NASPAQ – Pac-12 Stock Report : Week 5

I could have told you before the season that the top games in the country will be coming from the Pac-12 this year, but the entire nation got to see the national forecast on Saturday – Oregon Reign!

The Ducks have proven twice this year that sitting on a lead is a recipe for disaster against them. The Oregon Reign comes without warning, causes flash floods and can pour all game long. Andrew Luck had trouble seeing through the green haze and was struck by lightning trying to tackle Eddie Pleasant after he returned a fumble to the Stanford three yard line.

Even worse than the loss for Stanford is that Oregon exposed weaknesses throughout their team. Last year the Cardinal had a slow defense with a weak secondary and they did little to dispel those notions. Despite Stanford’s success in the red zone and Stepfan Taylor’s (STEP) 113 yards rushing, they didn’t have much success running the ball up the field. The key to beating the Ducks is a strong run defense and controlling the clock, and Stanford wasn’t able to do either. Despite all the points there were some great defensive performances during the game. Cliff Harris (CLIF) had two interceptions and his stock would have gone up even more if he didn’t fumble away a kickoff. Oregon’s defense continues to give up yards in bunches, but their defense matches the offense’s big play ability by forcing turnovers. James Dockery (DOCK) saw a 44% increase in his stock after getting two interceptions and the game clinching interception two out of the last three games.

Defensive Players Market

		Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Akeem Ayers	UCLA	AYER	↑ 10	8%	$125
Rahim Moore	UCLA	MOOR	–	–	$100
Vontaze Burfict	ASU	BURF	↑ 5	5%	$100
Mason Foster	UW	FOST	↑ 10	11%	$95
Jurrell Casey	USC	CASE	↑ 5	5%	$95
Omar Bolden	ASU	BOLD	↑ 5	5%	$90
Stephen Paea	OSU	PAEA	↑ 10	12%	$90
Casey Matthews	Oregon	MATT	↑ 5	6%	$85
Mike Mohamed	Cal	MIKE	–	–	$80
Trevin Wade	Arizona	WADE	–	–	$80
Brooks Reed	Arizona	REED	–	–	$80
Tony Dye	UCLA	DYE	↑ 5	7%	$70
James Dockery	OSU	DOCK	↑ 20	44%	$65
Malcolm Smith	USC	SMIT	↑ 5	10%	$55
Cliff Harris	Oregon	CLIF	↑ 15	37%	$55
Richard Sherman	Stanford	THOM	↓5	9%	$50
TJ McDonald	USC	TJMC	↑ 5	11%	$50
Owen Maracic	Stanford	OWEN	↑ 5	14%	$40
Shane Skov	Stanford	SKOV	↑ 5	14%	$40
DJ Holt	Cal	HOLT	–	–	$25
Michael Thomas	Stanford	THOM	–	–	$20
Patrick Larimore	UCLA	LARI	↓5	20%	$20

Washington’s defense looked good coming off a bye week and forced Matt Barkley into some bad passes in critical situations down the stretch. With Arizona State coming to town they will have a chance to see their stock rise even more.

Defensive Unit Market

	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Oregon Defense	ORED	↓ 5	3%	$125
Arizona Defense	ARID	–	–	$85
Utah Defense	UTAD	–	–	$80
ASU Defense	ASUD	↑ 5	8%	$80
Cal Defense	CALD	–	–	$65
USC Defense	USCD	↓ 10	14%	$60
Stanford Defense	STAD	↓ 10	14%	$60
UCLA Defense	UCLD	↓ 5	7%	$60
OSU Defense	OSUD	↑ 10	28%	$45
Colorado Defense	COLD	↑ 5	14%	$40
UW Defense	UWD	↑ 5	14%	$40

Quarterback

The Stanford Cardinal finally ran out of Luck this weekend, but it wasn’t entirely the quarterback’s fault. His stock went up $5, because of his solid play in the first half, but Luck will need to prove that he can produce when the running game is not working. Jake Locker (LOCK) has finally played like the game breaker that he was touted as  in the off-season. Now that they have the road win off their backs they’re looking like a much more confident team. They have a tough game this weekend against Arizona State, but we’re bearish on (LOCK) for the next couple weeks.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Andrew Luck	Stanford	LUCK	↑ 5	3%	$150.00
Nick Foles	Arizona	FOLE	–	–	$140.00
Matt Barkley	USC	BARK	↑ 5	4%	$130.00
Jake Locker	UW	LOCK	↑ 20	25%	$100.00
Kevin Riley	Cal	RILE	–	–	$70.00
Jordan Wynn	Utah	WYNN	–	–	$65.00
Darron Thomas	Oregon	DARR	↑ 20	57%	$55.00
Tyler Hansen	Col	HANS	↑ 5	12%	$45.00
Ryan Katz	UCLA	PRNC	↑ 10	66%	$25.00
Kevin Prince	OSU	KATZ	–	–	$25.00
Steven Threet	ASU	THREE	↓5	33%	$10

