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Week 2 2013: Pick results are in, grades are posted!

Posted on September 8, 2013 by gamedaycole

It was a tough week this week to be a college football expert making picks. However, I’m sure all of you guys sitting at home got Georgia beating South Carolina, Miami beating Florida, BYU beating Texas, and Washington St beating USC. Our winner this week is Desmond Howard (6-0), and other notable performances were Jason Sehorn (7-3), and Jennifer (10-3). Billy the Cat and Lee Corso both got the headgear pick wrong going with South Carolina over Georgia, so both are now 0-2 on the year. Losers this week include Lee Corso (2-5), Trevor Matich (0-3), Ryen Russillo (0-3), Todd McShay (2-3), and Mel Kiper Jr. (2-3). Maybe we will turn things around next week guys. As always, the winner certificates are in the mail with a coupon for a free Blizzard from DQ as your prize. Check out things below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week, and check the Hall of Champions for the all-time standings.

Tom Luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT TAMU over SHSU

Kevin Carter: 0-1
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia

Jason Sehorn: 7-3
RIGHT BC over Wake Forest
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Tennessee over W.Kentucky
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT OU over WVU
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG USC over Wash St
RIGHT Stanford over SJSU

Pat Forde: 27-8
WRONG Wake Forest over Boston College
RIGHT UCF over FIU
RIGHT Clemson over SC St
RIGHT Oregon over UVA
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Houston over Temple
RIGHT Nebraska over USM
RIGHT OU over WVU
WRONG Cinci over Illinois
WRONG Indiana over Navy
RIGHT Michigan over ND
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Ohio St over SDSU
RIGHT Wisconsin over Tennessee Tech
RIGHT Arizona over UNLV
WRONG JMU over Akron
RIGHT Ball St over Army
RIGHT BGSU over Kent St
WRONG USC over Wash St
RIGHT Stanford over SJSU
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Kentucky over Miami OH
RIGHT LSU over UAB
RIGHT Baylor over Buffalo
RIGHT TAMU over SHSU
RIGHT TCU over SE La
RIGHT Utah St over AF
WRONG Texas over BYU
WRONG UTEP over UNM
RIGHT Wyoming over Idaho
RIGHT Louisville over EKU
RIGHT Duke over Memphis
RIGHT UL Monroe over Grambling
RIGHT Troy over Savannah St
RIGHT Okla St over UTSA

Colin Cowherd: 6-3
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Oregon over UVA
RIGHT Ohio St over SDSU
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT OU over WVU
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG USC over Wash St

Ryen Russillo: 0-3
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan

Brad Edwards: 1-2
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia (upset special)
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame

Mark Schlabach: 2-2
WRONG Florida over Miami FL
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG W.Kentucky over Tennessee (upset special)

Todd McShay: 2-3
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Oklahoma over WVU
WRONG WKU over Tennessee (upset special)

Trevor Matich: 0-3
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan

Robert Smith: 1-3
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame

Mark May: 1-0
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame

Lou Holtz: 0-1
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan

Dari Nowkhah: 2-3
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame
RIGHT Oregon over UVA
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG Texas over BYU

Mel Kiper Jr.: 2-3
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGIHT Michigan over Notre Dame
RIGHT Oregon over UVA
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG Texas over BYU

Chris Fallica: 0-1
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan

David Pollack: 0-2
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia

Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT TAMU over SHSU

Desmond Howard: 6-0
RIGHT OU over WVU
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Tennessee over WKU
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Arizona over UNLV
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame

Kirk Herbstreit: 4-4
RIGHT TAMU over SHSU
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Oregon over UVA
WRONG USC over Wash St
WRONG Indiana over Navy
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT Arizona over UNLV

Lee Corso: 2-5
RIGHT Stanford over SJSU
WRONG S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Indiana over Navy
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT Arizona over UNLV
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan (headgear pick)

Mark Harmon: 3-3
WRONG Indiana over Navy
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT Arizona over UNLV
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame

Jennifer’s Picks: 10-3
RIGHT Stanford over SJSU
RIGHT OU over WVU
WRONG Texas over BYU
RIGHT NW over Syracuse
RIGHT Tennessee over WKU
WRONG Indiana over Navy
WRONG Florida over Miami Fl
RIGHT Georgia over S.Carolina (upset special)
RIGHT Arizona over UNLV
RIGHT Oregon over UVA
RIGHT Clemson over SC St
RIGHT Boise St over Tenn Martin
RIGHT Michigan over Notre Dame

Billy the Cat: 0-1
WRONG Notre Dame over Michigan

Week 2 2013: Saturday morning Gameday picks!

Posted on September 7, 2013 by gamedaycole

Gameday is up and running live from Ann Arbor Michigan as we speak, and we are up and running live from the comfort of our bed. We have an exciting matchup tonight between Michigan and Notre Dame, and several other big ones on the schedule. The picks are rolling in, so check back all day for updates to see who is picking what teams to win. As always, we will be back with our patented Gameday review, picks with Billy the Cat, and all kinds of special goodies later in the day, so don’t go too far.

Todd McShay:
Michigan over Notre Dame
S.Carolina over Georgia
Florida over Miami Fl
Oklahoma over WVU
WKU over Tennessee (upset special)

Trevor Matich:
Florida over Miami Fl
S.Carolina over Georgia
Notre Dame over Michigan

Robert Smith:
Florida over Miami Fl
S.Carolina over Georgia
Texas over BYU
Michigan over Notre Dame

Mark May:
Michigan over Notre Dame

Lou Holtz:
Notre Dame over Michigan

Dari Nowkhah:
S.Carolina over Georgia
Michigan over Notre Dame
Oregon over UVA
Florida over Miami Fl
Texas over BYU

Mel Kiper Jr.:
S.Carolina over Georgia
Michigan over Notre Dame
Oregon over UVA
Florida over Miami Fl
Texas over BYU

Chris Fallica:
Notre Dame over Michigan

David Pollack:
Notre Dame over Michigan
S.Carolina over Georgia

Chris Fowler:
TAMU over SHSU

Desmond Howard:
OU over WVU
NW over Syracuse
Tennessee over WKU
Georgia over S.Carolina
Arizona over UNLV
Michigan over Notre Dame

Kirk Herbstreit:
TAMU over SHSU
Georgia over S.Carolina
Oregon over UVA
USC over Wash St
Indiana over Navy
Florida over Miami Fl
Texas over BYU
Arizona over UNLV

Lee Corso:
Stanford over UVA
S.Carolina over Georgia
Indiana over Navy
Florida over Miami Fl
Texas over BYU
Arizona over UNLV
Notre Dame over Michigan (headgear pick)

Mark Harmon:
Indiana over Navy
Florida over Miami Fl
Georgia over S.Carolina
Texas over BYU
Arizona over UNLV
Michigan over Notre Dame

Jennifer’s Picks:
Stanford over UVA
OU over WVU
Texas over BYU
NW over Syracuse
Tennessee over WKU
Indiana over Navy
Florida over Miami Fl
Georgia over S.Carolina
Arizona over UNLV

2012-13 Yearly results & Champion!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by gamedaycole

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).

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%