Crazy Cats

It's hard to describe how hard it is to describe this year's Cats squad.

This past weekend, the Cats pulled off a Cardiac Comeback against Nebraska. You can view this two ways. One, the Cats rallied to beat an improving Nebraska squad. Two, the Cats snuck by a cupcake who might be the worst squad in the Big Ten. Or I guess you could argue if they covered the spread :-)

Regardless of which view you pick, the Cats showed zero running game, threw the ball over 60 times, and needed several clutch first down pickups on the final drive to secure OT, all against an 0-5 squad. But...look at other results this weekend, as Sparty beat the #8 ranked Pedo Guys. Yes, the same Sparty the Cats just beat by 10. Nutty.

Next up is Rutgers with the Cats giving 20, which amazingly is 4 less than Maryland gave against Rutgers. The Cats need to run the ball like 90 times to tune up that run game, and the Fish Head believes we'll see more than Moten and Vault in the backfield. Thinking positive, the Cats win and run their conference record to 4-1 setting up an epic showdown with Wiscy for control of first place in the West. That matchup will likely be another head scratcher, given the Cats lost by 3 to Michigan and Wiscy lost to the same Michigan by 25.

Other key matchups in week 8:

Maryland v. Iowa. The Fish Head's demon spawn brother pointed out the growing Iowa bandwagon in the West. Let's hope the Texas version of Maryland shows up and puts a smack down on the Crackeyes, albeit the Cats get a shot at Iowa in Week 10, giving the Cats a very thorough control of their own fate.

Illinois v. Wisconsin. This will be a snooze fest, but interesting in the context of gauging how weak Wiscy is prior to their trip to Evanston.

Minnesota v. Nebraska. Can the Golden Possums stick it to Scott Frost? They must be insulted by the spread, they need to row.

OSU v. Purdue. Purdue's recent results are on an uptick, the Fish Head looks to the Boilers to make his weekend by wrecking the Bucknuts season.