Predicto starts........Right now!
Thuffy Huff:
Our Boilers haven't had an easy week: getting assaulted on national TV, going 1-2 on Cradle of QB Sunday, and having Twitter blow up on our already fragile team. The team needs a redemption session - welcome back the Gophers. Purdue's got some nice history against the Gophers with a 6-3 record this side of the millennium. Let's be honest, the team is bad, but so are the Gophers. While we're floundering, I still believe they are rebuilding. Fortunately, our floundering is better than their efforts currently.
Purdue gets a chance to show approximately 20,000 fans they still know how to win. TerBush will get the start, but he won't set the world on fire with his performance. Wiggs will do what he does, but we aren't getting the record this year; Hope doesn't have the guts and he's lied to my face enough.
Purdue Wins easily 31-7
J Diggity Dogg:
Minnesota is positively terrible. They've lost games and in ways I didn't even think a terrible team would lose. And that's the only reason I feel confident in this game. Sure, the Purdue coaching staff will probably find a way to make this one a little unnerving early on or a way to keep it closer than it should be, but I think there's almost no way even their curious decisions can screw it up. That's probably way more confident than I should be about any Purdue game this year, but so be it.
Gophers: 10
Boilers: 38
Tim The Prettiest Ballerina Ever:
Minnesota is awful. AWFUL. In every way they are just terrible. They play every game like Purdue played against Notre Dame. But Purdue has a secret weapon...make that two secret weapons! They have two quarterbacks who are SO FREAKING GOOD that Hope can't decide which one to use. When he was clearly on drugs he witnessed TerBush play a terrific game against Notre Dame. What does that actually mean? I suspect that it means he "stayed within the system." That is, he went down with the ship and didn't struggle at all in the process. It that what Hope wants? It seems that way. Marve earned the start and hopefully can stay healthy the entire season.
What should happen in this game? Maybe Purdue will run the ball more than twice this game. Maybe the defensive line won't take a 3 hour nap on the field. Maybe the fans in the end zone will look away and won't dare reach their hands out when a good play is made at a critical juncture. We wouldn't want to be excited about anything. It might hurt the other teams feelings.
Two teams will play this game and thankfully because of college overtime rules, someone has to win. Maybe it will be like the late 90's and the score will be 97-94. I don't think so though.
Purdue - 31
THE University of Minnesota - 21
Bdowd Dowdy Dowderson III:
We've all watched Purdue languishing this season, but I haven't heard even the down-est-in-the-dump Purdue fan say anything about Purdue being the worst team in the conference...and they're right. Saturday, in front of 38,000 sometime-clapping, sometimes cheering fans, we'll see the worst team in the league...probably in stupid-looking uniforms (as Minny goes for yet another failed maroon/goldenrod/white color combo).
I'd venture to say the Big Ten hasn't had a team this bad since the 2010 Gopher squad.
Minnesota is last in scoring offense, scoring defense, total defense, pass efficiency, pass efficiency defense, PAT kicking, sacks, sacks allowed, 1st downs allowed, 3rd down conversions, 3rd downs allowed and turnover margin. If I didn't mention a major category, they're probably in the bottom three in that one.
While they're awful...Purdue is just bad.
Goldy made Michigan look like a Bo-coached team last week in a 58-point shutout that left Michigan laughing and smiling at the end of the contest like they were the Homecoming Queen. Purdue might have a similar day...and as Purdue fans, we need to savor it.
TerBush won't start the game with a pick into quadruple coverage, and Bolden will actually get a chance to run the ball (again and again). After that, Hope, Nord and Emanuel can get back to being the geniuses they were v. SEMO. Purdue wins big as 38K people make an afternoon out of it in God's Country.
Purdue 35
Mini 13
13 comments:
I'll be one of like 4,000 in the student section for this one! Expect fall break this weekend to have seriously drained the student attendance, well, that and the horrific showing against ND.
Anyway, I will repeat: Run the Dang Ball.
If we run it, we win 31-10, but I don't trust Hopeless and Noid, I mean Nord, to do that so I say again like I did on the Handsome Hour that it'll take some fluky defensive touchdown or some BS as the difference 17-10 Purdue. Ugh.
I feel SO bad for this team - ridiculously talented but misguided from the top. What a waste.
Minny got destroyed by a Michigan team that is on the way back. Our Boilers are nowhere close to "on the way back." This listless, boring battle to stay out of the basement will be in jeopardy in the fourth before our fearless coaching staff cobbles together a drive to the Minny 20, setting up yet another game-winning field goal.
Purdue 20
Minny 17
Purdue 23
Minny 21
I think it will be a nailbiter. Hope I'm wrong.
Cary and everyone else that keeps saying this- other than a fluke game here and there, where do you get the proof that there is so much talent on this team? The last 4 years+ this team has been last or near last in recruiting in the big ten.
Time and time again vs most of big ten, it is proven that this team from a player vs player standpoint that we are just smaller, slower, less intelligent, less physical, etc than opposing teams. Last week was a perfect example. Sure coaching was part of it; but frankly, ND played vanilla football and our guys weren't even close to being on an even playing field- that is lack of talent- vanilla vs vanilla football and getting destroyed.
I don't disregard the effort the players put in, but I refuse to believe this team is littered with talent. Sure there might be a few hazy diamonds in the rough; but overall this team is nowhere near the talent level that we were used to seeing early to mid 2000's.
You add that to the talent level of the coaching staff and you can see where it has gotten us.
Joe:
If you're looking at game film, you won't see the talent because our guys are not put in a position to succeed. My point is, when they arrive they are legit 3-star or "diamond in the rough" prospects. This coaching staff is simply unable to develop them as they deserve to be developed. That's why the Boilers can still destroy a proverbial high school team (see SEMO), but get curb-stomped by a legit college-level team (see everyone else).
I wish I could see what these players could accomplish under the right practice/training methods, offensive/defensive schemes, and gametime adjustments.
Joe: I disagree. Marve started at Miami, Ricardo Allen was offered by Arkansas and all of the ACC that matters, Will Lucas was offered by Auburn, they've got a (tainted) national title, Antwon Higgs was offered by the Gamecocks and WVU, I don't remember who all Bolden was offered by but it wasn't some scrub school.
We have talent on this team, not world-beaters, but enough that we should be 0.500 or better!
With Danny Hope Coaching the Boilers:
Minny: 23
Boilers:17
With my Grandma Coaching the Boilers:
Minny:3
Boilers:35
Distor:
What's she thinking salary-wise?
Boneheaded coaching decisions and poor clock management will make what should be an easy blowout for the Boilers into an infuriating near-chokejob. However, Minnesota is so bad that the good guys still manage eke out a win in the last minute.
Both teams will walk all over each other due to weak inept defenses but the score will hide this fact due to the offenses being equally shitty and incompetent. Purdue 17-13.
PS: Somebody make sure to lock Robbie Hummel in a clean room while covered from head to toe in bubble wrap.
@Cary
Premium Season tickets for Football and Basketball for her Grandson will suffice.
Oh and Thursdays off, Bingo night is Wednesday and they can get a little out of hand.
@ Distor:
Sounds good, but I'm not sure Burke will spring for Thursdays off.
Isn't this the Minnesota team that put on a game at USC earlier this year? They may be statistically last- but they've actually played in a big game (not that USC is anything- but national TV exposure, ranked team, etc)...we have yet to play well in a big game- in a long time. And this is not a big game and we seem to have our hands full with lesser talented teams. With home field advantage I'm hoping Old Gold & Black 23 Minnesota 20.
Feels good to be so wrong.
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