Play ball! Though it’s been a rough season for Northwestern thus far, the Wildcats will make their long-awaited return to Wrigley Field this Saturday to take on Purdue. The Boilermakers have had an eventful 2021 campaign highlighted by wins over Iowa and Michigan State. Here are three things you need to know about NU’s Big Ten West foe before the ‘Cats take them on at the corner of Addison and Clark this weekend:

After some early uncertainty, they’ve got their QB

If you watched PU in its upset of Iowa, you probably noticed that the Boilermakers featured three different passers: Aidan O’Connell, Jack Plummer and Austin Burton.