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 |
2019-20 Season: Bowl picks are graded; results are in!
Our 2019-20 college football season is in the books, and the picks have been graded. First, we always crown a yearly bowl pick’em champion. Below are the competitors who qualified by picking all (or most) of the bowl games:
percent | n.correct | n.wrong | |
Stewart.Mandel | 75 | 30 | 10 |
Adam.Rittenberg | 75 | 30 | 10 |
Bruce.Feldman | 72.5 | 29 | 11 |
Pat.Forde | 70 | 28 | 12 |
Jennifer | 67.5 | 27 | 13 |
Greg.McElroy | 55.26 | 21 | 17 |
Stewart Mandel and Adam Rittenberg tied at a whopping 30-10 on bowl picks and will be our co-bowl picking champions.
Our ATS bowl picking went pretty well too. Results are below, and remember, THESE are picking against the spread.
percent | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
Dan.Wetzel.ATS | 66.67 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
Pat.Forde.ATS | 58.97 | 23 | 16 | 0 |
Bruce.Feldman.ATS | 51.28 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
Pete.Thamel.ATS | 51.28 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
Stewart.Mandel.ATS | 43.59 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
Danny.Kanell.ATS | 47.37 | 18 | 20 | 0 |
Dan Wetzel managed to go 26-13 picking all of the bowl games, so he is our ATS champion. That’s pretty impressive against the number for the entirety of bowl season, so congratulations to Dan Wetzel!
We will be back shortly with the yearly results.
2019-20 Bowl Season: #CFBPlayoff mega-post! All the picks for Clemson/Ohio St, LSU/OU!!!
Here are ALL of my picks on the CFB Playoff for Saturday. I will be updating this post as I continue to collect more and more picks so check back often to see who is picking which teams to win (or cover) in the playoff games!
Emmanuel Acho:
Clemson over Ohio State
LSU over Oklahoma
Kevin Carter:
LSU over Oklahoma
Clemson over Ohio State
Colin Cowherd: (The Herd Twitter 12/26)
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Oklahoma+14 vs LSU
Randy Cross:
Clemson over Ohio State
LSU over Oklahoma
Stanford Steve Coughlin:
LSU vs Oklahoma under 76 (Daily Wager pick)
Chris Fallica:
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Bruce Feldman:
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Joe Fortenbaugh:
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Todd Fuhrman:
Ohio State+2.5 vs Clemson
LSU/Oklahoma under 76ish
Joey Galloway:
LSU over Oklahoma
Oklahoma+13.5 vs LSU
Ohio State over Clemson
@GamedayJen:
Clemson over Ohio State
LSU over Oklahoma
Norm Hitzges:
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
Ohio State+2 vs Clemson
Lou Holtz:
Ohio State over Clemson
LSU over Oklahoma
Desmond Howard: (Bowl Mania special)
Clemson over Ohio State
LSU over Oklahoma
Preston Johnson:
Clemson/Ohio State over 62
Oklahoma+13.5 vs LSU
Brian Jones:
LSU over Oklahoma
Clemson over Ohio State
Doug Keziriain:
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Stewart Mandel:
Clemson-2 vs Ohio St
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
Mark May:
Clemson over Ohio State
LSU over Oklahoma
Todd McShay: (Bowl Mania special)
LSU over Oklahoma
Clemson over Ohio State
Houston Nutt:
LSU over Oklahoma
Clemson over Ohio State
Jesse Palmer:
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
David Pollack:
LSU over Oklahoma
Mark Sanchez:
LSU over Oklahoma
Michael Schwimmer:
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Marcus Spears:
Clemson over Ohio State
LSU over Oklahoma
Aaron Taylor:
LSU over Oklahoma
Clemson over Ohio State
Clay Travis:
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State
Clemson/Ohio State over 63.5
LSU-13.5 vs Oklahoma
LSU/Oklahoma under 76
Jonathan Vilma:
LSU over Oklahoma
Matt Youmans:
Clemson-2 vs Ohio State