Colin Cowherd

[purecarnagge]

Herd has given plays since he started with ESPN...he's career average is like 55%ish...

[englishmike]

Yeah, I can beileve 55%ish, as an amateur capper he's definetly someone who is worth a listen but I'd love to know if he picks them himself or he's got a gambling buddy that gives him picks. I've no reason to think he doesn't do it himself by the way.

[Sinister Cat]

He knows his college football. Actually, I don't know if I've ever known a sports radio personality to know one sport so well.

Other sports, not so much.

[VegasDave]

Yeah fan of the guy or not he is usually pretty on...

called the Bama game to perfection.

[purecarnagge]

He also had a so so record last year , but the year before tore it up... following the herd worst case is going to leave you 50/50 if not make you small cash.

[AnotherLoan]

6-0

Picked Oregon to cover as well. Nice start to the season.

[WileOut]

Herd has given plays since he started with ESPN...he's career average is like 55%ish...

Source?

[purecarnagge]

Its what he admitted to last year 55%-60%... last year overall I think he won money on his Friday plays but lost on his posted well in advance games of the years. But the year before he was like 65%ish on his Game of the years.

If you don't like him don't follow him. Otherwise go download his podcasts.

[WileOut]

I like the guy. Damn he knocked em out this weekend.

[flyingillini]

I listen to him daily Mon-Fri

[colt29]

he's asmartass, but his plays were a hell of alot better than anyone here.

[Capybara]

Wow, he's off to a great start AND he's all over Tennessee... with a pretty convincing argument... Man, I might have to bet the max on them tomorrow!!

[ZBOIZ]

I also listen to him! He the one that made solidify the USC PICK!

[purecarnagge]

I know everyone is happy with his picks this week. But if your going to tail him he's up and down just like everyone else so use MONEY MANAGEMENT!!!

[compaqDikk]

i sent an email to the herd with this link to stroke his ego, let's see if he mentions anything Thurs AM during a segment. i put in the choosing herd over Lang everytime quote so the screener wouldn't think it's spam. I bet he's brought up Lang a time or two so let's hope he vaguely brings us up as what a group of posters are thinking

[compaqDikk]

any of you bums listen, listening? i got excited before the break when he said the show was paying dividends. after the break he mentioned message boards (mainly negative criticsim) then went into his mlb thoughts. not sure what happened after that as i had to leave

[englishmike]

Did anyone get this weeks picks?

[smitch124]

I think he will give them tommorow, didn't hear the whole show this morning but no picks when I was listening.

[compaqDikk]

i just want the show to give an anoymous indirect shout out to sbr because these shows always read emails on the air sometimes, not looking for a plug here duh. just want him to get into brandon lang, etc.

[smitch124]

Mostly guests and NFL talk later in the show, I don't think you missed anything...

[smitch124]

For those interested...Colin's Wheel of Genius (with whatever smitch can remember what he said about the game)

Florida -21 over Miami (FL); Meyer really good in rivalry games
Penn St. -15 over Oregon St; Penn St. can score Oregon St. no returning starters in front 7
Georgia Tech +7 over BC
Washington +9.5 over BYU; BYU too 1 dimensional to dominate on the road
West Virginia -8 over ECU; Don't believe the hype, trap game. ECU overrated after last weeks win. Rarely get 2 upsets in a row in college football.

[englishmike]

Good stuff, I'm tailing these with very small money to get a feel.

[AnotherLoan]

Listening to his picks now. If you want to hear the segment you can just click on the link below and click play on his podcast.

He said his picks will go about 60% this year.

http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/index

[smitch124]

Colin Cowherd: Wheel of Genius

Fresno St. +1.5 over Wisconsin
Oregon -8 over Purdue
USC -11.5 over Ohio St.
Georgia -7 over South Carolina

[smitch124]

Wheel of Genius - Colin Cowherd

11-4-2 to date

Auburn +2.5 over LSU (win straight up)
Michigan State -8.5 over Notre Dame
Arizona St. +7 over Georgia
Tennessee +7.5 over Florida

[englishmike]

Do we know his season record to date Smitcher?

