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Week 3 2015: Weekday college picks! #cfb

Posted on September 17, 2015 by gamedaycole

Weekday picks are coming in late, so without further adieu I present to you the best of this week’s picks so far!

Charles Arbuckle:
Oregon over Georgia St

Jon Berger:
Texas over Cal
Arkansas over TTU

Mike Bellotti:
UCLA over BYU

Kevin Carter:
UCLA over BYU
UNC over Illinois

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Notre Dame+2.5 vs GaTech
Notre Dame over GaTech 19-17
USC over Stanford 38-14
USC-10 vs Stanford
Alabama-6.5 vs Ole Miss
Alabama over Ole Miss 24-17
Auburn over LSU 21-17
BYU+16.5 vs UCLA
Arkansas over TTU 38-21
Arkansas-10.5 vs TTU

Colin Cowherd:
UCLA over BYU
Cal over Texas
GaTech over Notre Dame
Alabama over Ole Miss
Georgia over S.Carolina
Miami Fl over Nebraska 30-27

Heather Dinich:
Alabama over Ole Miss

Brad Edwards:
Alabama over Ole Miss
Ohio St over NIU

Chris Fallica:
Notre Dame+2.5 vs GaTech
Notre Dame over GaTech 27-24
Stanford+10 vs USC
USC over Stanford 20-17
Ole Miss over Alabama 24-17
Ole Miss+6.5 vs Alabama
LSU over Auburn 31-17
LSU-7.5 vs Auburn
UCLA over BYU 41-17
UCLA-16.5 vs BYU
Purdue+6 vs VaTech
VaTech over Purdue 24-23
Louisville over Clemson 31-23
Louisville+6.5 vs Clemson

Paul Finebaum:
GaTech over Notre Dame
TAMU over Nevada

Pat Forde:
FSU over BC
Duke over NW
Nebraska over Miami Fl
Mizzou over UConn
OU over Tulsa
Okla St over UTSA
Iowa over Pitt
Mich St over AF
Ohio St over NIU
Penn St over Rutgers
Wisconsin over Troy
Arizona over NAU
Oregon over Georgia St
USC over Stanford
UCLA over BYU
Georgia over S.Carolina
Alabama over Ole Miss
Arkansas over TTU
LSU over Auburn
TAMU over Nevada
TCU over SMU
CSU over Colorado
UTah over Fresno St
Navy over ECU
GaTech over Notre Dame
Rice over UNT
FAU over Buffalo

Joey Galloway:
Ohio St over NIU
USC over Stanford
UCLA over BYU
Notre Dame over GaTech
Clemson over Louisville
BC over FSU

Kirk Herbstreit:
LSU over Auburn

Danny Kanell:
Ole Miss over Alabama
GaTech over Notre Dame
Ohio St over NIU
Clemson over Louisville
FSU over BC

Trevor Matich:
GaTech over Notre Dame
Clemson over Louisville
Georgia over South Carolina

Greg McElroy:
Georgia over S.Carolina
Mizzou over UConn
Alabama over Ole Miss
Kentucky over Florida
Miss St over NW St

Ryan McGee:
Bama over Ole Miss

Dari Nowkhah:
Kentucky over Florida
GaTech over Notre Dame
LSU over Auburn
Alabama over Ole Miss
UCLA over BYU
USC over Stanford
Cal over Texas

Jason Sehorn:
Ohio St over NIU

Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Ole Miss

Phil Steele:
Alabama over Ole Miss 28-13
Illinois+9.5 vs UNC
UCLA over BYU 38-20
USC over Stanford 32-14
Florida over Kentucky (by 3)
Notre Dame over GaTech 31-27
LSU over Auburn 31-21
Clemson over Louisville (by 3)
Cal over Texas
Ohio St over NIU

Matt Stinchomb:
Kentucky over Florida

Clint Stoerner:
Alabama over Ole Miss
Mizzou over UConn

Scott Van Pelt:
UMass+10.5 vs Temple
Purdue+6.5 vs VaTech
SJSU+7.5 vs Oregon St
Stanford+10 vs USC
Notre Dame+2.5 vs GaTech

Andre Ware:
Ohio St over NIU

2013-14 Bowl Season: Results are in! #bowlmania

Posted on January 11, 2014 by gamedaycole

In this reporter’s opinion, the 2013-14 Bowl Season was one that upfront looked like a disapointing schedule, yet turned out to be one of the more exciting bowl seasons I can remember. The BCS era definitely went out with a bang thanks to four of five major upsets, and a championship game which will be remembered for a long time. However, our panel of experts struggled this year with the bowl picks. For reference, the previous bowl season champions are:

2006-2007 Bowl Season Champion: Howie Schwab @ 24-8, 75%
2007-2008 Bowl Season Champion: Colin Cowherd @ 25-7, 78.1%
2008-2009 Bowl Season Champion: Pat Forde @ 17-10, 63%
2009-2010 Bowl Season Champion: Jesse Palmer @ 18-16, 52.9%
2010-2011 Bowl Season Champion: Todd McShay @ 20-11, 64.52%
2011-2012 Bowl Season Champion: Tony Reali @ 25-10, 71.43%
2012-13 Bowl Season Co-Champions: Robert Smith & Jennifer, 25-10, 71.43%

So some years are up and others are down. This wasn’t quite as bad as the 2009-10 season when Jesse Palmer won the championship basically because I already ordered the trophy and had to send it to somebody. However, this year I would like to present to you a set of co-champions for the second year in a row. This year’s winners are last year’s co-champion Robert Smith and newcomer Phil Steele. They went 21-14 this season, which is low for a champion, but this is also a year in which none of our main competitors (defined as those who picked all 35 games) finished with a losing record. It was a very tight group. Check out the records below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this year in the bowl games.

Qualifying Competitors:
Phil Steele: 21-14
Robert Smith: 21-14
Dari Nowkhah: 20-15
Jennifer’s Picks: 20-15
Pat Forde: 20-15
Todd McShay: 19-16
Mark Schlabach: 18-17
Ed Cunningham: 18-17

Others receiving votes:
Mel Kiper Jr.: 1-0
Mike Golic: 1-0
Chris Fowler: 1-0
Trevor Matich: 1-0
Tim Tebow: 1-0
Brad Edwards: 1-0
Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
Bill Plaschke: 1-0
Ivan Maisel: 1-0
Stephen A Smith: 1-0
Andre Ware: 3-2
Joey Galloway: 3-2
Matt Millen: 3-2
David Pollack: 7-7
Brian Griese: 3-3
Magic Johnson: 3-3
Ryen Russillo: 2-2
Kirk Herbstreit: 6-7
Lee Corso: 4-5
Desmond Howard: 2-3
Kevin Carter: 2-3
Brock Huard: 2-3
Danny Kanell: 3-4
Jesse Palmer: 3-5
Mark May: 2-4
Lou Holtz: 2-4
Mike Bellotti: 1-4
Tom Luginbill: 1-4
Matt Stinchcomb: 1-4
Colin Cowherd: 1-5
Mike Greenberg: 0-1
Paul Finebaum: 0-1
Skip Bayless: 0-1
Woody Paige: 0-1
Jackie MacMullen: 0-1
Rod Gilmore: 0-4