This one was ugly from start to finish for Purdue. The rain played a huge part in this one, I’d have to be stupid not to acknowledge that. However, the rain was failing on both teams and yet at the end of the game Illinois stood victorious while Purdue was left with more questions. It wasn’t until under 5:00 minutes left in the game that Purdue even put together a drive that wound up in the redzone. At that point it was obviously too little too late.
Illinois came into this game fresh off the shocking upset over Wisconsin from last week and they brought that energy into Ross-Ade.