2019-20 Bowl Season: Bowl picks from Pat Forde!
As he has done for 10+ years, Pat Forde released his picks on every single bowl game in his Forde Yard Dash column. Here’s the picks for your enjoyment.
| Week | Date | Picks |
| B | 1/13/20 | Clemson over LSU |
| B | 1/6/20 | Louisiana over Miami (OH) |
| B | 1/4/20 | Tulane over Southern Miss |
| B | 1/3/20 | Ohio over Nevada |
| B | 1/2/20 | Cincinnati over Boston College |
| B | 1/2/20 | Tennessee over Indiana |
| B | 1/1/20 | Alabama over Michigan |
| B | 1/1/20 | Auburn over Minnesota |
| B | 1/1/20 | Georgia over Baylor |
| B | 1/1/20 | Oregon over Wisconsin |
| B | 12/31/19 | Arizona State over Florida State |
| B | 12/31/19 | Wyoming over Georgia State |
| B | 12/31/19 | Navy over Kansas State |
| B | 12/31/19 | Virginia Tech over Kentucky |
| B | 12/31/19 | Utah over Texas |
| B | 12/30/19 | California over Illinois |
| B | 12/30/19 | Florida over Virginia |
| B | 12/30/19 | Mississippi State over Louisville |
| B | 12/30/19 | Western Kentucky over Western Michigan |
| B | 12/28/19 | Clemson over Ohio State |
| B | 12/28/19 | Notre Dame over Iowa State |
| B | 12/28/19 | LSU over Oklahoma |
| B | 12/28/19 | Penn State over Memphis |
| B | 12/27/19 | Air Force over Washington State |
| B | 12/27/19 | Southern Cal over Iowa |
| B | 12/27/19 | Michigan State over Wake Forest |
| B | 12/27/19 | North Carolina over Temple |
| B | 12/27/19 | Oklahoma State over Texas A&M |
| B | 12/26/19 | Pittsburgh over Eastern Michigan |
| B | 12/26/19 | Louisiana Tech over Miami (FL) |
| B | 12/24/19 | Hawaii over BYU |
| B | 12/23/19 | UCF over Marshall |
| B | 12/21/19 | Appalachian State over UAB |
| B | 12/21/19 | FIU over Arkansas State |
| B | 12/21/19 | Boise State over Washington |
| B | 12/21/19 | San Diego State over Central Michigan |
| B | 12/21/19 | SMU over Florida Atlantic |
| B | 12/21/19 | Georgia Southern over Liberty |
| B | 12/21/19 | North Carolina A&T over Alcorn State |
| B | 12/20/19 | Buffalo over Charlotte |
| B | 12/20/19 | Utah State over Kent State |
Week 15 2019: #CFBpicks are graded; results are in!
Week 15 picks from our panel of expert predictors and prognosticators are graded and the results are in.
Winners this week were Desmond Howard with an impressive 9-0 record picking straight up on College Gameday, and Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports going 6-2 against the number this week. Congratulations to both.
Lee Corso had a very nice 8-1 week himself including winning his headgear pick LSU over Georgia AND his super dog pick. Super Dogs went a collective 2-2 on the week with Herbstreit being the other winner. Celebrity guest picker Zac Brown went 6-3 on Gameday. The Bear went 1-2 on the board this week. @GamedayJen went 7-2 on the week.
Everyone else is somewhere in between so check out the full results below to see how your favorite (or most hated) personality did this week.
