Let me start off this version of Sunday (Thursday) Funday by saying I am sorry that this segment has been being finished mainly on Thursdays. Much as it is predictable that Indiana will blow a game against a top ten team at home, life gets in the way of things. We're on the right track now though and moving forward there should no longer be any issues. Can Michigan State say the same after its fast start? Lets take a dive.
Starting in Miami Florida where it was hotter than Hayden Panettiere, The Michigan State Spartans absolutely thumped a Hurricane team that while flawed, and has a cheese puff for a head coach, (insert Manny Diaz) has raw talent everywhere. In order to beat these kinds of teams, you must display discipline and display a blue collar, knock'em around attitude. That's what Sparty was able to do on Saturday and the conference should be taking notice. I know I know, I had loved every bit of the irrelevancy that this program had fallen into the last several years and enjoyed mocking their ineptness. This may and probably is directly attributed to the departure of WRBL fan favorite Rocky Lombardi and his weekly musings in an attempt to play football, but more so it seems like an attitude shift.
If you say the weather temp in Miami wasn't hot you're full of shit
Transfer running back Kenneth Walker III has been a LOAD in the backfield and along with newly named "Speedy" (get over yourself bro) Nailor out wide, this team has real weapons. Peyton Thorne has been good enough to get the ball to these guys and with a renewed defensive purpose all unfortunately looks bright again for Sparty.
Through the first three games, Walker III already has five rushing TD's and 493 yards while averaging a truly silly 8.6 yards a tote! A lot of that is the result of Northwestern doing its every odd year turtling and Miami defenders avoiding tackling in the same way my lactose intolerance makes me avoid ice cream but either way its impressive.
The players are buying in to whatever Mel Tucker is selling them right now and that makes for a dangerous team moving forward. Sustainable? We will continue to monitor that but as of right now, all signs are pointing in he right direction.
As a whole, the conference held up well over the weekend. The above mentioned Spartans won, as well as Penn. St in the battle of biggest douche on campus bowl between PSU QB Sean Clifford and Auburn QB Bo Nix. Heck Nebraska even avoided being a sieve on defense for a week against the for some reason #4 Sooners. In true Husker style they still managed to miss two field goals and have an extra point blocked and returned for two points. Nebraska football really is the gift that keeps on giving isn't it?
Participants of the past weekend's "Douche Bowl" in which the winner received a punch to the nuts
I was going to talk about Indiana's blow up against Cincinnati and say they got robbed on a horrible targeting call on Micah Mcfadden, but then I realized 9Windiana is no longer possible so who cares about Hoosier football.
Lets move on to the important stuff now. Here are your league standings after Week 3.
We have a new leader in the clubhouse with Evan ascending to the top after posting another week with a better than .500 record of 6-4. We'll see how long the rookie can keep this up. Nipping at Evans heels is the continuos shock of the league in Ben. There is something fishy going on here as I still refuse to believe that after an entire seasons worth of shit performances last year that Ben has turned it around. Watching Ben in this league is like watching Neville Longbottom learn to ride a broom in Harry Potter. Sure he gets himself up in the air, but its a twisting, jolting mess that everybody knows is going to crash land. Prove me wrong Ben.
If you want a look at Ben's path to second and where he'll end up skip to 1:10 in the vid
It was overall a down week for the League as a whole with Tyler being the highest point scorer with 32 points on the back of an average 5-5 week. The biggest loser then in this scenario was "Little Brother" Blake. Blake put together a 7-3 record this week but only took away 31 points from the performance! Dude... Im glad you're moving up the table but this is the kind of face plant that is all to predictable from a University of Michigan Alum. Do I have any grounds to stand upon and claim such indictments? Absolutely not! I've put together three weeks that see me sitting at the bottom of the table even though LT didn't submit any picks last week! But at least I've chosen to suck in every facet of the this damn competition! Just when it looks like Blake is starting to do things right he fudges something else up putting him right back where he started. Pick who you want to be dude and stick to it! Alright I digress.
Blake don't make me compare your 1 step forward two back performances with Nebraska football.
The middle of the pack remained the middle of the pack and you all know who you are. The best bit from this grouping though is the absolute shitting of the pants that Matt displayed over the weekend. After finding himself atop the table last week, Matt had the worst week out of anybody with a 3-7 record for 16 points. He has proved the moment was either to big for him or his arrogance got to his head. Here is evidence of the latter portion of that theory.
I most certainly will not do as you have asked sir. You are more than welcome to indulge in the act yourself though.
Poods and I continue to be the pumpkins of the league and at this point things are looking really grim. There isn't much air down in the cellars of WRBL and one of us will surely perish if we do not find a way out soon. Rumor has it though that big things are ahead for the both of us in week 4 but it has yet to be seen. Poods started hot but then the god of incompetence came and snatched away all his happiness. Much like this...
Here are your lines for Week 4.
Notre Dame Wisconsin is the highlight game with some other good ones sprinkled in. If you want true entertainment value though you would be smart to tune into Purdue vs Illinois for a game that is sure to be full of bang your head against the wall coaching decisions and turnovers that defy the laws of physics. Purdue Pete will be present though so maybe you should just stay away actually.
With that said, good luck in Week 4 as WRBL marches on!
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