Standings:
1.) Hoying 9-3 (0-3 upset)2.) Draper 8-4 (1-2 upset)
3.) Schweinfurth 7-5 (1-2 upset)
3.) Schweinfurth 7-5 (1-2 upset)
Trust us, a bye week is a blessing. You want all the time you can get to prepare for WWWIndiana.
We'll turn to the other games of consequence this weekend...what? Not a single ranked matchup? But Alabama is supposed to travel to LSU...whoops. Miami is playing Virginia Tech...oh. Wisconsin is squaring off against Michigan...ahahahaha.
Fear not! We scrounged another undefeated matchup for you to devour, this time on the other side of the stately I-69 that divides our beloved conference in twain.
Northwestern Wildcats @ Purdue Boilermakers
Draper: The game we have all been clamoring over is in....West Lafayette? I'm pretty confident the 0's in the loss column are more due to the opponents (hello Iowa) than their strengths. It's really....REALLY hard to get excited about a B1G West clash, but it's 2020, so why not? I guuuueeesssss I'll lean to the Wildcats who have beaten Maryland, but I can't pretend to have a good handle on this. Roll the dice and see what hits. Can Northwestern make it 2 out of 3 trips to Indy? Sure...why not. NW: 31 -- PU: 24
Hoying: Don't laugh; this game could very well be a play-in to the Big Ten Championship, which could effectively make it a Playoff semifinal...semifinal?. With Nebraska falling flat against the Wildcats last week, and the Badgers a cough and a sneeze away from being disqualified from a trip to Indy, the winner of this game will suddenly find itself an effective 2 games up on the rest of the non-Wisconsin (play it louder) Big Ten West. Oh, and you probably already knew this, but both of these teams miss Ohio State this year, and Northwestern doesn't play Indiana, Penn State, or Michigan either! (YMMV on the merits of missing the last two.) Turning our eyes to the game at hand, how about that Northwestern ball-hawking defense? The Wildcats lead the nation (on per-game average) with 8 interceptions in their first 3 games. Northwestern was outgained by both Iowa and Nebraska but the turnovers have made the difference both times. Can lightning strike thrice? (quice?) Does it need to? The Boilers are still undefeated but needed a late red zone stop to finish off Illinois on Halloween. A COVID bye gave them an extra week to prepare for this game, but they're still missing their best weapon, WR Rondale Moore (*shudder*), who went down with a leg injury in early 2019. Purdue isn't out of weapons (hello, WR David Bell) but the Northwestern defense will be the difference. NU: 24--PU: 17
Schweinfurth: I really thought Nebraska would beat Northwestern last week, but the Wildcats surprised as they always do. This is almost the same Northwestern team with the exception of Brandon Peters (remember that guy Harbaugh forgot about). Turns out he is actually somewhat good when not caught up in that suck hole. I haven't watch much Purdue football, but they have weapons on the outside. Even with Rondale Moore on the MIA list. There is just something about Northwestern that says this is a year they challenge for the B1G West. This one will be close and the Wildcats get a late turnover for the win. NU: 31--PU: 28
Hoying: Don't laugh; this game could very well be a play-in to the Big Ten Championship, which could effectively make it a Playoff semifinal...semifinal?. With Nebraska falling flat against the Wildcats last week, and the Badgers a cough and a sneeze away from being disqualified from a trip to Indy, the winner of this game will suddenly find itself an effective 2 games up on the rest of the non-Wisconsin (play it louder) Big Ten West. Oh, and you probably already knew this, but both of these teams miss Ohio State this year, and Northwestern doesn't play Indiana, Penn State, or Michigan either! (YMMV on the merits of missing the last two.) Turning our eyes to the game at hand, how about that Northwestern ball-hawking defense? The Wildcats lead the nation (on per-game average) with 8 interceptions in their first 3 games. Northwestern was outgained by both Iowa and Nebraska but the turnovers have made the difference both times. Can lightning strike thrice? (quice?) Does it need to? The Boilers are still undefeated but needed a late red zone stop to finish off Illinois on Halloween. A COVID bye gave them an extra week to prepare for this game, but they're still missing their best weapon, WR Rondale Moore (*shudder*), who went down with a leg injury in early 2019. Purdue isn't out of weapons (hello, WR David Bell) but the Northwestern defense will be the difference. NU: 24--PU: 17
Schweinfurth: I really thought Nebraska would beat Northwestern last week, but the Wildcats surprised as they always do. This is almost the same Northwestern team with the exception of Brandon Peters (remember that guy Harbaugh forgot about). Turns out he is actually somewhat good when not caught up in that suck hole. I haven't watch much Purdue football, but they have weapons on the outside. Even with Rondale Moore on the MIA list. There is just something about Northwestern that says this is a year they challenge for the B1G West. This one will be close and the Wildcats get a late turnover for the win. NU: 31--PU: 28
Upset Special
Draper: Washington State over Oregon
Draper: Washington State over Oregon
Hoying: Michigan State over Indiana
Schweinfurth: BC over Notre Dame
Schweinfurth: BC over Notre Dame
[note: no points for picking a ranked team to beat an unranked team as an Upset Special but Michigan opened -3 against Wisconsin]
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