Let’s hear some early score predictions
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Ya. It's hard to get sacks when you are triple teamed every third play. There is a reason he will go top 5.
Guess we will see. Tennessee leads the nation in scoring differential in the first qtr. If playing from behind is a flaw for you guys, this isn’t the match up for you.
You know more about Purdue than Purdue fans? Long missed some games and our offense played great without him. It was during the final stretch of games where O’Connell hit 74% of his passes for almost 2,000 yards and 12TDs and 0 INTs.
I feel like this guy thinks they are osu on offense. They are just missing the first round draft pick at QB, RB, WR1, WR2, WR3.
Closest thing Purdue has seen to OSU all year. Yards per play, OSU: 7.5 Tennessee: 6.5
They’re like year 4 or 5 in a system. Tennessee is year 1 and is easily the second best offense you will see all year. Purdue will be about the 6th best. And that was with both teams at full strength. OSU is better than us offensively. No issue admitting that. But you act like UT will be the worst team you’ve faced all season. And that’s not the case.
No I don't. I act like it's two fairly evenly matched teams playing each other. Tennessee might have a slightly better offense and Purdue a better defense.
Purdues defense is about 7 points better despite only facing 1 top 20 scoring offense. Tennessee faced 3 top 6 offenses and 4 in the top 20. I think if Purdue faced Ole Miss, Pitt and Bama, they’d average a TD more than they did too.
So it will be a game of offense? Agreed. It will probably be 30 or so scored by each team.
Maybe. This defense does well against 1 dimensional teams, especially if they don’t have a running QB.
No UCONN was the worst team we played this season. We beat them 49-0. Indinia wasn’t far behind. That was 44-7.
You are going to be surprised by our defense. It’s better than you’re giving it credit for.
Not arguing that we are. I’m saying we’re the second best offense Purdue has faced this season.
Not sure if it’s you or another poster, but they’ve really harped on how bad Tennessee is on defense… but I think that unit is better than their statistics would reflect.
I think they could have a really good day Thursday, relatively speaking.
You'd be the first this year to stop it.... and I'm not sure there is anything special about the Tennessee defense.
I think Tennessees stats were deflated by playing 4 top 15 scoring offenses and Purdues were inflated by playing 2 top 50 scoring offenses. Swap schedules and I could really see our numbers swapping too.
Now do how many top 20 defenses Purdue offense played vs the Tennessee offense.
2 for UT vs I believe 3 for Purdue. But it’s the Big 10. Iowa, Northwestern, Nebraska. All had “really good defenses” the year we faced them and scored at will.
edit: one of the mods keeps blocking me from posting. I’ll gladly leave and enjoy the game on my own board if this board wants to be an echo chamber.
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I disagree. Notre Dame is the second best offense we’ve faced this year. Tennessee does have a potent offense when it’s playing well (especially since Hooker took over for Joe Milton).
It’s an average SEC secondary IMO.
More importantly, what does this defense look like vs a one dimensional offense? Or does Purdue find more ground game with a month off to work on it?
It’s a well-below average SEC secondary - like 12th out of 14 teams.
We are at our best when we have a semblance of balance. If Purdue can rush for 100 yards or more it likely means Purdue is having a lot of success moving the ball and scoring on Tennessee.
Again. Calling the Purdue offense 1 dimensional doesn't do it justice because they run pass plays that are essentially run plays. They use the pass as an extension of the run, but then also hit you with the intermediate and deep passes.
If you play the pass, Purdue will dink and dunk all over you. If you play up, they will hit you deep and over the middle. Purdue will still run it 20 times a game to keep a defense honest as well.
Tennessee is 15th in total offense. Norte Dame is 55th. Tennessee also averages scoring 4 more points per game than the Irish.
Stats don’t tell the whole story, but that’s are pretty large gaps.
I think Purdue will surprise you with is running game... It's certainly capable and wouldn't be surprised to see more run heavy/screen heavy approach
Tennessee is 15th in total offense. Norte Dame is 55th. Tennessee also averages scoring 4 more points per game.
Stats don’t tell the whole story but those are pretty large gaps.
I was referring to ability, not statistics.
As I’ve pointed out, I think this defense is better than their numbers suggest.
We played Kenny Pickett, Matt Coral, and Bryce Young this season. No one else in the country can sniff that.
And you think they will do better vs a QB that has just as good of an arm?
Dont have near the WR talent that those teams have with your top couple guys out.
Maybe not, but there is still some solid WR and TE talent playing. A good QB makes their WR's better. O'Connell can do that.
Tennessee averages 7.1 yards per attempt allowed and Purdue averages 7 ypa allowed passing. Yes Tennessee has allowed more yards but they also have the ball a lot less because they scored so fast and so much.
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