Boilers vs. Ducks, Winner?

In week two of Purdue’s football season we face the Oregon Ducks one of the Best football teams in college. Oregon ranked 16 in the Associated Press poll and 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll will be one of the hardest games of the season. I mean they did blow out their first two opponents by about an average of 40 points but Purdue blew out a sad Northern Colorado team by 32. Purdue’s chances of winning relay solely on if their defense comes to play because Oregon’s two running backs Jeremiah Johnson and LeGarrette Blount are a tag team of slice and dice. Jeremiah Johnson is the senior running back and coming off of Knee surgery looks to be the main weapon for the ducks because of his vision running the ball, knowledge of the offense and his ability to line up at any position. The backup running back LeGarrette Blount is a huge 6’ 2” behemoth with the size to bust up the middle for short games and the speed to break it past the secondary for the open field. The signal caller (quarterback) is Justin Roper who is a 6’ 6” gunslinger whose size gives him an advantage as he can watch the plays develop and then pick his target. He also has played in big games including the 2007 Sun Bowl in which he threw for a record four touchdowns against South Florida’s speedy defense. Enough about the damn Ducks though, the Boilers have a real chance of upsetting the Oregon. Curtis Painter is one of the best mechanics quarterbacks in the nation because he does almost everything right for one he has only one sack, no interceptions and no fumbles. Unlike Justin Roper who has had an interception in both of his first games. Kory Sheets is also one of the best weapons we have as he is averaging 6.6 yards per game and is very quick and elusive to would be tacklers. The boilers receiving core is solid and one of the best I have seen since before Kyle Orton’s breakdown. Although, Oregon’s number one ranked offense will be a challenge for our “pretty good” defense, Purdue may be able to come away with a surprising upset.