My Game of the Month goes Saturday

[Journeyman]

Notre Dame +3...The Irish are gelling, and with a better defense than Purdue, in South Bend where Purdue has never won....I love the Irish ....Defense is the main reason. one team an play some defense one team cannot....Wrong team is favored here...


I will buy the hook to be safe....


Notre Dame 34 Purdue 24


:manwh:

YTD NCAA 7-3-1

 

[Journeyman]

adding

San Diego St +6
Georgia ML
Auburn ML

 

[sphincter]

:awesom: :heh: ..the old unranked,home dog with revenge vs ranked opponent set up.....


unless orton goes berserk,it looks very solid from here...

we`ll see tomorrow...

btw..like s.d. st. myself....caught a 6.5 and bought the hook to 7...

actually,if i played `em,i`d lean to auburn and the bulldogs....

g.l.

 

[Kojak]

Journeyman,

FYI, Purdue has won at Notre Dame but it has not been since 1974. This line is designed for those to take Irish as I can't remember last time Purdue favored at ND. They were looking ahead to this game last week as Purdue defense was ranked #1 in country prior to that game in Champagne. I agree Irish are gelling but this Purdue team is better coached and if they win this game could run the table as all the rest of their tough opponents are coming to West Lafayette where Tiller wins at about a 90 percent clip. Difference in this game is Kyle Orton. He will step up and get done what no other quarterback since Mike Phipps in 1974 has done and that is win at Purdue. I will say that I live in Chicago and it has been raining since about 6pm so may have messy field in South Bend. In that case I like Boilers chances even more. If Irish wins it will be because Tuck can't be blocked. This is the key matchup. As Boilers have young offensive line. I expect them to do what Tiller does in Big Games is to me more conservative and run the football more than normal. Should be a fun game but Irish wins are overrated as neither Michigan, Michigan St., BYU , nor Washington are close to being as good as Purdue this year. Boilers win by 10 . Best of luck.

 

[truelyhandicapping]

if michigan would of had orton the halftime score would of been 28-0, a blowout.


this ndame team is so overrated it makes me want to cry.

this team lost to byu, and got lucky vs mich st. washington is the worst team in a big conf and mich/carr curled up into a ball and gave up christmas early.

nd and ty are terrible and will show vs a solid passing attack tomorrow.


i hope i'm right cause i'm unloading.

 

[Highdaddy]

truely, you are right....Journey you wrong. Notre Dame does suck. they beat Wash....who is terrible, Mich st....horrible.....and Mich, who also is overrated. Purdue is one of the better teams on the whole country and they will prove it saturday. I played Purdue vs Nd last year and Notre Dame never had a chance. The Irish went on to do nothing last year, and if you remember, Purdue almost beat a really good Ohio St team and was down 20+ points to Georgia in their bowl game and came back to send it to overtime only to lose. I see Purdue as good or better than last year and ND about the same as they were. I believe i heard ND leads the nation in takeaways, but Purdues Qb has like 13 TDS and 0 ints, so he will not give anything to ND. One last thing Journey....Kodiaks Play of the Year is Purdue....and this is your game of the month.....somebody is obviously way off

 

[Journeyman]

Yeah I was way off last year too, when i had MIAMI as my GOY (WHICH WON OUTRIGHT) and a well known Capper had FSU as his GOY,lol...This is exactly why I do not care to share my picks....I spend half the day defending them...

BTW, all my plays are ranked the same..I do not play more on one game than the other.... Good Luck all...

 

[Journeyman]

Do you think I really care that its Kodiaks POY? No disrespect, I will take my chances...Notre Dame is getting points @home , you say ND has played no one?

LOL, who the hell has Purdue played?

 

[Kojak]

Journeyman,

I don't know if you are talking to me or not but no disrespect intended. I am a Boiler alumni and know that this is no given. Your input is well received as I may downgrade this play for me to an average play. But I will also tell you I rarely play on my alma mater and simply feel this is the year. Again Best of luck.

 

[Journeyman]

No Kojak, I wasnt talking to you....I am a little concerned about the weather situation...I was leaning to playing this game OVEr as well...I was waiting to hear the weather situation....One of the main reason I do not like to give out picks is the second guessing...of course its part of the process...I will stick with Notre Dame..GL Kojak...I play all plays the same anyway...Even my GOY play...

 

[Highdaddy]

you are right, Purdue hasnt beat anybody good....thats one reason they will be ready saturday, but they did not lose to a bad BYU team.

 

[Journeyman]

I dont think BYU is bad either....anyway, good luck High Daddy

 

[sphincter]

this game may "be designed for people to take the irish"...but apparently those people aren`t paying attention.....

this line certainly didn`t open at 3....it was pushed up to 3 by the public...

