I've been watching Purdue football for over half a century and for whatever reason, Purdue vs Minny has been chock full of stunning, staggering, great games. I don't know how many times I've seen last second FGs, outrageous penalties, great passes and a freaky frequency of games decided in the final minute.
I think that's partly because these two programs have been fairly evenly matched a lot of the time. There have been many exciting score-a-thons in this series since the mid-90s. But the Rodents have had the upper hand lately, winning 9 of the last 12.
Would be interesting to know if weather would influence Brohm's decision at QB. I for one want to see AOC start tomorrow but Plummer might be the conservative choice if the weather is bad.
I'm in your camp. I see another close contest that turns into a puncher's chance at the end.
I always wonder how much the weather forecast plays into the head coach's mind when putting a game plan together. If its me looking at the hourly forecast I'm thinking be aggressive out of the gate and try to score early on before everything gets soaked.
We don't get paid the seven figures, but I hope all the coaches & Coach Brohm's wife & Brady all all in his ear with this same sentiment. Air that damn thing out early cause the ground and pound MN will beat us late if we don't.
The game will be determined by the ability or inability of our offensive line to withstand the pummeling of the Gophers.
They have to open us up with the pass. If they can do that they’ll win by a touchdown plus. But that doesn’t seem so easy to do, on both ends
AOC grew up in northern Michigan I think if I remember correctly? Bad weather during a lot of his football season. I’m sure nothing phase is this kid. I remember a game against Minnesota where a guy named Drew Brees through for like seven touchdowns or some crazy number like that.
You were close. 1998 - I took my girlfriend (at the time) to that game. It rained basically up to game time and then stopped a little before kickoff. Brees tore Minnesota’s man defense to shreds. 522 yards passing and 6 TD passes. I think the final score was Purdue 56 Minnesota 21. It was a fun game to watch as it seemed like we scored everytime we had possession.
That’s right! I remember that, I remember looking up at the press box from section 221 thinking “holy cow that thing is so rusty I hope the wind doesn’t blow too much because it’s gonna fall over onto the stands”
