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2019-20 Bowl Season: Bowl stuff from Stanford Steve & The Bear!

Stanford Steve and the Bear are EVERYWHERE this bowl season.  They said they’re doing at least three podcasts, they did a Bowl Special on TV today, they’ll be putting out picks on ESPN Chalk, they’ll be on Daily Wager, they are doing a Bowl Mania confidence pool, and of course the Bear will be on Gameday.  All of that being said, we will do our best to keep this post updated with the latest picks and predictions from Stanford Steve and the Bear throughout bowl season.

As always, the following items should ONLY be considered LEANS and UNOFFICIAL PICKS.  Their official picks are released ONLY on ESPN Chalk.  The information below is for entertainment purposes only.

The following are their picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast on 12/30/2019 as best as I understood them:

Stanford Steve:
Kentucky+ the points (didn’t give a line)
Alabama-7 vs Michigan
Alabama vs Michigan over (didn’t give a line)
Southern Miss/Tulane Over 56.5

The Bear:
Kansas State+ the points (didn’t give a line)
Oregon wins outright (Oregon+3)
Georgia-5 vs Baylor
BC+ the points (didn’t give a line)


The following are their picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast on 12/23/2019 as best as I understood them:

Stanford Steve:
North Carolina-4.5/5 vs Temple
Penn State-7 vs Memphis
Louisville+4 vs Miss State
Louisville/Miss St over 63.5
Cal-6.5 vs Illinois
He said he likes Kentucky and Kansas State but didn’t give a line

The Bear:
He said he likes Louisiana Tech but didn’t give a line
Mich St-3.5/4 vs Wake Forest
Texas A&M-6.5 vs Oklahoma St
Iowa St+3.5 vs Notre Dame
He said he likes Kansas State and Oregon but didn’t give lines
Boston College+7 vs Cincinnati


The following are their picks from the Stanford Steve & The Bear Bowl Special on 12/18/2019:

Stanford Steve:
Oklahoma+13.5 vs LSU
Charlotte+6.5 vs Buffalo
Washington-3.5 vs Boise State
SMU-3 vs FAU
North Carolina-5 vs Temple
Notre Dame-4 vs Iowa St
Penn St-6.5 vs Memphis
Baylor+7.5 vs Georgia
Utah-7.5 vs Texas
Wisconsin-3 vs Oregon
Baylor+7.5 vs Georgia
Louisville+4 vs Miss St
Cal-7 vs Illinois

Chris Fallica:
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Charlotte+6.5 vs Buffalo
FIU+2.5 vs Arkansas St
TAMU-7 vs Okla St
Iowa St+4 vs Notre Dame
BC+7 vs Cinci
Utah-7.5 vs Texas
Oregon+3 vs Wisconsin
Baylor+7.5 vs Georgia
Hawaii+1.5 vs BYU

Brad Edwards:
Air Force/Wash St over 67.5
Wisconsin/Oregon under 51.5
Georgia-7.5 vs Baylor
Georgia/Baylor under 41.5


The following is what I was able to take away from their podcast on 12/18/2019:

Stanford Steve:
Charlotte+6.5 vs Buffalo
SMU-3 vs FAU
Washington-3.5 vs Boise State
He likes Louisville (didn’t give a spread)
He likes Kentucky (didn’t give a spread)

Chris Fallica:
Charlotte+6.5 vs Buffalo
FIU+2.5 vs Arkansas State
Hawaii+1.5/2 vs BYU
He likes La Tech (did’nt give a line)
He likes Iowa State (didn’t give a line)
Texas A&M-7 vs OK State
Maybe Boston College

Jim Donnan Condo Steamer:
Georgia Southern-4 vs Liberty

Stanford Steve Bowl Mania picks (straight up):
Kent State over Utah State
App State over UAB
Florida over Virginia
North Carolina over Temple
LSU over Oklahoma
SMU over FAU
Alabama over Michigan

Chris Fallica Bowl Mania picks (straight up):
Central Michigan over San Diego State
UCF over Marshall
App State over UAB
Florida over Virginia
LSU over Oklahoma

Week 15 2019: #CFBpicks from Stanford Steve & The Bear!

The following are the week 15 picks and LEANS as presented in the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are found on ESPN Chalk every Thursday morning.

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
LEAN Wisconsin+16.5 vs Ohio State
LEAN Oregon+6.5 vs Utah
Georgia+7.5 vs LSU
Clemson-28.5 vs Virginia

Chris Fallica:
Miami (OH)+7 vs Central Michigan
Louisiana+6 vs App State
Georgia+7.5 vs LSU
Wisconsin+16.5 vs Ohio State
LEAN Clemson-28.5 vs Virginia

Jim Donnan Condo Steamer:
Ohio State-16.5 vs Wisconsin

Week 13 2019: #CFBpicks from Stanford Steve and the Bear!

The following are their week 13 LEANS as presented in the podcast, and if you need the specifics you’ll need to listen to the podcast.  These are not their official picks.  Their official picks are found on ESPN Chalk every Thursday morning.

That being said, here is what I came up with from the week 13 Stanford Steve and the Bear podcast.  These are EXTREMELY UNOFFICIAL because they didn’t give a Big Mike Happy Recap and didn’t seem firm on any of these picks.  I will post updates from Daily Wager if they give out any picks there as well.

Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Nebraska moneyline
Temple+10.5 vs Cincinnati
California+3 vs Stanford
Air Force-22 vs New Mexico
I think he liked UCLA and Kansas but you’ll need to listen to the podcast and decide for yourself

Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica:
Indiana+10 vs Michigan
Tulane+6 vs UCF
Ball State-3.5 vs Kent State
Southern Miss-4 vs Western Kentucky
Tulane moneyline
Colorado State moneyline

Jim Donnan’s Condo Steamer:
Virginia Tech-4 vs Pitt (he didn’t give a line but 4 is what I saw Wednesday)


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