Week 1 2012: Results

Well thanks to the unusual week 1 schedule which spans Thursday through Monday night, we didn’t get a tally on all the picks until minutes ago when Virginia Tech stopped a late comeback against Georgia Tech.  Below you will find the full scorecard and can see who picked what teams, and everyone’s results.  Pages are being updated, and overall rankings will be updated tomorrow.  Big winners this week were Pat Forde going 29-5 with a cupcake schedule, but other winners include Colin Cowherd going 6-0, Robert Smith at 5-0, and Dr. Lou Holtz at 5-0.  Jerry Jones put in a solid 6-1.  Our big losers this week include Lee Corso going 2-5 (ouch), and Desmond Howard at 4-3.  Yes, 4-3 is a winning record, but he is the ONLY one who picked Michigan over Bama.  Yes, that does not make you a winner this week, sorry Desmond.  Be back tomorrow with updates and picks.

Dari Nowkhah: 3-1
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
WRONG NC St over Tennessee
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Mike Bellotti: 2-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
WRONG NC St over Tennessee

Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Ryen Russillo: 4-0
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
RIGHT MichSt over Boise St
RIGHT Stanford over SJSU
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn

Pat Forde: 29-5
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
WRONG Wash St over BYU
RIGHT Tennesse over NC St
WRONG Boise St over Mich St
RIGHT Stanford over SJSU
RIGHT Duke over FIU
RIGHT FSU over Murray St
WRONG BC over Miami
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT WVU over Marshall
RIGHT CSU over Colorado
RIGHT KState over Missouri St
RIGHT Nebraska over S.Miss
RIGHT Okla St over Savannah St
RIGHT Ohio St over Miami (OH)
RIGHT Ohio over Penn St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Northern Iowa
RIGHT Iowa over NIU
RIGHT Arizona over Toledo
WRONG Cal over Nevada
RIGHT Oregon over Arkansas St
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT Washington over SDSU
RIGHT Florida over BGSU
RIGHT Georgia over Buffalo
RIGHT Arkansas over Jax St
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT LSU over UNT
RIGHT Texas over Wyoming
RIGHT OU over UTEP
RIGHT ND over Navy
RIGHT Baylor over SMU
RIGHT Lville over Kentucky
WRONG GaTech over VaTech

David Pollack: 5-2
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
WRONG BC over Miami
WRONG Penn St over Ohio
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT CSU over Colorado
RIGHT VaTech over GaTech

Desmond Howard: 4-3
WRONG Penn St over Ohio
RIGHT Miami over BC
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
WRONG Colorado over CSU
RIGHT VaTech over GaTech
WRONG Michigan over Bama

Kirk Herbstreit: 5-2
WRONG Penn St over Ohio
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT VaTech over GaTech
WRONG BC over Miami
RIGHT Iowa over NIU
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Louisville over Kentucky

Lee Corso: 2-5
WRONG Penn St over Ohio
WRONG Auburn over Clemson
RIGHT VaTech over GaTech
WRONG BC over Miami
WRONG NIU over Iowa
WRONG Syracuse over NW
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Jason Sehorn: 3-2
WRONG NC St over Tennessee
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
WRONG Auburn over Clemson
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vandy
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Tom Luginbill: 4-2
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
WRONG NC St over Tennessee
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
WRONG Wash St over BYU

Colin Cowherd: 6-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vandy
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT USC over Hawaii
RIGHT UCLA over Rice
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Robert Smith: 5-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vandy
RIGHT BYU over Wash St
RIGHT Tennessee over NC St
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Todd McShay: 1-0
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St

Skip Bayless: 1-1
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
WRONG Vandy over S.Carolina

Trevor Matich: 2-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Vandy
RIGHT BYU over Wash St

Woody Paige: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Bob Ryan: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Kevin Blackistone: 1-0
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Dr. Lou Holtz: 5-0
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Navy
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT Ohio over Penn St
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Mark May: 3-2
RIGHT Mich St over Boise St
WRONG Navy over Notre Dame
WRONG Auburn over Clemson
RIGHT Ohio over Penn St
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT Ohio over Penn St

