[Borsberg]

i believe veteran robert marve will start this weekend. he had an excellent game in a 48-6 win over e.kentucky

i know e.kentucky is no good but i dont think purdue is that bad. preseason they are picked to finish 3rd in their division of the big 10. so here comes ND back from europe with a few days to prepare for a team that wont even have to travel far to get to the game. i bet ND only spends 2 days with a gameplan.

prediction: Notre Dame 27-20

[thetrinity]

leanin to purdue, curious to see the total.

[Mike Huntertz]

Don't think jet lag will effect these young kids.
Lost practice will.

[Vinnie Paz]

Easy here berg....

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...est-pains.html

[jeffdane]

jet lag not a problem. look ahead to msu maybe. irish ground game is crazy good this year, there will be no letup.

tough game to bet. only chance of a cover would be thru the backdoor.

[Borsberg]

i see purdue with 2 extra days to prepare. then they dont even travel far to get to the game, will probably also have 5-10k purdue fans at the game. why only a backdoor jeff?

ND hasnt been even winning these types of games the past 5 years and now they have to cover 14.5 on very short rest versus a bowl team

[stocker08]

I would lean Purdue. They should be good this year.

[ttwarrior1]

jet lagged, its like 1 hour to purdue from notre dame

[GOIRISH]

how is the guy a veteran? he has been an injured backup most of his college year, and entering his 6th year was going to be back up again until terbush was suspended.

nd got back from Ireland early sunday morning, so they will have just as much time getting ready to play purdue, unless west Lafayette has some sort of extra day built into their hick calendars.

Purdue doesnt have a snowballs chance in hell to be 3rd in the big ten with teams like mofu, ohio, msu, and wisky

[GOIRISH]

i see purdue with 2 extra days to prepare. then they dont even travel far to get to the game, will probably also have 5-10k purdue fans at the game. why only a backdoor jeff?

ND hasnt been even winning these types of games the past 5 years and now they have to cover 14.5 on very short rest versus a bowl team

notre dame has won the shillelagh trophy 6 out of the last 7 years, not to mention purdue has won once in south bend since 1974

[rocket31]

lol notre dame got home at 11:30 PM et on saturday night.

to put this in perspective, they will get back later to south bend the night they play MSU.

if youre gonna play purdue fine, but jet lag wont be an issue.

[jeffdane]

i see purdue with 2 extra days to prepare. then they dont even travel far to get to the game, will probably also have 5-10k purdue fans at the game. why only a backdoor jeff?

ND hasnt been even winning these types of games the past 5 years and now they have to cover 14.5 on very short rest versus a bowl team

purdue is a bowl team? they went 6-6 and then played w michigan in a bowl. might win 6 games again this year and be a bowl team again but thats not saying much. did you see the game last year? marve played great in that game. notre dame ran for almost 300 yards. plenty of practice time for the irish, they played almost 60 different players against navy, just a scrimmage really.

"ND hasnt been even winning these types of games the past 5 years and now they have to cover 14.5 on very short rest versus a bowl team".

notre dame, as a 2td favorite or higher, 5-0 su 3-1-1 ats, with brian kelly as head coach.

[milwaukee mike]

as jeff said notre dame is quite good as a big favorite (50-10 in case nobody watched)

navy might be better than purdue and there is no jet lag

[Bostongambler]

Maybe cover by the hook

[crustyme]

nd too dominant this season.

[jeffdane]

interesting defensive stats: if you didnt know, ND plays defense again.

DEFENSE IS ABOUT POINTS, NOT YARDS

Notre Dame was one of 13 FBS teams that allowed less than 21.0 points/game over each of the last two seasons.

Notre Dame has allowed an average of 20.46 points/game over the last two seasons combined, which ranked as the 20th-best average over 2010-11 of any team in the FBS.
IRISH DEFENSE LEADS THE WAY

Notre Dame's defense has allowed two offensive touchdowns or less in 13 of its last 18 games.

Notre Dame has given up exactly nine rushing touchdowns over its last 19 games (dating back to the Tulsa game in 2010). Even more amazing, only three of those rushing touchdowns have come from an opposing running back (Jonathan Lee's eight-yard TD run for Air Force with the Irish leading 59-27 with 33 seconds left in the fourth quarter on Oct. 8, 2011, Josh Harris' two-yard run for Wake Forest in the second quarter on Nov. 5, 2011 and D.J. Adams' two-yard touchdown on Nov. 12, 2011 with the Irish leading Maryland, 45-14, with 37 seconds left).

USC's Mitch Mustain (2010) and Michigan's Denard Robinson each snuck in from one-yard out (Robinson's following a Wolverine fumble) in 2011. Tim Jefferson of Air Force had a three-yard scoring run on Oct. 8, 2011 and Jarvi Cummings of Navy had a 12-yard touchdown run with the Irish leading 49-7 in the fourth quarter in 2011. Maryland's signal caller C.J. Brown had a 24-yard touchdown run on Nov. 12, 2011 and Boston College quarterback Josh Bordner had a two-yard touchdown run on Nov. 19, 2011. Even crazier, eight of the last 10 rushing touchdowns against the Irish have come from quarterbacks (when you include Ricky Dobbs' two rushing touchdowns in the third quarter of the game against Notre Dame on Oct. 23, 2010).

Over the last 23 games, only four running backs have recorded a rushing touchdown against Notre Dame (Gee Gee Greene, Navy, 2010; Jon Lee, Air Force, 2011; Josh Harris, Wake Forest, 2011; D.J. Adams, Maryland, 2011).

Notre Dame surrendered 14 points or less in five games in 2011 - Michigan State (13), Pittsburgh (12), Purdue (10), Navy (14) and Boston College (14). The Irish had not limited that many opponents to 14 points or less in the same season since 2002 when Notre Dame surrendered 14 points or less in six games.

Notre Dame surrendered 13 points or less in three consecutive games - Michigan State (13), Pittsburgh (12) and Purdue (10). The Irish had not done that since 1989 when Notre Dame was the top-ranked team in college football. Notre Dame limited Pittsburgh (seven), Navy (zero) and SMU (six) all under 13 points.

Notre Dame's defense allowed only eight rushing touchdowns in 2011. Only four teams in the FBS allowed fewer rushing touchdowns than the Irish.

[Borsberg]

purdue is a bowl team? they went 6-6 and then played w michigan in a bowl. might win 6 games again this year and be a bowl team again but thats not saying much. did you see the game last year? marve played great in that game. notre dame ran for almost 300 yards. plenty of practice time for the irish, they played almost 60 different players against navy, just a scrimmage really.

"ND hasnt been even winning these types of games the past 5 years and now they have to cover 14.5 on very short rest versus a bowl team".

notre dame, as a 2td favorite or higher, 5-0 su 3-1-1 ats, with brian kelly as head coach.

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good info jeff. thats why i made this thread so i can get both sides of the story. line seems about right now

robert marve is like 23 thats why i said he is a veteran

[porterkid69]

Caleb TerBush will get the start for Purdue.

[griz]

jet lag dumb fukker. go ahead take purdue

[dodger33]

Dude's name is Turdbush enough said...only way Purdue can hang is throwing on ND. Their secondary looks beatable but their O will throw up a bunch of points

[turtlejc]

jet lagged, its like 1 hour to purdue from notre dame

this guy is really dumb LOL

[InTheDrink]

jet lagged, its like 1 hour to purdue from notre dame

fatty FYI college football season has begun