2018-19 College Football Season: Picks are graded. Final results are in; yearly champion is crowned!
We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes with our team of scientists, mathematicians, and the boys down in the lab. The numbers have been crunched and the results are in for your 2018-19 college football season. Without further delay, we are proud to announce Stanford Steve Coughlin as our 2018-19 college football picking champion. Steve Coughlin put forth a 65-22 record picking games straight up on his ESPN Chalk column, which is a nice 74.71% picking record. However, Stanford Steve blew the doors off the competition 57-29-1 AGAINST THE SPREAD which is 66.09%. If you followed his picks and invested in them you are probably a millionaire reading this website from your new beachfront property. This is an all-time great performance, so if you see Steve please buy him a drink for me.
Everyone else with more than 10 games picked is below, so enjoy the full 2018-19 grades below.
Straight up records:
| percent.correct | n.correct | n.wrong | |
| Jordan.Rodgers | 85% | 17 | 3 |
| Brett.McMurphy | 80.65% | 25 | 6 |
| Kevin.Carter | 80% | 8 | 2 |
| Matt.Leinart | 76.47% | 13 | 4 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 75.86% | 88 | 28 |
| Tim.Tebow | 75% | 51 | 17 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 74.71% | 65 | 22 |
| Chris.Doering | 74.60% | 47 | 16 |
| Joey.Galloway | 74.36% | 29 | 10 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 74.07% | 20 | 7 |
| Rece.Davis | 73.33% | 11 | 4 |
| Les.Miles | 73.33% | 33 | 12 |
| Lou.Holtz | 72.86% | 102 | 38 |
| Heather.Dinich | 71.67% | 43 | 17 |
| Jennifer | 71.16% | 190 | 77 |
| Phil.Steele | 70.87% | 163 | 67 |
| Andrea.Adelson | 70.81% | 114 | 47 |
| Marcus.Spears | 69.74% | 53 | 23 |
| David.Pollack | 69.64% | 39 | 17 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw | 69.23% | 27 | 12 |
| Jake.Trotter | 68.57% | 48 | 22 |
| Joel.Klatt | 67.35% | 33 | 16 |
| Rick.Neuheisel | 67.16% | 45 | 22 |
| Jonathan.Vilma | 66.67% | 12 | 6 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 66.04% | 35 | 18 |
| Mark.Schlabach | 65.96% | 62 | 32 |
| Lee.Corso | 65.91% | 145 | 75 |
| Dari.Nowkhah | 65.22% | 15 | 8 |
| Greg.McElroy | 65% | 39 | 21 |
| Jesse.Palmer | 64.86% | 24 | 13 |
| Chris.Fallica | 64.80% | 81 | 44 |
| Corso.Headgear | 64.71% | 11 | 6 |
| Trevor.Matich | 64.71% | 11 | 6 |
| Dave.Wannstedt | 64.29% | 9 | 5 |
| Pat.Forde | 64.06% | 82 | 46 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 64.02% | 137 | 77 |
| Houston.Nutt | 64% | 16 | 9 |
| Chris.Low | 63.64% | 35 | 20 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 63.41% | 130 | 75 |
| Pete.Thamel | 62.63% | 62 | 37 |
| Brian.Jones | 62.03% | 49 | 30 |
| Aaron.Taylor | 61.43% | 43 | 27 |
| Randy.Cross | 61.33% | 46 | 29 |
| Desmond.Howard | 61.18% | 145 | 92 |
| Andy.Staples | 61.06% | 127 | 81 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 60.30% | 120 | 79 |
| Robert.Smith | 60% | 9 | 6 |
| Ryan.McGee | 60% | 36 | 24 |
| Mark.May | 59.44% | 85 | 58 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 59.18% | 58 | 40 |
| Emmanuel.Acho | 58.82% | 10 | 7 |
| Ivan.Maisel | 58.33% | 35 | 25 |
| Stewart.Mandel | 56.16% | 114 | 89 |
| Danny.Kanell | 53.85% | 21 | 18 |
| Gene.Chizik | 50% | 6 | 6 |
| Dan.Orlovsky | 29.41% | 5 | 12 |
ATS Records:
| % Correct | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| steve.coughlin.ats | 66.09% | 57 | 29 | 1 |
| dusty.dvoracek.ats | 62.65% | 52 | 31 | 0 |
| brett.mcmurphy.ats | 60.19% | 32 | 21 | 1 |
| phil.steele.ats | 58.78% | 129 | 90 | 3 |
| rufus.peabody.ats | 58.55% | 44 | 31 | 1 |
| kirk.herbstreit.ats | 57.69% | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| danny.kanell.ats | 56.33% | 43 | 33 | 3 |
| doug.kezirian.ats | 56.10% | 23 | 18 | 0 |
| adam.kramer.ats | 55.56% | 49 | 39 | 2 |
| jeff.ma.ats | 55.07% | 38 | 31 | 0 |
| todd.fuhrman.ats | 54.95% | 60 | 49 | 2 |
| rico.bosco.ats | 54.69% | 69 | 57 | 2 |
| dave.portnoy.ats | 54.59% | 110 | 91 | 6 |
| scott.spreitzer.ats | 54.55% | 42 | 35 | 0 |
| rece.davis.ats | 53.85% | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| chris.fallica.ats | 52.27% | 57 | 52 | 1 |
| lee.corso.ats | 50% | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| scott.van.pelt.ats | 49.17% | 58 | 60 | 2 |
| dan.katz.ats | 48.22% | 80 | 86 | 3 |
| dari.nowkhah.ats | 46.67% | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| stewart.mandel.ats | 45.99% | 73 | 86 | 3 |
| pat.forde.ats | 44.26% | 53 | 67 | 2 |
| tim.cowlishaw.ats | 43.38% | 28 | 37 | 3 |
| pete.thamel.ats | 42.21% | 51 | 70 | 1 |
| bruce.feldman.ats | 41.46% | 64 | 91 | 3 |
| jake.trotter.ats | 41.18% | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| desmond.howard.ats | 37.50% | 4 | 7 | 1 |
2018-19 Bowl Season: Picks are graded; results are in!
