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Today we're trying something new Welcome back and today we are tying something different with midweek madness. Every third week I will be doing a special ranked edition in which I randomly select any team from the AP top 25. And you know how everything is run at this point so lets jump to it. #16 Miami 2018 Record 3-1 (Won against Florida International) The Hurricanes have a more run-centered offense averaging about 209 yds/gm on the ground as well as a not to shabby passing game with 239 yds/gm. So I would say that the Hurricanes are a well balanced team in the way of yardage. Now in the way of who's starting, its still unknown But it will either be Malik Rosier or N'Kosi Perry for that starting spot. Rosier has been the starter throughout this season and has average 152 yd/gm to go with 5 TD's and 2 INT's which is not bad but has struggled with accuracy throughout his college career as this season he is sitting with a 52% passing rate, that's bad. No

Purdue will be riding into Lincoln with some momentum  Boy was I wrong But its okay because I will take a loss if that means Purdue wins a game. And to be honest, I pretty much had what Purdue needed to do to win down to a T. And that was a much needed win as we head on over to Lincoln to face a Nebraska team that is 0-3 for the first time since WWII and has had our number for the last two seasons. Nebraska  2018 Record: 0-3 (Lost to #19 Michigan) Nebraska is shaping to be a more run centered offense but neither the run or the passing game has taken off as they're both shy of the 200 mark (185 yds/gm on the ground and 168 yds/gm through the air) Adrian Martinez will be the starter for this game and is sitting comfortably at a modest 62%  passing. That's not great but it can be worse, as well as averaging 69 yds/gm and 1 TD. Overall not many touches as he has also been sharing the ball with Andrew Bunch so there's that. So now I will shed some light on this N

We are back at It again Due to the fact that I was crazy busy last week I was not able to get both the PurZou game and Midweek Madness uploaded. But have no fear for I am back and we are going to dive into our two opponents And it is Kansas State We actually have a combo deal this week as both the Boilermakers and the Wildcats are playing against opponents who are both in the top 25. And K-State will have the pleasure to play against the mountaineer's of West Virginia. #12 West Virginia 2018 Record: 2-0 (Won against Youngstown State) The mountaineer's are for the most part have a pretty balanced offense as they are averaging about 385 yds/gm through the air and 203 yds/gm on the ground. Will Grier is the quarterback to watch in this game as he is averaging 380 yds/gm as well as 16.5 yds/comp. with 9 TD's this season and only one INT. Grier also has a 76% pass rate making him extremely deadly. But fortunately for K-State, their pass defense is pretty decent as the

Purdue will try to make something happen when they square off against the No. 23 ranked Eagles This is not the season we expected Purdue has struggled to put any numbers in the win column and its not going to get any easier as we play host to Boston College who are ranked No. 23 coming into this game. the last time we played against a ranked team at home was against Michigan last season who was ranked No. 10. The energy and the fighting spirit Purdue displayed against the tiger's last game was outstanding and I hope we can continue that against the Eagles this week. Purdue 2018 Record: 0-3 (Lost to Missouri) Purdue's offense was explosive last week against the Tigers as they put up huge numbers through he air as Blough broke the single game record with 572 passing yards. Overall, Purdue is shaping to be a more pass oriented team averaging about 326 yds/gm. with the added bonus of the run game averaging about 195 yds/gm Now the run game didn't have too much

Welcome to the madness who will we get we don't know  We have arrive at midpoint of the week and I though "Let's put myself outside of my comfort zone and predict a game from any team in the power 5 conferences." So that's what I did. And what do you know our first contestant just so happens to be in the B1G and they are the gophers of Minnesota. and their week 2 opponent is Fresno State so lets get started Minnesota  2018 Record: 1-0 (won against New Mexico State) Minnesota struggled early against the aggies last Saturday but got into a rhythm late and torched NM State on both offense and defense. The Gophers offence was slow to start but under true freshman QB Zack Annexstad the gophers had 220 passing yards and 2 TD's which is overall not that bad. The issue I see here is Zack's accuracy. he threw 16/33 with a 48% completion accuracy. And I get it he's a new quarterback but this kid needs to get better other wise it will be a long game

The Boilermakers should cruise on this one. So the boilermakers fell to the wildcats last Thursday in what would have given them a lead in the B1G west. So while that loss does hurt we now need to shift our attention over to our next opponent the Eagles of Eastern Michigan. PURDUE 2018 Record 0-1 (Lost to Northwestern) While Purdue did struggle last Thursday they put up some huge numbers in the way of offence. Sindelar put up 196 yards passing out of 18 completions with one touchdown coming from the freshman star Rondale Moore and Blough had 75 yards out of 12 completions. the run game was huge for the boilermakers as the had 202 rushing yard for 2 touchdowns on 25 carries. One of those touchdowns being Moore's 76 yd TD-run. The biggest thing that will need to be worked on before this game is turnovers. Sindelar threw 3 INT's for 21 points one of those came from a great defensive play from  a NU defender but the other two came from poor passing and Sindelar t