Time again to Boiler Up

It's been a tough week for me, sorry these are a little late. Those of you that know what's going on thanks for the support those that have no clue just think about the Phats extended family a bit please :)

Onto the games, the Boilermakers have a HUGE game this week if they want to go to the post season. They travel to Illinois to take on the Fighting Illini in a game that carries a noon kickoff I believe on ESPN2. The Illini have been playing some great football lately so this will be a tough test, but could possibly get us one step closer to that 6th win. We are still battling injuries in that embarrassing loss last week, our QB went down with a laceration on his finger, I am going to say it he's probably out, so a TRUE Freshman who was suppose to redshirt this year will probably get the start. Picking with me this year is none other than that Vandal himself Mr Shife. One of the coolest bloggers out there if you don't visit his blog you should. His loyalties are with the Idaho Vandals, and probably anyone playing Boise State! Now onto the picks

OFF- Boise State & Alabama

PRO GAMES
Carolina Panthers(Topolk) at St Louis Rams(Phoenix)
Shife- Sorry Panther fans but I think the Rams are going to take a pillowcase and fill it full of bars of soap and beat the shit out of you! Better luck next week.
St. Louis 28, Carolina 10

Phats- Hmm Carolina sucks, the Rams have played OK at times this year, sorry Topolk, but Phoenix will be happy this weekend
RAMS 31 panthers 21
EDIT FINAL SCORE RAMS 20 panthers 10
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- WOOHOO

Pittsburgh Steelers(Rocket) at New Orleans Saints(Travis & me)
Shife- The Saints looked like they took a laxative and a sleeping pill at the same time last week and crapped all over themselves against the Browns. They will stay out of the medicine cabinet this week and play like the defending Super Bowl champions.
New Orleans 31, Pittsburgh 24

Phats- Hmm what is up with the Saints?! I think Drew Brees just had a hangover from baby #2 arriving eh? I believe his name is Bowen, now get your head back in the game and take down the Steelers please
SAINTS 35 steelers 28
EDIT FINAL SCORE SAINTS 20 steelers 10
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- WOOHOO

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals(Shife)
Shife- The Bucs declared they are the best team in the NFC. Pretty bold claim especially after you just beat the Rams by 1 point at home last Sunday. I think the Finches, errr, Cardinals will play well at home like they usually do and pull it out. So good luck Tampa Bay being the best team in the NFC and by good luck I mean suck it.
Arizona 23, Tampa Bay 14

Phats- I had no clue who to take here so I flipped the coin, sorry shife the Bucs won the toss
BUCCANEERS 10 cardinals 9
EDIT FINAL SCORE BUCCANEERS 38 cardinals 35
Shife- D'oh
Phats- WOOHOO

COLLEGE GAMES
Louisiana Lafayette Rajun Cajun at Ohio Bobcats(Skii)
Shife- Here is some advice. First, when a cop pulls you over, never start a sentence with, “This may be the alcohol talking, but...”, and never, ever bet against the Bobcats especially if they play a team named after a character on HBO’s “True Blood.”
Ohio 28, Louisiana Lafayette 7

Phats- Give me Ohio, because I don't have a damn clue about either team
OHIO 41 louisiana lafayette 10
EDIT FINAL SCORE OHIO 38 la lafayette 31
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- WOOHOO

Kent State Golden Flashes(DG) at Ball State Cardinals
Shife- Here is some more unsolicited advice from me. Turns out the most difficult stain to remove from bed linens is actually shame, and I love Kent State’s nickname too much to pick against them. OK the second part was not really advice but it is not like you are reading this for advice, right?
Kent State 14, Ball State 13

Phats- Ahh the fighting Lettermans! I was the first person in my family to not go to Ball State, do you know what that makes me? GIFTED ha ha. At Purdue we called BSU testicle tech. However, they will stomp Kent State!
BALL STATE 38 kent state 10
EDIT FINAL SCORE KENT STATE 33 ball state 14
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- D'oh

Tennessee Volunteers(Tiggy) at South Carolina Gamecocks
Shife- Sweet sassy molassey it is time for an uncomplimentary Tennessee joke.
What did the Knoxville (Home of the University of Tennessee) City Council do to slow the birth rate down in Knoxville? They outlawed family reunions.
South Carolina 34, Tennessee 14

Phats- South Carolina hasn't looked the same since beating Bama, they won't need to be great to get this win though, because UT is pretty bad. Gamecocks baby
SOUTH CAROLINA 31 tennessee 10
EDIT FINAL SCORE SOUTH CAROLINA 38 tennessee 24
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- WOOHOO

West Virginia Mountaineers(angel jr) at Connecticut Huskies
Shife- If I have said it once I will say it again, please spay or neuter your Mountaineer. I really don’t think we need anymore Mountaineers running around out there. I am taking the Huskies. UConn do it.
UConn 28, WVU 20

Phats- Tough loss for WVU against Cuse, I Think they bounce back and get a tough win
WEST VIRGINIA 24 uconn 21
EDIT FINAL SCORE UCONN 16 west virgina 13
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- D'oh

Baylor Bears at Texas Longhorns(Gary & Cheryl)
Shife- Burnt orange is the color of puke, and I like bears.
Baylor 49, Texas 35