 

[Journeyman]

I think opposite..... the easier pick is to take the flashier Boilermakers with the Heisman candidate, thats how I see the public on this game....Similar to when Michigan strolled into South bend after looking very average against Miami O....

Orton is the main reason the square action is coming in here...No one believe Notre Dame is for real...and at this point I can buy that logic to some degree....but, Notre Dame finally has an offense that can move the football....I feel the Irish are playing well with agood balance and are HOME.... since when did Joe Tiller become a great coach? Sorry, but I don't think much of Tiller....all those Drew Brees led teams and he really didnt ever win big games, compared to what was expected....This to me looks like another letdown, when Purdue steps up to the show, they usually go home with their tail between their legs....this is a huge game for the Irish as well! Lets not forget....I am looking forward to this one , even more so now...

 

[Highdaddy]

Orton is not the reason square action is comin in on purdue, but Orton is the reason they will win. I expect it wont take long to see the difference between Orton and Quinn when the game starts.

 

[Highdaddy]

oh and keep me updated on any new chat hoes

 

[Co-Captain]

Journey....Good luck on your Big Play...I am not yet decided on whether or not I am playing this one...but, nonetheless, I give credit to anyone who has the balls to post a play that they feel so strongly about, whether I agree on it or not isnt the issue...and thus, I try to share with anyone who has a Big play some well wishes...as I remember that your battles are with the Man(the enemy) and not with us....So with that said, GO KICK HIS ASS!

BTW, you have Phil Steele on your side as this is his 3* Play in his newsletter, I was told...and he feels that Purdue is overrated...Not sure if it helps or hurts you in your eyes hearing this, but many people here seem to like him, eventhough he is struggling a bit with his plays...He states that he has been siding with the Irish, for three straight weeks, and they came through for him with three staight star rated winners, including last weeks 38-3 blowout over UW...and will be riding them again this week vs what he feels is an overrated Purdue team...In my opinion, when someone has been releasing plays on a particular team, on a regular basis, and finding a lot of success with them....It tells me for one, that this person may have a good feel and may know more about a particular team then everyone else....Or two, this person knows a lot about a particular team and he is able to handicap their matchups very accurately vs the number and opponents they are facing...Phil may know something when it comes to ND.

Most people are not this informed on a particular team or on any team for that matter, but it doesnt stop them from making comments like this team is overrated or they suck...Then they make the mistake of taking their belief and statements and using it to go against and sway their opinions on this team, thus backing the other side and doing this no matter who their opponents are...Now that is not smart...Just last night in my BIG GAME PLAYS thread someone stated that UCONN was overrated and sucks and that is why they would lose...I dont even think they read my indepth Write-Up on why I am siding with UCONN, cause if they did, they would of seen me back up why I feel this is a perfect situation for them and a perfect opponent they are playing, which gives them a big advantage in that game, Overrated or not...Sometimes it is the situation a team is in and not the teams overall value compared to their opponents that turns out to be the deciding factor in them winning...Underdogs usually wins a lot in these situations, especially the dangerous home dogs...not to mention also, dangerous home dogs playing with Revenge...

ND is in similar situations in this game which may give them the edge....very interesting....Here is a bit of information I read about these two teams past games outcomes....This maybe not what those backing Purdue may want to hear....but it is what happened....

-The team that has dominated statistically has LOST the last 4 games both SU and ATS...Last year Purdue won at home eventhough their potent Offense was outgained by ND 346 yards to their 223 total yards..and out FD 18-13...Two years ago, ND won at home without scoring an offensive TD and being outgained by Purdue 318 total yards to their 203 total yards...and also being out FD 15-11....Both games WON by the home team as well...go figure?

-One interesting difference in the last two games between these two, compared to this years game, was that the vistor coming in was the UNDERDOG...whereas in this one, the visitor is the FAVORITE...Hmmm, even more interesting.



Anyways, like I said, I will give credit to anyone who puts out a big play and shares his reasoning on it with all of us...Best of luck again on your BIG PLAY! ...ALOHA CC.

 

[Conan]

I like them both Jman. I think I mentioned them elsewhere but another angle I like a lot is the contrarian play that says when the world is piling on get off it or get on the other side. SD.St. and ND both look like the right side from here.

Hey bud, can you see what you can do with my lost posts. I should have about 8400 or so. Maybe the admin can do something. Let me know what you find out. I think my name and history got deleted somehow when the forum changed a little while back. I may have been there too soon redoing my password etc. before the changeover was complete. Anyway, please ask and see what you can do for me. Thanks bud.

 

[Journeyman]

Will do Conan... thanks as well Co Captain....as with any one selection, you will have knowledge on both teams....its part of the game, and the fun of debating...

 

[Highdaddy]

just as i thought so far...ND sucks