It's hard to pick games during Week 2. Weird things always happen in Week 1.

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- 09/08/2016 at 9:09 AM #12257
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  CincyUte
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  @cincyute
  
  If I’ve learned anything from years of binge-watching college football during the first week of the season, it’s that week 1 is full of anomalies.
  
  Weird stuff always happens that don’t make sense by the end of the year. I think it’s why coaches always say teams improve the most between week one and week two. It’s like you have week one, and then you have the rest of the season.
  
  Last year the game that stands out was Northwestern beating Stanford 16-6. I don’t think either team looked particularly good. As it turns out, Northwestern had a good season and Stanford had a great season. Makes you wonder WTF was going on in week one. Washington State had a similar experience.
  
  And the same thing in 2014. Virginia Tech beat Ohio State 35-21–in Columbus. Everyone wrote off the Buckeyes. Ohio State went on to win the NC; Virginia Tech went 7-6.
  
  But it’s not just upsets. Even when the better team wins in week one, they frequently look like crap doing so. But then in week two, they turn around and look like a totally different team.
- 09/08/2016 at 9:34 AM #12259
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  noneyadb
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  @noneyadb
  
  I wanna know who the hell picked tds this week?
  - 09/08/2016 at 12:22 PM #12270
    
    Tacoma Ute
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    @tacomaute
    
    I dunno. Could be a TDS fan. Could be a TDS sympathizer. Could be someone who’s just nervous about this game.
    - 09/08/2016 at 12:35 PM #12271
      
      Tony (admin)
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      Could be someone messing with us who plans to change it.
  - 09/08/2016 at 3:00 PM #12285
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    crazyute7
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    @crazyute7
    
    I picked ’em. I’m not sure you understand how pick ’em works. If I pick what everyone else does on every game, I will never win the competition. Vegas seems to think this game is a toss up, so I’m taking a chance.
    - 09/08/2016 at 3:16 PM #12286
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      CincyUte
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      @cincyute
      
      Man, I’ll never understand why you love BYU so much.
    - 09/08/2016 at 3:47 PM #12287
      
      Tony (admin)
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      It’s fun to see the varying strategies develop.
    - 09/08/2016 at 10:54 PM #12315
      
      noneyadb
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      @noneyadb
      
      Got it… crazyute7 should be crazycoug7…
      
      I don’t care what the pick ’em prize is, I will NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER………………….
      
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      EVER….. EVER pick the nut punching tds to win ANY game, and especially not a game over the UTES…
- 09/08/2016 at 10:24 AM #12261
  
  leftyjace
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  @leftyjace
  
  Wasn’t me.
  
  But maybe someone recognizes that anything can happen in the rivalry, and is looking to take a chance for a possible 1-game advantage on everyone else on the board should the impossible happen?
  
  Who knows.
- 09/08/2016 at 1:37 PM #12277
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  juan know well
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  @juanknowwell
  I thought about picking BYU . . . but didn’t go through with it.
  
  I am more afraid this week of the law of averages than anything else. BYU is due a win. That makes me more nervous than anything else. They have to win one eventually. Right?
  
  I hope I’m wrong.
  - This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by juan know well.
  - 09/09/2016 at 6:40 AM #12323
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    89ute
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    @89ute
    
    don’t fall victim to the law of averages. If you flip a coin 6 times and it comes up heads every time it does not change the odds of the next flip.
- 09/08/2016 at 2:04 PM #12280
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  Brettski
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  I picked BYU.
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  To suck.
  - This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Brettski.