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Road trip

We did a road trip to watch the Cats play the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ford Field in Detroit. The Cats looked flat but sealed the victory with a 71-yard TD pass to Kim Thompson with 2:44 to go, bringing the Cats 1 win closer to bowl eligibility.

High (and low) lights from the trip.

Attendance. If there were 3,000 people at the game, I'd be amazed. The stands were virtually empty, and surprisingly, there were basically zero EMU fans in attendance. At capacity of 65,000, Ford Field was empty and lonely for this game.

Car. Yowsah, Mercedes makes a nice ride. I could spend hours fiddling with all the gizmos loaded into that car.

Battle Creek. Ouch, this town looks a bit shopworn and when did they stop making all the cereal here? Plus, the stripper club is exceptionally skanky and is not recommended.

Downtown Detroit. Jacoby's and Greek Town are highly recommended. Potato pancakes and sausage, beer, rodidis, octopus and football. Can't be beat.

Next up for the Cats is Purdue at West Lafayette.

Predictions

The FishHead rates himself 2 of 3 from last week. I warned that the Illini had to watch for a let-down. Check, they got beat by the completely useless Hawkeyes, and will now vanish from the rankings after a brief one week stay. I predicted that the Irish would return to the loss track. Check, BC stomped them 27-14. And lastly, I predicted that the Wildcats would rout Minnesota. Does 49-48 count as a rout? I think that's a little debate-able, but perhaps I should give myself credit and go 3 for 3!

So after their second thrilling OT win in a row, the Wildcats advance to 4-3 overall, 2-2 in conference, and resume their march to a bowl game - 3 wins from the remaining 5 games are required. Next up is the Eastern Michigan Eagles, who look pretty weak this year (same as every other year). See you in Detroit if you make it up there.

Numb3rs

The numbers say it all. 520 yards passing. Sacks allowed 0. 5 TD passes. 10 receivers with receptions. Final score 48-41 Cats!

Next up for the Cats are the stumbling Gophers who fell to 1-5 after being routed by the surprisingly decent Hoosiers. The Cats should show up at Dyche re-charged, re-confident, and put a horrible pasting on the Gophers.

In other amazing action. The recruiting fairy has smiled on Champaign and the Illini are looking good, beating ranked teams on consecutive weekends. Yes, Wiscy was the most over-rated #5 of all time, but still. If Juice the melon-headed can learn how to throw the ball, the Illini could be amazing. But watch out for big let-downs. Next up is this year's conference patsy, Iowa. Illinois needs to at least show up and play.

Jim Harbaugh pulled off a big one, shocking USC 24-23. Even more shocking, The Cardinal did this with a rookie QB after the starter choked on a Big Mac. Not shocking at all, were the moronic platitudes that Pete Carroll vomited up after the game. Let's face it Pete, your team is not playing well.

And the most amazing action of all. The Fighting Irish scored points AND won a game. Now some nitpickers might claim that the UCLAns lost the game, as opposed to the Irish winning. Why would they say that? Lessee....the UCLA starting QB was knocked out of the game in the first quarter, forcing UCLA to play an un-tested freshman. Who proceeded to throw 4 picks and lose a fumble. ND's offensive contribution? A 4-yard TD drive after an interception. So amazing yes, and it'll be back to the loss column next week for the Irish.