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 |
2018-19 College Football Season: Picks are graded. Final results are in; yearly champion is crowned!
We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes with our team of scientists, mathematicians, and the boys down in the lab. The numbers have been crunched and the results are in for your 2018-19 college football season. Without further delay, we are proud to announce Stanford Steve Coughlin as our 2018-19 college football picking champion. Steve Coughlin put forth a 65-22 record picking games straight up on his ESPN Chalk column, which is a nice 74.71% picking record. However, Stanford Steve blew the doors off the competition 57-29-1 AGAINST THE SPREAD which is 66.09%. If you followed his picks and invested in them you are probably a millionaire reading this website from your new beachfront property. This is an all-time great performance, so if you see Steve please buy him a drink for me.
Everyone else with more than 10 games picked is below, so enjoy the full 2018-19 grades below.
Straight up records:
percent.correct | n.correct | n.wrong | |
Jordan.Rodgers | 85% | 17 | 3 |
Brett.McMurphy | 80.65% | 25 | 6 |
Kevin.Carter | 80% | 8 | 2 |
Matt.Leinart | 76.47% | 13 | 4 |
Paul.Finebaum | 75.86% | 88 | 28 |
Tim.Tebow | 75% | 51 | 17 |
Steve.Coughlin | 74.71% | 65 | 22 |
Chris.Doering | 74.60% | 47 | 16 |
Joey.Galloway | 74.36% | 29 | 10 |
Colin.Cowherd | 74.07% | 20 | 7 |
Rece.Davis | 73.33% | 11 | 4 |
Les.Miles | 73.33% | 33 | 12 |
Lou.Holtz | 72.86% | 102 | 38 |
Heather.Dinich | 71.67% | 43 | 17 |
Jennifer | 71.16% | 190 | 77 |
Phil.Steele | 70.87% | 163 | 67 |
Andrea.Adelson | 70.81% | 114 | 47 |
Marcus.Spears | 69.74% | 53 | 23 |
David.Pollack | 69.64% | 39 | 17 |
Tim.Cowlishaw | 69.23% | 27 | 12 |
Jake.Trotter | 68.57% | 48 | 22 |
Joel.Klatt | 67.35% | 33 | 16 |
Rick.Neuheisel | 67.16% | 45 | 22 |
Jonathan.Vilma | 66.67% | 12 | 6 |
Dusty.Dvoracek | 66.04% | 35 | 18 |
Mark.Schlabach | 65.96% | 62 | 32 |
Lee.Corso | 65.91% | 145 | 75 |
Dari.Nowkhah | 65.22% | 15 | 8 |
Greg.McElroy | 65% | 39 | 21 |
Jesse.Palmer | 64.86% | 24 | 13 |
Chris.Fallica | 64.80% | 81 | 44 |
Corso.Headgear | 64.71% | 11 | 6 |
Trevor.Matich | 64.71% | 11 | 6 |
Dave.Wannstedt | 64.29% | 9 | 5 |
Pat.Forde | 64.06% | 82 | 46 |
Kirk.Herbstreit | 64.02% | 137 | 77 |
Houston.Nutt | 64% | 16 | 9 |
Chris.Low | 63.64% | 35 | 20 |
Celebrity.Guest | 63.41% | 130 | 75 |
Pete.Thamel | 62.63% | 62 | 37 |
Brian.Jones | 62.03% | 49 | 30 |
Aaron.Taylor | 61.43% | 43 | 27 |
Randy.Cross | 61.33% | 46 | 29 |
Desmond.Howard | 61.18% | 145 | 92 |
Andy.Staples | 61.06% | 127 | 81 |
Bruce.Feldman | 60.30% | 120 | 79 |
Robert.Smith | 60% | 9 | 6 |
Ryan.McGee | 60% | 36 | 24 |
Mark.May | 59.44% | 85 | 58 |
Adam.Rittenberg | 59.18% | 58 | 40 |
Emmanuel.Acho | 58.82% | 10 | 7 |
Ivan.Maisel | 58.33% | 35 | 25 |
Stewart.Mandel | 56.16% | 114 | 89 |
Danny.Kanell | 53.85% | 21 | 18 |
Gene.Chizik | 50% | 6 | 6 |
Dan.Orlovsky | 29.41% | 5 | 12 |
ATS Records:
% Correct | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
steve.coughlin.ats | 66.09% | 57 | 29 | 1 |
dusty.dvoracek.ats | 62.65% | 52 | 31 | 0 |
brett.mcmurphy.ats | 60.19% | 32 | 21 | 1 |
phil.steele.ats | 58.78% | 129 | 90 | 3 |
rufus.peabody.ats | 58.55% | 44 | 31 | 1 |
kirk.herbstreit.ats | 57.69% | 7 | 5 | 1 |
danny.kanell.ats | 56.33% | 43 | 33 | 3 |
doug.kezirian.ats | 56.10% | 23 | 18 | 0 |
adam.kramer.ats | 55.56% | 49 | 39 | 2 |
jeff.ma.ats | 55.07% | 38 | 31 | 0 |
todd.fuhrman.ats | 54.95% | 60 | 49 | 2 |
rico.bosco.ats | 54.69% | 69 | 57 | 2 |
dave.portnoy.ats | 54.59% | 110 | 91 | 6 |
scott.spreitzer.ats | 54.55% | 42 | 35 | 0 |
rece.davis.ats | 53.85% | 7 | 6 | 0 |
chris.fallica.ats | 52.27% | 57 | 52 | 1 |
lee.corso.ats | 50% | 6 | 6 | 1 |
scott.van.pelt.ats | 49.17% | 58 | 60 | 2 |
dan.katz.ats | 48.22% | 80 | 86 | 3 |
dari.nowkhah.ats | 46.67% | 7 | 8 | 0 |
stewart.mandel.ats | 45.99% | 73 | 86 | 3 |
pat.forde.ats | 44.26% | 53 | 67 | 2 |
tim.cowlishaw.ats | 43.38% | 28 | 37 | 3 |
pete.thamel.ats | 42.21% | 51 | 70 | 1 |
bruce.feldman.ats | 41.46% | 64 | 91 | 3 |
jake.trotter.ats | 41.18% | 7 | 10 | 0 |
desmond.howard.ats | 37.50% | 4 | 7 | 1 |
2017-18 Season final standings & champion!
