Colin Cowherd's Blazing Five picks for NFL are on fire

[Akillies]

Record: 6-13-2

 

[HarryCaray]

He sure does have a high opinion of Carolina it seems.
He takes them almost every week.

Yup I like AZ in that game but I will probably end up teasing them to +8

And no I don't want to have that argument again about teasers haha

 

[HarryCaray]

I think he's on crack this week.

I don't see how you can lay a full TD on this GB team even coming off a bye. Detroit is damn good this year.

Also crazy to lay points with the Panthers on the road IMO.

And I love CIN this weekend.

Hopefully he has a bad week cause I will probably be on the other side of all of these (probably tease SF with AZ...)

 

[CHOPTALK]

Yup I like AZ in that game but I will probably end up teasing them to +8

And no I don't want to have that argument again about teasers haha

+8 is not awful.
Only 1 meaningless half point on that side.

 

[SharkTank]

I think he's on crack this week.

I don't see how you can lay a full TD on this GB team even coming off a bye. Detroit is damn good this year.

Also crazy to lay points with the Panthers on the road IMO.

And I love CIN this weekend.

Hopefully he has a bad week cause I will probably be on the other side of all of these (probably tease SF with AZ...)

Same here, love CIN, NYG, AZ

 

[Betallsports]

I think he's on crack this week.

I don't see how you can lay a full TD on this GB team even coming off a bye. Detroit is damn good this year.

Also crazy to lay points with the Panthers on the road IMO.

And I love CIN this weekend.

Hopefully he has a bad week cause I will probably be on the other side of all of these (probably tease SF with AZ...)

I must be on Crack as well. I like the Pack too

 

[Defying]

I must be on Crack as well. I like the Pack too

:coke:

 

[HarryCaray]

I must be on Crack as well. I like the Pack too

I don't really like either side, gun to head I'd probably take DET but I'm just saying I think there are better bets on the board IMHO.

BOL if you bet them.

 

[Betallsports]

:coke:

:youmad:

 

[Betallsports]

I don't really like either side, gun to head I'd probably take DET but I'm just saying I think there are better bets on the board IMHO.

BOL if you bet them.

I don't usually bet ML wagers in the NFL on a game over -4, but I bet the ML on GB early... also took them at -6 -120

Lions haven't won in Green Bay since 1991 .... just saying

 

[Buster]

I don't usually bet ML wagers in the NFL on a game over -4, but I bet the ML on GB early... also took them at -6 -120

Lions haven't won in Green Bay since 1991 .... just saying

they also had not beat the redskins in 21 matchups.just saying.while i don't care maybe this is the year they get all the monkeys off their back?

 

[HarryCaray]

I don't usually bet ML wagers in the NFL on a game over -4, but I bet the ML on GB early... also took them at -6 -120

Lions haven't won in Green Bay since 1991 .... just saying

GL sir. My only horse in this is whatever is best for the Bears to win the North. Although I'm not 100% sure what to even root for.

Would love to see the Pack fall to 1-3 but not crazy about DET going to 4-1...so...whatever hahaha

 

[Betallsports]

they also had not beat the redskins in 21 matchups.just saying.while i don't care maybe this is the year they get all the monkeys off their back?

Hey... Any Given Sunday... Right ??

another note on my side is, that GB has won ( I only checked the last 3 years ) each game off a Bye.... or was that the last 4 years ?? I forget... lol

But yeah, anything can happen

 

[2PLAYSMAX]

Been a rough year for Colin's blazing after last season. If someone has been going against him they are hoping he doesn't pull the plug on this.

