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Iowa Hawkeyes
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Defend That, Digger! The Overrated/underrated edition
by BoilerTMill on Feb 8, 2010 10:12 AM EST
in Men's Basketball
216 comments
ED NOTE: A special thank you to the passionate Syracuse fans that have stopped by today to make this the best Defend That, Digger ever. You guys are great and I would love to see you guys in March to settle this once and for all, hopefully on April 5th in Indianapolis. You have made some great arguments today and I will admit that I was wrong about some things here. What follows is the original, unedited article. The comments are also untouched.
Well, we all know that the Big East is overrated. This makes me come off as an overzealous homer and uneducated blogger, but I have my swagger back. A five game winning streak will do that, especially when the previously out of reach Big Ten title is very close at hand. It has been awhile since I have had a chance to rip on the Big East and the rest of Digger's beloved, but with seeding becoming more and more of a priority, here are some reasons that those teams may not be the elite teams they would profess.
I do think there are some elite teams. From what I have seen of Kansas and Kentucky, they can only beat themselves on a neutral court. They are clearly the best teams, they haven't lost at home, and it has taken a shockingly strong effort for each of them to lose so far. Everyone else is relatively mortal. Let's begin at the top of the "elite" pile:
Are you paying attention, Digger?
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Drew Brees: Super Bowl Champion and MVP.
by BoilerTMill on Feb 7, 2010 10:54 PM EST
in Football
13 comments
A Hurricane helped him on defense. A Hurricane got the game winning TD pass from him, and a Hoosier sealed it. Our favorite Boiler now has his ring and a Super Bowl MVP. Go ahead and celebrate tonight, Drew. You have earned it. Hammer & Rails Nation is with you.
BTW: Great shot of Len Dawson, one of the first in the cradle of quarterbacks, passing the trophy to the Saints.
Also for the record: Purdue is now tied with Alabama for having 3 quarterbacks that have won Super Bowls. Len Dawson, Bob Griese and Drew Brees.
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Super Bowl Boilermakings 2/6
by TelePunk5 on Feb 6, 2010 11:57 PM EST
in Boilermakings and other Purdue sports
17 comments
I hope everyone is having a great Super weekend. I am sitting here tonight watching the Michigan State game, wrestling with myself. Do I wear the Brees jersey to the Super Bowl parties tomorrow or one of my Colts jerseys? This is a great weekend to be a Purdue fan from Indiana. No matter what happens tomorrow, my favorite player or my favorite team will win the championship. In addition to that, how lucky are we as football fans for this Super Bowl? The 2 best teams of the year squaring off in the title game. This is game that everyone wanted (with the notable exception of Brett Favre's immediate family). So, here is a bit of pre-game analysis before we get to the Boilermakings.
I think tomorrow's game will be a classic Super Bowl. These are 2 great teams, with 2 great quarterbacks, and underrated defenses. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the Saints jump out to a lead of more than 10 points. The one thing you can say about the Saints is that they are unpredictable. Every single week, there is some new kind of offensive scheme or formation, some new wrinkle that you have never seen from them before. Meanwhile, the Colts have a tendency to let even mediocre offenses stay in the game for quite some time. They allowed the Jets to score 2 explosive touchdowns, so much that it even seemed like the Colts were in deep trouble in the AFC Championship Game. New Orleans just has too many weapons for the Colts to contain. They have 3 great running backs who can all punish the Colts should they try to clamp down on Brees. Every single wide receiver they have is a constant home run threat, and Shockey is a big tight end to try and contain with a small defense like the Colts have (he had a pretty good game against them as a Giant, against Bob Sanders).
A lot of talk this week has focused on both of the offenses, but these defenses are playing really well too. The Saints are very opportunistic, known for getting and converting turnovers. On other side, the Colts are quietly the number 8 scoring defense in the league, despite giving two games to the bench players. The Colts have done this despite numerous injuries to key members of their secondary, defensive line, and linebackers. This is nothing new for the Colts, who have also been dealing with the loss of Anthony Gonzalez. The depth problems are going to hurt them early. Offenses less prolific than this have given the Colts young secondary hell. Brady and Moss put on a 45 minute clinic for the Colts' rookie corners in Indianapolis this year. Even Mark Sanchez managed to turn them around last week, and more than once.
This is the Colts though, and they made a whole season doing this. They have come back late seven times. Ask New England what kind of lead is safe against this team. New Orleans can't let up at any point in this game, because Manning will shred them. Manning will make them pay for every mistake, every person out of position, every mismatch, and every blitz. I have described the Saints defense as opportunistic, and that is the problem. How many opportunities does Peyton Manning ever give the opposing team? The Vikings were kind enough to cough up the ball 4 times last week, and still the Saints took the game to overtime. This was after Manning torched the #1 defense in NFL for nearly 400 yards and 3 touchdowns. If Darrelle Revis and the Jets' better secondary couldn't get Manning to throw a pick, my hopes aren't high for the Saints.
