Pac-12 Stock Report: Week 1

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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'sAkeem 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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