[h=4]Oct. 25[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Jets (+6.5) at Bengals	Loss
Packers at Vikings (+9)	Loss
Falcons (+2.5) at Cardinals	Loss
Dolphins at Patriots (-6.5)	Win
Steelers (-2.5) at Raiders	Loss

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[h=4]Oct. 18[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
49ers (-4) at Titans	Win
Bears at Redskins (-1)	Win
Ravens (+1.5) at Steelers	Loss
Chargers at Jaguars (+7.5)	Loss
Patriots (-3.5) at Jets	Loss
Cowboys at Eagles (-3)	Loss

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[h=4]Oct. 11[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Redskins (+5.5) at Cowboys	Loss
Saints (+2.5) at Patriots	Loss
Steelers at Jets (-2)	Loss
Eagles at Buccaneers (+1.5)	Loss
Bengals (-7) at Bills	Loss
Colts (-1.5) at Chargers	Loss

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[h=4]Oct. 4[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

 

[Akillies]

his picks dont suck, he is getting market confirmation on most of his plays, yet still losing.
variance is a bitch

 

[BigLouReturns]

Jay Kornegay ‏<s>@</s>JayKornegay <small class="time"> 55m </small> This is big time, big name. Colin vs the best! Colin in SuperContest! “<s>@</s>ESPN_Colin: <s>@</s>JayKornegay

Looks like he was one year late in entering the contest.

 

[Hamilbet]

Record: 32-28
Colin's picks in bold.


[h=4]Week 13[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks.

Colin's Picks	Result
Kansas City (-1) at Arizona
Baltimore at Miami (-3)
Indianapolis (-3.5) at Cleveland
New England (-3.5) at San Diego
Seattle (+1) at Philadelphia

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[h=4]Week 12[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Cleveland at Atlanta (-3)	Loss
Detroit (+7) at New England	Loss
Miami (+7) at Denver	Win
Washington at San Francisco (-9)	Loss
Dallas (-3.5) at Giants	Loss

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[h=4]Week 11[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Cincinnati at New Orleans (-7)	Loss
Seattle (+2.5) at Kansas City	Loss
Detroit at Arizona (-1.5)	Win
Philadelphia at Green Bay (-5.5)	Win
New England (+3) at Indianapolis	Win

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[h=4]Week 10[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Atlanta at Tampa Bay (+2.5)	Loss
Kansas City (-2) at Buffalo	Win
Miami at Detroit (-2.5)	Win
Chicago at Green Bay (-7)	Win
Giants (+9) at Seattle	Loss

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[h=4]Week 9[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Philadelphia (-2) at Houston	Win
Arizona (+4) at Dallas	Win
Indianapolis (-3) at Giants	Win
San Diego (+2.5) at Miami	Loss
Denver (-3) at New England	Loss

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[h=4]Week 8[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
St. Louis at Kansas City (-7)	Win
Philadelphia (+2.5) at Arizona	Loss
Indianapolis (-3) at Pittsburgh	Loss
Chicago (+6) at New England	Loss
Buffalo at Jets (-3)	Loss

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[h=4]Week 7[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Cincinnati at Indianapolis (-3)	Win
Miami (+3) at Chicago	Win
New York (+6.5) at Dallas	Loss
Kansas City (+4) at San Diego	Win
San Francisco (+6.5) at Denver	Loss

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[h=4]Week 6[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Chicago (+3) at Atlanta	Win
Carolina at Cincinnati (-6.5)	Loss
Giants (+3) at Philadelphia	Loss
Green Bay at Miami (+3.5)	Win
San Diego (-7) at Oakland	Loss

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[h=4]Week 5[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Atlanta at Giants (-4)	Win
Chicago (+2.5) at Carolina	Loss
Buffalo (+7) at Detroit	Win
Jets (+6.5) at San Diego	Loss
Seattle at Washington (+7)	Loss

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[h=4]Week 4[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Detroit at Jets (+1.5)	Loss
Miami (-4) at Oakland	Win
Green Bay (-1.5) at Chicago	Win
New Orleans at Dallas (+3)	Win
New England at Kansas City (+3.5)	Win

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[h=4]Week 3[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Chicago (+3) at Jets	Win
Washington (+6.5) at Philadelphia	Win
Houston at Giants (+2)	Win
San Francisco (-3) at Arizona	Loss
Denver at Seattle (-5)	Win

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[h=4]Week 2[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Jacksonville (+6) at Washington	Loss
Miami at Buffalo (-1)	Win
Atlanta at Cincinnati (-5.5)	Win
Detroit at Carolina (-2.5)	Win
Seattle at San Diego (+6)	Win