The 2018-19 college football season is in the books. Here are the bowl grades to tie you over until we determine our yearly champion. Obviously not everyone qualifies for our made-up bowl competition, so our panel of scientists has made the following determinations.
Our 2018-19 bowl season will award a straight-up champion and a gambling champion since it is hard to separate the two. Our straight-up picking champion for this bowl season is actually a tie. @GamedayJen and Mark Schlabach both went 26-15 on the bowl picks this year and topped all of our experts who picked a full slate of games. Our ATS gambling champion is going to be Dusty Dvoracek at 9-3 ATS. Nobody picked the full slate of games ATS, but nobody really had a good bowl season picking ATS, so he wins.
Congratulations to all of our competitors this year.
Straight up grades:
| percent.correct | n.correct | n.wrong | |
| Corso.Headgear | 100% | 3 | 0 |
| Charles.Arbuckle | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Danny.Kanell | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Matt.Leinart | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Brett.McMurphy | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Houston.Nutt | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 80% | 4 | 1 |
| Jake.Trotter | 75% | 3 | 1 |
| David.Pollack | 71.43% | 5 | 2 |
| Mark.May | 70% | 7 | 3 |
| Lee.Corso | 66.67% | 16 | 8 |
| Andrea.Adelson | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw | 66.67% | 4 | 2 |
| Heather.Dinich | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Mike.Greenberg | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Lou.Holtz | 66.67% | 6 | 3 |
| Chris.Low | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Ivan.Maisel | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan.McGee | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Marcus.Spears | 66.67% | 6 | 3 |
| Tim.Tebow | 66.67% | 4 | 2 |
| Randy.Cross | 63.64% | 7 | 4 |
| Aaron.Taylor | 63.64% | 7 | 4 |
| Jennifer | 63.41% | 26 | 15 |
| Mark.Schlabach | 63.41% | 26 | 15 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 62.50% | 5 | 3 |
| Pete.Thamel | 60% | 21 | 14 |
| Emmanuel.Acho | 58.82% | 10 | 7 |
| Greg.McElroy | 58.54% | 24 | 17 |
| Jonathan.Vilma | 58.33% | 7 | 5 |
| Phil.Steele | 57.50% | 23 | 17 |
| Joel.Klatt | 57.14% | 4 | 3 |
| Rick.Neuheisel | 57.14% | 4 | 3 |
| Stewart.Mandel | 55% | 22 | 18 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 53.66% | 22 | 19 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 52.38% | 11 | 10 |
| Pat.Forde | 51.22% | 21 | 20 |
| Desmond.Howard | 50% | 12 | 12 |
| Skip.Bayless | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 50% | 6 | 6 |
| Chris.Fallica | 50% | 8 | 8 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 50% | 20 | 20 |
| Joey.Galloway | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Tom.Luginbill | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Booger.McFarland | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Todd.McShay | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Dari.Nowkhah | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Jesse.Palmer | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Robert.Smith | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Dave.Wannstedt | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 47.37% | 9 | 10 |
| Andy.Staples | 46.34% | 19 | 22 |
| Brian.Jones | 45.45% | 5 | 6 |
| Jim.Mora.Jr | 42.86% | 3 | 4 |
| Trevor.Matich | 40% | 2 | 3 |
| Dan.Orlovsky | 29.41% | 5 | 12 |
| Jordan.Rodgers | 25% | 1 | 3 |
| Gene.Chizik | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Chris.Doering | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Mike.Golic | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Chip.Kelly | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen.A.Smith | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Dan.Wetzel | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Trey.Wingo | 0% | 0 | 1 |
ATS grades:
| % Correct | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| danny.kanell.ats | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| dari.nowkhah.ats | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| dusty.dvoracek.ats | 75% | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| dave.portnoy.ats | 72.22% | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| adam.kramer.ats | 71.43% | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| dan.katz.ats | 64.71% | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| steve.coughlin.ats | 61.54% | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| jake.trotter.ats | 60% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| todd.fuhrman.ats | 53.85% | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| rufus.peabody.ats | 53.85% | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| chris.fallica.ats | 52.63% | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| colin.cowherd.ats | 50% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| will.harris.ats | 50% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| doug.kezirian.ats | 50% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| scott.spreitzer.ats | 50% | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| phil.steele.ats | 50% | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| pete.thamel.ats | 46.15% | 18 | 21 | 0 |
| jeff.ma.ats | 42.86% | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| rico.bosco.ats | 40% | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| pat.forde.ats | 30.77% | 12 | 27 | 0 |
| tim.cowlishaw.ats | 30% | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| scott.van.pelt.ats | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2018-19 College Football Championship: Picks, predictions, ATS plays, and prop bets!
