Game Week: Purdue (2014)

Below is a picture of Ameer Abdullah farting on a Rutgers player’s head. It is being utilized as the cover photo for this week’s comic because let’s be honest last week we played Rutgers and this week we play Purdue and that might be, on paper, the most boring two-game conference stretch for any team in the country. So when those things happen, do you know what I do? I open a picture of Ameer Abdullah farting on a guy’s head and I laugh. Look at that picture. That defender is really in there. Yes, layers of facemask and athletic pants separate face from butt. But that doesn’t matter in this snapshot, which heroically ignores context and just delivers you a tremendous fart joke. What if Ameer Abdullah farted that guy out? That’s funny, isn’t it? Don’t you think Taylor Martinez enjoys this picture? I sure think he might.

And I think you’ll like this week’s comic. Because you might need something entertaining to laugh at whilst in the midst of a season of forgettable respectability. That’s the Huskers this year. 7-1, a real possibility of 11-1, and an outside shot at the playoffs. Exciting, right?! But, save for the Heisman campaign of Ameer Abdullah (pictured below, farting), we are completely under the radar. Playing Buttgers and Purdeuce back to back doesn’t help. Husker Nation can kind of just wake up, roll over, hit snooze and mutter, “Are still 7-1? OK. Cool.” But ultimately, that’s the right situation for this team. A quiet run. Minimum scrutiny. A few great players propelling a team of good ones to something resembling relevance while a program relearns how to win. So enjoy that. And if you need something funny or dramatic to happen, just wait for Jake Cotton to slowly fall down, Josh Mitchell to Yolo Pitch a ball over his head, or Ameer Abdullah to fart a Rutger (pictured below).

This week in the tunnel, Barney talks recruiting and an old friend helps the gang figure out how in the heck to beat Purdue. Follow TWOS on Twitter for mature grown-up humor during the week. And now, your comic. Starting with, you guessed it, Ameer Abdullah farting on a guy.

[NOTE: Looks like Imgur has its technical issues fixed, so the album is again embedded below (I fixed past weeks’ posts, too), but if you’re on mobile you may prefer to read the comic on imgur so click here for that]