Wide Receiver

There was some movement at the top of the wide receiver list with Jermaine Kearse (JERM) overtaking Juron Criner in total value at $75. J-Kearse had six catches for 92 yards, but had a couple drops in the game.  His teammate Devin Aguilar (AGUI) hauled in 5 balls for 83 yards and a 46 yard touchdown pass.  Robert Woods (WOOD) didn’t record any catches but his 56 yard kickoff return prevented his stock from falling. Ronald Johnson (ROJO) continues to impress this season, but hasn’t been able to find the end zone at the same rate of his week one performance when he caught three touchdown passes.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Jermaine Kearse	UW	JERM	↑ 5	7%	$75
Juron Criner	Arizona	CRIN	–	–	$70
Ronald Johnson	USC	ROJO	↑ 5	8%	$65
James Rodgers	OSU	JROD	–	–	$55
Jeff Maehl	Oregon	MAEL	↑ 10	22%	$55
Marvin Jones	Cal	MARV	–	–	$45
Robert Woods	USC	WOOD	–	–	$30
Doug Baldwin	Stanford	BALD	–	–	$25
Devin Aguilar	UW	AGUI	↑ 10	66%	$25
David Ausberry	USC	BERY	↑ 5	33%	$20
Keenan Allen	Cal	KEEN	–	–	$15
DeVonte Christopher	Utah	DEVO	–	–	$15

Running Back

We had three performances this week with running backs going over 200 yards. LaMichael James (LMJ), Allen Bradford (BRAD), and Johnathan Franklin (FRNK) all eclipsed the number and scored touchdowns. Bradford saw the largest increase in stock by going up 80% in USC’s loss to Washington. If Lane Kiffin knew how to call a game he would have run Bradford more and taken him closer to the 300 yard mark.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
JacQuizz Rodgers	OSU	JQR	↑ 10	8%	$125
LaMichael James	Oregon	LMJ	↑ 20	15%	$150
Shane Vereen	Cal	VERE	–	–	$95
Chris Polk	UW	POLK	↑ 10	13%	$85
Kenjon Barner	Oregon	BARN	↓10	28%	$25
Johnathan Franklin	UCLA	FRNK	↑ 20	66%	$50
Nic Grigsby	Arizona	GRIG	–	–	$25
Allen Bradford	USC	BRAD	↑ 20	80%	$45
Cameron Marshall	ASU	MRSH	–	–	$20
Marc Tyler	USC	MARC	↑ 5	25%	$25
Deantre Lewis	ASU	DEAN	↑ 5	16%	$35
Stepfan Taylor	Stanford	STEP	↑ 10	66%	$25

IPO’s

One player that’s made a huge impact for his team in the past few weeks has been Derrick Coleman (COLE) of UCLA. He had 185 yards and three touchdowns against Washington State and 94 yards and a touchdown in the upset over #7 Texas. He’ll face a salty defense against Cal this weekend where the Bruins haven’t won since the 90’s. Two wide receivers have caught our attention lately, the 6’5″ Jared Karstetter (KARS) of Washington State, and Kerry Taylor (KERY) of Arizona State. Karstetter uses his size well and lit up UCLA’s talented secondary. Taylor has great body control and concentration to haul in tough grabs. His over the shoulder catch against Oregon was a thing of beauty.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Derrick Coleman	UCLA	COLE	–	–	$25
Jared Karstetter	WSU	KARS	–	–	$20
Kerry Taylor	ASU	KERY	–	–	$15

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NASPAQ – Pac-12 Stock Report : Week 4

Someone once said “To be the best you need to beat the best” and that’s precisely what the Pac-12 did with the non-conference schedule. If anybody saw the BigTen last week you would notice that they didn’t play a single compelling game. There were no ranked teams, and zero BCS opponent on the BigTen schedule. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 has beaten top ten teams in back-to-back weeks.

On to the action!