Phats- Which Texas team shows up might be the most important question here? Wasn't long ago Baylor was the laughing stock of College Football but they have really turned it around, something tells me the Texas that beat Nebraska shows up for this one
TEXAS 31 baylor 17
EDIT FINAL SCORE BAYLOR 30 texas 22
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- D'oh

Clemson Tigers(Topolk) at Boston College Eagles
Shife- Alright if you insist, here is even more useless advice from yours truly. The best way to hang up on someone is to do it in the middle of YOUR OWN sentence. That way, they never suspect you hung up on them. So if we were talking I would tell that I am going to pick …. click …. .
Clemson 27, BC 6

Phats- I have no been impressed with either of the teams to be honest with you. I am giving BC a slight edge being the home team
BOSTON COLLEGE 21 clemson 17
EDIT FINAL SCORE BOSTON COLLEGE 16 clemson 10
Shife- D'oh
Phats- WOOHOO

Texas Tech Red Raiders(Jef & Fuzz) at Texas A&M Aggies
Shife- Things you won't catch me saying: What an awesome meeting! and, Boy am I glad I watched the Texas Tech – Texas A&M game.
Texas A&M 42, Texas Tech 24

Phats- I believe this is a pretty good rivalry game no? I don't think A&M has been that great this year and tech is up and down, give me the Raiders in a close one
TEXAS TECH 31 texas a&m 24
EDIT FINAL SCORE TEXAS A&M 45 texas tech 27
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- D'oh

Auburn Tigers(Heff & Leeann) at Mississippi Rebels
Shife- Oh Ole Miss you had a chance to do something really special and make your new mascot Admiral Ackbar, the leader of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars, but instead you went with a bear. I did mention earlier that I like bears but I like Admiral Ackbar more. Prepare to get dry anal raped by an Auburn Tiger.
Auburn 34, Mississippi 9

Phats- Will BCS #1 go down again? Don't think so, and lets just give Cam Newton the heisman shall we? BTW please don't screw up this year Auburn and beat Bama!
AUBURN 49 mississippi 7
EDIT FINAL SCORE AUBURN 51 mississippi 31
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- WOOHOO

Missouri Tigers(Delta & Nutz) at Nebraska Cornhuskers(Travis)
Shife- I would love to see Mizzou pull off this one because then another team would leap frog BSU in the BCS but it is going to be tough winning in Lincoln. By the way the town was discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it Lincoln, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.
Nebraska 38, Missouri 31

Phats- This is a tough one, Missouri can totally put itself in title contention with another strong win, Nebraska looks to be back on track this is a tough one. I am going with Missouri sorry Travis! I have picked against them too many times in big games.
MISSOURI 28 nebraska 24
EDIT FINAL SCORE NEBRASKA 31 missouri 17
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- D'oh

BIG GAME OF THE WEEK
Michigan State Spartans at Iowa Hawkeyes
Shife- Come on Sparty you better check yourself before you wreck yourself. You guys are doing really well so don’t screw it up. Just remember these words from Kenny Powers, “But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies.”
Michigan State 41, Iowa 27

Phats- I am not showing Big Ten bias, we are already picking the other big time games so I went with this one. Iowa rarely loses big time games, especially back to back Ferentz is too good of a coach. MSU seems to be a team of destiny, therefore got to go with Destiny over Coaching but a close game none the less
MICHIGAN STATE 31 iowa 28
EDIT FINAL IOWA 37 michigan state 6
Shife- D'oh
Phats- D'oh

Idaho Vandals(Shife) at Hawaii Warriors
Shife- Welcome to the Rock, Vandals. You have not won here since 1960. That is a long time.
Unfortunately this year is not looking good for the streak to end. Work on the tan. Don’t worry about me. I will be home alone eating donuts and listening to Journey. I think I can stop believin' now. No bowl game for Idaho this year.
Hawaii 49, Idaho 20

Phats- This is tough I hate picking against shife's Vandals, but I think this will be a tough one. Although I don't really know much about them. Oh what the hell give me the Vandals!
IDAHO 49 hawaii 41
EDIT FINAL SCORE HAWAII 45 idaho 10
Shife- WOOHOO
Phats- D'oh

Purdue Boilermakers(me) at Illinois Fighting Illini(Delta)
Shife- Time to BTFU Purdue after that game last week against Ohio State. Hopefully it will not be another gorgeous fall morning that you guys sleep through or my friend Phats will be very upset. And I don’t like to see him upset. But if they do lose Phats, and people ask you if you are upset, you should stab them with a pen and then ask them if they're upset.
Purdue 21, Illinois 20

Phats- this one makes me really nervous because of our QB situation, although adversity in the past seemed to help us. All I know is we have 3 chances to get 2 wins and this is one of them. Illinois is no longer struggling, and it's going to be a tough game but the Boilers pull it out in a defensive battle
PURDUE 13 illinois 7
EDIT FINAL SCORE ILLINOIS 44 purdue 10
Shife- D'oh
Phats- D'oh(Oh well life goes on)

Hail Hail to old Purdue all Hail to our old gold and black
Hail Hail to old Purdue our friendship may she never lack
Ever Grateful, ever true thus we raise our song a new FIRE UP!
Of the days we've spent with you, all Hail our own Purdue
GO BOILERS!