Since we have a compressed schedule this week with a Friday game everything is moved up a week. Sure, we’ll keep Friday Drankin’ on Friday but everything else is a day earlier. Minnesota is used to this, however, as this is their third Friday game in four weeks.
Even though the Gophers are struggling this year this is a game that really concerns me. They were excellent last season. Their 38-31 win really wasn’t that close, as a couple of late King Doerue touchdowns made it a lot closer than it really was. Purdue gave up a ton of big plays and, of course, lost its two best offensive players in Elijah Sindelar and Rondale Moore on the same play.