Defensive Players Market

Starting with the defense this week, if you purchased stock in Akeem Ayers (AYER) like the Week 1 NASPAQ suggested then you should feel pretty good about yourself. He sacked Garrett Gilbert so hard that it looked like a level 5 tornado hit him which forced a fumble. Ayers later had an interception to help the Bruins upset then #7 Texas. Another Bruin that contributed the biggest momentum shift in the game was Sean Westgate (WEST). His forced fumble on special teams gave UCLA the ball at the three yard line and they were much more confident after getting on the scoreboard. Stanford’s Owen Marecic (OWEN) had a moment during the Notre Dame battle that was reminiscent of Reggie Miller scoring 6 points in 4 seconds against the Knicks. Marecic scored on a one yard dive play, but since he starts at both linebacker and fullback he was right back on the field intercepting Dayne Crist and returning it 20 yards for a defensive touchdown.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Akeem Ayers	UCLA	AYER	↑ 20	21%	$115
Rahim Moore	UCLA	MOOR	↑ 10	11%	$100
Vontaze Burfict	ASU	BURF	↑ 10	11%	$95
Jurrell Casey	USC	CASE	↑ 5	5%	$90
Mason Foster	UW	FOST	–	–	$85
Omar Bolden	ASU	BOLD	↑ 10	13%	$85
Mike Mohamed	Cal	MIKE	–	–	$80
Trevin Wade	Arizona	WADE	↑ 5	6%	$80
Brooks Reed	Arizona	REED	↓ 5	6%	$80
Casey Matthews	Oregon	MATT	↑ 10	14%	$80
Tony Dye	UCLA	DYE	↑ 10	18%	$65
Richard Sherman	Stanford	SHER	↑ 5	10%	$55
Malcolm Smith	USC	SMIT	–	–	$50
TJ McDonald	USC	TJMC	↑ 15	50%	$45
Cliff Harris	Oregon	CLIF	↑ 10	33%	$40
Owen Maracic	Stanford	OWEN	↑ 15	75%	$35
Shane Skov	Stanford	SKOV	↑ 10	40%	$35
Michael Thomas	Stanford	THOM	↑ 5	25%	$25
Patrick Larimore	UCLA	LARI	↑ 5	25%	$25
DJ Holt	Cal	HOLT	↑ 5	25%	$25

Defensive Units

A week after Cal was lit up for 500 yards and 52 points against Nevada, they look like the best defensive team in the conference by holding Arizona to ten points. The Bears were dominant for the first 57 minutes of the game before giving up a 51 yard pass to Juron Criner that set up the game winning score. If their offense and defense ever click during the same game they could be a great team. We’ll find out more about Oregon’s defense this week, but they looked porous against Arizona State as they gave up 600 yards of offense. The seven turnovers are an indicator that this an aggressive unit, but they may be prone to giving up big plays.

	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Oregon Defense	ORED	↓ 5	3%	$130
Arizona Defense	ARID	↑ 10	13%	$85
Utah Defense	UTAD	↑ 10	14%	$80
ASU Defense	ASUD	↑ 15	23%	$80
USC Defense	USCD	↑ 10	16%	$70
Stanford Defense	STAD	↑ 10	16%	$70
Cal Defense	CALD	↑ 15	30%	$65
UCLA Defense	UCLD	↑ 15	30%	$65
Colorado Defense	COLD	↓ 10	–	$35
OSU Defense	OSUD	↓ 5	12%	$35
UW Defense	UWD	–	–	$35

Quarterbacks

This was an off week for our quarterbacks based on the numbers, but that could have been a result of the competition this week. Matt Barkley (BARK) has looked great in the box scores, but he could easily have thrown 10 interceptions this season. His style reminds our analysts of the Chicago Bears Jay Cutler in that he has too much confidence in his arm strength and tries to squeeze the ball in tight spots. His stock continues to rise, but we see this as a bear market after the game against Washington. Down in the desert Steven Threet (THRE) had better numbers than Nick Foles (FOLE), but their teams are headed in opposite direction. The Sun Devils have played top ten opponents each of the past two weeks and can’t seem to pull it out at the end, while Arizona has been clutch with game winning drives in their last two. Jordan Wynn (WYNN)  is back from injury and looks like he’ll be competing for top quarterback in the conference next year. The coaches across the conference should fire their recruiting coordinator’s who were in charge of his area.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Andrew Luck	Stanford	LUCK	↑ 5	3%	$145
Nick Foles	Arizona	FOLE	↑ 5	8%	$140
Matt Barkley	USC	BARK	↑ 5	4%	$125
Jake Locker	UW	LOCK	–	20%	$80
Kevin Riley	Cal	RILE	↓ 5	6%	$70
Jordan Wynn	Utah	WYNN	↑ 10	18%	$65
Tyler Hansen	Col	HANS	–	–	$40
Darron Thomas	Oregon	DARR	↑ 5	16%	$35
Kevin Prince	UCLA	PRNC	↑ 5	25%	$25
Ryan Katz	OSU	KATZ	↓ 5	33%	$20
Steven Threet	ASU	THRE	↓ 5	33%	$10

Wide Receivers

There weren’t too many big performances this week, but Jared Karstetter of Washington State might be showing up on the IPO’s next week after his 8 receptions for 87 yards and two touchdowns.  Mike Williams of Arizona State had a big game against the Oregon Ducks secondary hauling in 5 receptions for 74 yards and two touchdowns, but his teammate Kerry Taylor had the best catch of the weekend. James Rodgers (JROD) didn’t have much success catching the ball, but his punt return for a touchdown boosted his stock by 22% after a couple off weeks.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Juron Criner	Arizona	CRIN	↑ 5	7%	$75
Jermaine Kearse	UW	JERM	–	–	$65
Ronald Johnson	USC	ROJO	↑ 5	9%	$60
James Rodgers	OSU	JROD	↑ 10	22%	$55
Marvin Jones	Cal	MARV	–	–	$50
Jeff Maehl	Oregon	JEFF	↑ 5	12%	$45
Robert Woods	USC	WOOD	↑ 5	20%	$30
Doug Baldwin	Stanford	BALD	–	–	$25
Keenan Allen	Cal	KEEN	↓ 5	25%	$15
DeVonte Christopher	Utah	DEVO	↓ 5	25%	$15
Devin Aguilar	UW	AGUI	–	–	$15

