The last time Purdue beat a Big Ten team in Ross-Ade Stadium was November 24, 2012. That seems like forever ago now:
- President Obama had just won a second term
- My son was still in utero
- Tom Crean was coaching a top-ranked basketball team
- The Movement still had four members
- Danny Hope was still coaching the Boilermakers
Since then Purdue has gone 0-8 at home against the Big Ten by the following scores:
Nebraska 44-7
Ohio State 56-0
Iowa 38-14
Illinois 20-16
Iowa 24-10
Michigan State 45-31
Wisconsin 34-16
Northwestern 38-14
Of those eight games the only one where it felt like Purdue had a real chance of winning was the 20-16 loss to Illinois, which came against a team that had lost 20 straight Big Ten games overall.