Week 5 2012: Weekday picks
Been a bad week so far. I’ve been working lots of overtime, and thus haven’t been able to focus this week like usual. This trend will continue into the weekend unfortunately, so picks will be slow to be posted. However, I have a duty, and it will be fulfilled. Here’s this week’s picks so far, and I’ll be updating any more as the evening goes along.
Dari Nowkhah:
Mich St over Ohio St
FSU over USF
Oregon over Wash St
Stanford over Washington
Mike Bellotti:
Texas over Okla St
Minnesota over Iowa
WVU over Baylor
Illinois over Penn St
S.Carolina over Kentucky
Christian Fauria:
TAMU over Arkansas
Texas over Okla St
Tom Luginbill:
Ohio St over Mich St
Oregon over Wash St
FSU over USF
S.Carolina over Kentucky
Stanford over Washington
Dan Hawkins:
Nebraska over Wisconsin
Pat Forde:
LaTech over UVA
Clemson over BC
NC St over Miami
WVU over Baylor
UCLA over Colorado
Iowa St over TTU
Nebraska over Wisconsin
Texas over Okla St
Penn St over Illinois
Minnesota over Iowa
Mich St over Ohio St
NIU over C.Michigan
Oreg St over Arizona
Cal over Ariz St
Oregon over Wash St
Georgia over Tennessee
S.Carolina over Kentucky
Bama over Ole Miss
LSU over Towson
TCU over SMU
TAMU over Arkansas
Boise St over UNM
Cinci over VaTech
Louisville over S.Miss
Tulsa over UAB
Mizzou over UCF
FSU over SFU
Kirk Herbstreit:
Texas over Okla St
Stanford over Washington
Miami over NC St
Georgia over Tennessee
Cinci over VaTech
Robert Smith:
Stanford over Washington
Ohio St over Mich St
Georgia over Tennessee
Trevor Matich:
Ohio St over Mich St
Mark Schlabach:
Oregon St over Arizona
Brian Griese:
Nebraska over Wisconsin
Mich St over Nebraska
Texas over Okla St
Arizona over Oregon ST
Mark May:
Nebraska over Wisconsin
Ohio St over Mich St
Texas over Okla St
Arizona over Oregon St
Week 4 2012: Results are up!
Another fantastic week in the college football world. Some great games this weekend, some good upsets, and some good performances from our experts (we even got the ultra-premium and rare Chris Fowler pick, when he tweeted something to the effect of how he didn’t think Arizona could possibly keep up with Oregon). The big winners this week were Dari Nowkhah at 7-1 (even though he had a pretty easy slate), Robert Smith at 8-3, and Coach Corso had a big bounceback weekend after two rough weeks going 9-2 on this Saturday. Pat Forde’s dominance continues, but is slowing down slightly as he went 20-7. However, Jason Sehorn (owner of the best looking sideburns on ESPN) blew the lid off of this thing going 10-1 this week. Congratulations Jason, you get to keep the trophy or medal or certificate or whatever the hell kind of imaginary award I give out for this week. This week’s losers are Christian Fauria at 4-6, Desmond Howard at 5-4, and this week’s celebrity guest Ricky Carmichael, who pretty much turned his slate of picks into a dumpster fire as expected going 2-5. One fun fact for this week is that our experts picked FSU over Clemson 11 to 1, with Christian Fauria being the only dufus who picked Clemson. Pay attention, because any time only one person picks an upset, its pretty much a lock for the favorite (see Bama/Michigan and Desmond Howard please). Here’s all the results, and pages will be updated accordingly tomorrow.