Running Backs

LaMichael James (LMJ) continues to rip off highlight reel runs to separate himself from the rest of the running backs in the conference while JacQuizz Rodgers (QUIZ) is struggling to gain yardage. The Oregon State offense needs an accurate quarterback for their pro-style offense to be effective, but Ryan Katz (KATZ)has struggled with his consistency. The Arizona State offense has impressed me with their running back by committee. It seems like every week a new player emerges with a hundred yards on the ground and this week it happened to be Deantre Lewis with 11 carries for 127 yards and a touchdown. Stanford continues to be impressive in the red zone and Stepfan Taylor (STEP) looks like he’s going to be the one to carry the load for the Cardinal. We’ll see how they do this week against the Oregon defense. This matchup last year was a coming out party for Andrew Luck as the Ducks were stacking the box to stop Toby  Gerhart.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ %	Total
LaMichael James	Oregon	LMJ	↑ 10	19%	$140.00
JacQuizz Rodgers	OSU	QUIZ	↑ 5	4%	$115.00
Shane Vereen	Cal	VERE	↑ 5	5%	$100.00
Chris Polk	UW	POLK	–	–	$75.00
Kenjon Barner	Oregon	BARN	↓10	18%	$35
John Franklin	UCLA	FRNK	↑ 10	50%	$30
Nic Grigsby	Arizona	GRIG	↓10	28%	$25.00
Allen Bradford	USC	BRAD	↑ 5	33%	$25.00
Cam Marshall	ASU	MRSH	↑ 5	33%	$20.00
Marc Tyler	USC	MARC	↑ 5	33%	$20.00
Stepfan Taylor	Stanford	STEP	↑ 5	50%	$15.00

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NASPAQ – Pac-12 Stock Report : Week 3

On Separation Saturday the Pac-12 split the four games against ranked opponents with  Arizona State losing by a point at Wisconsin, the Dawgs getting a beat down like they were facing Michael Vick, and two big upset performances out of Arizona and UCLA. Two teams (USC & Oregon State) couldn’t cover the spread against inferior opponents, and Cal had their annual national television audience letdown against Nevada. Playboy also came out with their Girls of the Pac-10 edition and it’s a must get. Leader of the Pac’s official girl is now Rachel Lorraine of UCLA (pictured below).

Quarterbacks

Let’s jump right into our competitive positional markets with the quarterbacks. In case you haven’t already heard, Jake Locker (LUCK) had a miserable day and was outplayed by a freshman on his home turf. He’s apparently unaware of the Under Armour commercials or protecting the house, and his stock is down 20% because of it. On the opposite end of the spectrum was Andrew Luck (LUCK) who had the speedy Chris Owusu back at wide receiver to help him complete 17 of 23 passes and four touchdowns. His numbers were identical to his week 1 stats except he had 100 less yards. Nick Foles (FOLE) was the runner up for top QB performance this week and saw his stock go up 8% with an impressive win over Iowa. His interception for a pick-six hurt his stock, but he still topped out at $135 this week.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Andrew Luck	Stanford	LUCK	↑ 15	12%	$140
Nick Foles	Arizona	FOLE	↑ 10	8%	$135
Matt Barkley	USC	BARK	–	–	$120
Jake Locker	UW	LOCK	↓20	20%	$80
Kevin Riley	Cal	RILE	↓10	11%	$85
Jordan Wynn	Utah	WYNN	–	–	$55
Tyler Hansen	Col	HANS	↑ 10	25%	$40
Darron Thomas	Oregon	DARR	↑ 5	20%	$30
Kevin Prince	UCLA	PRNC	↑ 5	33%	$20
Ryan Katz	OSU	KATZ	↑ 5	33%	$20

Wide Receivers

Most of the wide receivers saw a decrease in their receptions this week, but their stocks continued to rise. Juron Criner (CRIN) had to leave the Arizona game with turf toe, but still managed a 46 yard touchdown reception. Robert Woods (WOOD)only had 4 receptions, but his 97 yard punt return for a touchdown increased his stock by $10. James Rodgers (JROD) only had 5 receptions for 22 yards, Jake Locker couldn’t get the ball to Jermaine Kearse (JERM), and Ronald Johnson (ROJO) only caught three balls, but all three finished with a touchdown. My horn needs to be tooted as I left James Rodgers off of the pre-season All-Pac-10 Team, because I predicted his numbers would drop.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Juron Criner	Arizona	CRIN	↑ 5	7%	$70
Jermaine Kearse	UW	JERM	↑ 5	7%	$70
Ronald Johnson	USC	ROJO	↑ 5	10%	$55
Marvin Jones	Cal	MARV	↑ 10	25%	$50
James Rodgers	OSU	JROD	↓10	18%	$45
Jeff Maehl	Oregon	MAEL	↑ 10	33%	$40
Doug Baldwin	Stanford	BALD	↑ 5	25%	$30
DeVonte Christopher	Utah	DEVO	↑ 5	25%	$25
Robert Woods	USC	WOOD	↑ 10	66%	$25
Keenan Allen	Cal	KEEN	↓10	33%	$20
David Ausberry	USC	BERY	–	–	$15
Devin Aguilar	UW	AGUI	↓10	40%	$15

