Alright, let's kick it off already! One of my favorite things we do here at FanIQ is holding all the experts accountable to their predictions, while allowing you to compare you picks to the pundits.
Every Thursday of the college football season we'll line up the key games each week and let you know who's picking whom. This will evolve over time, so please let me know what you're interesting in knowing about the experts or fans.
Here's how the fans match up against the experts for Week 1:
Boldest Pick: Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports
Weakest Picks: Yahoo!Sports "experts" traditionally only picks just the top 25 teams. That's all fine and dandy come mid season when there are more than one game between top foes, but on opening week we don't need to see that you think Ohio State is going to beat Youngstown State and Michigan will be Appalachian State. Sack up boys. It'll make your "record" look nice, but it's not fooling anyone. You're on notice Yahoo! and CBS Sports.
Tennessee vs California
Experts Pick: 86% Golden Bears
Fans Pick: 60% Golden Bears
Vegas: -5.5 Golden Bears
Which experts are picking the upset? Terry Bowden (Yahoo) and John Tamahana (MSNBC)
Georgia Tech vs Notre Dame
Experts: 57% Irish
Fans: 65% Irish
Vegas: -2.5 Irish
Which experts are picking the upset? John Tamahana (MSNBC), Harmon Forecast, Tom Deinhart (SportingNews), Greg Amsinger (CSTV), John Harris (CFN), Peter Fiutak (CFN), Olin Buchanan (Rivals)
Wake Forest vs Boston College
Experts: 79% Eagles
Fans: 80% Eagles
Vegas: -6.5 Eagles
Which experts are picking the upset? John Tamahana (MSNBC), Tom Deinhart (SportingNews), Matt Hayes (SportingNews),
Oklahoma State vs Georgia
Experts: 86% Dawgs
Fans: 90% Dawgs
Vegas: -6.5 Dawgs
Picking the upset? Tom Deinhart (SportingNews), Jason Horowitz (CBS),
Florida State vs Clemson
Experts: 60% Seminoles
Fans: 55% Seminoles
Vegas: -3.5 Seminoles
Picking the upset? Harmon Forecast, Matt Zemek (CFN), Dennis Dodd (CBS), Jason Horowitz (CBS)
Still waiting on Stewart Mandel, Bruce Feldman and of course the College GameDay Crew. Come back Tuesday morning for a breakdown of the results.







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