WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Asked about Purdue during an interview session at Big Ten Media Days on July 24, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said five words that would prove to be prophetic a little less than three months later:
“Purdue’s a team to watch.”
In a game that was alarmingly reminiscent to the Buckeyes’ 55-24 loss at Iowa in 2017, that certainly proved to be the case on Saturday night at Ross-Ade Stadium, as the Buckeyes were embarrassed by the Boilermakers, 49-20, in a game in which they never held a lead, to suffer their first loss of the season.