The Big Ten-SEC battle for football supremacy has rarely involved Purdue. The Music City Bowl will only be our 21st game against an SEC opponent. Of those 21, it is only the 5th one since the year 2000. It is also a game against a big name opponent, which can be pretty rare for us. Notre Dame has been off the schedule for a while. We lost at home to Michigan last year and thumped Ohio State this year. Outside of the conference (or Notre Dame), however, it has been a while since we have faced as big of a name as Auburn.