It’s game time! Purdue enters today’s game seeking its first bowl win over a major conference opponent since beating Washington in the 2002 Sun Bowl. Yes, it has been that long. Purdue lost bowl games to Georgia, Arizona State, Maryland, and Oklahoma State in that time, but at least we beat a pair of MAC teams in Detroit. Purdue also has not won a bowl game in the state of California, or any game for that matter, since 1970 at Stanford. It is the first game Purdue has played in the state of California since the 2001 Rose Bowl.