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 Yearly results & Champion!

It is a bittersweet day around here at the Gameday blog.  The results for the season are in, and that means that we crown a new champion as we put the season to bed.  I found it interesting that both last year’s bowl champion (Tony Reali) and last year’s season champion (Jesse Palmer) both were not in the competition.  Tony Reali had no picks this year, and Jesse Palmer only had ten picks (going 7-3 overall).  This year, Ryen Russillo was on top of the leaderboard going 18-5 (78.26%) but 23 picks is not enough to be a champion around here.  Therefore, I am proud to bring you this year’s grand champion: Tom Luginbill at 58-17 (77.33%).  We had a handful of experts going into bowl season who were within reach of the coveted 80% barrier for the season.  Big names including Tom Luginbill, Lou Holtz, Pat Forde, Mike Bellotti, Colin Cowherd and so on.  Pat Forde had been on a tear this year sitting at 75.84%, but tanked the bowl season going 18-17.  Lou Holtz was at 75% even, but only picked two bowl games and got them wrong.  Cowherd and Bellotti both had a shot, but average finishes weren’t enough to boost them over the top.  Tom Luginbill was at exactly 80% headed into bowl season, but a 6-4 finish dropped him a few points which was still good enough for the gold.  Below you will find the full slate of results for the year, with the minor experts listed below (those who only picked a few games).

Tom Luginbill: Gameday Champion
Tom Luginbill: Gameday Champion

Our rookie of the year has to be Dari Nowkhah coming in at 72.6% in his first season here.  He took on the hosting duties on the new ESPN show College Football Daily, which is the spiritual successor to the greatly missed “Palmer & Pollack”, and he did pretty well.  Mark Schlabach did nicely this year at 64.41%, which was good enough to bring him up from last place in the all-time rankings (now taken on by Mike Greenberg after a disastrous bowl season).  Celebrity guests on Gameday did pretty crappy, so let us shame them at 55.65%.  Brian Griese is our anti-rookie of the year at 57.45%.  Last but not least, I really do have to give props to Lou Holtz.  In years past he has picked Notre Dame to win virtually every game they play, and this year he went bananas at 72.58% right.  I would have loved to have seen how smug he would have been if ND won the championship, but oh well.  I’m sure he’ll be back next year to pick them every game.

Thanks for reading; its been a great season.  Check back next August when things get going again.  Who knows, maybe this offseason I’ll write some bonus material here too.

Ryen Russillo: 18-5, 78.26%
Tom Luginbill: 58-17, 77.33%
Matt Stinchcomb: 12-4, 75%
Pat Forde: 310-110, 73.81%
Ed Cunningham: 8-3, 72.73%
Dari Nowkhah: 106-40, 72.60%
Lou Holtz: 45-17, 72.58%
Mike Bellotti: 65-25, 72.22%
Lee Corso: 128-50, 71.91%
Colin Cowherd: 99-39, 71.74%
Woody Paige: 5-2, 71.43%
Trevor Matich: 70.65%
Christian Fauria: 84-36, 70%
Jesse Palmer: 7-3, 70%
Kirk Herbstreit: 125-54, 69.83%
Mel Kiper Jr.: 30-14, 68.18%
Charles Arbuckle: 41-20, 67.21%
Brad Edwards: 42-21, 66.67%
Kevin Carter: 10-5, 66.67%
Matt Millen: 4-2, 66.67%
Jason Sehorn: 49-25, 66.22%
Jennifer’s Picks: 144-74, 66.06%
Mark Schlabach: 38-19, 64.41%
Desmond Howard: 92-52, 63.89%
Robert Smith: 97-56, 63.40%
David Pollack: 69-40, 63.30%
Mike Golic: 24-14, 63.16%
Dan Hawkins: 15-9, 62.5%
Danny Kanell: 23-15, 60.53%
Todd McShay: 52-35, 59.77%
Mark May: 46-32, 58.97%
Brian Griese: 27-20, 57.45%
Celebrity Guests: 69-55, 55.65%
Tim Cowlishaw: 5-4, 55.56%
Ivan Maisel: 3-3, 50%
Skip Bayless: 5-7, 41.67%
Chris Fowler: 2-3, 40%
Mike Greenberg: 13-22, 37.14%
Andre Ware: 1-3, 25%

Scott Van Pelt: 5-0, 100%
JA Adande: 3-0, 100%
Bob Ryan: 3-0, 100%
Kevin Blackistone: 2-0, 100%
Samantha Steele: 1-0, 100%
Jackie MacMullan: 1-0, 100%
Michael Smith: 4-1, 80%
Brock Huard: 3-1, 75%
Bill Plaschke: 0-1, 0%