2019-20 Season: Final season grades are complete; results are in!
It is now time to crown our yearly champions. We will be crowning two champions again this year. Our first champion is picking games straight up and our second champion is for picking games against the spread. Obviously not everyone below qualifies to be champion if they didn’t pick enough games. My general rule is a minimum 100 games picked to be on the ballot. Once we have all the finalists selected, our panel of voters decides our champions. As always, our panel of voters consists of myself, a glass of bourbon, a box of Cheezits, and our cat Charley.
Without further adieu, I present to you our 2019-20 season results and yearly champions. Our champion picking games straight up, coming in at 71.96% over 271 games is none other than noted football expert and my wife, @GamedayJen! Our ATS champion, coming in at 58.78% over 131 games picked, is none other than the big time football reporter Pete Thamel! Congratulations to you both, and look for a congratulatory basket of assorted bourbon and Cheezits which is being shipped to you as we speak!
Thank you all for tuning in for another season of football picks, and we will see you next season.
Straight up results:
percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.games | |
Kevin.Blackistone | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mike.Golic | 100 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Jackie.MacMullan | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Booger.McFarland | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ryan.McGee | 100 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Brent.Musburger | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Aaron.Murray | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Petros.Papadakis | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jordan.Rodgers | 100 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Ryen.Russillo | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Matt.Stinchcomb | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Clint.Stoerner | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Reggie.Bush | 88.89 | 32 | 4 | 36 |
Urban.Meyer | 86.49 | 32 | 5 | 37 |
Scott.Van.Pelt | 84.62 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Skip.Bayless | 83.33 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Jonathan.Vilma | 81.25 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
Tim.Tebow | 79.25 | 42 | 11 | 53 |
Todd.McShay | 78.57 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
Tim.Cowlishaw | 78.12 | 25 | 7 | 32 |
Dan.Wetzel | 77.91 | 67 | 19 | 86 |
Jake.Trotter | 77.78 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Marcus.Spears | 76.47 | 39 | 12 | 51 |
Matt.Leinart | 76.32 | 29 | 9 | 38 |
Pete.Thamel | 75.82 | 69 | 22 | 91 |
Chris.Fallica | 75.71 | 53 | 17 | 70 |
Adam.Rittenberg | 74.55 | 41 | 14 | 55 |
Paul.Finebaum | 73.49 | 61 | 22 | 83 |
EJ.Manuel | 73.24 | 52 | 19 | 71 |
Joel.Klatt | 72.73 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
Joey.Galloway | 72.22 | 39 | 15 | 54 |
Jennifer | 71.96 | 195 | 76 | 271 |
Lou.Holtz | 71.95 | 59 | 23 | 82 |
David.Pollack | 71.82 | 79 | 31 | 110 |
Bruce.Feldman | 71.72 | 142 | 56 | 198 |
Emmanuel.Acho | 71.43 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Mark.Richt | 71.43 | 50 | 20 | 70 |
Chris.Doering | 70.77 | 46 | 19 | 65 |
Lee.Corso | 70.59 | 156 | 65 | 221 |
Danny.Kanell | 70.27 | 52 | 22 | 74 |
Corso.Headgear | 70 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
Steve.Coughlin | 69.52 | 73 | 32 | 105 |
Pat.Forde | 69.38 | 111 | 49 | 160 |
Andrea.Adelson | 69.23 | 81 | 36 | 117 |
Phil.Steele | 69.18 | 110 | 49 | 159 |
Gene.Chizik | 69.09 | 38 | 17 | 55 |
Dusty.Dvoracek | 69.09 | 38 | 17 | 55 |
Brett.McMurphy | 68.75 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
Desmond.Howard | 68.67 | 160 | 73 | 233 |
Colin.Cowherd | 68.29 | 28 | 13 | 41 |
Jesse.Palmer | 67.92 | 36 | 17 | 53 |
Kevin.Carter | 67.5 | 27 | 13 | 40 |
Stewart.Mandel | 67.48 | 139 | 67 | 206 |
Mark.May | 67.07 | 55 | 27 | 82 |
Heather.Dinich | 66.67 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
Dave.Wannstedt | 66.67 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Houston.Nutt | 65.38 | 34 | 18 | 52 |
Aaron.Taylor | 64.86 | 96 | 52 | 148 |
Kirk.Herbstreit | 63.43 | 137 | 79 | 216 |
Brady.Quinn | 62.5 | 25 | 15 | 40 |
Mark.Schlabach | 62.5 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
