2019-20 Season: #NationalChampionship picks and predictions! #LSUvsClemson
It is time for the annual championship game megapost. I will be posting all of the picks and predictions on tonight’s championship game in this single thread. I will be updating throughout the day and posting on Twitter as well so follow along and check back for the latest.
Emmanuel Acho:
LSU over Clemson
Steve Coughlin:
LSU over Clemson straight up
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Clyde Edwards-Helaire under 99.5 rushing yards
Tim Cowlishaw:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson
Heather Dinich:
LSU over Clemson
Chris Doering:
LSU over Clemson
Dusty Dvoracek:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU
Chris Fallica:
LEAN Clemson+ the points, waiting to see if it goes to 6.5
Bruce Feldman:
LSU over Clemson
Paul Finebaum:
LSU over Clemson
Pat Forde:
Clemson over LSU
Todd Fuhrman:
Clemson+5.5 vs LSU
Joey Galloway:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson
@GamedayJen:
Clemson over LSU
Mike Golic:
LSU over Clemson
Mike Greenberg:
LSU over Clemson
Lou Holtz:
LSU over Clemson
Dan Katz:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson
Doug Kezirian:
Clemson/LSU over 69.5
Joel Klatt:
LSU over Clemson
Matt Leinart:
Clemson over LSU
Tom Lugibill:
Clemson over LSU
Ivan Maisel:
LSU over Clemson
Mark May:
LSU over Clemson
Greg McElroy:
LSU over Clemson
Booger McFarland:
LSU over Clemson
Ryan McGee:
LSU over Clemson
Todd McShay:
LSU over Clemson
Urban Meyer:
LSU over Clemson
Jim Mora Jr.:
LSU over Clemson
Dari Nowkhah:
LSU over Clemson
Jesse Palmer:
LSU/Clemson over 69.5
LSU-6 vs Clemson
Dave Portnoy:
LSU-5.5 vs Clemson
Ryen Russillo:
LSU over Clemson
Mark Schlabach:
LSU over Clemson
Stephen A. Smith:
Clemson over LSU
Marcus Spears:
LSU over Clemson
Pete Thamel:
LSU over Clemson
Clay Travis:
Clemson+6 vs LSU
Dan Wetzel:
LSU over Clemson
Scott Van Pelt:
LSU over Clemson
Jonathan Vilma:
LSU over Clemson
Trey Wingo:
Clemson over LSU
Matt Youmans:
Clemson+6.5/7 vs LSU
Week 11 2019: Assorted college football picks and predictions!
Here is a random collection of picks and predictions from various experts I haven’t posted yet. If you want picks from somebody you don’t see leave me a comment and I’ll see if I have anything to add.
Andrea Adelson:
| Week | Date | Picks |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Clemson over NC State |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Florida State over Boston College |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Virginia over Georgia Tech |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Miami (FL) over Louisville |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Duke over Notre Dame |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Virginia Tech over Wake Forest |
Skip Bayless:
| Week | Date | Picks |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | LSU over Alabama |
Chris Doering:
| Week | Date | Picks |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | South Carolina over Appalachian State |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | LSU over Alabama |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Georgia over Missouri |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Ole Miss over New Mexico State |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Tennessee over Kentucky |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Florida over Vanderbilt |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Arkansas over Western Kentucky |
Bruce Feldman:
| Date | Pick |
| 11/9/19 | Appalachian State + 6 vs South Carolina |
| 11/9/19 | Baylor -2.5 vs TCU |
| 11/9/19 | Iowa + 9.5 vs Wisconsin |
| 11/9/19 | Kansas State + 7 vs Texas |
| 11/9/19 | LSU + 6.5 vs Alabama |
| 11/9/19 | Louisville + 6.5 vs Miami (FL) |
| 11/9/19 | Notre Dame -8 vs Duke |
| 11/9/19 | Penn State -6.5 vs Minnesota |
| 11/9/19 | Southern Cal + 1.5 vs Arizona State |
| 11/9/19 | Wake Forest -2.5 vs Virginia Tech |
Danny Kanell:
| Date | Pick |
| 11/9/19 | Florida State + 2.5 vs Boston College |
| 11/9/19 | LSU + 6.5 vs Alabama |
| 11/9/19 | Louisville + 6.5 vs Miami (FL) |
| 11/9/19 | Minnesota + 7 vs Penn State |
Stewart Mandel:
| Date | Pick |
| 11/9/19 | TCU + 2.5 vs Baylor |
| 11/9/19 | Wisconsin -9.5 vs Iowa |
| 11/9/19 | Iowa State + 14.5 vs Oklahoma |
| 11/9/19 | Kansas State + 7 vs Texas |
| 11/9/19 | Alabama -6.5 vs LSU |
| 11/9/19 | Louisville + 6.5 vs Miami (FL) |
| 11/9/19 | Duke + 8 vs Notre Dame |
| 11/9/19 | Penn State -6.5 vs Minnesota |
| 11/9/19 | Arizona State -1.5 vs Southern Cal |
| 11/9/19 | West Virginia + 2.5 vs Texas Tech |
| 11/9/19 | Wake Forest -2.5 vs Virginia Tech |
Brett McMurphy:
| Date | Pick |
| 11/9/19 | Texas -7 vs Kansas State |
| 11/9/19 | BYU -16 vs Liberty |
| 11/9/19 | Maryland + 43 vs Ohio State |
| 11/9/19 | Army -34.5 vs Massachusetts |
| 11/9/19 | Ole Miss -27.5 vs New Mexico State |
Dari Nowkhah:
| Week | Date | Picks |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Alabama over LSU |
Stephen A. Smith:
| Week | Date | Picks |
| 11 | 11/9/19 | Alabama over LSU |
Week 12 2018: #CFB Picks are graded; results are in!
