My pick

[Touchdown Rockets]

I am going to have to disagree with what I am seeing so far. The Rockets are a great team and have come a long way with that defense this year. With the Pride of Pittsburgh at the helm, the Rockets will roll into the fourth quarter with a fourteen point lead.

My pick:

UT: 42
TMSU: 28

[Zom]

Here's mine...

[TG1996]

I am going to have to disagree with what I am seeing so far. The Rockets are a great team and have come a long way with that defense this year. With the Pride of Pittsburgh at the helm, the Rockets will roll into the fourth quarter with a fourteen point lead.

"Great teams" give up 63 points in back to back games? Hmm. Temple must be outstanding!!!

Toledo has definitely come a long way this year, they had no choice. Aside from your game at Miami, I'd say you've been playing very well down the stretch. BG has been playing better, though I don't know if I'd even call them "a great team."

Regardless, it should be a helluva game!

[BGFalcons232]

a great team?

hardly. great teams don't give up back to back 63 point performances.

you are vastly underrating BG's offense if you think we'll only score 28 points. the only way we score 28 is if they change the rules and make TDs worth 3 points instead of 6.

BG has a prolific offense capable of putting up 70 on any team at anytime. just ask western michigan and more impressively, marshall. we could have hung 70 on the best defense in the MAC, but played conservative and didn't run up the score in the 4th quarter.

i expect a shootout in this game with whoever has the ball last coming away the winner.

BG 56
UT 49

[Flipper]

Mr T has a message for thte UT faithful...

[Touchdown Rockets]

It sounds like you guys are underestimating the Rockets. As much as it pains me to say it, I would consider the Falcons a great team also. I am not into the "great teams play in the BCS conferences" idea and I have watched BG play three games (well a portion of the WMU game). It should be noted that I rooted against BG in all three games, though the WMU game was hopeless.

The 63 point games that you are talking about were at the beginning of the season, a point in which the Rockets' D has improved since. I only hope that your team views the Rockets' D the same as you do.

No, I am not underestimating the Falcon offense, but I have big expectations of the Rocket D. After giving up 100 and some odd yards against NIU, I am feeling very comfortable.

If the Rockets are as bad as some of you think they are, a loss by your team would make them look that much more foolish.

FWIW, I do give Jacobs and Pope a lot of credit.

[bgmaggot00]

I don't know how much credit I'd give to the Popemobile (he's Bullet-proof, which could prove handy in Toledo ), before I'd give love to the O-Line, or the Receivers. Those guys have impressed me much more than our meager running game. If you guys have a shot, its with Scooter McDougal running for 200 yards on us. I think our Run D has been the shakiest part of our team all year. Jeff

[TG1996]

I think we just draw the line of distinction between "very good" and "great" a little differently. Trust me, I know that there are plenty of very good teams in non-BCS conferences. I just think that if a team was "great", the wouldn't have any pitfalls along the way, no matter who they played and where. For BG, maybe a close loss to Oklahoma wouldn't have affected "greatness", but losing at NIU does. BG is playing outstanding of late, but I still think their "greatness" is yet to come.

Even though I put in the prediction thread that BG wins by 25 or 30, I don't really think it will be that much of a blowout. ANY team in a rivalry can't be underestimated. Especially when that team is at home and with a division title and bowl bid on the line. And if that team is as tough as Toledo is, overlooking them is just silly.

[Zom]

Rivalries are great things. Statistics mean nothing. A season's form means nothing. It comes down to one game. Game on, winner takes all. Whether its Toledo & Bowling Green, OSU & UM, Real Madrid & Barcelona, Manchester United & Bayern Munich - it doesn't matter. They are the games that make sports tick. They are the games everyone wants a ticket for. Long live rivalry.

[kdog27]

I don't know how much credit I'd give to the Popemobile (he's Bullet-proof, which could prove handy in Toledo ), before I'd give love to the O-Line, or the Receivers. Those guys have impressed me much more than our meager running game. If you guys have a shot, its with Scooter McDougal running for 200 yards on us. I think our Run D has been the shakiest part of our team all year. Jeff

I think you underestimate how great of a running back PJ Pope is. In an offense that is predominantly passed oriented Pope has 850 yards and leads the MAC in YPC. In an offense that was run oriented I believe that he could have as much as 1400 yards, maybe more right now. Also he is one of the best backs in the country at catching passes out of the backfield. He is the best all around tailback in the conference. His backup is no slouch either.

[kdog27]

Mr T has a message for thte UT faithful...

Flipper, this board would be pretty dull without ya

[BGSUfanatUT]

EDIT; working now, thanks ornithologist, my self esteem needed that.

[Schadenfreude]

I cant see your picture Flip.... is there a problem with ti to anyeone else? or is it just me..

I see it.

[Ornithologist]

I cant see your picture Flip.... is there a problem with ti to anyeone else? or is it just me..

It's just you. Your computer is overloaded from posting so much useless stuff.

[rc_ziggy84]

Touche.