[NU Sports] Moo moo Purdoo ...

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Either Purdon't changed their colors to gold and brown or they've been letting the Golden Girls graze more often than usual because that field at Ross-Ade Stadium is AWFUL!

Seriously, that is the worst field I've seen since the Saints/Bears game in Soldier Field a decade or so ago that was played the day after a mud bowl high school game that tore it up. What's Purdue's excuse? Just embarrassing.

Around the league ...

* MSU and OSU are looking impressive and sadly, I expect the same from Bucky. I think two of those teams will be left wishing that the Big Ten Championship Game had come a year earlier by the end of the day.

* The third team, WISCONSIN, will probably wish they'd have a playoff system in place already - I'd love to see Oregon vs. Wisconsin for the title!

* Wild games yesterday ... should have known the SEC bureaucracy would never let Auburn lose (look for a ton of flags against Spurrier next week to erase any upset hopes). CBS and SEC are shameless in their shilling of their marquee teams and I expect today's boot game to be a non-stop commercial for LSU's BCS bid. Gary Danielson used to have credibility.

* Wild night in Nevada ... I'm still not certain that field goal at the end of regulation missed (kind of like PSU fans still feel today about that kick in 1995's NU-PSU game in the 3rd quarter) ... too bad, because I was hoping the voters would leapfrog OSU over Bucky so the Ohio State and Boise State presidents could meet in Pasadena.

Still looks like we're solid for two B(C)S teams and that the Cats are headed to Texas ... likely Dallas, which I guess is still preferable to Houston. Just so we get a winnable game!

Hoping against hope we can pull a shocker in Madison!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT


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