On Saturday, Purdue heads to New Jersey (bleh) to take on Rutgers, and finds its self in an entirely unfamiliar position. Purdue is expected to win a football game.
Coach Brohm and the Boilermakers have made incredible progress this season. We’ve gone from, “maybe we can beat Ohio and we’ll probably lose to Missouri” to “Purdue is the road favorite vs Rutgers.” With this progress, however, comes some new pressure the Boilermakers.
A loss against any team thus far on our schedule could have been written off to a new system or a lack or talent, or simply a losing culture, but Purdue has played its self out of those excuses.