Week 10 2014: Weekday picks! #cfb #saturdayselections
Week 10 picks are starting to come in after a slow start to the week. We will have more and more as today and tomorrow chug along, and as always we will be here Saturday morning for all of the big predictions from the Gameday crew and more!
Phil Steele:
Ole Miss over Auburn (by 3)
Georgia over Florida (by 17)
TCU over WVU 37-30
Oregon over Stanford (by 14)
AF over Army
FSU over Louisville
Marshall over FAU
Ariz St over Utah
Colin cowherd:
FSU over Louisville 31-27
TCU over WVU 40-30
Georgia over Florida 33-21
Auburn over Ole Miss 27-20
Miss St over Arkansas 38-27
Oregon over Stanford 33-23
ND over Navy 40-27
Ohio St over Illinois 50-17
UCLA over Arizona 41-34
Ariz St over Utah 30-20
Kirk Herbstreit:
Louisville over FSU
Mark May:
Louisville over FSU
TCU over WVU
Auburn over Ole Miss
Oregon over Stanford
Trevor Matich:
TCU over WVU
Auburn over Ole Miss
Oregon over Stanford
Georgia over Florida
Todd McShay:
TCU over WVU
Auburn over Ole Miss
Oregon over Stanford
Georgia over Florida
Mike Bellotti:
FSU over Louisville
David Pollack:
FSU over Louisville
Heather Dinich:
FSU over Louisville
Ole Miss over Auburn
Matt Millen:
FSU over Louisville
Brett Mcmurphy:
Oregon over Stanford
Auburn over Ole Miss
Danny Kanell:
Ariz St over Utah
FSU over Louisville
Oregon over Stanford
Robert Smith:
Ole Miss over Auburn
TCU over WVU
Oregon over Stanford
FSU over Louisville
Brian Griese:
Auburn over Ole Miss
WVU over TCU
Oregon over Stanford
FSU over Louisville
Chris Fallica:
Oregon over Stanford 31-17
Auburn over Ole Miss 28-17
TCU over WVU 37-36
ECU over Temple 34-31
Nebraska over Purdue 42-27
Pat Forde:
Memphis over Tulsa
GaTech over UVA
Miami Fl over UNC
Duke over Pitt
Wisconsin over Rutgers
ECU over Temple
BC over VaTech
TCU over WVU
OU over Iowa St
KState over Okla St
Mizzou over Kentucky
Nebraska over Purdue
Iowa over NW
Michigan over Indiana
Ariz St over Utah
Oregon over Stanford
Arizona over UCLA
Georgia voer Florida
S.Carolina over Tennessee
Auburn over Ole Miss
Miss St over Arkansas
Baylor over Kansas
Texas over TTU
ND over Navy
Georgia St over App St
USF over Houston
2014 Mid-season standings update! #cfb #cfbplayoff #secbias
As we sit here heading into week 10 of our 2014 college football season, the first ever College Football Playoff Committee rankings came out last night. Since the playoff committee has decided this is a good time to put out rankings, we here at Cole’s Gameday Blog have decided this is also a good time to put out the mid-season standings. We have put together a crack team of experts for the first ever COLE’S GAMEDAY BLOG RANKING COMMITTEE!!! Our committee members consist of myself, my wife Jennifer, a cat, two jugs of sangria wine, one copy of “The Waterboy” on DVD, a taco ten pack from Taco Bell, and a shrine dedicated to Tim Tebow. Keep in mind that our conclusions are unofficial (as opposed to whatever else we do here) and will certainly change as the season nears completion.
What you may notice is that, just like the playoff committee, our rankings also include SEC BIAS!!! Three of our top four competitors are from the SEC Network, which made me wonder if it is easier to pick SEC games, but Greg McElroy also picks games on the Dari & Mel show, where he not only picks other conferences, but is absolutely killing both Dari Nowkhah and Mel Kiper Jr. this season. With so many tough games coming up in the SEC (plus bowl season), I can only imagine that the winning percentages may fall for these newcomers, but only time will tell.
So without further adieu, I present to you the rankings from our major competitors though 9 weeks of competition.
| 2014-15 Season | Right-Wrong | % Correct |
| Greg McElroy | 43-10 | 81.13% |
| Tim Tebow | 31-8 | 79.49% |
| Marcus Spears | 31-8 | 79.49% |
| Pat Forde | 174-81 | 79.09% |
| Booger McFarland | 25-7 | 78.13% |
| Phil Steele | 97-29 | 76.98% |
| Brett McMurphy | 28-9 | 75.68% |
| Colin Cowherd | 65-21 | 75.58% |
| Paul Finebaum | 32-11 | 74.42% |
| David Pollack | 37-14 | 72.55% |
| Robert Smith | 32-14 | 69.57% |
| Kevin Carter | 44-20 | 68.75% |
| Lee Corso | 69-32 | 68.32% |
| Jason Sehorn | 30-14 | 68.18% |
| Desmond Howard | 71-34 | 67.62% |
| Dari Nowhkah | 25-12 | 67.57% |
| Lou Holtz | 22-11 | 66.67% |
| Mel Kiper Jr. | 23-13 | 63.89% |
| Jennifer | 61-38 | 61.62% |
| Chris Fallica | 33-21 | 61.11% |
| Jon Berger | 23-15 | 60.53% |
| Celebrity Guests | 55-38 | 59.14% |
| Danny Kanell | 18-13 | 58.06% |
| Kirk Herbstreit | 55-41 | 57.29% |
| Todd McShay | 12-9 | 57.14% |
| Trevor Matich | 17-16 | 51.52% |
| Mark May | 15-15 | 50.00% |
Week 9 2014: Picks are graded, results are in! #cfb #saturdayselections
Week 9 brought us some great performances both on the field and off of it. LSU with another 4th quarter comeback against a top 3 opponent; TCU dropping 82 on a poor Texas Tech team; Utah winning a thriller against USC. We had some true winners amongst our panel of expert prognosticators this week, and somehow also managed the worst performance we’ve seen since the legendary 0-9 week put up by Robert Smith in Week 8 of 2013. Let’s dive right in
Winners this week were too many to point out, so the following will be highlighted: Lee Corso (9-2), David Pollack (5-1), Marcus Spears (5-0), Kevin Carter (10-3), Colin Cowherd (9-2), and Trevor Matich (5-1). This week’s co-champions would have to be Desmond Howard, at an impressive 10-1 (thanks to that no-pick on the Michigan game) and celebrity guest picker Jase Robertson, who went a perfect 9-0 on the week.
