One Brick Higher never worked for me, let's get more clear: 7+ win football season, above .500 in Big 10 play, .750 at home in Big 10 play
Honestly, I think that is setting the bar too low. Tiller came in his first year and went 9-3 with a win at the Alamo Bowl and 6-2 in conference with Billy Dicken at QB, not to mention a #15 final ranking in both polls. It's not like Jim Coletto was killing it before him.
Tiller inherited a program that had only had two winning seasons in the previous 18 years. However, the Boilermakers made an immediate splash in the second game of his rookie season with a nationally-televised upset of ND. Tiller would go on to lead the Boilermakers to ten bowl berths in twelve years, most notably the 2001 Rose Bowl. Prior to Tiller's arrival in Purdue had played in only five bowl games, most recent was 1984 Peach Bowl.
This post was edited on 4/12 10:04 AM by ATXBoilerUP
Honestly, I think that is setting the bar too low. Tiller came in his first year and went 9-3 with a win at the Alamo Bowl and 6-2 in conference with Billy Dicken at QB, not to mention a #15 final ranking in both polls. It's not like Jim Coletto was killing it before him.
Tiller inherited a program that had only had two winning seasons in the previous 18 years. However, the Boilermakers made an immediate splash in the second game of his rookie season with a nationally-televised upset of ND. Tiller would go on to lead the Boilermakers to ten bowl berths in twelve years, most notably the 2001 Rose Bowl. Prior to Tiller's arrival in Purdue had played in only five bowl games, most recent was 1984 Peach Bowl.
This post was edited on 4/12 10:04 AM by ATXBoilerUP
