As we appriach Saturday’s Old Oaken Bucket game, the 123rd matchup between the two programs, it’s becoming more and more apparent that we won’t be bailed out by any miraculous cancelation like Purdue was last year. Tom Allen reported that Mike Penix, Stephen Carr, Jack Tuttle and even Tiawan Mullen have been trying to get healthy enough to play this weekend, but we heard something similar last week and none of them ended up seeing time against Minnesota. By all appearances, this is a team that has given up.
Heading into the the Bucket game last year, Purdue was in the midst of a similarly painful season that also included a home loss to Rutgers.