[smitch124]

well he said 11-4-2, I guess it must be true or he'd get hammered by e-mailers...

That sounds about right though.

[teaserpleaser]

Hes usually money on his picks he called that colorado upset over WVU last night before the season even started. I think hes wrong on the LSU pick though we'll see.

[smitch124]

Wheel of Genius:

Last Week: 1-3
Overall: 12-7-2

This week 's picks:

TCU +18 over Oklahoma - Passed on Recruits, seek revenge keep game close

LSU -23.5 over Mississippi State - Mississippi State will not score

Alabama +7 over Georgia - All Saban loses at 'Bama by 7 or less

Notre Dame -1 over Purdue - Young offense better at home

Penn St. -15.5 over Illinois - Quick start offense over Horrible D

[smitch124]

Wheel of Genius:

Last Week: 1-4
Overall: 13-11-2

This week's picks:

USC -16 over Oregon - USC needs to win big rest of season

Miami -2 over Fla St. - Go against young QB on the road

Alabama -15 over Kentucky - Saban not happy with Tide's 2nd half vs. Georgia

NC -8 over UConn - UConn 1 dimensional without starting QB

Ohio St -1 over Wisconsin - OSU defense dominates Big-10 offenses, Pryor adds new dimension

[smitch124]

Wheel of Genius:

Last week: 3-2
Overall: 16-13-2

This week's picks:

LSU +6 over Florida - LSU great at night, hold on to the ball well.

Oklahoma -6 over Texas - Higher ranked team usually wins (9-1-1 last 11). Texas secondary very young. (Ok 33 Tex 23)

Notre Dame +9 over North Carolina - ND catches North Carolina after 2 big games. Alot of North Carolina points off of special teams, ND keeps it close.

Arizona State +28.5 over USC - USC very lousy cover team in conference games when favored by more than 21. (USC 37, ASU 17)

Penn St. -5.5 over Wisconsin - Badgers emotionally spent. Penn St. good pass rush and run defense. (Penn St. 28, Wisconsin 20)

[smitch124]

Wheel of Genius:

Last Week: 3-2
Season: 19-15-2

Texas -4.5 over Missouri - Missouri scores too quickly will give Texas too many possessions, Texas 41 Missouri 30.

Kansas +19 over Oklahoma - Kansas too well coached with too good a QB to be beaten by 20+.

Ohio St. -3 over Michigan St. - OSU does good against 1-dimensional offenses, and usually win and cover in the Big 10. Ohio St. 23, Mich St. 17.

LSU -2.5 over South Carolina - LSU has won 36 of last 37 against unranked opponents. LSU 27, South Carolina 20.

Stanford -2.5 over UCLA - Stanford too physical for UCLA. Stanford 30 UCLA 17.

[smitch124]

Wheel of Genius:

Last Week: 4-1
Overall: 23-16-2

See ya in week 9...

[smitch124]

Week 9 Wheel of Genius:
overall: 23-16-2

Kentucky +26 over Florida - too many points here

Alabama -5 over Tennessee - Tennessee 1-8 at home against top 10 last 9. Alabama 27, Tennessee 17

Oklahoma St. +12.5 over Texas - Texas 36, Ok St. 28

Arizona +15 over USC - Arizona good offense. USC 31, Arizona 20

Penn St. -2 over Ohio St. - Ohio St. struggles against multi-dimensional offenses. Penn St. 28, Ohio St. 19

[Capybara]

Week 9 Wheel of Genius:
overall: 23-16-2

Kentucky +26 over Florida - too many points here

Alabama -5 over Tennessee - Tennessee 1-8 at home against top 10 last 9. Alabama 27, Tennessee 17

Oklahoma St. +12.5 over Texas - Texas 36, Ok St. 28

Arizona +15 over USC - Arizona good offense. USC 31, Arizona 20

Penn St. -2 over Ohio St. - Ohio St. struggles against multi-dimensional offenses. Penn St. 28, Ohio St. 19

Smitch, thanks for keeping this post up! Have you been riding all of these throughout or just cherry-picking? I rode him on one of his bad weeks of course, but may jump back on... not sure about this week's though. Hmm...