Week 1 2022: CFB Picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast!

Here’s the picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast.

DISCLAIMER: The following are the unofficial week 1 picks as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their picks for the official record.  Their official picks are always found on ESPN Chalk.

Stanford Steve:
Fresno St-34.5ish (he said the line wasn’t out at recording time but he expected 31 or 32 and said it could go to 40, he wants it)
Illinois+3
Rice+32.5
Louisville-4.5

The Bear:
Purdue+3.5
UNC Pk
Illinois+3
Wash-21.5
UCLA-23

Week 1 2021: Sunday morning NFL Picks!

Here’s a random assortment of week 1 NFL picks I jotted down while doing college football work this week. I have no plans to track or grade these picks but they are presented for your amusement.

Colin Cowherd’s Blazin’ Five:
Steelers+6.5 vs Bills
Panthers-4.5 vs Jets
Lions+7.5 vs 49ers
Football-0.5 vs Chargers
Chiefs-5.5 vs Browns

Doug Kezirian:
Rams-7.5 vs Bears
49ers-8 vs Lions

Joe Fortenbaugh:
Rams-7.5 vs Bears
Browns+5.5 vs Chiefs

Anita Marks:
Broncos vs Giants under 41.5

Hammering Hank Goldberg:
Bills-6.5 vs Steelers
49ers-8 vs Lions
Titans-3 vs Cardinals

Todd Fuhrman:
Browns+5.5 vs Chiefs
Dolphins vs Patriots under 43.5
Steelers vs Bills over 48
Cardinals+3 vs Titans
Football 1H PK vs Chargers
Jets vs Panthers over 44

Week 1 2021: CFB Picks are graded; results are in!

With week 1 in the books I already posted the results of the gambling picks for the week. As part of my new experiment to implement a weighted grading system on straight-up picks, I will be separating the gambling results and straight-up results in their own weekly posts. The new weighted grading system is what I will refer to as “GDC Value” for Game Day Cole Value. It is an aggregate computer rating applied to each team, where relative values are compared to apply a value to specific wins or losses.

Back to the grades, we had a lot of upsets this week. Lee Corso won his headgear pick of Georgia over Clemson, going 12-5 overall. Celebrity guest Kane Brown went 11-6 on the week. @GamedayJen went 10-7 on the week. However this week’s undisputed winner was Desmond Howard, who went 14-3 on the week with a GDC value of 8.851. I don’t know what that actually means because its the first week we’ve ever used GDC value, but he had the highest value on the week. Congratulations to Desmond Howard and all competitors.

Check out the full slate of results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

NamePctWinLossGDC.Value
Corso.Headgear100100.97
David.Pollack100100.97
Reggie.Bush100201.661
Dusty.Dvoracek100201.708
Chris.Fallica100403.433
Joey.Galloway100100.782
Matt.Leinart100201.669
Trevor.Matich100402.836
Ryan.McGee100201.245
Brett.McMurphy100201.723
Bob.Stoops100201.532
Rick.Neuheisel88.89816.385
Brady.Quinn88.89815.38
Desmond.Howard82.351438.851
Paul.Finebaum80411.987
Pat.Forde80412.565
Roman.Harper80411.921
Pete.Thamel80412.277
Randy.Cross77.78724.396
Andrea.Adelson75933.363
Kevin.Carter75311.5
Steve.Coughlin75311.511
Mark.Richt75933.286
Jordan.Rodgers75311.483
David.Hale71.431043.361
Lee.Corso70.591255.485
Bruce.Feldman70732.873
Kirk.Herbstreit66.671053.858
Brian.Jones66.67632.477
Aaron.Taylor66.67632.313
Dan.Wetzel66.67210.657
Celebrity.Guest64.711164.381
Colin.Cowherd60320.579
Phil.Steele60320.26
Tim.Tebow60320.047
Jennifer58.821071.649
EJ.Manuel58.3375-0.358
Mark.May55.56540.515
Houston.Nutt5022-0.212
Eric.Mac.Lain46.1567-2.983
Stewart.Mandel45.4556-0.986
Lou.Holtz33.3336-3.035
Danny.Kanell33.3312-1.196
Greg.McElroy001-0.97