Eric.Mac.Lain | 61.97 | 44 | 27 | 71 |
Celebrity.Guest | 61.11 | 121 | 77 | 198 |
Chris.Low | 60 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Rick.Neuheisel | 58.74 | 84 | 59 | 143 |
Brian.Jones | 57.69 | 90 | 66 | 156 |
Trevor.Matich | 57.14 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Randy.Cross | 55.17 | 80 | 65 | 145 |
Greg.McElroy | 55 | 22 | 18 | 40 |
Brad.Edwards | 50 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Mike.Greenberg | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Jim.Mora.Jr | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Dan.Orlovsky | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Dari.Nowkhah | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Ivan.Maisel | 36.36 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Rece.Davis | 33.33 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Stephen.A.Smith | 33.33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Charles.Woodson | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Charles.Arbuckle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rod.Gilmore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tom.Luginbill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Trey.Wingo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ATS Results:
percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | n.games | |
Joey.Galloway.ATS | 77.42 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Jake.Trotter.ATS | 61.54 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
Bill.Connelly.ATS | 60.66 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 61 |
Pete.Thamel.ATS | 58.78 | 76 | 53 | 2 | 131 |
Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS | 58.47 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 59 |
Lee.Corso.ATS | 57.14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
Doug.Kezirian.ATS | 56.63 | 47 | 36 | 0 | 83 |
Dan.Wetzel.ATS | 54.58 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 131 |
Jeff.Ma.ATS | 54.55 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
Jesse.Palmer.ATS | 54.41 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
Preston.Johnson.ATS | 53.81 | 56 | 48 | 1 | 105 |
Steve.Coughlin.ATS | 53.21 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 78 |
Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS | 52.42 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 62 |
Bruce.Feldman.ATS | 52.3 | 101 | 92 | 3 | 196 |
Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS | 51.1 | 45 | 43 | 3 | 91 |
Matt.Youmans.ATS | 50.75 | 66 | 64 | 3 | 133 |
Clay.Travis.ATS | 50.28 | 89 | 88 | 3 | 180 |
Jim.Donnan.ATS | 50 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Scott.Spreitzer.ATS | 50 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
Norm.Hitzges.ATS | 49.79 | 117 | 118 | 2 | 237 |
Phil.Steele.ATS | 49.5 | 96 | 98 | 5 | 199 |
Todd.Fuhrman.ATS | 49.28 | 67 | 69 | 3 | 139 |
Dan.Katz.ATS | 49.04 | 125 | 130 | 5 | 260 |
Rufus.Peabody.ATS | 48.39 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 62 |
Chris.Fallica.ATS | 48.05 | 60 | 65 | 3 | 128 |
Dave.Portnoy.ATS | 48.02 | 120 | 130 | 3 | 253 |
Stewart.Mandel.ATS | 47.8 | 96 | 105 | 4 | 205 |
Pat.Forde.ATS | 47.79 | 64 | 70 | 2 | 136 |
Rico.Bosco.ATS | 47.44 | 54 | 60 | 3 | 117 |
Brett.McMurphy.ATS | 46.36 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 55 |
Danny.Kanell.ATS | 44.25 | 37 | 47 | 3 | 87 |
Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS | 43.56 | 44 | 57 | 0 | 101 |
Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS | 42.86 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
Desmond.Howard.ATS | 42.86 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
Colin.Cowherd.ATS | 42.39 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 46 |
FPI.ATS | 40.91 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 44 |
Rece.Davis.ATS | 39.29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
Adam.Kramer.ATS | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
Brad.Edwards.ATS | 33.33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Dari.Nowkhah.ATS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Week 12 2019: Assorted #CFBpicks from various analysts and experts!
College Gameday is under way in Waco, TX but we’re still three hours away from Corso’s headgear. In the meantime, here’s some random picks and predictions from assorted analysts and experts which I haven’t posted yet. Enjoy.
