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Purdue targeting Barry Odom as next head coach

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

He sounds like a good get but I think he's inheriting a real mess in WL. I hope he can recruit and portal and NIL and bring some good athletes from UNLV.
 
Meh. Concerns me his last P5 DC was Walters…

His OC is good though but if he doesn’t come along too we are screwed.
He has a defensive background and proven record as a dc and hc. Agree on the offenive coordinator. Hopefully he can cherry pick off his current staff and has been around long enough to fill in with guys hes coached with prior or knows alot about.
 
Think it's a good hire...as long as his coordinators come and a good handful of players....anybody had to be miles ahead of what we just endured. As long as we are competitive with the big boys and can have 7-5 ..8-4 type seasons ....I would be happy....we are what we are...
 
Did we hire him because of his extensive Defensive experience and connections from his tenure at Missouri? Fine. Did we hire him because of the success at UNLV? That only works if he brings Brennan Marion with him for multiple years, the way Tiller had Chaney…
 
after getting behind to Boise, I thought they did a good job in not letting that lead snowball into rout like we've seen w/ our program
Actually after BSU's 3rd touchdown UNLV played decent, but could never get over the hump. And then the Goalposts ended up in the Boise River, next to the stadium.
 
Did we hire him because of his extensive Defensive experience and connections from his tenure at Missouri? Fine. Did we hire him because of the success at UNLV? That only works if he brings Brennan Marion with him for multiple years, the way Tiller had Chaney…
Agreed.

People forget that Joe Tiller was a DEFENSIVE assistant at Purdue before he went to Wyoming to be HC.
 
As of right now I want to say it’s a safe hire but not a homerun hire…it’s a hard sell for a homerun hire at the moment. Hopefully Odom can bring his OC with him!! UNLVs program was a dumpster fire before Odom and then he turned it around for 2 back to back solid seasons in a row so I’ll give him credit for that. This program needs a direction to go so hopefully Odom can lead them in the right direction.
Hiring a good GM should be the next step!
 
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If I remember right they were beating us by 2 scores, then Lock threw a real bad INT and we got a fluke tipped ball completion to Hopkins that went for like 85 yards. Comeback fell short. Blough threw for damn near 600 yards in that hame
If I remember right, they had a very iffy touchdown in the back left corner of the south end zone that won the game. But I'm getting old.
 
If I remember right, they had a very iffy touchdown in the back left corner of the south end zone that won the game. But I'm getting old.
Just looked at the box score and Missouri won on a walk-off FG. But I know there was a questionable call in that end zone at some point.
 
Does he have any SOLID players to bring with him that know his systems and help try to make up for EVERYTHING that's leaving?
 
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