Straight up results:
| percent | n.correct | n.wrong | |
| Corso.Headgear | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Desmond.Howard | 100 | 9 | 0 |
| Skip.Bayless | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie.Bush | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Gene.Chizik | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw | 100 | 3 | 0 |
| Heather.Dinich | 100 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris.Doering | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek | 100 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris.Fallica | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul.Finebaum | 100 | 4 | 0 |
| Joel.Klatt | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt.Leinart | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric.Mac.Lain | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| EJ.Manuel | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Urban.Meyer | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Dari.Nowkhah | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston.Nutt | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Brady.Quinn | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark.Richt | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan.Rodgers | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen.A.Smith | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus.Spears | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim.Tebow | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee.Corso | 88.89 | 8 | 1 |
| Bruce.Feldman | 87.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Dan.Wetzel | 83.33 | 5 | 1 |
| Stewart.Mandel | 80 | 8 | 2 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit | 77.78 | 7 | 2 |
| Jennifer | 77.78 | 7 | 2 |
| Aaron.Taylor | 77.78 | 7 | 2 |
| Steve.Coughlin | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Lou.Holtz | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Mark.May | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Phil.Steele | 75 | 3 | 1 |
| Rick.Neuheisel | 70 | 7 | 3 |
| David.Pollack | 66.67 | 4 | 2 |
| Celebrity.Guest | 66.67 | 6 | 3 |
| Emmanuel.Acho | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Colin.Cowherd | 66.67 | 2 | 1 |
| Pete.Thamel | 66.67 | 4 | 2 |
| Pat.Forde | 60 | 6 | 4 |
| Brian.Jones | 60 | 6 | 4 |
| Randy.Cross | 50 | 5 | 5 |
| Jonathan.Vilma | 50 | 1 | 1 |
ATS results:
| percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| Lee.Corso.ATS | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin.Cowherd.ATS | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk.Herbstreit.ATS | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug.Kezirian.ATS | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufus.Peabody.ATS | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott.Spreitzer.ATS | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve.Coughlin.ATS | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe.Fortenbaugh.ATS | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave.Portnoy.ATS | 75 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil.Steele.ATS | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat.Forde.ATS | 66.67 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete.Thamel.ATS | 66.67 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan.Wetzel.ATS | 66.67 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt.Youmans.ATS | 66.67 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim.Cowlishaw.ATS | 60 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Dusty.Dvoracek.ATS | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce.Feldman.ATS | 50 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| FPI.ATS | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stewart.Mandel.ATS | 50 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott.Van.Pelt.ATS | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clay.Travis.ATS | 44.44 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Norm.Hitzges.ATS | 42.86 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris.Fallica.ATS | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan.Katz.ATS | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Rico.Bosco.ATS | 33.33 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff.Ma.ATS | 33.33 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Todd.Fuhrman.ATS | 16.67 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill.Connelly.ATS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rece.Davis.ATS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim.Donnan.ATS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Desmond.Howard.ATS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston.Johnson.ATS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Week 15 2019: #CFBpicks from Yahoo Sports (Pat Forde, Pete Thamel, Dan Wetzel)!
Here are the week 15 picks from the Yahoo College Sports podcast.
Pat Forde:
| Date | Pick |
| 12/6/19 | Oregon + 6.5 vs Utah |
| 12/7/19 | Baylor + 9 vs Oklahoma |
| 12/7/19 | Central Michigan -7 vs Miami (OH) |
| 12/7/19 | LSU -7 vs Georgia |
| 12/7/19 | Clemson -28.5 vs Virginia |
| 12/7/19 | Ohio State -16 vs Wisconsin |
Pete Thamel:
| Date | Pick |
| 12/6/19 | Utah -6.5 vs Oregon |
| 12/7/19 | Baylor + 9 vs Oklahoma |
| 12/7/19 | Appalachian State -6.5 vs Louisiana |
| 12/7/19 | LSU -7 vs Georgia |
| 12/7/19 | Clemson -28.5 vs Virginia |
| 12/7/19 | Ohio State -16 vs Wisconsin |
Dan Wetzel:
| Date | Pick |
| 12/6/19 | Utah -6.5 vs Oregon |
| 12/7/19 | Baylor + 9 vs Oklahoma |
| 12/7/19 | LSU -7 vs Georgia |
| 12/7/19 | Boise State -13.5 vs Hawaii |
| 12/7/19 | Clemson -28.5 vs Virginia |
| 12/7/19 | Ohio State -16 vs Wisconsin |
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