Stanford Steve is the nickname of Steve Coughlin, a college football analyst and handicapper. He is a regular contributor to ESPN’s College GameDay podcast and has been featured on other ESPN shows, such as First Take and Around the Horn.
Coughlin is known for his in-depth analysis of college football games and his ability to identify undervalued teams. He has a long track record of success in picking college football games against the spread, and his picks have been featured in several publications, including Sports Illustrated and The Wall Street Journal.
In the 2022 college football season, Coughlin’s picks against the spread were 55.6% accurate, which was better than the national average of 52.4%. He also had a winning record in his picks for the College Football Playoff, correctly picking the winner of each game.
Coughlin’s picks for the 2023 college football season are not yet available, but he is expected to be one of the most accurate handicappers in the country.
Here are some of his notable picks from the 2022 season:
Overall, Stanford Steve is a very accurate college football handicapper with a proven track record of success. His picks are worth considering if you are looking to make money betting on college football games.
The game of the day has to be the matchup between two top five ranked teams. All eyes will be on this primetime game between Louisville and Clemson. It’s rare for a #5 ranked team to be underdogs, but after seeing what Louisville did to then-#2 Florida State a few weeks ago, it’s not surprising…
Coach Corso jinxed the Gators last week, as the Vols gave Gators a total beatdown, winning 38-28, and it really wasn’t that close (especially if you ignore the first half). This week, Gameday crew is at Clemson for the game of day between two top five ranked teams, #3 Louisville at #5 Clemson. Bear Picks…
Chris “The Bear” Fallica 2016 CFB Week 5 Picks: Bear’s Bank Picks on Saturday College Gameday (Season Record 4-8) Oregon at Washington St (+2) Michigan State at Indiana (+6.5) Louisville (-1.5) at Clemson Picks on Podcast Wisconsin at Michigan (-10.5) Mich St at Indiana (+7) Oregon at Wash St (+1) Memphis at Ole Miss (-14.5) USF at Cincinnati…
Make that back-to-back-to-back tough weeks for SVP! ouch! He blamed it on the bad beat in the UCLA game. SVP went 2-3 in week4, putting him at 9-12 for the year. Stanford Steve hit his Utah call last week. Scott Van Pelt 2016 Week 5 College Football Picks SVP loves him some home dogs [winner]…
Update: check out SVP’s week 5 picks here SVP’s week 3 edition of bad beats is basically a pac12 edition, both games were pretty lame (for the losers). As I predicted last week after the games, of course SVP would include the UCLA debacle as his top bad beats of week 3 of CFB. The cover…
Boy did Corso get his pick correct last week. Louisville absolutely embarrassed the then #2 team in the country Florida State. Make that a back to back week winner for Corso’s headgear pick. This week the Gameday crew is in Knoxville for the matchup between two ranked SEC teams, #19 Florida vs #14 Tennessee. College…
Chris “The Bear” Fallica 2016 CFB Week 4 Picks: The Bear likes UCLA to win outright today. Here are the three picks he selected on Gameday this morning. Kent St (+44) vs Alabama Nebraska at Northwestern (+7.5) Stanford at UCLA (+3) Here are the remaining picks from his podcast. Florida (+6.5) at Tennessee LSU at…
Update: check out SVP’s week 5 picks here Back to back tough weeks for SVP, his week 3 picks went 2-4, putting him at 7-9 on the year. Stanford Steve’s pick ended up pushing, so no action there. Scott Van Pelt 2016 Week 4 College Football Picks SVP digging the home dogs this week [winner] Wisconsin…
Ohhh…the dreaded pick 6 to lose the cover in the last minute of the game. That’s the worst! Yup, that happened over the weekend in the Liberty vs SMU game. But if you’re betting that game and you’re not an alum of either school…you either are a genius or you got issues. Ever pray for…
On ESPN’s College Gameday, the crew has a segment on picking their favorite underdog of the day. Saturday SuperDogs 2016 CFB Week Picks Desmond: Vanderbilt (+6.5) at Georgia Tech Corso: Maryland at UCF (+10) Kirk: Pittsburgh (+3.5) at Oklahoma State David Pollack: Michigan State (+7) at Notre Dame Rece: East Carolina (+3) at South Carolina…
Lee Corso finally turned things around, winning a headgear pick for once on a double digit favorite last week. Tennessee Vols blewout Virginia Tech last week to put Corso on the board for the first win in 2016. This week, ESPN College GameDay is in Louisville for the showdown between visiting #2 Florida State against the…
After going 4-1 in week 1, of course SVP’s picks immediately reverts back to the mean, going 1-4 in week 2, putting him at 5-5 on the year so far. Stanford Steve’s Texas Tech pick got smoked last week as well. Better days to come… Scott Van Pelt 2016 Week 3 College Football Picks [loser] Boston…
Each week, Scott picks out a few bad beats that happened over the weekend. We’ve all been there, and it always seems like we’re always on the wrong side of the bad beats, it’s painful when it happens to you, but hilarious when it happens to others. Great segment by SVP. First up is the…
For week 2, ESPN College Gameday showed up at the Bristol Speedway in Tennessee for the matchup between Virginia Tech and Tennessee. Being at a race track, it only makes sense to have the racing legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the special guest. LSU fans, you can blame Corso for the week 1 loss to…
Update: here are SVP’s week 3 picks Scott Van Pelt typically makes his weekly college football picks on Thursday nights on his ESPN Sports Center show. Last week he actually went 4-1 on his picks. Let’s see how he does this week. Scott Van Pelt 2016 Week 2 College Football Picks [loser] Maryland at Florida International…
Corso was 6-12 in Mascot picks last year! let’s see if he can do better this year. ESPN Gameday shows up for the Wisconsin vs LSU game today, with special guest, the Wisconsin transplant, Aaron Rodgers!
#4 Oklahoma vs #1 Clemson ESPN Game Day crew showed up at Miami’s Orange Bowl for today’s playoff game between #4 Oklahoma and #1 Clemson. Who did Corso pick this game? Godspeed Sooners…Corso’s record isn’t exactly impressive this season… Corso’s pick: Oklahoma-Clemson – ESPN Video Here’s the other picks… Who wins the Orange Bowl: Oklahoma or…
College Gameday showed up at the Army-Navy game today. There was a special footage of Corso coaching the 1968 Navy team. ‘Wired’ with Lee Corso from 1968 – ESPN Video Corso was seen shedding a tear after this segment.. Navy legend Roger Staubach is our guest picker. pic.twitter.com/NCkR5IyHmk — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 12,…
#5 Michigan St takes on #4 Iowa for the Big Ten Championship and punch a ticket to the College Football Playoffs this year. Corso is 3-10 this year in head gear picks, including 3 picks against Michigan State! ….so good luck to you Spartans! Corso is on your side. Corso’s pick: Michigan State-Iowa – ESPN…
For all you Oklahoma State fans…you’re in trouble. You just got the Corso jinx. His record is terrible this year. Ohio State probably lost last week (and their national title hope) because he picked them to win last week. You poor Cowboys. Fowler picks Oklahoma State – ESPN Video
