Wolegib said:

For all of you that love the strength of schedule and say that it actually matters, I’ll pose a question.

What if Walter’s and BoBo realized how tough the Purdue schedule was this year. And they use it as an excuse to bring back Walters. For another year? As it stands now, Iowa and Illinois will probably both end up in the top 25. Purdue’s schedule could end up as being the toughest in the NCAA this year. And maybe even the toughest ever.

And we almost won 4 games. As Walters would say……… We were so close.

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Wolegib said:

Several other key losses today helped IU’s cause. I have to believe 1-2 teams will be upset next week. And somebody will lose in a championship game. I understand the results of a championship game are not supposed to matter. But if you look at past college football and championship game results and bowl bids, it does matter. I’ve seen several sec and big 10 teams that were not in the championship game get better bowl bids than the teams that lost.

I expect somebody in the sec or big 12 or acc will be upset next week and IU will gain the last playoff bid. The only question I have is being the last playoff team better than the potential bowl bid they would receive if they finished the season with 1 loss but were not in the playoffs?

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bonefish1 said:

That’s not a horrible idea…. Bring him to Purdue to talk about Space X, astronauts, etc. let him teach a class.

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Poprudy said:

We are a very bad program right now and out performed a "top 5" program late in the year fighting for a CFP spot 😂.

6th vs. 106 SOS. I get it! IU was the football story this year, but after playing a top tier program they got dog walked.

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RossMackey said:

Agreed —- the object of the game is to score touchdowns.

I feel pretty confident in stating that none of these butt- hurt IU people whining about OSU’s “classlessness” will have any problem with IU tacking on meaningless TD after TD next week against Purdue…

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02BoilerUp said:

Agree...if not for the DJ injury, I don't think you'd see him until BW and the walk-ons enter the game.

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PaBoiler78 said:

big fan of Kenny Dillingham since he was the OC at Auburn. Last yr in his 1st yr there they went 3 - 9 now 9 - 2. Last year they ranked 125th in 3rd down conversions, this yr 16th.

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nick614 said:

IU was talking shit before the game and Day didn't like it when IU went for 2 and the on side kick when the game was over.

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Thordog said:

not a bad replacement for Cam Ward. Wash St has a great QB history.

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Boiler Buck said:

NE beat CRTN. Got some good portal guys.

Wisconsin on the other hand, has two athletic high scoring guards. Team puts up tons of points, their D isn't quite there yet

Their coach has shown how to blend recruiting with a portal or two. Hopefully, this years portal version doesn't give up on the season half way through.

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PaBoiler78 said:

Wazzou QB Mateer is really good but their D is kind of like swiss cheese

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msfboiler3 said:

Wow on that last td. Props for the tb stopping but not sure whay was going on with day after that. Either there was something said before the game that day was pissed about or he was just being an ass.

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Thordog said:

Washington St at Oregon St on now on the CW - what a crappy situation those 2 programs ended up with.

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New Pal Boiler said:

Wow. We had over 200 yards of offense.

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rgarlitz said:

Here's a stat you don't see everyday:

Indiana had 16 first downs but just 151 yards of offense.

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tjreese said:

You know...I'm struggling where I read that. Seeing Jason Garner's name adds to me feeling old. I remember watching him as a senior go up against Chris Thomas that I was high on and wished he would have went to Purdue instead of ND in a game at Pike. I think Chris as a freshman went for 24 that game? I wrote a bit about him years ago on Mr Hoops. He was most valuable as an 8th grader in Purdue's invite camp. Purdue had a good shot, but...

Chris Thomas – Thomas was the runaway winner in the Mr. Basketball vote as a senior in 2000-01 after helping Pike to a 91-15 record and two state championships (1998 and 2001). Thomas, who also won the Trester Award and was the Gatorade Player of the Year for Indiana, finished with a Pike record 2,156 career points and 499 assists. The 6-1 McDonald’s All-American averaged 23.4 points, 5.8 assists and 3.7 steals as a senior. In four seasons at Notre Dame, Thomas totaled 2,195 points and 833 assists. He averaged 17.1 points and 6.5 assists per game over 128 games from 2001-05. Notre Dame made an NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2003. Thomas ranks second in Big East history in assists per game and ninth in points. Thomas played professional basketball in Europe from 2005 to 2012.

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tjreese said:

not sure if was an offer, but a recruit that visited. Now where did I come up with that? Getting old is not fun!

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bonefish1 said:

MONEY IS NOT THE PROBLEM!!!
Purdue can afford to do anything it wants.
Again, iu, one of the worst programs in NCAA history just committed $9M a year to a football coach.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Haha I figured! Shawn Foster from Ohio looks to be our only other offer

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Jason Gardner Jr?

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msfboiler3 said:

I get the feeling walters will stay regardless so im going with the double win. Beating iu on the scoreboard then keeping them out of the playoffs.

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TC4THREE said:

Out of everyone those two programs are the ones I feel worst for. It's too bad they couldn't have retained Cal and Stanford and put together something exclusively out west. May not have maintained power conference status but at least it would have made sense regionally. I'd still rather be in that position than in the ACC as a West Coast team.

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BoilerInChiTown said:

of the year. Watched them for the first time this year. Both of their lines got manhandled. Didn't see an area they are outstanding at. Definitely not a top 10 team and shouldn't be in the playoff. They will still beat us 48 to 7 next week. BoBo need to wake up. It's time for a new coach for us.

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