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Snapshot Impressions

Week 1 is in the books and although we are in extremely small-sample size land, there are still some things going on in the MWC that are worth talking about. Consider this a snapshot of the week. Some of these things may hold true as the season continues on. Others may be a flash in the pan and we will all laugh (or cry) about them in November. Anyway, here are some initial thoughts:

Surprises are good.. unless they are bad.

Hawaii has been the talk of the conference, and for good reason. They have played two games already and won both of them pretty comfortably, although their strategy of optional defense made it less comfortable than preferred.