The week 12 college football grades are in. Let’s examine.
Winners this week include Andrea Adelson (9-2), Lou Holtz (8-2), Phil Steele (12-3 straight up, 13-6 ATS), Kirk Herbstreit (11-4), Rick Neuheisel (7-3), Rufus Peabody (4-1 ATS), and Scott Spreitzer (4-1 ATS). However, after splitting a weekly win last week, @GamedayJen sits atop the throne going 13-3 on picks this week. That’s two in a row and three overall this season, so I expect her to get called up to ESPN any day.
Losers this week include Scott Van Pelt (3-5 ATS), Dan Katz (4-6 ATS), Stanford Steve (2-3 ATS), and Brett McMurphy (3-4 ATS). However this week’s loss definitely goes to Bruce Feldman at 5-6 straight up; 3-7 ATS.
Lee Corso posted a big win at 12-3, including a win with this headgear pick UCF over Cincinnati. Special guest celebrity Maury Povich had a nice winning week at 10-4. The Bear had a losing week 3-4 ATS, but Bear’s Bank went 2-1 on the week. Everyone else was somewhere in between to check out the results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.
Straight up grades:
| percent.correct | n.correct | n.wrong | |
| Corso.Headgear | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Heather.Dinich | 100% | 4 | 0 |
| Chris.Doering | 100% | 5 | 0 |
| Pat.Forde | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Brett.McMurphy | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Dari.Nowkhah | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus.Spears | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Tim.Tebow | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan.Vilma | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| Dave.Wannstedt | 100% | 2 | 0 |
| Andrea.Adelson | 81.82% | 9 | 2 |
| Jennifer | 81.25% | 13 | 3 |
| Lee.Corso | 80% | 12 | 3 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 80% | 4 | 1 |
| Lou.Holtz | 80% | 8 | 2 |
| Phil.Steele | 80% | 12 | 3 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 75% | 3 | 1 |
| Chris.Low | 75% | 3 | 1 |
| Ivan.Maisel | 75% | 3 | 1 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 73.33% | 11 | 4 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 71.43% | 10 | 4 |
| Rick.Neuheisel | 70% | 7 | 3 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Joel.Klatt | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Pete.Thamel | 66.67% | 2 | 1 |
| Desmond.Howard | 64.71% | 11 | 6 |
| Randy.Cross | 60% | 6 | 4 |
| Brian.Jones | 60% | 6 | 4 |
| Mark.May | 60% | 6 | 4 |
| Aaron.Taylor | 60% | 6 | 4 |
| Stewart.Mandel | 54.55% | 6 | 5 |
| David.Pollack | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Matt.Leinart | 50% | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan.McGee | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Les.Miles | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Adam.Rittenberg | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Mark.Schlabach | 50% | 2 | 2 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 45.45% | 5 | 6 |
| Chris.Fallica | 44.44% | 4 | 5 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 40% | 2 | 3 |
| Greg.McElroy | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| Robert.Smith | 0% | 0 | 1 |
ATS grades:
| percent.correct.ats | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| rufus.peabody.grade | 80% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| scott.spreitzer.grade | 80% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| jeff.ma.grade | 75% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| phil.steele.grade | 68.42% | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| rico.bosco.grade | 57.14% | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| dusty.dvoracek.grade | 50% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| pat.forde.grade | 50% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| doug.kezirian.grade | 50% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| stewart.mandel.grade | 50% | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| pete.thamel.grade | 50% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| chris.fallica.grade | 42.86% | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| brett.mcmurphy.grade | 42.86% | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| steve.coughlin.grade | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| dan.katz.grade | 40% | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| scott.van.pelt.grade | 37.50% | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| bruce.feldman.grade | 30% | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| tim.cowlishaw.grade | 25% | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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