How important is the Marquette game?

[Woodsa]

All games are important, obviously, but should Purdue go into Marquette and pull out a win, only strengthens the foundation being built by Painter and team. It raises the stakes, mefua hype, eyes, etc. for the approaching games in Dec (e.g., #4 Aub). No diss to the B10 games between now and then.

Stay in the top 5 with a chance to move to #1 in coming weeks only fuels recruiting and funding.

Make Purdue Great Again!!

 

[Hausta01]

All games are important, obviously, but should Purdue go into Marquette and pull out a win, only strengthens the foundation being built by Painter and team. It raises the stakes, mefua hype, eyes, etc. for the approaching games in Dec (e.g., #4 Aub). No diss to the B10 games between now and then.

Stay in the top 5 with a chance to move to #1 in coming weeks only fuels recruiting and funding.

Make Purdue Great Again!!

Make Purdue Forget About Football Again!

 

[Boileratthebeach]

I like our chances. Plenty of Purdue fans should show up too.

 

[ImRonBurgandy?]

MUST WIN!

 

[tjreese]

All games are important, obviously, but should Purdue go into Marquette and pull out a win, only strengthens the foundation being built by Painter and team. It raises the stakes, mefua hype, eyes, etc. for the approaching games in Dec (e.g., #4 Aub). No diss to the B10 games between now and then.

Stay in the top 5 with a chance to move to #1 in coming weeks only fuels recruiting and funding.

Make Purdue Great Again!!

it is the first away game that counts, but so far these freshmen seem to be warriors!

 

[ChoiceBeef]

Still early in the season but to solidify us as Top10 - must win.

Advanced metrics won’t show this as a bad loss since they should be ranked all season.

 

[Woodsa]

Good point about first road game. If they can play with the same unity and physicality as last night then good things should happen.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

It’s not important as in a must win game, but it is a great opportunity to get a high quality road win.

 

[Ihaveswag29]

Important win. Can help show that we are a good team and we do not need Mackey to be good.

 

[goboilers2]

I dont want to sound like a parrot, but I agree with the needed road win comments. Next up will be Thanksgiving Day and a neutral site win.

 

[icewind7]

Sorry, we need to win every game. They are all important lol

 

[Woodsa]

Yes, that is true, but dome are more equally important.

A road win against acranked opponent builds the confidence this youngvteam to win in Dec against #4 AUB. If this team can continue to win as it builds the needed chemistry and fluidity to perform at that next level.

 

[BoilerAndy]

Enjoy the ride! As good as they look now, they will be really good in 2 months as they gel.

 

[punaj]

Good experience for the new guys and a great opportunity to lead for the guys that have been in big road games before. This is a fun team to watch.

 

[Thordog]

Beating 2 top 20 teams in back to back games is noteworthy anytime. Marquette is favored by 2.5-3.0 points so close to a toss up. They still has good guards and they beat Maryland on the road. These have been great games in the past several years. Hopefully, Purdue continues to find that rebounding edge like they did in the 2nd half of the Alabama game and limit turnovers.

 

[Woodsa]

I did see Duke/KY played (tuned in to see Gillis) but generally I've not followed any of the other top 10 teams, are they also playing multiple ranked opponents?

I applaud Purdue's approach to home/home games with select teams that promotes strong competition, insight, and reward.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Line has quickly moved up. Marquette -5.5 this morning on my site. I'm fairly surprised really. I expected it to be no more than 2 either way.

 

[Hausta01]

I did see Duke/KY played (tuned in to see Gillis) but generally I've not followed any of the other top 10 teams, are they also playing multiple ranked opponents?

I applaud Purdue's approach to home/home games with select teams that promotes strong competition, insight, and reward.

Alabama has a murderer's row of a schedule. I don't hesitate to say it's more difficult than Purdue's (they did have to play in Mackey, after all)

Duke, Auburn, and Texas A&M, have tough schedules. It doesn't look like many in the top15 are being shy about their schedule with most of them getting a couple good games. Even Iowa St is playing 4 teams above the 200s is Barttorvik ranking

 

[iubhounds]

I did see Duke/KY played (tuned in to see Gillis) but generally I've not followed any of the other top 10 teams, are they also playing multiple ranked opponents?

I applaud Purdue's approach to home/home games with select teams that promotes strong competition, insight, and reward.

It is to be commended. After two or three years of getting curb stomped by highly ranked teams Mike Woodson decided enough was enough and went to more teams ranked over 300 to fill in his November schedule. This IU fan was not and is not happy about that.