A pair of starting defensive backs in the transfer portal have picked up offers from Purdue: BYU safety Crew Wakley and Washington State’s Stephen Hall.

With the 2 decommits (2 of our best 3) and news that Tavion Galloway was going to hit the portal I think that maybe something was made known behind the scenes about the future of this coach. Either word that he’s done OR a vote of confidence he would still be around next year. Thoughts?

Or was it just a total coincidence?

Marshall is opting out of their bowl game. I heard this week that every QB on their roster went into the portal. I jumped on Army -10.5.

Winners in color. Who are your picks?

Friday, Dec. 20

8 p.m. ET: No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana (+7.5, 50.5)

Saturday, Dec. 21

Noon ET: No. 6 Penn State vs. No. SMU (+8.5, 53.5)

4 p.m. ET: No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Clemson (+11, 51.5)

8 p.m. ET: No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Tennessee (+7.5, 47)

Tuesday, Dec. 31

7:30 p.m. ET: No. 3 Boise State vs. TBD (Penn State/SMU)

Wednesday, Jan. 1

1 p.m. ET: No. 4 Arizona State vs. TBD (Texas/Clemson)

5 p.m. ET: No. 1 Oregon vs. TBD (Ohio State/Tennessee)

8:45 p.m. ET: No. 2 Georgia vs. TBD (Notre Dame/Indiana)

Illinois has the easiest road schedule, they play the 4 lowest ranked teams on the road (Washington, Minnesota, Rutgers and Nebraska).
UCLA plays 3 (Washington, Rutgers and Nebraska), has already won at Oregon! Has the best defense in the BT.
My top 5:
1. UCLA
2. Oregon
3. Maryland
4. Illinois
5. Purdue (Can they win on the road?) (Washington, Minnesota and Rutgers are must wins)

Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)​

Miami (Ohio) coach Chuck Martin walks on the field during warmups prior to his team's game against Miami (Fla.) at Hard Rock Stadium.
Maybe the 64-66 record isn't impressive, but Martin has taken the Redhawks to five bowl games and has recruited Indiana well. Prior to making the jump to FBS, Martin succeeded Brian Kelly at Division II Grand Valley State, where he went 74-7 in six seasons and made three appearances in the NCAA Division II national championship game, winning twice. That earned him a job on Kelly's staff at Notre Dame, where he eventually became offensive coordinator before taking the Miami job in 2014.


If you can go 74 and 7 at GVS which is a bonified football powerhouse, and five bowl games at Miami of Ohio, along with knowing the recruits in the Midwest, he might be a solid choice. And he's' only making 600K at Miami.

Bo says he'll name the next coach in the next ten days.

Love that Odom went to the SEC to get a QB. Hopefully he's hitting the SEC hard for skilled positions players and speed. We have big opportunities at RB, WR, LB (ok, pretty much everywhere, but you get the point) for guys to come in, get starting roles and make an impact.
Speed, speed, speed. That's the name of the game.

Physical, athletic opponent that pressures the ball and takes away post ups. Exactly the type of opponent that has given Purdue trouble.

Braden was out of his mind the first half (in the worst way), too many turnovers across the board, couldn’t keep them out of the paint, living in help on defense. This Purdue team needs to get much better and they will. Good for them to lose this game.

Purdue is targeting UNLV’s Barry Odom as next head football coach, Ross Dellinger reports.

If Walters isn’t fired tomorrow, well, I don’t know what it will take.

This entire year, culminating in an embarrassing loss to iu is unforgivable.

How does this team beat Auburn?

1. Turnovers- They have got to cut these down to 10 or less. When the big 3 turn the ball over we lose. It’s that simple. Take care of the ball and play off of two feet.

2. Get to the line- This was the key for Duke in their win over Auburn. To do this we have to be more aggressive and attack the rim.

3. Three pointers- This was a strength of the team early on. They absolutely need to shoot a good percentage and probably take more than 25 attempts.

4. Embrace the physicality- I don’t think this team is soft but they have to handle the physicality of the game better to hang with a physical team like Auburn. This is where the tough games earlier in the season needs to pay off. Do they adjust?

5. Painter- Coach has to bring his A game Saturday. Auburn is the best team in the country and Paint needs to get this team ready to take on this challenge.

Anybody else or are we just accepting the fact that this game is a loss?

It is a rare night, as Purdue will be raising a Final Four banner in the rafters of Mackey Arena.

Wish everyone and their families on the board a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!