marcus Spears: (SEC Nation 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota
Auburn over Wisconsin
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Colin Cowherd: (The Herd, 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Auburn over Wisconsin
Mich St over Baylor
Butch Davis: (Sportscenter 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Gene Chizik: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Heather Dinich: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama
Brad Edwards: (espn.com 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon (previously picked Oregon over FSU)
Mich St over Baylor (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Auburn over Wisconsin (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Missouri over Minnesota (ESPN Radio 1/1)
FSU over Oregon (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Trevor Matich: (ESPN Radio 1/1)
Mich St over Baylor
Auburn over Wisconsin
Missouri over Minnesota
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Brock Huard: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Danny Kanell: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama
Tom Luginbill: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Ohio St
Ivan Maisel: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Greg McElroy: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Booger McFarland: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Brett McMurphy: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over Alabama
Jesse Palmer: (espn.com 1/1)
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
FSU over Oregon (The Herd live 1/1)
Mark Schlabach: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Phil Steele: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Matt Stinchcomb: (espn.com 1/1)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Andre Ware: (espn.com 1/1)
FSU over Oregon
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over FSU
Todd McShay: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Alabama over Ohio St
Robert Smith: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Oregon over FSU
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama (Sportscenter 1/1)
Ohio St over Oregon
Ed Cunningham: (Bowl Mania Special, 12/14)
Alabama over Ohio St
Mich St over Baylor
FSU over Oregon
FSU over Alabama
Pat Forde: (Bowl Dash 12/17)
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Alabama over Oregon
Baylor over Mich St
Kevin Carter: (CFB Playoff Preview 12/16)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Oregon
Lou Holtz: (Championship Drive 12/7)
Mich St over Baylor
Oregon over FSU
Alabama over Ohio St
Joey Galloway: (Championship Drive 12/7)
Mich St over Baylor
Ohio St over Alabama
FSU over Oregon
Jon Berger: (CFB Daily The Edge 12/12)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Baylor over Mich St
Charles Arbuckle: (CFB Daily the Edge 12/12)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Mich St over Baylor
Matt Millen:
Oregon over FSU (CFB Daily 12/9)
Alabama over Ohio St (Bowl Mania Special 12/14)
Mike Bellotti:
FSU to lose semi final (Championship Drive 12/1)
Skip Bayless:
Oregon over FSU (Twitter 12/17)
Rod Gilmore:
Oregon over FSU (Championship Drive 12/7)
Stanford Steve:
Alabama over Ohio St (espn.com podcast 12/23)
Mel Kiper Jr.: (Dari & Mel 12/27)
Alabama over Ohio St
Oregon over FSU
Dari Nowkhah: (Dari & Mel 12/27)
Alabama over Ohio St
FSU over Oregon
Tim Cowlishaw:
Mich St oveR Baylor (Twitter 12/29)
