Congrats to over754ut, who takes week one of our pick 'em contest by going 18-2 with 197 confidence points. The top ten after week one - full standings at Fun Office Pools:
1 | over754ut | 18-2 | 197 | ||
2 | Blue Tick Picks | 17-3 | 194 | ||
3 | AJMartin5_GBO!! | 18-2 | 193 | ||
4 | atthejabbok | 17-3 | 191 | ||
5 | bhibb37 | 16-4 | 186 | ||
6 | TJVol | 17-3 | 182 | ||
6 | johnand20 | 17-3 | 182 | ||
8 | Rollervol | 16-4 | 180 | ||
8 | jfarrar90 | 16-4 | 180 | ||
8 | CatchableComa | 15-5 | 180 |
What's the confidence report on the Vols? 69.4% of our readers pick Tennessee as of Thursday afternoon. But, chin up: this time last year only 17% were taking Tennessee to beat Oklahoma. In a match-up generally believed to be dead even, perhaps Tennessee fans are still a little shy about taking the Vols in a game like this until they see it for themselves. Further evidence: the average picker taking the Vols on Saturday night is putting only 3 (out of 20) confidence points on it. Only four on the Sooners, so hey, maybe we just don't know what to think about this one.
Elsewhere this weekend:
- 81% taking Western Kentucky over Louisiana Tech tonight. Take that, Dooley.
- 34% take Bowling Green at Maryland; as we joked on the podcast, that game is at noon, so if the Falcons get beat 56-3, it's going to get real nervous around these parts before kickoff at 6:00.
- 94.6% take Michigan to bounce back at home against Oregon State.
- One (1) person took Vanderbilt to beat Georgia in Nashville.
- 89.4% take South Carolina at home over Kentucky
- 57.4% like Michigan State to hold serve at home against Oregon; gotta go back a long way in these things to find the last time less than half believed in the Ducks.
- The dominant thought is clearly Mississippi State has peaked and will now valley: 82.1% take LSU on the road in Starkville.