Week 10 2013: Picks are graded, results are in!

Week 10 will be known as “redemption Saturday” this year after two really tough weeks of picking games for our experts.  Wins were all over the place this week and it will be about a fifteen way split for the official weekly winner (official in the sense that it means absolutely nothing).  Jason Sehorn claims this week’s loss at 6-4.  Colin Cowherd came in at 8-2, Robert Smith went 6-1, Mark May went 3-0, Herbie went 6-2, Desmond Howard went 5-1, Pollack went 3-0, Dari Nowkhah and Mel Kiper Jr. both went 5-0, but we have the real winners to come.

Todd McShay went 3-1 but missed his upset special of Florida over Georgia.  Other upset specialists include Mark Schlabach and Brad Edwards.  Schlabach got his upset special right, nailing Oklahoma St over TTU, even though Oklahoma St was a slight favorite according to the experts out west.  Brad Edwards continues to fail at calling upsets, missing Michigan over Michigan State.  Others picking Michigan include noted Michigan homers Desmond Howard and Brian Griese.  Paul Finebaum continued to let us know that he can pick SEC games blind but can’t pick any other conferences to save his life.  Coach Corso nailed his headgear pick of FSU over Miami.  Billy the Cat also went with FSU over Miami.

Now for the real winners.  This week’s special guest celebrity was ruggedly handsome man and occasional musician Jake Owen.  Owen somehow navigated his way through the entire pick segment without including any true football analysis, and ended up going 8-0 to the bewilderment of anyone who runs a blog about college football picks.  Jennifer went 10-1, missing her upset special of TTU over Oklahoma St.  Coach Corso also went 8-0 this week including his headgear pick and his upset special of BC over VaTech.  So its a three way tie for winners this week.  Check out the full slate below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.

Colin Cowherd: 8-2
RIGHT Ohio St over Purdue
RIGHT Wisconsin over Iowa
RIGHT S.Carolina over Miss St
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Notre Dame over Navy
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
WRONG TTU over Okla St
RIGHT UCLA over Colorado
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
WRONG Oregon St over USC

Mike Bellotti: 2-0
RIGHT Fsu over Miami Fl
RIGHT Ohio st over Purdue

Tom luginbill: 1-0
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas

Brad Edwards: 2-1
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
RIGHT Ohio St over Purdue
WRONG Michigan over Mich St (upset special)

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over TTU (upset special)

Trevor Matich: 2-0
RIGHT Ohio St over Purdue
RIGHT Fsu over Miami fl

Paul Finebaum: 1-1
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
WRONG TTU over okla st

Kevin carter: 1-0
RIGHT Fsu over Miami

Ivan Maisel: 1-1
RIGHT Notre Dame over Navy
RIGHT Oregon St over USC

Ryen Russillo: 2-0
RIGHT GaTech over Pitt
RIGHT Georgia over Florida

Robert Smith: 6-1
WRONG Oreg st over USC
RIGHT Fsu over Miami fl
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Okla st over TTU
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas

Jason Sehorn: 6-4
WRONG Oreg st over USC
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
WRONG NW over Nebraska
RIGHT Fresno st over Nevada
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
RIGHT Ohio st over Purdue
WRONG Michigan over Mich St
WRONG TTU over Okla St
RIGHT Fsu over Miami Fl

Brian Griese: 2-1
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
WRONG Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT Fsu over Miami fl

Mark May: 3-0
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Fsu over Miami Fl

Lou Holtz: 2-1
WRONG Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl

Woody Paige: 1-0
RIGHT Fsu over Miami Fl

Tim cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT Fsu over Miami Fl

Lee Corso: 8-0
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT BC over VaTech (upset special)
RIGHT Wisconsin over Iowa
RIGHT Nebraska over NW
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl (headgear pick)

Kirk Herbstreit: 6-2
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
WRONG TTU over Okla St
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
WRONG Wake Forest over Syracuse (upset special)
RIGHT Wisconsin over Iowa
RIGHT Nebraska over NW
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas

Desmond Howard: 5-1
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
WRONG Michigan over Mich St
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
RIGHT S.Carolina over Miss St

Jake Owen: 8-0
RIGHT Minnesota over Indiana (upset special)
RIGHT Wisconsin over Iowa
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Nebraska over NW
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl

Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl

David Pollack: 3-0
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl

Chris Fallica: 1-0
RIGHT Okla St over TTU

Jennifer’s Picks: 10-1
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
RIGHT Clemson over UVA
WRONG TTU over Okla St (upset special)
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT S.Carolina over Miss St
RIGHT Wisconsin over Iowa
RIGHT Nebraska over NW
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
RIGHT Texas over Kansas

Todd McShay: 3-1
RIGHT FSU over Miami FL
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
WRONG Florida over Georgia (Upset special)

Dari Nowkhah: 5-0
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT Georgia over Florida

Mel Kiper Jr.: 5-0
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Okla St over TTU
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT Georgia over Florida

Pat Forde: 18-6
WRONG Oreg St over USC
RIGHT FSU over Miami Fl
RIGHT UNC over NC St
RIGHT Clemson over UVA
WRONG VaTech over BC
RIGHT Mizzou over Tennessee
RIGHT Nebraska over NW
WRONG Indiana over Minnesota
RIGHT Wisconsin over Iowa
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Penn St over Illinois
RIGHT Ohio St over Purdue
WRONG UNLV over SJSU
WRONG Kent St over Akron
RIGHT UCLA over Colorado
RIGHT Georgia over Florida
RIGHT S.Carolina over Miss St
RIGHT Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT TAMU over UTEP
WRONG TCU over WVU
RIGHT Okla St oveR TTU
RIGHT Boise St over CSU
RIGHT Fresno St over Nevada
RIGHT NIU over UMass

Week 10 2013: Weekday college picks for you! #saturdayselections

Let’s get this weekend started.  We’ve got lots of good picks from this week.  We will have more tonight with Dr. Lou and Mark May and we will be back tomorrow with the big rundown including Todd McShay’s upset special and the Lee Corso headgear pick!

