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2017-18 Preseason predictions!

Posted on August 21, 2017 by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone! This may have been the longest offseason of all time. Maybe I say that every year. The point is, we are so close to actual college football games which means it is time to start posting some preseason predictions. We will be doing a full post for the official College Gameday preseason preview show, but until that time you can check back here for the latest updates of ridiculous preseason predictions which we can look back at and laugh come January.

Stanford Steve Coughlin preseason totals:
Auburn under 8.5
BC over 4
Purdue over 2.5
SMU over 5
WVU over 7
USC under 10.5
UConn over 3
UAB over 2.5
Mich St over 6
UMass over 3
Alabama over ?
Ohio St over?
Ohio St to win championship
Saquon Barkley to win Heisman

Colin Cowherd:
Ohio St to win championship (The Herd 8/17)

Chris “The Bear” Fallica preseason totals:
Alabama to win national championship
Stanford to win Pac 12
Clemson to win ACC
Ohio St to win Big 12
Auburn under 8.5
FSU under 9.5
Nebraska under 7
Stanford over 8.5
USC under 10.5
FAU over 4* (line has moved)
Syracuse over 4.5* (line has moved)
UAB over 2.5
UTSA over 6.5
UMass over 3
Saquon Barkley to win Heisman

Pat Forde:
Final Four: Alabama, USC, Ohio St, Ok St

Mel Kiper Jr:
OK St to win Big 12
Ohio St to win Big 10
Washington to win Pac 12
FSU to win ACC
Auburn to win SEC
Wash, Ohio St, FSU, Auburn in final four
Washington to win championship

Joel Klatt:
Final Four: Alabama, Okla St, USC, Ohio St
Ohio St to win championship

Matt Leinart:
Final Four: Ohio St, USC, FSU, Alabama
Alabama to win championship

Booger McFarland:
Alabama, FSU, Ohio St and USC in final four

Todd McShay:
Alabama, FSU, Ohio St, USC in final four

Dari Nowkhah: (Dari & Mel 8/17)
OK St to win Big 12
Ohio St to win Big 10
Alabama to win SEC
Washington to win Pac 12
Clemson to win ACC
Bama, Ohio St, OK St, Wash in final four
Bama to win championship

David Pollack:
Alabama, Ohio St, Stanford, Clemson in final four

Mark Schlabach preseason final four:
FSU, Alabama, USC and Ohio State

Robert Smith:
Final Four: Ohio St, FSU, Alabama, USC
USC to win championship

Dave Wannstedt:
Final Four: Washington, Alabama, FSU, Ohio St
Ohio St to win championship

2016-17 College Football season results! #CFB

Posted on March 17, 2017 by gamedaycole

Welcome back everyone. With the addition of @thegamedaybaby to our family things kind of got away from me towards the end of the football season and we forgot to post season results. We are back to provide results and announce the winner finally!

As always, everything is subjective since everyone is picking different games each week. We are comparing the overall body of work and then our distinguished panel of one decides who are the winners and losers. Experts who focus on single conferences don’t generally qualify, and the sample size is definitely a big factor. With that being said, let’s get down to it. We are proud to announce that the 2016-17 Season Champion, for the second year in a row, is none other than Mr. Phil Steele! Phil went 257-93 (73.43%) straight up by our counts. He was in 2nd place behind @GamedayJen heading into bowl season, but a strong bowl performance was enough to edge out Jen for the season title. Since we focus on straight up picks, I’m also awarding a gold star to Chris Fallica for going 55.14% against the spread this season (78-63-5).

Everyone else is listed below, so check it out to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this season!

2016-17 Season	Straight Up Record	Straight Up %	ATS	ATS %
Mel Kiper Jr.	8-1	88.89%
Brad Edwards	5-1	83.33%	3-3	50.00%
Mike Bellotti	4-1	80.00%
Mack Brown	18-5	78.26%
Jordan Rodgers	18-5	78.26%
Brett McMurphy	7-3	77.78%
Clint Stoerner	25-8	75.76%
Matt Stinchcomb	9-3	75.00%
Marcus Spears	58-20	74.36%
Andrea Adelson	92-32	74.19%
Phil Steele	257-93	73.43%	182-173-8	51.24%
Greg McElroy	35-13	72.92%
Mark Schlabach	45-17	72.58%
Jennifer’s Picks	172-67	71.97%
David Pollack	46-19	70.77%
Paul Finebaum	61-26	70.11%
Dusty Dvoracek	33-39	70.00%	33-39-2	45.95%
Trevor Matich	16-7	69.57%
Charles Arbuckle	111-49	69.38%
Booger McFarland	64-29	68.82%
Pat Forde	200-91	68.73%	19-23-1	45.35%
Joey Galloway	79-36	68.70%
Dari Nowkhah	32-15	68.09%	7-8-2001	46.88%
Dan Wetzel	17-8	68.00%	11-14	44.00%
Kirk Herbstreit	113-54	67.66%
Lee Corso	111-54	67.27%
Bruce Feldman	128-63	67.02%	86-96	47.33%
Robert Smith	10-5	66.67%
Tim Tebow	49-25	66.22%
Colin Cowherd	17-9	65.38%
Celebrity Guests Overall	102-56	64.56%
Desmond Howard	118-65	64.48%
Danny Kanell	71-40	63.96%	19-26-2	42.55%
Chris Doering	48-28	63.16%
Scott Van Pelt	5-3	62.50%	43-38-0	53.09%
Stanford Steve Coughlin	59-36	62.11%	60-62-4	49.21%
Chris Fallica	67-41	62.04%	78-63-5	55.14%
Joel Klatt	22-14	61.11%
Ryen Russillo	39-25	60.94%	18-22-2	45.24%
Dave Wannstedt	10-7	58.82%
Jason Seorn	4-3	57.14%
Todd McShay	23-20	53.49%
Rece Davis	12-17	41.38%
Rufus Peabody			16-12-0	57.14%

