Chris Fallica Close ESPN Staff Writer Lead researcher for “College GameDay” since 1996 Voter on ESPN CFB Selection Committee Steve Coughlin Close ESPN Contributor Known as “Stanford Steve” Played college football at Stanford Producer for ESPN Radio and “SVP & Russillo” show 0 Shares Print After an impressive 2014 season, “Stanford Steve” Coughlin, of SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt, and Chris Fallica, of ESPN Stats & Information and College GameDay, are back. Every Wednesday during the college football season, they’ll give their best bets for picking the weekend’s top college football games. 2015 season record:Fallica: 20-5 ATS (last week: 6-1)Coughlin: 10-9-1 ATS (last week: 3-2) 2014 season record:Fallica: 44-40 ATS (52.4 percent)Coughlin: 45-28-1 ATS (60.8 percent) Note: Against the spread (ATS)/total picks are in bold. Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Fallica: Sure Alabama would love to be undefeated right now, but what a great spot for the Crimson Tide. An underdog for the first time since 2009, the dynasty has been deemed over. Are you kidding me? The Crimson Tide lose a home game to a team which beat them last year, commits five turnovers in the process and that’s it, run over? As my friend Lee Corso would say, “Not so fast my friend.” Yes Alabama has a minus-13 turnover margin in its last six losses, so it must hang onto the ball. But I’d be hesitant on anointing Greyson Lambert and Georgia just because they ripped apart an awful South Carolina defense. It should be a much more straightforward matchup for the Alabama defense. …
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