I hope Rosie’s right and that going home will cure what ails us.
Purdue’s defense is just as bad as our running offense, so perhaps we’ll find some momentum on that side of the ledger.
And I’m swearing of picking any Irish score that includes a successful field goal made until I see us execute two in a row in a single game without a bad snap, bad blocking or a bad kick. I’m going to have to go back in the archives to see when the last time we had a field goal unit to be confident in.
Fair Weather Fan Alert: Did anyone see any of the Miami-North Carolina game? It’s on right now on ESPN2. The stadium in Miami is literally half empty. Wow.
Should be a lot of good football on throughout the day, including Georgia-Alabama, Penn State-Illinois, Colorado-Florida State (go Buffs!). And it only took three games for "Pete Carroll's best USC Team Ever" to lose. It's a great week already!
Will our game be any good? I was a bit surprised to see the Godfather predict a win with seemingly little hesitation. Makes me feel more confident. But, alas, he picked the Irish to kick two field goals (or miss an extra point, which I guess could happen too).
As I mentioned in my response to Don in his Southern Cal entry, the clock rule changes this year have really sped things up. Unless, of course, you go 3-and-out repeatedly, in which case you can still get 7 or 8 possessions in a half. We’ve been good at that this year.
So the question to me is, can we score 4 touchdowns? Because I think that’s what it’s going to take. I’m going to go out on a limb and say yes. And predict a 28-24 victory.
Enjoy the game (hopefully). Talk to you tonight.
GO IRISH!!! BEAT BOILERS!!!
The Colonel
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You are right about the kicking game, it is an adventure this year. As for my score predictions, truth is I don't think about how to make the number just go for order of magnitude and spread (not very scientific!).
This was as close as I have been in a while to the general idea.
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