A game you are not interested in but will be very quickly: Bowling Green @ Purdue! WRITE-UP inside!

I had Purdue bigger than I should have on the ML @ Marshall to open the season. IF Appleby only throws 1 pick 6, then it has a great shot at being a winner @ +210.  Oh well...that's how ML dogs crumble.

The bottom line is that Appleby cannot think. His reads are predetermined, and he stares down receivers. IF Blough can think and manage a game, then Purdue has a shot; size and strength are great for making tackles after you throw the pick (something Appleby also struggles with).  Appleby has done nothing but lose for Purdue...how does he give you a better chance to win?  Shake it up with some new blood...the thing that is tough to handle is that Purdue isn't all bad; turnovers have sunk them, and it is time for the coaching staff to turn the page, or start looking for a new gig.

Personally, I find when everyone is loading up on a MAC team on the road @ a Big 10 school it is a potential bloodbath.

Rode with you last week heavy on UMASS, but have to hop off of the train this week. No play for me, but GL to BGSU backers.

Quote Originally Posted by scalabrine:

@Double - First mortagage wager of the season? Now I know I'm on the right side!

@Venez @ No

@lion - No. The line is crazy. 12.5/13? What has changed since last week for Rutgers? They are missing so many players including the head coach. To ask you to lay a TD is a lot. They could blow them out but I don't want to touch it. There is no justification to lay a number like that right now and I'm not putting a dime on that awful Kansas team.

@ Zelo - it is. But Purdue is so dysfunctional from top to bottom.

@BigUnit -

@Lit- That was a great article. Had a nice Seinfeldian touch to it.

@Big - Vern, that should have been an easy cover against Marshall. Purdue gave up 14 points in the span of about 2 minutes to lose the cover.

Yes, Appleby throws games away but he'd be fighting for his job in this spot. With that threat hanging over his head, I would have considered a Purdue side in this spot. He keeps you in games. He throws away games but BG's defense is one of the worst in the nation. I trust Appleby in that spot.

Now they bring in this Blough kid out of nowhere. Have you seen him? No one has seen this undersized kid. Brains won't always get the job done. He had absolutely no idea this was coming. So he has 5 days to prepare for the best offense in the nation. BG is averaging 40 points a game. How is Purdue going to go toe to toe with them in this game? The running game should be there but how will this kid match them. Throw 4 TD's? That's a lot to ask (and that may not even be enough).

Appleby would have covered for you vs. Marshall if the defense made one big stop. But they couldn't. Imagine what BG will do to them. You make a QB change against Indiana State. Not Bowling Green. This kid can't match up to them. It's a desperation move this coach, who has won all of TWO non-FCS games out of 24, will pay for.

So, what do we know? We know that BGSU has the potential to leak like a siv defensively on Saturday. We know that Appleby is a turnover machine. We also know that we have no idea how Blough will respond in this spot.

As an HC in this spot, I think the Qb change has more than likely come as a product of what has happened in practice and in the locker room...would not be surprised if the OC has pushed hard for Blough from the beginning.

I don't have a side in this fight, so best of luck to you and all the BGSU backers.... there are guys who know a lot more than I that are backing BGSU.  

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