Tracking college football picks and predictions for YOU
Phil Steele is back this season posting weekly videos on Youtube. He’s showing you how to use his Phil Steele Plus subscription when picking games, and as always provides a few picks for you. Be sure to check out the full video to see how Phil breaks down the games.
| Vanderbilt -9 vs Hawaii |
| UTEP 0 vs North Texas |
| Illinois -13 vs Wyoming |
| Stephen F Austin -3 vs Jacksonville State |
This season ESPN has revamped their existing college football podcast and called it the College Gameday podcast. Your hosts on Fridays are going to be Rece Davis, the newly acquired Pete Thamel, and Bill Connelly. They will be picking games against the spread and competing for steak because they like steak and I like steak too. Below are their week 0 picks against the spread.
Note: I am NOT counting these in Bill Connelly’s official pick record unless he makes it clear these are official picks. During the season he usually releases his weekly SP+ projections and puts official picks on ESPN Chalk. These guys on the podcast are competing for fun and picking the same slate of games so I doubt very much these are worth playing, but this is where he stands on these games at least.
Rece Davis:
Utah State-27.5 vs UConn
Charlotte+8 vs FAU
Hawaii+8 vs Vanderbilt
Illinois-11 vs Wyoming
Northwestern+13 vs Nebraska
Pete Thamel:
Utah State-27.5 vs UConn
FAU-8 vs Charlotte
Hawaii+8 vs Vanderbilt
Illinois-11 vs Wyoming
Northwestern+13 vs Nebraska
Bill Connelly:
I think he picked the Utah State/UConn under but didn’t specify a line
Charlotte+8 vs FAU
Hawaii+8 vs Vanderbilt
Illinois-11 vs Wyoming
Nebraska-13 vs Northwestern
Here are the week 0 picks from the Cover 3 podcast. They gave out some first half picks, team totals, etc but my scripts aren’t set up for those, so if you want them you’ll have to listen to the full thing yourself. Enjoy.
Note: Danny Kanell’s picks are mixed in with his CBS Sports HQ picks but basically the same.
Chip Patterson:
| New Mexico State + 9.5 vs Nevada |
| Vanderbilt -7.5 vs Hawaii |
| Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte Over 59.5 |
| Northwestern + 13.5 vs Nebraska |
Tom Fornelli:
| New Mexico State + 9.5 vs Nevada |
| Connecticut + 27 vs Utah State |
| Nebraska vs Northwestern Under 49.5 |
Bud Elliott:
| North Texas 0 vs UTEP |
| Florida State -35.5 vs Duquesne |
| UNLV -21 vs Idaho State |
| Western Kentucky -21.5 vs Austin Peay |
Danny Kanell:
| New Mexico State + 9 vs Nevada |
| New Mexico State vs Nevada Under 50.5 |
| Vanderbilt -7.5 vs Hawaii |
| North Texas 0 vs UTEP |
| UTEP vs North Texas Under 50.5 |
| Charlotte + 7 vs Florida Atlantic |
| Florida State -35.5 vs Duquesne |
| Wyoming + 12 vs Illinois |
| Illinois vs Wyoming Under 44 |
| Utah State -26.5 vs Connecticut |
| Nebraska -13 vs Northwestern |