The Bucket is on the line tomorrow, and I have the easiest
post to write since we started this blog.
The storylines are endless! Can Purdue get a win to secure a spot in a
New Years Day bowl? Can the Hoosiers
beat the Boilers in the first year in recent history that Indiana played a
meaningful football game? Does Danny
Hope get fired after the game no matter what happens? If Purdue wins, does Hope keep his job
through the bowl game? It’s tough to
fire a coach after 4 straight wins – just ask the 2009 Cleveland Browns and
Eric Mangini. Will fans show up in
support of Marve, Bolden, and the rest of the seniors? Or will they stay away in protest of the
”special” season that got away? So many
interesting plots, so little time – let’s go…
Why Purdue wins
How much do you hate IU right
now? Their basketball team is
(undeservedly) #1 right now (did you see them against Georgetown?). Their football team is #1 too, even though
the refs pretty much gave them the game against Purdue. Oh wait, they actually have a football team
down in Bloomington? You wouldn’t know
it listening to southern Indiana. Their
fans don’t care. Their team has mailed
it in for any game that’s actually mattered.
And the Purdue players are playing to potentially send off a “players”
coach that they’ve really rallied around in the past. Remember Tiller’s send off game? There’s no way Purdue loses this one…
Why Illinois wins
…unless they play like they did
against Illinois. Or Minnesota. Or any other non-Ohio State Big Ten
team. How many times have you thought
Purdue was going to compete this year and instead just completely laid an
egg? It could happen again. This isn’t yours or your parents’ or your
grandparents’ or your great-grandparents’ Indiana team. They’re actually decent. And with no bowl to play for (just like so
many years in the past), this IS their bowl game. Nothing would make the Hoosiers happier than
to keep Purdue out of a bowl game. Their
two Big Ten wins have come against Iowa and Illinois. Sound familiar? Indiana believes this is an even game and
might just pull it off.
Player we're most concerned about since their stock photo may break our TV
Good Lord, IU's starting center Will Matte is a scary looking dude at a school that
has a lot of scary looking dudes. Would
you really want to meet this guy outside of Bloomington in, let’s say, Stepp Cemetery? Let's hope we don't meet him on BTN either…
Picks of the week
This week, we’re betting any value up to the cost of the
most expensive sporting ticket we’ve ever purchased. If Purdue makes a bowl game, we have to
double whatever we bet for this game. The spread is Purdue -5.5.
Erik’s Bet
Since I’m so far behind, I’ll be betting the
entirety of my $220 2007 NBA Finals Game 3 ticket between the Cavs and the
Spurs. The Cavs lost, but there was no
way I was missing the first NBA Finals game in Cleveland history!
Erik’s Pick
Purdue will come out of nowhere like in Joe
Tiller’s last year and pull off another blowout. Purdue 62 – Indiana 21
Kirk’s Bet
Kirk will be betting $100 of his $200 Final Four ticket from 2010. I went with Kirk to this one - it was worth every penny!
Kirk’s Pick
Kirk continues to bet against Purdue but he thinks the Boilers will squeak this one out Purdue 31 – Indiana 28
Three Final Things
1) POTFH!
2) IU Sucks!
3) Boiler Up!
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