Purdue has not allowed more than 42 yards of rushing to any running back. The top 2 rushing performances were by dual threat QB. Purdue will try to take away the run and make Nebraska one dimensional.
With the assumption that the run game isnt going to be good, it'll probably come down to If the pass rush gets to Thompson. With adequate time he's got a great arm and a couple good options.. When he gets pressured, he's got stone feet and doesn't seem to make many throws at all.
Might be a long day for you then. Purdues front 4 has been VERY good at stopping the run with RBs. Our only weakness has been running QBs.
They needed something to dull the pain during the Frost years.
As someone with family in Wisconsin, I can tell you that not being #1, this is bulletin board material for that fan base.
He will get a college job. I wonder if the writing was on the wall enough for him to ask to be fired now. If they wait until the end of the season his college options are not what they are today. I bet he has a handshake deal somewhere before the college season ends.
Stepp left because he was 6th on the depth chart and made out of glass.
Yeah this is my thought as well. But this is where coaches are paid to be coaches. Have to make a game plan to get Thompson out of the pocket long enough to throw a couple Bombs. Not sure there is anything we can do though.
You guys beat IU at home and squeaked by Rutgers. Not exactly murderer’s row. Wins are wins, but it’s not like you beat Minnesota at Minnesota or Maryland at Maryland.
Purdue has excelled at stopping the run WITHOUT COMMITTING EXTRA attention to it. So, against a team with an OL like yours I expect a 4-2-5 look with widened out coverage and two high safeties.. very little cushion from the corners.. Purdue’s DL does a good job of cleaning up the run on their own.
2 high safeties? I think English forgets that is even an option for looong stretches.
Don't touch the spread, especially with today's injury news. Money line, maybe, but our games have been coming down to a few plays and a few possessions.
Nebraska will be 3-3 @ Purdue after this week’s game. Brohm did pretty well vs. Frostie. The only game that still irks me against Nebraska was the last one before Frost came in - Nebraska pulled one out at the very end of the game - your coach still got canned shortly thereafter.
Purdue beat MN with their two best players out...Team isn't that great.
We were missing Jalen Graham (our best defensive player), Broc Thompson (one of our best WRs), and a couple of OL. Everyone is banged up at this point.
Purdue beat MN without their best defensive player (Graham), their starting RB (Doerue), their starting WR (Thompson), and several other players. Along with that, O'Connell was hurt (ribs). So don't give me the crap about injuries being the reason Purdue won. That's lame.
Ohio State fans not being anywhere in the top 25 invalidates the entire methodology of these rankings.
Don’t underestimate Purdue’s ability to play to the level of its opponent
You are comparing Doerue to Ibrahim??? LOL
He said we were missing more good players than MN was.
And Ibrahim's backup, Trey Potts, is a career 1,000 yard rusher at 5.1 ypc in his own right.
He had a serious injury last season. Timing didn’t work for the draft to get healthy.
He’s a 6th year senior. All the really good backs in his class went pro in 2020 or 2021.