Season Totals	2436-1135	68.22%	575-579-30	49.83%

2016-17 #CFBPlayoff Championship pick big board megapost! #BowlMania #Bama #Clemson

Posted on January 6, 2017 by gamedaycole

Well we’ve got one game left in this season, and I have to wonder where the season went. Seems like yesterday we were kicking off the season knowing this would be Tennessee’s year (again), or Leonard Fournette’s Heisman to lose (again), and it was surely [insert your team]’s year to make a big splash. But many months later we sit here and look at this remaining game on the schedule and see a rematch from last year. No complaints from me with this matchup of course, so let’s get on with it. It is time for our annual championship big board megapost, and we will be updating all the way through kickoff on Monday night so check back for the latest!

Our experts are currently sitting at 25-20 in favor of Alabama over Clemson straight up. For gamblers, we are at 3-2 in favor of Alabama laying the points. 2 experts are on the under.

Lee Corso: Headgear pick!
Alabama over Clemson

JA Adande: ATH 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Andrea Adelson: 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Charles Arbuckle: CFB Daily 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

RJ Bell: TheHerdNow Podcast 1/7/2017
Either take Alabama ML or Clemson+ the points! The public is on Clemson ML and Alabama-the points.

Mike Bellotti: CFB Daily 1/4/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Skip Bayless: Undisputed 1/2/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Mack Brown: espn.com 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Kevin Carter: Film Room 1/6/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Stanford Steve Coughlin: espn.com 1/6/2017
Clemson over Alabama
Clemson+6.5 vs Alabama

Colin Cowherd: The Herd 1/6/2017
Alabama over Clemson (by 8, on The Herd 1/9/2017)
Alabama-6 vs Clemson
~~Clemson+6.5 vs Alabama (TheHerdNow podcast 1/7/2016)~~

Tim Cowlishaw: ATH 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Heather Dinich: espn.com 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Dusty Dvoracek: CFB Daily 1/4/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Chris Fallica: espn.com 1/6/2017
Clemson over Alabama
Clemson+6.5 vs Alabama

Bruce Feldman: Russillo & Kanell 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Paul Finebaum: (Champ Drive 1/8/2017)
Alabama over Clemson

Pat Forde: WTF Podcast 12/23
Alabama over Clemson

Joey Galloway: Outback Bowl halftime 1/2/2017
Alabama over Clemson

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Mike Golic: M&M 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson
Clemson+6.5 vs Alabama

Mike Greenberg:
Clemson over Ohio St (M&M 1/9/2017)

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Kirk Herbstreit:
Clemson over Alabama (Preseason pick!)

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Desmond Howard: Champ Drive 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Brock Huard: espn.com 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Jennifer’s Pick:
Clemson over Alabama

Danny Kanell:
~~Clemson over Alabama (Champ Drive 12/4)~~
~~Alabama over Clemson (Outback Bowl halftime 1/2/2017)~~
Clemson over Alabama (Champ Drive 1/8/2017)

Joel Klatt: Undisputed 1/2/2017
Alabama over Clemson

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Matt Leinart: Twitter 12/31
Clemson over Alabama

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Tom Luginbill:
Clemson over Alabama (Finebaum 1/5/2017)

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Ivan Maisel: espn.com 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Mark May: markmayday.com
Alabama over Clemson

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Greg McElroy: Finebaum 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Booger McFarland: (Booger & Burns 1/5/2017)
Clemson over Alabama

Ryan McGee: espn.com 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Brett McMurphy: espn.com 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Todd McShay: espn.com 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson
Alabama vs Clemson under 51 (R&K 1/9/2017)

Jesse Palmer: CFB Live 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Rufus Peabody: Twitter 1/3/2017
No play on either side, predicts it right on the number

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David Pollack: Champ Drive 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Samantha Ponder: Twitter 1/5/2017
Clemson over Alabama

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Ryen Russillo: R&K 1/9/2017
Clemson over Alabama

Stephen A. Smith: Gameday 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Marcus Spears: SEC Nation 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Phil Steele: Behind the Bets 1/6/2017
Clemson vs Alabama under 51 (Behind the Bets 1/6/2017)

Tim Tebow: SEC Nation 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Scott Van Pelt: WINNERS 1/5/2017
Alabama over Clemson
Alabama-6.5 vs Clemson

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Jonathan Vilma: CFB Live 1/9/2017
Alabama over Clemson

Dan Wetzel: WTF Podcast 12/23
Alabama over Clemson