For the first time in ages I am not terrified of Wisconsin and resigned to a sure multi-touchdown loss. That is the effect Jeff Brohm has had on Purdue football. The Badgers have been our unbeatable bully for more than a decade. We have gone into each season just expecting a loss by double digits where one of their running backs rushing for 200 or more yards with ease. For the most part we have been right, too.
The exception was two years ago, which is just another reason to be infuriated with Hazell and Shoop. Purdue somehow held the Badgers to 96 yards on 37 carries, but still lost 24-7 because the offensive game plan was basically “That play didn’t work, run it again!