Running Backs

The nation already knows that the Pac-12 is the Conference of Quarterbacks, but the running backs are quickly becoming the best in college football. LaMichael James (LMJ) and Shane Vereen (VERE) saw a $20 bump in their stocks with 200+ yard performances. Vereen had multiple highlight reel runs and LMJ has speed like the Twilight vampires. We had some great running from the LA schools starting with Allen Bradford (BRAD) finally breaking through with his 12 carries for 131 yards and a 56 yard touchdown. Not to be outplayed by his cross-town rival, Johnathan Franklink (FRNK) of UCLA looks to be the man to take the SuperSoaker offense to pistol status after his 160 yards and 3 touchdowns. His stock IPO’d this week at $20.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ %	Total
JacQuizz Rodgers	OSU	QUIZ	↑ 5	4%	$125
LaMichael James	Oregon	LMJ	↑ 20	19%	$125
Shane Vereen	Cal	VERE	↑ 20	26%	$95
Chris Polk	UW	POLK	↓ 5	6%	$75
Kenjon Barner	Oregon	BARN	↓10	18%	$45
Nic Grigsby	Arizona	GRIG	↓10	28%	$35
Allen Bradford	USC	BRAD	↑ 5	33%	$20
Cam Marshall	ASU	MRSH	↓ 5	25%	$15
Marc Tyler	USC	MARC	↓ 5	25%	$15

IPO’s

We had some standout performances  on the defensive side of the ball with Patrick Larimore (LARI) being the Leader of the Pac. Larimore was named the Nagurskie National Defensive Player of the week after recording 11 tackles (10 of which were solo), a forced fumble, and a pass breakup in UCLA’s upset of the Houston Cougars. While Cal was getting pistol-whipped by Nevada, DJ Holt (HOLT) notched 16 tackles forced a fumble. Rumor has it that he is the cousin of famous Arrested Development star Steve Holt so watch for him on the Berkeley campus doing something like this. Dwight Roberson (ROBE) also had a sweet 16 tackles for the Oregon State Beavers with their victory over  Louisville. Jordan Wynn’s backup – Terrance Cain (CAIN), was almost perfect by throwing 20 for 23 as the Utes knocked off UNLV. He’s proving that he might be the best backup quarterback in the conference.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Johnathan Franklin	UCLA	FRNK	–	–	$20
Patrick Larimore	UCLA	LARI	–	–	$20
DJ Holt	Cal	HOLT	–	–	$20
James Washington	Arizona	WASH	–	–	$20
Dwight Roberson	OSU	ROBE	–	–	$20
Steven Threet	ASU	THREE	–	–	$15
Terrance Cain	UTAH	CAIN	–	–	$15
Tyler Gaffney	Stanford	GAFF	–	–	$10
Stepfan Tylor	Stanford	STEP	–	–	$10

Don’t Be So Defensive

Players Market

Our analysts thought before the season that teams could avoid directing their plays around Akeem Ayers (AYER), but his big play potential is ubiquitous. He should have scored on his 77 yard interception return but he gets style points for breaking Case Keenum’s ankles (or knee).  Mason Foster had 14 tackles and forced a fumble against Nebraska, but Taylor Martinez told him to hit the weights on his way to an 80 yard touchdown run. Foster is #40 and the guy that misses the tackle on the play. Brooks Reed (REED) may look like a blonde version of the WWE wrestling icon Undertaker, but it translated perfectly when he buried Ricky Stanzi on four consecutive plays to end their chances of a comeback. His pressure off the edge has led to James Washington (WASH) ascension to the conference’s sack leader through three games.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Akeem Ayers	UCLA	AYER	↑ 10	11%	$95
Rahim Moore	UCLA	MOOR	↑ 10	12%	$90
Mason Foster	UW	FOST	↑ 5	6%	$85
Jurrell Casey	USC	CASE	↑ 5	6%	$85
Vontaze Burfict	ASU	BURF	↑ 5	6%	$85
Brooks Reed	Arizona	REED	↑ 10	13%	$85
Mike Mohamed	Cal	MIKE	–	–	$80
Omar Bolden	ASU	BOLD	↑ 10	15%	$75
Trevin Wade	Arizona	WADE	↑ 10	15%	$75
Tony Dye	UCLA	DYE	–	–	$55
Malcolm Smith	USC	SMIT	↓ 5	–	$50
Richard Sherman	Stanford	SHER	–	–	$45
TJ McDonald	USC	TJMC	↑ 5	20%	$30
Cliff Harris	Oregon	CLIF	↑ 5	20%	$30
Michael Thomas	Stanford	THOM	↑ 5	33%	$20