Andrea Adelson:
Week | Date | Picks |
12 | 11/14/19 | Pittsburgh over North Carolina |
12 | 11/16/19 | Florida State over Alabama State |
12 | 11/16/19 | Louisville over NC State |
12 | 11/16/19 | Duke over Syracuse |
12 | 11/16/19 | Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech |
12 | 11/16/19 | Clemson over Wake Forest |
Gene Chizik:
Week | Date | Picks |
12 | 11/16/19 | Alabama over Mississippi State |
12 | 11/16/19 | Florida over Missouri |
12 | 11/16/19 | Auburn over Georgia |
12 | 11/16/19 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt |
12 | 11/16/19 | LSU over Ole Miss |
12 | 11/16/19 | Texas A&M over South Carolina |
Tim Cowlishaw ATS picks:
Date | Pick |
11/16/19 | Florida -7 vs Missouri |
11/16/19 | Georgia -2.5 vs Auburn |
11/16/19 | Minnesota + 3 vs Iowa |
11/16/19 | Baylor + 10 vs Oklahoma |
11/16/19 | Iowa State -7 vs Texas |
Chris Doering:
Week | Date | Picks |
12 | 11/16/19 | Alabama over Mississippi State |
12 | 11/16/19 | Florida over Missouri |
12 | 11/16/19 | Auburn over Georgia |
12 | 11/16/19 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt |
12 | 11/16/19 | LSU over Ole Miss |
12 | 11/16/19 | South Carolina over Texas A&M |
Dusty Dvoracek’s picks (from @blainebrown24 on Twitter):
Date | Pick |
11/16/19 | Georgia -2.5 vs Auburn |
11/16/19 | Kansas + 17 vs Oklahoma State |
11/16/19 | Louisville -3.5 vs NC State |
11/16/19 | Michigan -13.5 vs Michigan State |
11/16/19 | Baylor + 10.5 vs Oklahoma |
Bruce Feldman:
Date | Pick |
11/16/19 | Florida -7 vs Missouri |
11/16/19 | Georgia -2.5 vs Auburn |
11/16/19 | Indiana + 14.5 vs Penn State |
11/16/19 | Michigan -13.5 vs Michigan State |
11/16/19 | Navy + 7.5 vs Notre Dame |
11/16/19 | Baylor + 10 vs Oklahoma |
11/16/19 | California + 6.5 vs Southern Cal |
11/16/19 | Texas + 7 vs Iowa State |
11/16/19 | UCLA + 21 vs Utah |
Pat Forde’s straight up picks from Sports Illustrated:
Week | Date | Picks |
12 | 11/14/19 | Pittsburgh over North Carolina |
12 | 11/16/19 | Florida over Missouri |
12 | 11/16/19 | Georgia over Auburn |
12 | 11/16/19 | Penn State over Indiana |
12 | 11/16/19 | Michigan over Michigan State |
12 | 11/16/19 | Minnesota over Iowa |
12 | 11/16/19 | Notre Dame over Navy |
12 | 11/16/19 | Oklahoma over Baylor |
12 | 11/16/19 | Southern Cal over California |
12 | 11/16/19 | Texas over Iowa State |
12 | 11/16/19 | Temple over Tulane |
12 | 11/16/19 | Clemson over Wake Forest |
Todd Fuhrman’s picks on Monsters of the Midday (via @blainebrown24 on Twitter):
Date | Pick |
11/16/19 | Alabama -17.5 vs Mississippi State |
11/16/19 | Oregon State + 2.5 vs Arizona State |
11/16/19 | Missouri + 6.5 vs Florida |
11/16/19 | Auburn + 2.5 vs Georgia |
11/16/19 | Kansas + 17 vs Oklahoma State |
11/16/19 | Ole Miss + 21.5 vs LSU |
11/16/19 | Ole Miss vs LSU Over 65.5 |
11/16/19 | Iowa -3 vs Minnesota |
11/16/19 | Navy + 7.5 vs Notre Dame |
11/16/19 | Baylor vs Oklahoma Under 67.5 |
11/16/19 | UCLA + 21.5 vs Utah |
11/16/19 | Clemson -34.5 vs Wake Forest |
Stewart Mandel:
Date | Pick |
11/16/19 | Oregon State + 3 vs Arizona State |
11/16/19 | Missouri + 7 vs Florida |
11/16/19 | Georgia -2.5 vs Auburn |
11/16/19 | Penn State -14.5 vs Indiana |
11/16/19 | Michigan -13.5 vs Michigan State |
11/16/19 | Minnesota + 3 vs Iowa |
11/16/19 | Navy + 7.5 vs Notre Dame |
11/16/19 | Baylor + 10 vs Oklahoma |
11/16/19 | California + 6.5 vs Southern Cal |
11/16/19 | Iowa State -7 vs Texas |
11/16/19 | Utah -21 vs UCLA |
Brett McMurphy:
Date | Pick |
11/16/19 | Mississippi State + 21 vs Alabama |
11/16/19 | Oregon -27 vs Arizona |
11/16/19 | Iowa -3 vs Minnesota |
11/16/19 | Texas + 7 vs Iowa State |
11/16/19 | Utah -20.5 vs UCLA |