Welcome back everyone. Here is the official GamedayCole.com megapost of CFB Championship picks, predictions, ATS plays, prop bets, and anything else we can find along the way today. I will be updating all day with the latest and greatest picks available so check back often for updates.
Corso’s Headgear:
Clemson over Alabama
Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Clemson
David Pollack:
Alabama over Clemson
Full slate of ESPN.com writer predictions can be found HERE!!!!
@GamedayJen:
Clemson over Alabama
Paul Finebaum: CFP Selection Show 12/2
Alabama over Clemson
Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Clemson 24-24
Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Clemson
Emmanuel Acho:
Clemson over Alabama
Andrea Adelson:
Alabama over Clemson
Charles Arbuckle:
Clemson over Alabama
Skip Bayless:
Alabama over Clemson 36-30
Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Alabama-4.5 vs Clemson
Alabama vs Clemson over 58.5 (not official pick but gave it out on his podcast)
Colin Cowherd:
Alabama over Clemson (by 10)
Tim Cowlishaw:
Alabama-5 vs Clemson
Randy Cross:
Clemson over Alabama
Heather Dinich:
Alabama over Clemson
Chris Doering:
Alabama over Clemson
Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson over Alabama (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama
Chris Fallica:
Clemson moneyline+180-190
Henry Ruggs to score+115
Longest TD over 52.5 yards
No defensive/special teams touchdowns-220
Tee Higgins to score+120
Justyn Ross over 69.5 receiving yards
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama (gave this out on Dari & Mel)
Bruce Feldman:
Alabama over Clemson
Pat Forde:
Alabama over Clemson
Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama
Joey Galloway:
Alabama over Clemson
Mike Golic:
Alabama over Clemson 35-24
Mike Golic Jr.:
Alabama over Clemson
Brian Jones:
Alabama over Clemson
Danny Kanell:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama
Chip Kelly:
Alabama over Clemson
Doug Kezirian:
Leans Alabama minus the points
Tua’s longest completion over 42.5 yards
No special teams or defensive touchdowns-220
Joel Klatt:
Alabama over Clemson
Matt Leinart:
Clemson over Alabama
Chris Low:
Alabama over Clemson
Jeff Ma:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama
Ivan Maisel:
Alabama over Clemson
Stewart Mandel:
Alabama over Clemson 38-31
Mark May:
Alabama over Clemson
Greg McElroy:
Alabama over Clemson
Ryan McGee:
Alabama over Clemson
Brett McMurphy:
Clemson over Alabama 35-31
Todd McShay:
Alabama over Clemson
Jim Mora Jr.:
Clemson over Alabama
Rick Neuheisel:
Alabama over Clemson
Dan Orlovsky:
Clemson over Alabama
Jesse Palmer:
Alabama over Clemson
Rufus Peabody:
Clemson+5 vs Alabama
Adam Rittenberg:
Alabama over Clemson
Rex Ryan:
Clemson over Alabama
Mark Schlabach:
Alabama over Clemson
Robert Smith:
Alabama over Clemson
Scott Spreitzer:
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama
Phil Steele:
Alabama over Clemson
Aaron Taylor:
Alabama over Clemson
Pete Thamel:
Clemson over Alabama
Jake Trotter:
Alabama over Clemson (straight up)
Clemson+5.5 vs Alabama
Jonathan Vilma:
Clemson over Alabama 27-17
Dave Wannstedt:
Clemson over Alabama
Dan Wetzel:
Alabama over Clemson
Trey Wingo:
Alabama over Clemson 31-21
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