Unit Market

Oregon is #1 in the nation in scoring and total defense, but even scarier is the that all of the reps their younger players receive in blowouts make them a deeper unit each game. Cal and UW were absolutely rocked in their blowout losses, and USC did just enough to eek out the win. Nickell Robey and TJ McDonald are looking very promising in the secondary for the Trojans, but the team as a unit is still undisciplined. UCLA has proven that it has the best secondary in the conference by shutting down Case Keenum and Andrew Luck in back-to-back weeks, but they need to get stronger up front with all of the great running backs in the Pac-12. Oregon State was unable to avoid the slow start this year after losing their first game and they have an even tougher test this week when they travel to face Boise State on the Smurf Turf. A strong defensive performance is exactly what the Beavers will need to give the offense a chance.

	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Oregon Defense	ORED	↑ 10	8%	$135
Arizona Defense	ARID	↑ 10	15%	$75
Utah Defense	UTAD	↑ 5	7%	$70
ASU Defense	ASUD	↑ 5	8%	$65
USC Defense	USCD	–	–	$60
Stanford Defense	STAD	↑ 10	20%	$60
UCLA Defense	UCLD	↑ 15	37%	$55
Cal Defense	CALD	↓ 10	16%	$50
OSU Defense	OSUD	–	–	$40
Colorado Defense	COLD	↑ 5	16%	$35
UW Defense	UWD	↓ 10	22%	$35

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NASPAQ – Pac-12 Stock Report : Week 2

The defensive side of the NASPAQ is starting to shape up after some incredible performances this week. The Leader of the Pac – Defensive MVP this week goes to Mike Mohamed (MIKE) of the Cal Bears for his 14 tackles and an interception returned 41 yards for a touchdown. Mohamed is third in the conference in tackles with 21. He is the leader of the #1 total defense in the country with Cal yielding only 160 yards per game. Our bullish trend this week is wide receiver of the Washington Huskies – Jermaine Kearse, after putting on a show of 9 receptions and 179 yardsin their victory over Syracuse. His stock is up 30% and he’s tied for the highest wide receiver stock with Juron Criner of Arizona at $65 per share.

Defensive Players

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Akeem Ayers	UCLA	AYER	↑ 5	6%	$85
Mason Foster	UW	FOST	↑ 5	7%	$80
Mike Mohamed	Cal	MIKE	↑ 10	14%	$80
Rahim Moore	UCLA	MOOR	↑ 5	7%	$80
Jurrell Casey	USC	CASE	↑ 5	7%	$80
Tony Dye	UCLA	DYE	↑ 5	10%	$55
Malcolm Smith	USC	SMIT	↑ 5	10%	$55
Richard Sherman	Stanford	SHER	↑ 5	12%	$45

IPO’s

We’ve had some IPO’s pop up on our radar starting with Cliff Harris (CLIF) of the Oregon Ducks. We don’t know how we missed his two touchdowns on special teams last week (Punt 1, Punt 2), but he caught our analysts attention when he pick-sixed Tennessee’s Matt Simms. His stock opens up at $25 and we see this as a bull market if you invest early enough.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Darron Thomas	Oregon	DARR	–	–	$25
Devin Aguilar	Washington	AGUI	–	–	$25
Robert Woods	USC	WOOD	–	–	$15
Marquess Wilson	WSU	MARQ	–	–	$15
Michael Thomas	Stanford	THOM	–	–	$15
TJ McDonald	USC	TJMC	–	–	$25
Cliff Harris	Oregon	CLIF	–	–	$25

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Running Backs

The Oregon Ducks also had some of the top offensive highlights this week from their backfield. LaMichael James (LMJ) is back on the NASPAQ after his suspension and saw a 5% rise in his stock to $105. Kenjon Barner didn’t replicate his four touchdowns of week one, but he had an 80 yard punt return for a touchdown. The Ducks quarterback – Darron Thomas (DARR) IPO’d at $25 dollars this week after managing his first road game like a veteran.–

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	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ %	Total
JacQuizz Rodgers	OSU	QUIZ	–	4%	$120
LaMichael James	Oregon	LMJ	↑ 5	5%	$105
Chris Polk	UW	POLK	↑ 5	6%	$80
Shane Vereen	Cal	VARE	–	–	$75
Kenjon Barner	Oregon	BARN	↑ 5	10%	$55
Nic Grigsby	Arizona	GRIG	↑ 10	28%	$45
Cameron Marshall	ASU	MRSH	↓ 5	20%	$20
Marc Tyler	USC	MARC	↓ 5	20%	$20

From our positional markets there were a couple outstanding defensive performances this week, most notably from Cal and Stanford. Their defenses were aggressive and applied pressure on the opponent’s quarterbacks to force turnovers. Both of their defensive units saw some coaching turnover and replaced their defensive coordinators with experienced NFL coaches. Cal is currently #1 in total defense nationally, while Stanford is #6, but the Bears will face the #1 total offense in the country against Nevada this week so we see this as a bear market that has topped out.

