With UND now in the Big Sky Conference we thought it would be fun to do a weekly pick’em contest with our readers. Feel free to enter your picks in the comments section below and every Monday we will see if any of us really knows anything about the Big Sky!
Here are the games for Week 1 – Game comments are from Oskie:
Thursday, Aug. 30th
Northern Colorado at Utah – Utes are loaded and UNC is not.
FRITZ: Utah OSKIE: Utah
Sacramento State at New Mexico State - Two teams that lost a bunch of guys, gotta go with FBS.
FRITZ: Sac State OSKIE: NMSU
Southern Utah at Utah State – Close but don’t think SUU can do it again over an FBS.
FRITZ: Southern Utah OSKIE: Utah State
Azusa Pacific at UC-Davis – Davis in a tight one. AP is no slouch.
FRITZ: UC-Davis OSKIE: UC-Davis
Eastern Washington at Idaho - The Eagles go into Kibbie and win in a shootout.
FRITZ: Idaho OSKIE: Eastern Washington
Chadron State at Montana State – Blowout city.
FRITZ: Montana State OSKIE: Montana State
Northern Arizona at Arizona State – ASU in another tight one – the Sun Devils are down.
FRITZ: Arizona State OSKIE: Arizona State
South Dakota Mines at North Dakota – Pick coming on Thursday from us. 
Saturday, Sept. 1
Idaho State at Air Force – Too good and too disciplined for the Bengals.
FRITZ: Air Force OSKIE: Air Force
South Dakota at Montana - Griz take out off-season frustration on Yotes and ruin Joe Glenn’s homecoming.
FRITZ: Montana OSKIE: Montana
San Diego at Cal-Poly – Poly wins in a good game, Toreros will be solid again.
FRITZ: Cal-Poly OSKIE: Cal-Poly
Carroll College at Portland State – Vikings are ever-improving, setting up showdown at Alerus Center next week.
FRITZ: Portland State OSKIE: Portland State
Weber State at Fresno State – Weber hangs around and wins it late in battle of first year coaches.
FRITZ: Fresno State OSKIE: Weber State
Northern Colorado @ Utah – Utah
Sac State @ NMSU – NMSU
Southern Utah @ Utah State – Utah State
Azusa Pacific @ UC Davis – UC Davis
Eastern Washington @ Idaho – EWU
Chadron State @ Montana State – MSU
Northern Arizona @ Arizona State – ASU
Mines @ North Dakota – UND
Idaho State @ Air Force – AFA
South Dakota @ Montana – UM
San Diego @ Cal Poly – Cal Poly
Carroll @ Portland State – PSU
Weber State @ Fresno State – Fresno
Guess I’m going with the home teams this week
Northern Colorado @ Utah – Utah
Sac State @ NMSU – NMSU
Southern Utah @ Utah State – Utah State
Azusa Pacific @ UC Davis – UC Davis
Eastern Washington @ Idaho – EWU
Chadron State @ Montana State – MSU
Northern Arizona @ Arizona State – ASU
Mines @ North Dakota – UND
Idaho State @ Air Force – AFA
South Dakota @ Montana – UM
San Diego @ Cal Poly – Cal Poly
Carroll @ Portland State – PSU
Weber State @ Fresno State – Fresno
Not too many tough games in week 1. Even the FBS games are winnable for most BSC teams.
Northern Colorado @ Utah – Utah
Sac State @ NMSU – NMSU
Southern Utah @ Utah State – Utah State
Azusa Pacific @ UC Davis – UC Davis
Eastern Washington @ Idaho – EWU
Chadron State @ Montana State – MSU
Northern Arizona @ Arizona State – ASU
Mines @ North Dakota – UND
Idaho State @ Air Force – AFA
South Dakota @ Montana – UM
San Diego @ Cal Poly – Cal Poly
Carroll @ Portland State – PSU
Weber State @ Fresno State – Fresno
Northern Colorado @ Utah – Utah
Sac State @ NMSU – NMSU
Southern Utah @ Utah State – Utah State
Azusa Pacific @ UC Davis – UC Davis
Eastern Washington @ Idaho – EWU
Chadron State @ Montana State – MSU
Northern Arizona @ Arizona State – ASU
Mines @ North Dakota – UND
Idaho State @ Air Force – AFA
South Dakota @ Montana – UM
San Diego @ Cal Poly – Cal Poly
Carroll @ Portland State – PSU
Weber State @ Fresno State – Fresno
Northern Colorado at Utah – Utah
Sacramento State at New Mexico State – NMSU
Southern Utah at Utah State – Utah State
Azusa Pacific at UC-Davis – UC-Davis
Eastern Washington at Idaho – Idaho
Chadron State at Montana State – Montana State
Northern Arizona at Arizona State – Arizona State
South Dakota Mines at North Dakota – North Dakota
Idaho State at Air Force – Air Force
South Dakota at Montana – Montana
San Diego at Cal-Poly – Cal-Poly
Carroll College at Portland State – Portland State
Weber State at Fresno State – Fresno State
Northern Colorado at Utah – Utah
Sacramento State at New Mexico State – NMSU
Southern Utah at Utah State – Utah State
Azusa Pacific at UC-Davis – UC-Davis
Eastern Washington at Idaho – Eastern Washington
Chadron State at Montana State – Montana State
Northern Arizona at Arizona State – Arizona State
South Dakota Mines at North Dakota – North Dakota
Idaho State at Air Force – Air Force
South Dakota at Montana – Montana
San Diego at Cal-Poly – Cal-Poly
Carroll College at Portland State – Portland State
Weber State at Fresno State – Weber St.
Pretty simple. I’ve got all the home teams.
No road dog upsets?
There is about 6 more hours until the picks need to be in. Seems to be a bunch of favorites, lets see if we can get some wild picks here in the few hours!
All home teams win except EWU will beat Idaho at the Kibbles and Bits dome.