I see this game playing out like the tortoise and the hare. New Orleans is going to shoot out to an early lead, as Brees tests the young defense. On the other side, Manning will take his time, daring the Saints to sell out on a blitz or get too aggressive and leave holes in a zone, and then he will strike. The Colts will take advantage of every single error made by the Saints defense and climb back into the game, and eventually pull away. The Saints game plan is to get in Manning's head, to get at him, make him hear footsteps and force him to make mistakes. I just don't see it happening. The Ravens and Jets couldn't stop Manning and they had the two best defenses in the playoffs this year. After watching that happen, I have trouble imagining the Saints being the team that finally forces Peyton to lose a football game. Drew is good enough to keep it interesting for the whole game, but I don't see that defense containing the Colts. Sorry Drew.
Colts 34, Saints 27
Tell us what you think in the poll, and after the jump we hit the Boilermakings.
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Vote for Chris Kramer and Raymar Morgan
Let's show some Big Ten solidarity and vote for Chris Kramer and Raymar Morgan, as they are up for the Lowe's Senior CLASS award. Even you want a third player to vote for (since you can vote for three) pick Adam Koch from our NCAA first round opponent last season.
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Non-conference opponents update for 2/6
by BoilerTMill on Feb 6, 2010 11:44 AM EST
in Men's Basketball
24 comments
INSTANT UPDATE: Vote here for Chris Kramer, as he is up for the Lowe's Senior Class Award.
It is a great Saturday. We have our favorite quarterback going for his first Super Bowl ring tomorrow, there is a lot of college basketball on, and our basketball Boilers have the day off while our main rival for the conference title has a tough road game. That game comes with the possibility that the Spartans won't have their best player. We continue to do our part for a high seed in March, but today is a big day for everyone else. Here is what our non-conference opponents have been up too, as well as who they face next.
Purdue's profile:
RPI: 10
Strength of Schedule: 33
Top 50 RPI wins: #5 West Virginia, #9 Wisconsin, #20 Wake Forest, #22 Tennessee
Top 50 RPI games remaining: at #14 Michigan State, #14 Michigan State, at #34 Ohio State
Top 100 RPI wins: #61 Minnesota, at #77 Illinois
Worst loss: at #63 Northwestern
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Another demon exorcised
by BoilerTMill on Feb 5, 2010 10:11 AM EST
in Men's Basketball
14 comments
First it was the ranked team losing streak in football. Then, we broke the long losing streak at the Big House (also in football). Now the 11 year losing streak at Assembly Hall is over. As reader doublegoldandblack mentioned during the open thread, This has been a year where we have exorcised some demons both in football and in basketball. This one was well earned too.
I have to give credit to the Hoosiers in this one. They played a fantastic game and their first half was probably the best anyone has played against us all year. If they had not missed the front end of three consecutive one and one's this probably would have been an Indiana win. That is a sign of improvement for their program. They weren't outplayed tonight as has often happened in the last two years. Instead, but they beat themselves.They played well enough to be right there against a top 10 team.
That said, Robbie and E'Twaun were men at the end of the game. I could have done without Robbie's missed free throw though. In the end, it was still a win. We survived the best effort of another team and came out clean. Let's have Tupac carry us into the Jump with some words that are true for both the basketball team and me this morning:
Is y'all ready for me? .. We up out this bitch
Any time y'all wanna see me again
Rewind this track right here, close your eyes
and picture me rollin - Tupac, Picture Me Rollin''
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And he is a Purdue treasure too
How great is this: A glowingly positive article about the other team's quarterback in the main city newspaper of one of the Super Bowl teams. I think we may need a new level on the dead hooker scale if he wins Sunday night.
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Purdue at Indiana: The "T-Mill is ticked off" GameThread
by BoilerTMill on Feb 4, 2010 5:00 PM EST
in Men's Basketball
363 comments
I've been friendly all week, but it is time to channel some anger into this game. I got fired today from a temp-to-hire job for doing my job. They had a very strict personal use policy for their computer which they said I violated within the past week since it was spelled out to me, but I did not. It was a poor fit anyway, as they were way too uptight about stupid stuff.
So, like the Ohio State football game which was a great boost after CoachesAid.com closed down the site I was managing for them, I am looking to the Boilers for solace and good cheer. The target: The hated Indiana Hoosiers.
Let's kick ass and take names, men! COME GET A TASTE!
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