Defensive Market

	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Arizona Defense	ARID	↑ 10	60%	$65
Cal Defense	CALD	↑ 10	20	$60
Colorado Defense	COLD	↓ 10	25%	$30
Oregon Defense	ORED	↑ 10	9%	$125
Oregon State Defense	OSUD	–	–	$40
USC Defense	USCD	↑ 10	20%	$60
UCLA Defense	UCLD	↓ 20	33%	$40
Stanford Defense	STAD	↑ 15	42%	$50
Utah Defense	UTAD	↑ 5	8%	$65
UW Defense	UWD	↑ 5	12%	$45

Quarterbacks

Week 2 wasn’t as kind to our quarterbacks as the first week with Matt Barkley, Andrew Luck, and Kevin Riley looking like they needed to shake off some rust. Jordan Wynn sat out this week with an injury, but the Utes were able to win with their backup. Tyler Hansen was sacked six times and committed four turnovers in the first Pac-12 game between Colorado and Cal. Jake Locker finally had some success and received an 11% bump in his stock to get back to triple digit stock prices.

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	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Nick Foles	Arizona	FOLE	↑ 5	4%	$125
Andrew Luck	Stanford	LUCK	↓10	7%	$125
Matt Barkley	USC	BARK	↑ 5	4%	$120
Jake Locker	UW	LOCK	↑ 10	11%	$100
Kevin Riley	Cal	RILE	↑ 5	6%	$85
Jordan Wynn	Utah	WYNN	–	–	$55
Tyler Hansen	Col	HANS	↓10	25%	$30
Kevin Prince	UCLA	PRNC	↓ 5	25%	$15
Ryan Katz	OSU	KATZ	–	–	$10

Wide Receivers

Robert Woods (WOOD) is the newest wide receiver on the NASPAQ, and even though he hasn’t found pay dirt he’s been consistent and at times looks like Barkley’s first target. Jermaine Kearse (JERM) was the top wide receiver of the weekend with 9 catches for 179 yards and three touchdowns.

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Juron Criner	Arizona	CRIN	–	–	$65
Jermaine Kearse	UW	JERM	↑ 15	30%	$65
James Rodgers	OSU	JROD	–	–	$55
Ronald Johnson	USC	ROJO	–	–	$50
Marvin Jones	Cal	MARV	↑ 5	14%	$40
Keenan Allen	Cal	KEEN	↑ 5	20%	$30
Doug Baldwin	Stanford	BALD	–	–	$25
DeVonte Christopher	Utah	DEVO	↓ 5	20%	$20
David Ausberry	USC	BERY	↓10	40%	$15

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Pac-12 Week 2 Predictions

Started off pretty well last week with a 9-1 record, but Jake Locker let me down as the Huskies were held scoreless in the second half against BYU. Lots of good games this week and one conference game with Stanford traveling to UCLA.

Colorado at Cal: The newest member of the Pac-12 should receive some rookie hazing as Cal looks to impose its offensive firepower at the skill positions. Look for Shane Vereen to run in the 150 yard range and the Kevin Riley to Keenan Allen connection to continue. Our special guest from The Office – Dwight Schrute, picked the score this week. Bears 34 – Buffs 23

Stanford at UCLA: The new UCLA pistol offense looked like a SuperSoaker last week and Stanford has a QB with a cannon for an arm. Andrew Luck will be facing the top secondary in the conference, but his offensive line should give him plenty of time against a young Bruin front seven. Stanford 31 – UCLA 23

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Virginia at USC: Lane Kiffin has seen better tackling in Pee Wee football and he sent a message to his players this week. Look for them to come out more aggressive and wrapping up when they tackle. The NASPAQ report shows that the USC defense hit the market bottom this week and many of our analysts see it as a bull market moving forward. USC 45 – Virginia 14

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North Arizona at Arizona State: The Sun Devils are on the cupcake diet and facing their second FCS team this season. Steven Threet benefited from a lot of explosive plays out of Cameron Marshall against Portland State. Look for them to have some longer drives this week. Sun Devils 34 – Lumberjacks 10

Oregon at Tennessee: Darron Thomas’ first road game with 105,000 orange clad cousins cheering against him will be a lot easier with the James and Barner in the backfield. Justin Wilcox out-schemed Chip Kelly last year when he was Boise State’s Defensive Coordinator, but the young Tennessee defense won’t have the same discipline of the Broncos. Ducks 34 – Vols 20

The Citadel at Arizona: The Citadel forced four interceptions last week against a team I’ve never heard of (Chowan), but they didn’t have to face Nick Foles. Arizona will be looking to fine tune their offense before Iowa visits next week, Foles throws for 300 yards and Criner gets another TD. The Arizona University 55 – The Citadel 7