Mike Bellotti: 4-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Penn St over Temple
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT ND over Michigan
Tom Luginbill: 5-2
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT ND over Michigan
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT UNC over ECU
WRONG Wash St over Colorado
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Boise St over BYU
Jason Sehorn: 10-1
RIGHT Penn St over Temple
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
WRONG Syracuse over Minnesota
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Oreg St over UCLA
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT Georgia over Vanderbilt
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
Dan Hawkins: 1-1
RIGHT Wisconsin over UTEP
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
Danny Kanell: 2-2
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Georgia over Vanderbilt
Dari Nowkhah: 7-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Boise St over BYU
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT TCU over UVA
RIGHT VaTech over BGSU
Brian Griese: 2-2
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG Mizzou over S.Carolina
RIGHT USC over Cal
RIGHT KState over OU
Mark May: 4-2
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT USC over Cal
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
Lou Holtz: 3-1
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
Chris Fowler: 1-0
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
Pat Forde: 20-7
RIGHT Baylor over LaMonroe
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
WRONG GaTech over Miami
WRONG UNC over ECU
RIGHT WVU over Maryland
RIGHT Nebraska over Idaho St
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT Mich St over E.Michigan
RIGHT Minnesota over Syracuse
RIGHT Ohio St over UAB
RIGHT NIU over Kansas
WRONG USF over Ball St
WRONG Utah over Ariz St
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT USC over Cal
WRONG UCLA over Oregon St
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
RIGHT Georgia over Vanderbilt
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Bama over FAU
WRONG Arkansas over Rutgers
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Miss St over S.Alabama
RIGHT TCU over UVA
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT Tulsa over Fresno St
RIGHT Louisville over FIU
Robert Smith: 8-3
RIGHT Boise St over BYU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG UCLA over Oreg St
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT TCU over UVA
WRONG GaTech over Miami
RIGHT Rutgers over Arkansas
RIGHT Minnesota over Syracuse
Christian Fauria: 4-6
WRONG Clemson over FSU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG OU over KState
WRONG UCLA over Oreg St
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT TCU over UVA
WRONG GaTech over Miami
WRONG Arkansas over Rutgers
WRONG UConn over W.Michigan
Trevor Matich: 0-1
WRONG BYU over Boise St
Mark Schlabach: 0-1
WRONG Mizzou over S.Carolina
Colin Cowherd: 5-2
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT USC over Cal
WRONG UCLA over Oregon St
Todd McShay: 1-0
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
Ryen Russillo: 1-1
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG Arkansas over Rutgers
Skip Bayless: 0-1
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
Mel Kiper Jr: 4-1
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT Florida over Kentucky
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
David Pollack: 5-2
WRONG GaTech over Miami
RIGHT Oreg St over UCLA
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT KState over OU
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
WRONG Arkansas over Rutgers
Desmond Howard: 5-4
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
WRONG GaTech over Miami
WRONG UCLA over Oreg St
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Bama over FAU
RIGHT USC over Cal
Kirk Herbstreit: 6-3
WRONG UCLA over Oreg St
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Boise St over BYU
RIGHT Bama over FAU
RIGHT Minnesota over Syracuse
RIGHT Rutgers over Arkansas
WRONG Utah over Ariz St
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
WRONG OU over KState
Lee Corso: 9-2
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Bama over FAU
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT NIU over Kansas
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Notre Dame over Michigan
RIGHT Minnesota over Syracuse
RIGHT Rutgers over Arkansas
RIGHT Ariz St over Utah
WRONG UCLA over Oregon St
RIGHT FSU over Clemson (Headgear pick)
Ricky Carmichael: 2-5
WRONG Syracuse over Minnesota
WRONG Arkansas over Rutgers
RIGHT Ariz St over Utah
WRONG UCLA over Oregon St
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG OU over KState
RIGHT FSU over Clemson
Jennifer: 8-7
RIGHT Boise St over BYU
WRONG Clemson over FSU (Upset Special)
RIGHT Georgia over Vanderbilt
WRONG Michigan over Notre Dame
WRONG Arkansas over Rutgers
WRONG UCLA over Oreg St
RIGHT Miami over GaTech
WRONG UConn over W.Michigan
RIGHT Wake Forest over Army
WRONG Syracuse over Minnesota
RIGHT S.Carolina over Mizzou
RIGHT LSU over Auburn
RIGHT Oregon over Arizona
RIGHT Ariz St over Utah
WRONG OU over KState
Week 4 2012: College Gameday Review
Welcome back. College Gameday is just ending, the full day of games are just beginning, and its time for us to take a minute to reflect on this morning’s activities. Things were a little hectic this morning as we suffered some technical difficulties involving the FIOS box, DVR, and their ability for me to view College Gameday. Luckily we had a backup TV, but might have missed a couple of details while I was getting things back into working order. Things are back online, and all is normal in the universe.
We kicked off things live from Tallahassee, Florida this morning for the big matchup between Clemson and Florida State. Going into this show, they said FSU is only 3-5 when Gameday is present on their campus, so take note of this important information gamblers. Coach Corso also comes into this week riding a two-week losing streak for his headgear picks. Can he turn it around? Tune in tonight to find out. Who did he pick? Read on and you will see (or just scroll down if you could care less about anything I say). Things started off the first hour as always with Chris Fowler welcoming us to the presentation with Desmond Howard and David Pollack. Then Samantha Steele took over hosting the first hour because, as she put it, the humidity was killing his hair. We got discussions on all the games including tonight’s game, which has now been dubbed “The Battle of Jimbo and Dabo”. We got a replay of last week’s Dewey Bozella piece and his inspirational story of being wrongfully imprisoned. The first hour closed, as always, with picks from Desmond and David making picks. They both took the Seminoles and got quite an ovation from the crowd. Also, Samantha Steele’s shoes made another return, so Jennifer will be thrilled. No outlandish suit from Desmond Howard; I am disappointed.
