First off - the Purdue non-con was nothing. Maybe slightly better than IU’s. Nevada? You weren’t injured then. Two home games against the worst team in the SEC and a team with a losing record in TCU.
You played Penn State on the toad and got waxed. No shame there. IU had Penn State on the road and OSU and Michigan. Two games you would not have won. You had 7 home games. You should have been 3-0 heading into the season. You scraped by Northwestern in a game they absolutely gifted you. They make a chip shot field goal and it was over for Purdue, only to be made up by a phantom PI call at the end. Illinois / you had no business losing that at home. Injuries are part of the game. Next man up.
Hell - half of IU’s OL was a triage ward going into this game. Our best RB is out. Our primary QB was injured 3 games back, although not much of a drop off. Peyton is a game manager.
You offense is dynamic. Defense needs big upgrades, like ours.
The Boilers played 7 home games this year! You blew at least 2 of them that you should not have lost.
Lots of BS in your post.
If Purdue's non-conference was nothing then iu's was high school level. Games against the worst team(and historically bad) in the American conference, a fair(at best) MAC team and a friggin terrible FCS team. Nevada isn't great, but playing them out there is tougher than anything iu faced. Your team would've likely lost that and the TCU games.
In the Big Ten iu would've lost at Wisconsin and at Iowa, just as Purdue did. Heck, iu lost to MSU who got beat at home by Illinois (and barely beat Maryland today).
Half of iu's line was hurt? Big deal, Purdue has been missing 2 starting offensive linemen for 4+ games now. In addition the guy who would've been the starting RB broke his jaw early this year and has only 12 carries on the year. Purdue lost two starting wide receivers early this year, including the top returning playmaker in the conference. Purdue lost its starting QB, it's 2nd string QB, it's 3rd string QB and STILL had 400 yards passing against iu with a 4th string, walk-on QB. Satisfied yet? On defense Purdue's top returning DL never played a game this year due to injury. One defensive end missed a third of the games with injury, the top LB(and a likely all conference guy)played 2 games before being lost for the year, another LB missed today(and other games). Hell, Purdue started walk-on at QB, RB and center today. You have NO comparison on the injury record. Youth? Purdue started far more freshmen today, and had many more in the 2 deeps than iu did. Yet your best team had to go double OT to get a win.
Oh, and iu had essentially 7 home games - the "neutral" site game against that "vaunted" MAC school sure wasn't a road game.
Keep the bucket clean - Purdue will want it that way when we reclaim it next season, dipshit.