Syracuse at Washington: Nobody needs a strong performance this week more than Jake Locker. The Huskies played much better at home last year and expect that trend to continue. Chris Polk should eclipse the 100 yard mark for the first time this season as the Huskies cruise. Dawgs 31 – Orange 20

UNLV at Utah: I loved watching this Utah team knock off Pitt last week in overtime and without tooting my horn too much, my prediction was spot on. The NASPAQ shows that Jordan Wynn stock is growing strong. Utes 41 – UNLV 17

Montana State at Washington State: The Cougars are about to get their first win of the season as Jeff Tuel throws for 300 yards in this game. Cougars 34 – Bobcats 20

2010 Prediction record 9-1

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NASPAQ – Pac-12 Stock Report : Week 1

The NASPAQ stock market is the Pac-12 version of a stock exchange, a  pioneer in electronic screen-based sports security trading. With twelve teams and approximately 50 publicly traded players, it has more trading volume than any other sports stock exchange in the world.

As the new season begins, we remain steadfast in our commitment to lever operational excellence and innovative analysis to penetrate new markets whether geographic or across conferences, and to develop new articles and ideas to meet growing fan demand and to bring powerful new articles to our readers. Every day, our markets deliver on the promise of competition. We are confident that our sports model will further our growth in an increasingly competitive sports marketplace and will ensure that Pac-12 markets remain the most attractive in the world.

Most of our savvy fans consider the NASPAQ weekly report to be the most important sports research tool available.

The most volatile stock came in the players market from Kenjon Barner (KENJ), who saw a 100% increase in his stock to $50. He was listed as LaMichael James’ backup, but mostly known for his role as a punt/kick returner last season. With James out for pushing his girlfriend, Barner made the most of his opportunity by eclipsing last season’s touchdown totals with four rushing and one through the air. I would expect him to have earned at least a few more carries per game this year and if he outperforms LMJ he could eventually turn into the starter.

I would advise buyers to purchase stock in UCLA’s Akeem Ayers (AYER) ending up as the conference’s defensive MVP. He was all over the field for the Bruins racking up 11 tackles, one sack, a pass deflection and recovered two fumbles. He’ll have plenty of opportunities for tackles this year, because the only place you saw the UCLA defensive line was in the Kansas State rear view mirrors as they gave up 350 rushing yards. His stock is up 15 points, but the bullish UCLA defensive stock is dropping.

There were some surprises in the positional markets starting with USC’s defense (USCD). Some of our analysts were bullish on this stock as it IPO’d at $100, but watching Hawaii dance around them like the girls on Dancing With the Stars was not reassuring. I couldn’t tell what was worse, the tackling or their secondary that gave up 459 yards passing – 200 of which came after the starter was injured. Their poor performance dropped them 50% after surrendering 588 yards to the Rainbow Warriors.

Players Market

Quarterbacks

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Matt Barkley	USC	BARK	↑ 15	15%	$115
Nick Foles	Arizona	FOLE	↑ 15	14%	$120
Kevin Riley	Cal	RILE	↑ 5	6%	$80
Kevin Prince	UCLA	PRNC	↓ 5	20%	$20
Andrew Luck	Stanford	LUCK	↑ 10	8%	$135
Jordan Wynn	Utah	WYNN	↑ 5	10%	$55
Jake Locker	Washington	LOCK	↓10	10%	$90

Running Backs

	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ %	Total
Kenjon Barner	Oregon	BARN	↑ 25	100%	$50
Nic Grigsby	Arizona	GRIG	↑ 5	20%	$35
JacQuizz Rodgers	Oregon State	QUIZ	↓ 5	4%	$120
Chris Polk	Washington	Polk	↑ 5	10%	$55

Wide receivers

Wide Receivers	Team	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
Juron Criner	Arizona	CRIN	↑ 15	30%	$65
Ronald Johnson	USC	ROJO	↑ 15	42%	$50
James Rodgers	Oregon State	JROD	↑ 5	10%	$55

IPO’s

Ryan Katz	Oregon State	KATZ	–	–	$10
Keenan Allen	Cal	KEEN	–	–	$25
Doug Baldwin	Stanford	BALD	–	–	$25
David Ausberry	USC	BERY	–	–	$25
DeVonte Christopher	Utah	DEVO	–	–	$25
Cameron Marshall	ASU	MRSH	–	–	$25
Marc Tyler	USC	MARC	–	–	$25

Positional Markets

	Symbol	Δ	Δ%	Total
USC Defense	USCD	↓ 50	50%	$50
UCLA Defense	UCLD	↓ 20	33%	$60
Oregon State Defense	OSUD	↓ 10	20%	$40
Arizona Defense	ARID	↑ 15	60%	$65
Utah Defense	UTAD	↑ 10	20%	$60
UW Defense	UWD	↓ 5	10%	$40
Oregon Defense	ORED	↑ 15	15%	$115

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