THE PAC 12 THREAD v.3

[WizardHawk]

F that Mamba, no husky has yet to accept my Avi bet I offered last week, heading into the bye. I am still waiting. I hope it is Regent, simply because I think we might have gone to high school together, but I am not 100% on that.

I don't recall seeing you ask for one. I've never backed down from any avi bet, even when it's the ducks favored by 20+. If you are really looking for regent then by all means see what he says first.

Seriously, never saw it. Not sure if anyone else did. However I typically don't make bets more than a week out, nor for more than a week.

 

[TheDayMan]

Dayman you da man, straight up or spread good sir?

Straight up is fine. One week good?

 

[WizardHawk]

Pick'em update -

And the winner of week 4's pick'em is...

The only person to get 5 points (reminder that the Utah game counted for 2 points).

donkey - 5
nddulac - 4
mamba - 4
arizona_sting - 4
IB - 4
Hokie - 4
oly - 4
socaljim - 3
subuddha - 3
asu_08 - 3
Regent - 3
wallace - 2
TF12 - 2
NotNeutral - 2
WizardHawk - 2
DayMan - 2
vitamike - 2
963busc - no entry for week

Season totals update: (* = weekly winner)

nddulac - 25 *
mamba - 21
arizona_sting - 20
IB - 20
wallace - 19
donkey - 19 *
TF12 - 18 *
NotNeutral - 18 *
socaljim - 18
hokie - 18
WizardHawk - 17
subuddha - 17
963busc - 16 #(missed week 4)
asu_08 - 16
dayman - 14
olyduck - 14
regent - 13
vitamike - 12

 

[TheDayMan]

And the winner of week 4's pick'em is...

The only person to get 5 points (reminder that the Utah game counted for 2 points).

donkey - 5
nddulac - 4
mamba - 4
arizona_sting - 4
IB - 4
Hokie - 4
oly - 4
socaljim - 3
subuddha - 3
asu_08 - 3
Regent - 3
wallace - 2
TF12 - 2
NotNeutral - 2
WizardHawk - 2
DayMan - 2
vitamike - 2
963busc - no entry for week

Season totals update: (* = weekly winner)

nddulac - 25 *
mamba - 21
arizona_sting - 20
IB - 20
wallace - 19
donkey - 19 *
TF12 - 18 *
NotNeutral - 18 *
socaljim - 18
hokie - 18
WizardHawk - 17
subuddha - 17
963busc - 16 #(missed week 4)
asu_08 - 16
dayman - 14
olyduck - 14
regent - 13
vitamike - 12

I'm not doing so great...

 

[WhiteMamba]

lol wiz

 

[Ironbreaker]

Anyone want an avi bet for 3 years from now?

I'll check back here in a couple of weeks.

 

[WizardHawk]

lol wiz

 

[WhiteMamba]

I have got to get my ass to AT&T to get an iphone 6

 

[TheDayMan]

I have got to get my ass to AT&T to get an iphone 6

Yeah? I hear it's all the rage.

 

[TheDayMan]

Hey, there's an iPhone commercial as we speak. Weird...

 

[The Derski]

Verizon ftw

 

[WhiteMamba]

I like IPhones the best but always was envious of the bigger screen
Now Mac has offered the 6 which is bigger than the 5s and the 6plus is huge.

 

[RegentDenali]

I'll probably be getting the iphone 6 in 3-4 weeks. I never buy tech like this the day it's released just to make sure the hands on consumer reviews provide the real details instead of buying something like this based purely on the companies own PR and promises. By then, you know if any serious glitches exist.

I've owned a iphone 4s for over two years and didn't upgrade to the 5 because I thought the screen size was still a joke.

Apple finally got the screen size big enough and it's a big enough jump in processor power, battery life, and features to go for it.

As long as it's not got any serious issues, I'm upgrading sometime in Oct or at least getting the order in at ATT so I can get the 200 dollar trade in credit. That's one hell of a deal which means I'll be getting the iphone 6 for basically $99. Boom.

 

[WhiteMamba]

What's the deal on trade in? Wife has 5s and I have 4s

We have ATT so we can trade in? How much? And can you use trade in credit combined with upgrade discount. Because we are do for upgrade prices also.

 

[SUBuddha]

Straight up is fine. One week good?

Sounds good, I will be working Saturday, but should have wifi, win or lose, expect to see me posting with the Avi you give me, or the one I give you.

Wiz- I posted it right after the Army game, almost tongue in cheek since I think Stanford will be hard pressed to win this one.

 

[RegentDenali]

What's the deal on trade in? Wife has 5s and I have 4s

We have ATT so we can trade in? How much? And can you use trade in credit combined with upgrade discount. Because we are do for upgrade prices also.

I think how ATT is offering it, is $200 for good working condition 4, 4s, 5, and $300 for 5s. They're claiming the deal is active till Sept 30th. After that, it could change and they offer less. Don't know.

But it's not some instant credit off the price of the phone exactly when you buy it. What it is a ATT credit card to purchase stuff at ATT stores, but the key is that it can be used on your monthly wireless bill. So that still works out since your going to be locked into a 2 year new contract with them anyway.

It's still a pretty sweet deal.

My scenario is that I've had the 4s for over 2 years so I qualify for the upgrade deal on a new phone. Since the Iphone I'm looking at is the 64 gig 6 and lists at $299 for upgrade pricing, I'm going to pay that when I buy it, but then they give me an ATT $200 credit card for my old 4s. And then I'll use the credit on paying the monthly cellphone bill. So in the long run, it still only cost me $99 for the phone as long as I don't blow the credit on stuff like cellphone accessories, etc....

 

[WizardHawk]

You haven't seen any of UW's games if you think your team will struggle. Kids haven't put together a full game on both sides of the ball yet. They will have some fast kids on the outside that will cause many defenses fits this year, but not sure their first year QB can get it to them often and efficiently.

Where they will struggle is defending your passing game. They have 3 true freshman starters in the secondary and it's been an adventure to this point. I don't like their schemes and they are giving up big plays and chunks of yards way too often.

There's a reason your team has the spread in their favor on the road.

 

[RegentDenali]

Non SportsHoopla weekly pickum lines I'm seeing at my online book for the PAC games are open at:

OSU @ USC -10.5

WSU @ Utah -10

Stanford @ Washington +6

Colorado @ Cal -10

UCLA @ ASU +5.5

 

[WhiteMamba]

The strength of that UW team is front 7. They are good.

Shelton on his way for possible PAC DPOY

 

[WizardHawk]

The strength of that UW team is front 7. They are good.

Shelton on his way for possible PAC DPOY

He will have challenges from 3 others on that unit as you already know. Can't remember the last time people were talking about 4 players on our defense being potential first rounders in the next draft.

Kikaha and Shelton have both been showing signs of making progress in this new defense and have had their moments. Shaq has been absent for spells, but he will shine eventually. Peters has been outstanding, but I can't see most Pac teams throwing to his side when there are so many wet behind the ears kids to exploit. There are yards to be had on that D, at least until they find their identity within this new system.