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[h=4]Week 1[/h]Colin's "Blazing Five" picks. Listen

Colin's Picks	Result
Tennessee (+3) at Kansas City	Win
New Orleans (-3) at Atlanta	Loss
Cincinnati at Baltimore (-1)	Loss
Carolina at Tampa Bay (-2.5)	Loss
San Diego (+3) at Arizona	Win

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[Akillies]

2013 Record: 53-31-1
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/shows/colincowherd/story/_/id/8321809/colin-cowherd-blazing-five-picks

 

[Akillies]

<header class="">[h=1]Ugh. Colin Cowherd Is (Statistically) The Best Pundit Of 2012.[/h]</header> 35,353

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Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com.
Coming into 2012, we expected that our inaugural award for Best Pundit of the Year would likely go to a political pundit. However, as we have reviewed at length, that pundit community turned in an awful election season. There were a few bright spots, including Nate Silver, although we have argued that the performance of the quants has been overhyped by the media. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post merits an honorable mention, as he picked Obama to win the election and nailed the final tally for the House of Representatives. Moreover, Cillizza's prediction that John Kerry would be the new Secretary of State and that Scott Brown would take Kerry's spot in the Senate now looks quite possible (click here for Cillizza's full list of predictions).
Turning to finance, our recent recaps of their 2012 prediction lists revealed that none of the financial pundits did particularly well, although Marc Faber and Mario Gabelli deserve credit for their impressive investment picks.
In the end, we concluded that the Best Pundit of 2012 award should go to a sports pundit, one who has demonstrated terrific game-picking prowess this year.
That pundit is Colin Cowherd of ESPN.
Here is our aggregate data for Cowherd, who hosts The Herd with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio, since we began tracking him in 2010:
Calls Graded: 260
Correct Calls: 151
Hit Rate: 58%
$1 Yield: $1.16
Cowherd's "Blazing Five", in which he picks five games each week against the Vegas spread, account for the lion's share of his predictions. Here is his Blazing Five track record by season:

Season	Record	Hit Rate	$1 yield
2010-11	43-42	51%	$1.01
2011-12	54-37	59%	$1.19
2012-13	49-21	70%	$1.40

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Cowherd had an average season in 2010, an excellent one in 2011, and an off-the-charts turn so far this year. For those new to the PunditTracker, the $1 Yield metric is the average payout had you bet $1 (using Vegas odds) on each of the pundit's predictions; we award an A grade to any yield above $1.10. As such, Cowherd's $1.40 yield so far this season (with 70 predictions) is sensational. After going 2-3 in Week 1, he has rattled off 13 consecutive weeks of winning records:

Week	Record
Week 1	2-3
Week 2	4-1
Week 3	4-1
Week 4	3-2
Week 5	3-2
Week 6	4-1
Week 7	4-1
Week 8	4-1
Week 9	4-1
Week 10	3-2
Week 11	4-1
Week 12	3-2
Week 13	4-1
Week 15	3-2

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In addition to his weekly picks, we are also tracking Cowherd's full-season predictions for both baseball and football. In baseball, his performance this year was merely average, although he was one of the few who selected the Tigers to make the World Series. Here were his NFL predictions:

2012-13 Prediction	Likely Outcome
Patriots to win AFC East	True
Ravens to win AFC North	True
Texans to win AFC South	True
Broncos to win AFC West	True
Giants to win NFC East	TBD
Packers to win NFC North	True
Falcons to win NFC South	True
Patriots to win AFC	TBD
Bears to win NFC	TBD
Bears to win Super Bowl	TBD
Bills to win more than 7.5 games	False
Rams to win more than 6 games	TBD
Colts to win more than 5.5 games	True
Saints to win less than 9.5 games	True
Lions to win less than 9 games	True

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The Bears Super Bowl prediction looks dicey at the moment, but overall, Cowherd's pre-season picks are looking quite strong.
For a full breakdown of Cowherd's predictions, click here to visit his PunditTracker profile page.

PunditTracker's mission is to bring accountability to the prediction industry by cataloging and scoring the predictions of pundits.

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[Akillies]

i think he has lost interest in the blazin 5 of late
results show it