Hammer and Rails · Sep 3, 2017
Louisville 35, Purdue 28: Finally, a Brick Higher
On August 31, 2013 I drove to Cincinnati to watch Purdue take on the Bearcats. After Darrell Hazell came to Purdue with much fanfare and a party on the Circle in Indianapolis the Boilers wilted in the second half. Down 14-7 in a close game, they eventually lost 42-7. We thought it only meant that the rebuild would take a little longer than expected, but instead it was merely a sign of things to come.
Yesterday there was another party on the Circle. Once again, Purdue was starting under a new head coach with an era that was supposed to be better than the previous one. Hazell had inherited a team that had made two consecutive bowls, while Jeff Brohm had inherited a team that had done far less.