I typically write these previews after my weekly Thursday softball game. My team isn't very good, but we're competitive; we generally give up a big fifth inning and it goes downhill.
This week, though, we got to play the team at the bottom of the barrel in our league. We had an 11-0 lead at one point, and nearly got our first mercy-rule win. It felt good.
Purdue is the equivalent of that bottom of the barrel team. And not just in the Big Ten, but in the FBS; the Massey Composite puts them at 105th out of 128 teams.