ATVS - Geaux Show Pick'em Challenge 2012 - Week 2

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CodeGreen arises above the chaos to win this week's 2012 ATVS-Geaux Show Pick'em. As a reward for being either absolutely brilliant or extremely lucky, he or she gets the $10 gift certificate. For the rest of us, remember, you can still get either officially licensed LSU Tigers hoodies, jackets, t-shirts and more at the And the Valley Shook licensed store.

CodeGreen, look for a confirmation email with instructions on how to claim your prize. If you don't respond within three business days, the rules require us to award the prize to the next person on the list.

There is still a $50 gift certificate up for grabs to whoever finishes first for the entire season, so It's never too late to join the game by following the instructions HERE..

The majority of the field remains above .500, including yours truly. I'm also happy to say that 3 ATVS/Geaux Show staffers finished in the top 10, including a first place finish for Poseur. The full standings, last week's results, and this week's games are all after the break.

Standings for Week 1
Rank	Selection	Adj Scores	W-L	Pts	Tie Breaker NTX - LSU 14 - 41	Tie Breaker Winner
1	CodeGreen's picks		10-2	10	14-38	(*)
1	SassyTGR12's picks		10-2	10	10-35
1	Poseur		10-2	10	10-48
1	phil1013's picks		10-2	10	7-56
5	Crawfish1's picks		9-3	9	10-41
5	Dmarzio's picks		9-3	9	10-42
5	CDUB_TK's picks		9-3	9	7-42
5	Yail Bloor7's picks		9-3	9	3-40
5	rhett schexnaydre's picks		9-3	9	7-48
5	LAConfidential's picks		9-3	9	13-49
5	mjtig's picks		9-3	9	7-49
5	BigWee's picks		9-3	9	2-51
5	jennygf's picks		9-3	9	10-61

I am not to be trusted more than a flipping quarter, it seems, but that won't stop my utter distrust of the Irish. Moving on, the only major upsets as far as picks go were Vandy, Boise, and GT covering their spreads in losing efforts. I was also interested to see that we all picked nearly evenly on the Northwestern - Syracuse matchup that was itself a tossup (and if I'm honest, one of the more entertaining games of the weekend)

PodKATT's Pick	Picks For		Matchup	Picks For		Home Spread	PodKATT's Pick	PodKATT's Points
	61pick(s)	64%	vs 41 - 14	36%	35pick(s)	+12.5		1
	36pick(s)	38%	vs 19 - 26	63%	60pick(s)	-3.5
	29pick(s)	31%	vs 13 - 17	69%	66pick(s)	-7.5
	25pick(s)	26%	vs 17 - 20	74%	71pick(s)	-7.5		1
	52pick(s)	54%	vs 10 - 50	46%	44pick(s)	-16.5
	28pick(s)	29%	vs 21 - 35	71%	67pick(s)	-4.5
	32pick(s)	33%	vs 14 - 41	67%	64pick(s)	-43.5
	49pick(s)	51%	vs 42 - 41	49%	47pick(s)	+1.5
	63pick(s)	70%	vs 17 - 13	30%	27pick(s)	+7.5		1
	4pick(s)	4%	vs 10 - 62	96%	92pick(s)	-24.5		1
	24pick(s)	25%	vs 24 - 59	75%	72pick(s)	-11.5		1
	20pick(s)	21%	vs 20 - 49	79%	76pick(s)	-17.5		1

IS THIS THE YEAR that Dan Mullen finally wins a non-Ole-Miss divisional game? I'm not sure, but they will cover. A&M is essentially a pick of an unknown substance vs the known not-very-good of UF. SoCal on the east coast? Not with that spread. Taking UTEP for the outright win ans well as Mizzou. Houston is a tire fire, so La Tech picks up a win that will look impressive only on a resume. That LSU spread feels high only if you aren't a member of the delusional optimist club.

Date	Away Team	Pick	Point Value	Pick	Home Team	Home Spread	Selection
Sat 09/08 12:00pm	Auburn (0-1)				Mississippi St. (1-0)	-3.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 03:30pm	Air Force (1-0)				(19)Michigan (0-1)	-21.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 03:30pm	(24)Florida (1-0)				Texas A&M (-)	-2.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 03:30pm	Iowa St. (1-0)				Iowa (1-0)	-3.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 03:30pm	(2)Southern California (1-0)				Syracuse (0-1)	+26.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 04:00pm	(13)Wisconsin (1-0)				Oregon St. (-)	+7.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 07:00pm	UTEP (0-1)				Mississippi (1-0)	-7.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 07:00pm	Washington (1-0)				(3)LSU (1-0)	-23.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 07:30pm	(16)Nebraska (1-0)				UCLA (1-0)	+4.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 07:45pm	(7)Georgia (1-0)				Missouri (1-0)	+3.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 08:00pm	Louisiana Tech (-)				Houston (0-1)	+3.5 Matchup
Sat 09/08 08:00pm	Vanderbilt (0-1)				Northwestern (1-0)	+3.5 Matchup
Awarded Points			0

	Predict Tie Breaker Score
	Washington	7	vs	38	LSU

No weekday games so,

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