The Early Crew: Looking Sharp
As the second hour started, David Pollack was sent back to the bus to go use the internet. I do apologize, but this was during our technical difficulties, and this is the closest picture I got of him tweeting, when the FSU cheerleaders threw one of their members at him and he managed to catch her. Well done David.
Pollack put away the internet; catches cheerleader!
During today’s show, we got some footage of Lee Corso’s time spent playing for Florida State back in the mid 1950s. I don’t know about you, but I love watching vintage college football clips. Nothing better than a lazy day watching “Southwest Conference Legends” on Fox Sports Net that used to air a few years ago. Coming back from one commercial, we got a piece by Tom Rinaldi called “Chopped” about FSU, and the piece lasted about 25 seconds. I thought this was going to be a full Tom Rinaldi quiet-talking segment, but it was really short and didn’t have much of a point. I don’t understand why we needed a full title card for “Chopped: by Tom Rinaldi” for a piece less than a minute long. However, we did get a full Tebow Memorial Segment by Tom Rinaldi about Jimbo Fisher’s son Ethan who suffers from Fanconi Anemia. Apparently its a blood disorder that his son has, and the life expectancy is about 25. It sounds pretty horrible, because even if you get a bone marrow transplant to fight the disorder, you are still susceptible to all kinds of cancers. Heartbreaking stuff, but you would never know it looking at Ethan. The kid doesn’t look like he has a care in the world, so best of luck to him.
We got a discussion between Pollack, Herbie and Jesse Palmer back in the studio about Mizzou’s QB James Franklin refusing the needle and sitting out last week’s game. Jesse Palmer chimed in with a great looking opinion that Franklin made the right decision. He talked about his own choice to use painkillers to get through a game, and how it messed him up for weeks after that because he couldn’t feel the damage he was causing to his body. Pollack said if he heard the opposing QB had a bad shoulder, he was coming for the shoulder. We also found out FSU does not like Jesse Palmer, as it rained down boos when he came on the screen. They must be jealous of his good looks.
We saw the return of Bald Man on Campus with Scott Van Pelt, which we have missed the last two weeks. His initial piece was him hanging out on campus with Denard Robinson, and this week was him hanging out on campus with Collin Klein; Kansas State QB. Comparisons were made to Tim Tebow. Both white. Both home schooled. Both religious. Both rugged. Both bring their lunch pale. Both great leaders. They talked about Klein always getting bloodied up from taking the big hits, and he said he always looks at his teammates in the huddle who take bigger hits to help him out. Apparently he supports Tebow, and Tebow supports him. Klein also plays the piano, violin and mandolin. Great segment, and I’m glad we had SVP back.
Now its time to get down to the real business at hand. You probably came here for picks, so its time for picks. For the full slate of Saturday morning picks, check out THIS POST. Last night on Twitter, Lee Fitting (@leefitting on Twitter) said he spent 30 minutes planning out the headgear pick with Lee Corso last night. I could only imagine what they were coming up with. There was also high speculation about who would be the guest celebrity. My vote of former FSU star Burt Reynolds did not win. What they managed to dig up is Tallahassee native and noted motocross driver Ricky Carmichael. Ricky came onto the set with Fowler, Corso and Herbie and did a great job of contributing pretty much nothing to the presentation. He had some great insight like “Gonna be a lot of points in this Oregon-Arizona game”, and “I’m going to the game tonight, so I gotta go with Florida State”. Lee Corso was very unimpressed with this backwards-hat-wearing motorcycle jumper, and pretty much gave him a big MEH every time he picked a game. This all built up to the big game tonight. FSU only 3-5 all-time when Gameday is on campus. Corso riding a two game losing streak on headgear picks. Would he give the kiss of death to the Seminoles this week? What was the big presentation Lee Fitting and Coach Corso came up with? This should answer your question. Also, I can’t be the only one who thought about this separated at birth comparison below. Choose wisely, and enjoy your Saturday folks.
Corso goes with the Seminoles!
Mel Brooks: Separated at birth?
Cole's Gameday Blog 