Welcome back everyone. We have been hard at work grading picks and running numbers to come up with the 2017-18 college football season final standings here at GamedayCole.com. As always, things are subjective when our selection committee makes its final decisions. We take into account strength of schedule, body of work, the eye test, computer rankings, and various generic metrics when deciding which of our reporters, analysts, pundits and talking heads takes the championship. Below you will find the full ranking of everyone from this season for your review.
Amongst all of the competitors below, I generally only include those who picked at least 100 games in the running for our championship. Sorry to those of you who picked less games, but next year maybe try a little harder to get your hot sports takes out there on every game. I also take into account that some of the competitors below aren’t picking a broad selection of games each week. I’d like to congratulate Andrea Adelson, who is consistently one of our top competitors, on an outstanding season at 90-30 on the year (75% right). She is on top of all competitors with at least 100 picks. However, her weekly picks only involve the ACC conference, so I cannot in good conscience crown her this year’s champion. I have heard rumblings she may be claiming this championship, and may be planning a parade through her neighborhood, and if so then I will not oppose it.
However, it is with great pleasure (or maybe great pain for a lot of you reading this) that I am proud to announce Kirk Herbstreit as our 2017-18 college football picking champion at 117-49 (70.48% right). I’m sure this will drive all of you haters crazy, because Kirk probably hates your school the most, but the man put up a great record picking the biggest games of the week each week. I would also like to recognize Stanford Steve Coughlin for winning our top gambler of the year for picking 54.82% against the spread this year. He consistently ranks amongst the best when it comes to gambling, so next year make sure to pay attention if you need to pad your wallet.
With all of this now complete, we are going into hibernation for now. We may be back with some opinion pieces in the offseason, or we may not. Just make sure you are back next August because we vow to be here rain, sleet or snow to track the best, the worst, the most loved, and most hated personalities when it comes to picking college football games. Thanks for reading this year.
Straight up | Straight up % | ATS | ATS % | |
Brett McMurphy | 2-0 | 100.00% | 1-2-2 | 40.00% |
Matt Stinchcomb | 12-1 | 92.31% | ||
Dave Wannstedt | 12-2 | 85.71% | ||
Trevor Matich | 6-1 | 85.71% | ||
Dusty Dvoracek | 34-6 | 85.00% | 30-26-1 | 53.51% |
Rece Davis | 34-6 | 85.00% | ||
Gene Chizik | 40-13 | 80.00% | ||
Mel Kiper Jr. | 4-1 | 80.00% | ||
Ryen Russillo | 8-2 | 80.00% | 21-19-2 | 52.38% |
Robert Smith | 10-3 | 76.92% | ||
Matt Leinart | 16-5 | 76.19% | ||
Andrea Adelson | 90-30 | 75.00% | ||
Jordan Rodgers | 12-4 | 75.00% | ||
Chris Doering | 67-23 | 74.44% | ||
Les Miles | 35-13 | 72.92% | ||
Tim Tebow | 59-23 | 71.95% | ||
Marcus Spears | 62-25 | 71.26% | ||
Kirk Herbstreit | 117-49 | 70.48% | 4-13-0 | 23.53% |
Phil Steele | 166-70 | 70.34% | 136-160-7 | 46.04% |
David Pollack | 47-20 | 70.15% | ||
Celebrity Guests | 99-46 | 68.28% | ||
Jennifer’s Picks | 148-71 | 67.58% | ||
Paul Finebaum | 55-28 | 66.27% | ||
Jesse Palmer | 60-31 | 65.93% | ||
Lee Corso | 118-63 | 65.19% | 11-7-0 | 61.11% |
Stanford Steve Coughlin | 58-31 | 65.17% | 61-50-3 | 54.82% |
Chris Fallica | 93-52 | 64.14% | 83-83-6 | 50.00% |
Bruce Feldman | 128-72 | 64.00% | ||
Desmond Howard | 121-70 | 63.35% | 9-8-0 | 52.94% |
Pat Forde | 62-37 | 62.63% | ||
Colin Cowherd | 20-12 | 62.50% | 4-3-1 | 56.25% |
Greg McElroy | 35-22 | 61.40% | ||
Mack Brown | 6-4 | 60.00% | ||
Joey Galloway | 53-36 | 59.55% | ||
Booger McFarland | 16-11 | 59.26% | ||
Mark Schlabach | 34-24 | 58.62% | ||
Dari Nowkhah | 17-14 | 54.84% | 13-12 | 52.00% |
Joel Klatt | 35-36 | 49.30% | ||
Danny Kanell | 28-34 | 45.16% | 12-10-0 | 54.55% |
Scott Van Pelt | 56-47-2 | 54.29% | ||
Rufus Peabody | 29-27-1 | 51.75% | ||
Season totals | 2019-991 | 67.08% | 457-455-25 | 50.11% |