Jesse Palmer:
VaTech over GaTech

Jennifer’s Picks: 9-4
RIGHT South Carolina over Vanderbilt
WRONG Washington State over BYU
WRONG Boise St over Michigan St
RIGHT UCLA over Rice
RIGHT ND over Navy
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT VaTech over GaTech
WRONG BC over Miami
RIGHT Iowa over NIU
WRONG Penn St over Ohio
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Bama over Michigan
RIGHT Baylor over SMU

Jerry Jones: 6-1
RIGHT VaTech over GaTech
RIGHT Miami over BC
RIGHT Iowa over NIU
WRONG Penn St over Ohio
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Clemson over Auburn
RIGHT Bama over Michigan

Week 1 2012: Friday night picks

Well ladies and gents, the picks are rolling in as I continue to play catch-up on this Friday night.  As I sit here sipping on a rum and coke, we have put together an updated spread of predictions for you below.  You can see the early week picks HERE if you want to see what has already been picked this week.  Of particular note is the fact that as of the end of our business day here on Friday night, the predictions for this week’s big game are in favor of Bama over Michigan at a staggering 15 to ZERO.  Not one of our experts so far has picked Michigan to knock off the reigning champs.  About the best you’ve heard this week if you’re rooting for the Wolverines is Todd McShay saying something non-committal like “Michigan has a chance to upset, just not much of a chance” on today’s podcast with Ivan Maisel.  For anyone that cares what Bill Plaschke thinks, he also said Michigan has a chance to upset on Around the Horn this afternoon, but I couldn’t really tell if he was calling for the upset or just trolling the rest of the panel for picking Bama.  Take it for what you will.  We’ll be back first thing in the morning with the REAL picks from the Gameday crew, so until then enjoy your evening.

 

Jason Sehorn:
NC St over Tennessee
Mich St over Boise St
Auburn over Clemson
S.Carolina over Vandy

 

Tom Luginbill:
Mich St over Boise St
Clemson over Auburn
Bama over Michigan

 

Colin Cowherd:
S.Carolina over Vandy
Mich St over Boise St
Clemson over Auburn
USC over Hawaii
UCLA over Rice
Bama over Michigan

 

Robert Smith:
S.Carolina over Vandy
BYU over Wash St
Tennessee over NC St
Mich St over Boise St

 

Skip Bayless:
Bama over Michigan

 

Todd McShay:
Mich St over Boise St

 

Trevor Matich:
S.Carolina over Vandy
BYU over Wash St

 

Woody Paige:
Bama over Michigan

 

Bob Ryan:
Bama over Michigan

 

Dr. Lou Holtz:
Mich St over Boise St
Notre Dame over Navy
Clemson over Auburn
Ohio over Penn St
Bama over Michigan

 

Mark May:
Mich St over Boise St
Navy over Notre Dame
Auburn over Clemson
Ohio over Penn St
Bama over Michigan

 

Week 1 2012: Early picks

The week 1 picks are slowly trickling in folks.  The Gameday preseason predictions brought us some Penn St predictions from the Gameday crew.  College Football Daily has brought us a good bit from Dari Nowkhah (who it appears will be joining us full time this season on my blog), Coach Mike Bellotti, and Tom Luginbill.  In addition, today on the Herd, Colin Cowherd broke down Bama/Michigan with Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo.  The trends so far seem to be a lot of love for Bama, none for Michigan, and everyone piling on NC St to beat the favored Tennessee Vols.  We’ll be back soon with more as they keep rolling in.

Dari Nowkhah:
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee
Mich St over Boise St
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Jason Sehorn:
Bama over Michigan

Mike Bellotti:
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt
Bama over Michigan
NC St over Tennessee

Tom Luginbill:
NC St over Tennessee
S.Carolina over Vanderbilt

Colin Cowherd:
Bama over Michigan

Scott Van Pelt:
Bama over Michigan

Ryen Russillo:
Bama over Michigan

Pat Forde:
Bama over Michigan
Wash St over BYU

David Pollack:
Bama over Michigan

Desmond Howard:
Penn St over Ohio

Kirk Herbstreit:
Penn St over Ohio

Lee Corso:
Penn St over Ohio