Purdue football is trying to pull us all back in. A week ago at this time we were expecting an unmerciful beatdown at the hands of Illinois (think about that. WE THOUGHT ILLINOIS WAS GOING TO BLOW US OUT. I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S!). Instead, we were gifted with an actual Big Ten conference win. Sure, it was only Illinois (who might be horrid), but we long ago lost the ability to be picky about who Purdue beats.
And now we get Iowa, who has lost to an FCS team (an all-time great FCS team, but an FCS team no less) and a Northwestern team that has also looked pretty bad.