Tomorrow marks 100 days until the kickoff of the 2021 Purdue football season, and it is expected to be one of normalcy. We should play the full schedule. We should have fans back in the stands. Also, in terms of normalcy, outside expectations of the program are low.
It really is a critical season for Jeff Brohm. He desperately needs a bounceback after an injury-plagued 2019 season and an abbreviated 2020 season that mostly felt like six glorified scrimmages. When looking at the 2021 schedule it isn’t easy, but it is not overly hard, either. Purdue plays a pair of CFB Playoff teams from 2020 in Notre Dame and Ohio State, both on the road.