Colin Cowherd:
Ohio St over Purdue 34-17
Wisconsin over Iowa
S.Carolina over Miss St 33-20
Mich St over Michigan 27-21
Notre Dame over Navy 33-13
Mizzou over Tennessee 24-20
TTU over Okla St 38-30
UCLA over Colorado
FSU over Miami Fl 44-17
Oregon St over USC 31-23

Mike Bellotti:
Fsu over Miami Fl
Ohio st over Purdue

Tom luginbill:
Auburn over Arkansas

Brad Edwards:
FSU over Miami Fl
Ohio St over Purdue
Michigan over Mich St (upset special)

Mark Schlabach:
Okla St over TTU (upset special)

Trevor Matich:
Ohio St over Purdue

Paul Finebaum
Georgia over Florida
TTU over okla st

Kevin carter
Fsu over Miami

Ivan Maisel:
Notre Dame over Navy
Oregon St over USC

Todd McShay:
Georgia over Florida
FSU over Miami FL

Ryen Russillo:
GaTech over Pitt
Georgia over Florida

Robert Smith:
Oreg st over USC
Fsu over Miami fl
Mizzou over Tennessee
Georgia over Florida
Okla st over TTU

Jason Sehorn:
Oreg st over USC
Georgia over Florida
Auburn over Arkansas
NW over Nebraska
Fresno st over Nevada
Mizzou over Tennessee
Ohio st over Purdue
Michigan over Mich St
TTU over Okla St
Fsu over Miami Fl

Brian Griese:
Georgia over Florida
Michigan over Mich St
Fsu over Miami fl

Mark May:
Georgia over Florida
Mich St over Michigan
Fsu over Miami Fl

Lou Holtz:
Michigan over Mich St
Okla St over TTU
FSU over Miami Fl

Woody Paige
Fsu over Miami Fl

Tim cowlishaw
Fsu over Miami fl

2012-13 Bowl Season: Results & Champions!

We’ve had the boys down at the Gameday lab tallying picks, crunching numbers and doing things in labcoats and the results for the 2012-13 Bowl Season are finally in!  As with every year, there is some discretion used by our board of trustees (i.e. Me) as to who actually wins, and how to interpret the results.  First, our bowling results are below for your review presented in alphabetical order by first name:

Brad Edwards: 1-0
Charles Arbuckle: 1-0
Christian Fauria: 1-0
Colin Cowherd: 22-13
Dari Nowkhah: 1-0
Danny Kanell: 1-1
David Pollack: 3-4
Desmond Howard: 8-2
Ed Cunningham: 8-3
Ivan Maisel: 3-1
JA Adande: 1-0
Jackie MacMullan: 1-0
Jennifer’s Picks: 25-10
Jesse Palmer: 3-1
Kevin Carter: 7-3
Kirk Herbstreit: 5-3
Lee Corso: 7-3
Lou Holtz: 0-2
Mark May: 2-0
Mark Schlabach: 23-12
Matt Stinchcomb: 0-1
Mel Kiper Jr: 0-1
Michael Smith: 0-1
Mike Bellotti: 6-4
Mike Golic: 21-14
Mike Greenberg: 13-22
Pat Forde: 18-17
Robert Smith: 25-10
Ryen Russillo: 1-0
Scott Van Pelt: 1-0
Skip Bayless: 1-1
Stephen A. Smith: 1-0
Tim Cowlishaw: 5-3
Todd McShay: 21-14
Tom Luginbill: 6-4
Trevor Matich: 0-1
Urban Meyer: 0-1
Woody Paige: 1-0

While we have 30+ bowl pickers, we only have a few competitors who qualify for the championship due to the amount of games picked.  The eligible competitors are Colin Cowherd, Jennifer, Mark Schlabach, Mike & Mike, Pat Forde, Robert Smith and Todd McShay.  Each of them picked the full slate of bowl games, while everyone else just chimed in for a few games.  Before crowning a champion, let me also explain the curious case of one Todd McShay.  On this year’s Bowl Mania Special on ESPN, prior to any of the bowls kicking off, he picked all of the games with his confidence points.  In his picks from this special, he went 22-13.  On his ESPN.com Bowl Mania group, he picked a slightly different slate of games with a few being different, but also went 22-13 on his Bowl Mania group.  The reason he is being dropped to 21-14 in the official record is because on the Rose Bowl pregame show, he came on about ten minutes before kickoff and boldly declared that he was changing his mind and called for Wisconsin to upset Stanford.  Maybe you thought nobody would notice, but listen up McShay: I am here to hold you accountable.  Therefore, you will be entered into the record going 21-14 for all eternity.

One last piece of business before we crown our champion.  Please make sure to shame Mike Greenberg for going 13-22 on bowl picks.  That is an all-time low as far as I know, and he was the only person to have a losing record.  Now let us crown our champion… or should I say champions.  This year, Robert Smith and my girlfriend Jennifer both put up 25-10 records in picking Bowl Games, and thus they will be our first ever BOWL PICK’EM CO-CHAMPIONS!!!  Congratulations to the both of you.  Jennifer has already received her congratulatory fruit basket.  Robert Smith, if you are reading this, please be on the lookout for the congratulatory cheese platter I have sent you.  It was a great bowl season, and we will be back soon with the yearly results!

Jennifer: Bowl Champion
Jennifer: Bowl Co-Champion
Robert Smith: 2012-13 Bowl Champion
Robert Smith: Bowl Co-Champion