On October 17, 2009 I had just turned 30 and for the first time I had no desire to go to a Purdue game. The Boilers were 1-5 under first year head coach Danny Hope with far too many close losses. They had lost by 2 at Oregon, by 7 to Northern Illinois, by 6 to Northwestern (while committing six turnovers), and by 3 to Notre Dame. We were the worst type of bad football team. We were just good enough to get your hopes up in every game only to lose it late.
Ohio State was entering with a No.