Pac-12 Survivor Pool: 2016

[Applejack]

Welcome back to the betting competition that takes no money, talent, or time! Returning champ Drum'N'Feather tries to repeat but he's screwed as all the previous winners are in the eastern time zone! OrangeUte and I are in this to win this!

The same rules apply as last year:

(1) you have to pick one Pac-12 winner each week (you have to pick a Pac-12 team to win its game)
(2) you can only choose one particular team to win once during the season (i.e. if you pick Colorado in week 1 you can't choose them ever again)
(3) you can only select against each team once during the season (i.e. the Colorado rule; once you pick against a team they can't pick against them again)
(4) FBS teams only. If SUU is involved, no good.
(5) Your selection must be entered before the game you pick in has kicked off. Thus, Cal plays Hawaii this Friday (in Sydney, Australia!) but unless you are picking the Bears you don't have to submit your entry by Friday.

Remember, you are keeping track of who you picked to win each game and who you picked to lose. Let the fun begin!

Here is this weeks slate of games:

Hawaii v. Cal (in Australia) (Fri Aug 26)
Oregon State at Minnesota (Thurs Sep 1)
Coloradov. Colorado St. (in Denver) (Fri Sep 2)
Kansas State at Stanford (Fri Sep 2)
Rutgers at Washington
UCLA at Texas A&M
Alabama v. USC (in Texas)
BYU v. Arizona (in Phoenix)

Everyone else has a FCS opponent: Utah, Oregon, ASU, Washington State


Good luck!

[NorthwestUteFan]

The PAC will start out 10-2 this week (hopefully). I am excited for football season to start!

Week 1: Arizona.

Come on RichRod and the Mildcats, don't disappoint! Crush the Mountain Kitties from Provo!

[chrisrenrut]

Cal

[DrumNFeather]

I look forward to defending my crown.

Give me the Cal Bears.

[Mormon Red Death]

Cal

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[Senioritis]

I will take los Osos de California de Santa Maria de Redondo Laguna don Jose Cuervo.

[sancho]

Colorado Ralphies.

[Scratch]

Cal. Which guarantees a victory for the Rainbow Warriors.

[concerned]

Cal

[mpfunk]

I wonder if I can actually get past the first week this time. I'm really tempted by the fighting RichRods, but I'm going with Cal to hopefully get to the 2nd week this year.

[Brian]

Cal

[Anywhere but BYU]

I want Cal as well. I toyed with taking Colorado, but I need a first week win.

[chrisrenrut]

Cal. Which guarantees a victory for the Rainbow Warriors.

I revisited last year's thread, and Hawaii knocked out a bunch of people early on when they beat Colorado in Hawaii. And then they were so bad afterwards that the coaching staff was fired. Let's hope Cal is stronger, although they do have about 2,300 more miles to travel to Australia than Hawaii does.

[Applejack]

What a start to this year's contest! Nearly all of the board likes cal and senioritis made an eligible pick. Great job.

Where is huskynorthwestfan?

[hostile]

Colorado (once again, I will be out after the first week)

[sancho]

Colorado (once again, I will be out after the first week)

Hey, we're in the final four after hawaii upsets cal on the (big big) island.

[concerned]

What a start to this year's contest! Nearly all of the board likes cal and senioritis made an eligible pick. Great job.

Where is huskynorthwestfan?

Is Cal loses, you will have to start a new contest beginning the second week, because there wont be enough people left in this one to make it any fun.

[sancho]

Is Cal loses, you will have to start a new contest beginning the second week, because there wont be enough people left in this one to make it any fun.

It'll be fun for hostile, sancho, and northwest.

[Senioritis]

What a start to this year's contest! Nearly all of the board likes cal and senioritis made an eligible pick. Great job.

Where is huskynorthwestfan?

Up your butt and around the corner.

[Applejack]

In spite of my anti-UW diatribe in the other thread, I proudly proclaim the UW Huskers ​to be my first Pac-12 pick.

[UtahsMrSports]

Cal

[NorthwestUteFan]

Colorado (once again, I will be out after the first week)

I thought that Hawaii game last year was the surest chance they had to win a game. I just couldn't see being forced to pick Colorado in any other week. They stunk it up.

[Sullyute]

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[Sullyute]

Colorado

[LA Ute]

Cal.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I'll go with the group think and pick Cal. I really want to pick Colorado, but I'm chicken.

Go Bears!
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[Applejack]

I'll go with the group think and pick Cal. I really want to pick Colorado, but I'm chicken.

Go Bears!
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Picking Colorado is like playing with matches: it's not really dangerous but everyone agrees that it is stupid.

[Applejack]

Calling all posters (and lurkers). The best contest of the year starts tonight and the entrance fee is $0.00.

(You can still enter for up to a week; you just can't pick cal this week after today).

[NorthwestUteFan]

Picking Colorado is like playing with matches: it's not really dangerous but everyone agrees that it is stupid.

But it is also a necessity at some point, and nobody wants to get forced to pick CU against Stanford or UCLA.

[sancho]

But it is also a necessity at some point, and nobody wants to get forced to pick CU against Stanford or UCLA.

You can always pick them in boulder vs OSU. No, picking CU right now is a bold declaration of superior football insight, a warning shot to the cal boys that there are men present.