Week Wrapup

Hey y'all it's been an entertaining week to say the least and i'm here to recap it for you.
For starters, i had a great time this week trying to get a simple 3-5 page paper for my Roman History Class started. I tried to start writing the paper on several occasions: sunday night, monday afternoon, tuesday night, and i didn't actually finish my intro paragraph until, 2:30am this morning, nice work spangler. My procrastination has become legendary in Keough, last year i didn't start one of my english papers until 4:30am the day it was due. But at least i got in some running last night, im starting to run about 30-45 minutes a day at the Rockne and it feels great. I've been lazy about starting to get in shape, and i think this time i'll actually do it. We had our section football game today(2 hand touch please) against section 2b and we won in overtime 21-14. I played d-line and o-line during the game, and even though i was dominated most of the time, i came up with one of the biggest plays of the game, deflecting a pass that turned into a game-clinching interception in the third overtime. It was a good time getting dirty and grungy in the trenches, and i was super glad that we beat the kids we were playing, because there was one fucking annoying asian kid on the other squad that was talking a lot of shit. Mr. Angry Asian decided after one of our guys dropped a tough catch in the endzone to berate the shit out of our man as he walked back to the line of scrimmage, and i got angry enough at what i was witnessing to walk over and yell, "hey lets play some football guy, stop this bullshit" i was then subject to the angry asian reply, "that's right were playing fucking football, and i'm fucking killing you guys right now." This asian kid got burned for our winning touchdwon in the third overtime so i guess all big mouths are silenced every now and then...funny i didn't hear him trash talking after the game.
In other news, after much fence-sitting i'm finally set on going to the Purdue game. I scored tickets through one of my friends in the section and we're driving down on saturday and coming back that night. The game should be a good one and my 5-0 record attending ND road games is under serious jeopardy as Purdue should give us a good test. Here's my analysis of the game:

ND Rush Offense vs. Purdue Rush Defense: Purdue got run all over by Lawrence Maroney and the mighty mighty gophers of Minnesota. Granted they have two All-Americans on the o-line and Maroney is a heisman hopefull, but i think we should have some success running the ball on the ground if our O-line comes to play. I think our offense will have more success throwing the ball on Purdue, but i think we'll have our share of some long drives due to our running prowness. EDGE: ND

ND Pass Offense vs. Purdue Pass Defense: Purdue has a decent secondary, but its nothing Brady can't handle if he gets time to throw. Our O-line has had trouble picking up delayed blitzes, actually blitzes in general, so a key is going to be how much time Brady has to throw the ball. I think our O-line gives Brady enough time to throw the ball and Brady should be able to move the ball vertically to Stovall and underneath to Fasano and Samardzija effectively. EDGE: ND

Purdue Rush Offense vs. ND Rush Defense: I don't see Purdue running effectively against our front seven, we're just too good against the run. Purdue is running some option with their qb Kirsch this year and we did get hurt by the option against MSU, but i think except for a couple big gains we should be able to contain their running game. EDGE: ND

Purdue Pass Offense vs. ND Pass Defense: Yikes, this could get scary, really scary. I remember last year when Kyle Orton put up 4 td's on us last year for Purdue, and i could very well see Kirsch having great success in the air against our secondary. The key for us is going to be getting pressure on Kirsch, i don't think our d-line alone can get pressure on Kirsch so it will be interesting to see what defensive scheme we come out with. Kirsch isn't supposed to have the greatest accuracy in the world, so we might be able to get a couple turnovers, as our secondary has been very oportunistic in the takeaway department. Quite Frankly, i think Purdue is going to throw and throw often on us and i see Kirsch having a good game. EDGE: Purdue

Coaching: As much as i want to give the edge to us, Purdue is just like MSU they always bring their A-game for the irish. I don't want to hear how Purdue is going to stink up the joint because they lost last week to Minnesota. Joe tiller is going to have his squad ready to play and they're going to play us hard. Allthough tiller sometimes shits the bed when it comes to play calling(the 2000 game when Drew Brees didnt start throwing until the 4th quarter) so maybe we'll luck out. Charlie's going to have a great offensive gameplan, and our team's play on the road has been great this year, but again Purdue will throw everything they can at us. EDGE: EVEN

Intangibles: Yikes, i really don't like how we're entering this game. Purdue is coming off a tough loss to Minnesota so you know they're focused to turn it around right away. Ross-Ade stadium is going to be boilering up all night as the kickoff at 6:45pm is going to make for a raucous atmospher in West Layfayette. ND historically hasn't had a great time winning games on the road at night, but the Weis effect probably negates that historical bullshit. Like i said though, i really think Purdue is going to bring their A-game to the table against us, and how we respond to the boilermakers challenge might be a predictor of the remainder of the season. EDGE: Purdue

Prediction: wow, i am really worried about this game if you couldn't tell already. The secondary's play has to be concerning as they got torched last week by Washington, and if Kirsch gets time to throw he will pick us apart. i see this game the same way i saw the Michigan game, but this time i think the shootout prediction will hold true. If ND wins the turnover battle i think they win, but i'm just too concerned about our defense right now to pick an irish victory.
Prediction: Purdue 38 ND 34

We'll that's all for now, that was a damn long post.