We only had two real losers this week, the first of which is Mel Kiper Jr. at 1-3. The second loser this week, who went on Gameday and absolutely squatted over the desk to relieve himself during the pick segment, is special guest celebrity picker Willie Robertson, who put up an impressive 1-8 record this week. He went with the upset in every single game, and only managed to get the LSU pick right. Pretty impressive actually. Combined with his appearance last year (6-4), this brings Willie to 7-12 all time in the rankings.
Coach Corso nailed another headgear pick this week, going with LSU over Ole Miss. He is on a warpath this year with the headgear picks sitting at 9-1 on the season. Jennifer continues to put up the big numbers at 8-3 this week, although she missed the upset special of Washington over Arizona State. Charley the Cat continues her downfall, losing the Ole Miss pick. Our last note includes the re-emergence of Kirk Herbstreit with an 8-3 record this week, after several devastating weeks recently.
Check out the full slate of picks and results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.
Lee Corso: 9-2
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Utah over USC
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss (headgear pick)
Kirk Herbstreit: 8-3
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Harvard over Princeton
WRONG Texas over KState
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
Desmond Hoard: 10-1
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Harvard over Princeton
RIGHT Utah over USC
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
Willie Robertson: 1-8
WRONG Kentucky over Miss St
WRONG Tennessee over Alabama
WRONG Penn St over Ohio St
WRONG Texas over KState
WRONG Okla St over WVU
WRONG USC over Utah
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
Jase Robertson: 9-0
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Ohio S tover Penn St
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
RIGHT Utah over USC
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
RIGHT Arizona over Wash St
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
Jennifer’s Picks: 8-3
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Utah over USC
WRONG Washington over Ariz St (upset special)
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Tenessee
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
David Pollack: 5-1
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Utah over USC
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Harvard over Princeton
Dari Nowkhah: 2-2
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Utah over USC
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
Mel Kiper Jr.: 1-3
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
WRONG USC over Utah
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
Greg McElroy: 3-2
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Arizona over Wash St
Tim Tebow: 4-1
RIGHT Mizzou over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
Marcus Spears: 5-0
RIGHT Mizzou over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
Paul Finebaum: 4-1
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Mizzou over Vanderbilt
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
Brett McMurphy: 4-1
WRONG Pitt over GaTech
RIGHT CSU over Wyoming
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Memphis over SMU
RIGHT Arkansas over UAB
Phil Steele: 14-5
RIGHT Marshall over FAU
RIGHT UL-Lafayette over Ark St
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Arizona over Wash St (upset special)
RIGHT Clemson over Syracuse
WRONG UL-Monroe over Texas St
RIGHT W.Michigan over Ohio
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Nebraska over Rutgers
WRONG Minnesota over Illinois
Kevin Carter: 10-3
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT WVU over KState
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
RIGHT TCU over TTU
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT Clemson over Syracuse
Charley the Cat: 0-1
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
Colin Cowherd: 9-2
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT UCLA over Colorado
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Utah over USC
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
Lou Holtz: 4-1
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
WRONG S.Carolina over Auburn
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Utah over USC
Mark May: 3-2
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG USC over Utah
Chris Fallica: 4-3
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG USC over Utah
WRONG Wash St over Arizona
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT UCLA over Colorado
RIGHT Harvard over Princeton
Booger McFarland: 2-1
WRONG S.Carolina over Auburn
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT LSU over Ole Miss
Trevor Matich: 5-1
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Utah over USC
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
Brad Edwards: 2-2
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
Todd McShay: 1-1
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
Ryen Russillo: 1-1
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
Jon Berger: 3-2
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
Jason Sehorn: 5-2
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Ariz St over Washington
Brian Griese: 3-1
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Utah over USC
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
Robert Smith: 2-2
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
WRONG USC over Utah
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Kstate over Texas
Mike Bellotti: 2-1
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Utah over USC
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
Tim Cowlishaw: 1-0
RIGHT KState over Texas
Charles Arbuckle: 2-0
RIGHT Marshall over FAU
RIGHT Clemson over Syracuse
Pat Forde: 22-5
WRONG Ole Miss over LSU
RIGHT Utah over USC
WRONG Washington over Ariz St
RIGHT Ohio St over Penn St
RIGHT Mich St over Michigan
WRONG UVA over UNC
WRONG Pitt over GaTech
RIGHT WVU over Okla St
RIGHT Arizona over Wash St
WRONG Minnesota over Illinois
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Mizzou over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Oregon over Cal
RIGHT Cinci over USF
RIGHT Boise St over BYU
RIGHT S.Alabama over Troy
RIGHT Clemson over Syracuse
RIGHT UCLA over Colorado
RIGHT KState over Texas
RIGHT Nebraska over Rutgers
RIGHT Wisconsin over Maryland
RIGHT Stanford over Oreg St
RIGHT Alabama over Tennessee
RIGHT Auburn over S.Carolina
RIGHT TCU over TTU
RIGHT Marshall over FAU
RIGHT Georgia Southern over Georgia St
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