Would you rather?
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We have a young team. It will beneficial for them next year to have those extra practices over the last month.
Purdue should never have been in a bowl with an Auburn. Not this year at least. Going to the bowl should have helped PU's inroads into the south....getting blown out with an old fashioned butt whoopin' of epic proportion was an embarrassment that most likely damaged recruiting for a long time.
And in no way do I want to put this loss on the players. They did the best with what they had to do with.
I’m not sure that could possibly be more of an exaggeration.
I think it could help with recruiting showing we are still at that "if you come to Purdue, you might start feom day 1". There are only 6 people on offense and defense that I think are locked in as starters next season. That offers a lot of possibility.
Believe what you want. But take off the PU glasses before you say it's an exaggeration...because if PU is recruiting you and Auburn is recruiting you, Auburn is already ahead on points.
Blown out and it’s not even close. The value of added practices for young players and what they learned in those practices/scrimmages along with the spur of defeat does more than being 5-7 and stuck at home.
With every bowl game, you are essentially getting an additional spring/fall camp. That can’t be overstated in the grand scheme of a rebuild.
With every bowl game, you are essentially getting an additional spring/fall camp. That can’t be overstated in the grand scheme of a rebuild.
Purdue and Auburn don’t cross paths on the recruiting trail very often. One game isn’t gonna make much difference. Brohm has been able to sell recruits on a vision despite similar on field results. He’ll continue to do so until the talent is sufficient to support the vision.
The bowl game is better. To add to others point, the returning players should be hungrier to prove this game was a fluke and that they aren't as bad as they looked. Get in the training rooms and work their butts off to be ready for next season.
Agreed. If I were a Brohm I’d be tempted to paint 10 foot tall font 63-14 on the wall of the training room. Pure motivation.
We shouldn't have played auburn this year. Someone on this board claimed brohm had connections with whoever matches the team's in that bowl which i wouldn't doubt. I think he wanted a challenge though it obviously ended up backfiring. In the grand scheme of things not sure this loss will affect the program as long as brohm keeps winning.
Auburn was already way ahead of Purdue in any recruiting battle - Purdue is not even in the same league as Auburn on the football field. If you're being recruited by Auburn, you're being recruited by Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Florida. This isn't even a contest.
Down the road, all people will remember was Purdue lost to Auburn in a bowl game. Nobody will remember the score. much like Michigan lost to Florida. being in a bowl game and losing is much better than not being in the game.
Think about it,
if Purdue was 5-7 that would mean we lost to IU, and we'd never hear the end of that.
Think about it,
if Purdue was 5-7 that would mean we lost to IU, and we'd never hear the end of that.
in hindsight, we should have gotten the Pinstripe bid and Wisky should have gotten our game,
34 - 27. not really a tail whipping. The offense was ineffective and after beating 2 #1 ranked teams. The difference maker in that game was we lost our #1 running back to injury in the SEC championship game Kerryon Johnson who is now with the Detrioit Lions.
It’s absolutely a no brainer. Bowl game is way, way better. I’m on record here saying I didn’t care if we won or lost our bowl game but I wanted the practice time for building next year. I still stand by that although I’m not sure I was thinking we’d get beat by like 87 points.
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