What's IU looking like in 2020?
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Lorenzo Neal Purdue's all Big Ten NT was out all year, gotta think that would have tipped the scales against Nevada.
Clearly PU was the first team in the history of football to have injuries.
But seriously...PU was lucky with injuries for a couple of years and law of averages caught up last year. I didn't see any sympathy from Lafayette when our 5th string QB played and won the bucket game. Or when we lost our leading WR from the year before, on the first play of the season two years in a row.
That is why coaches recruit for depth. Brohm has done well with top end talent, but Allen has brought in deeper classes in my opinion.
You can't deny that Brohm has lost at least one game each year he had no business losing. Nevada, rutger, directional Michigan Eagles...
I think the difference between Brohm and Allen's recruiting so far is Allen had more of a team and therefore was able to recruit more depth right away, but Brohms depth has to play because there weren't as many guys in front. I think we will have a good barometer of what these coaches can be in another 2 years. I think the rivalry could get fun.
I feel pretty comfortable saying Indiana has the better overall football team. But Bucket games get weird in a hurry and if the game turns into a dadgum track meet Moore and Bell can keep things closer than they probably ought be. Yes we have Mullen which is huge but I have a feeling Taylor is gonna turn some heads this year too. If the safeties are solid and we get a pass rush Purdue will be annoying but never a real threat.
I agree. I think the next several years, the home team will likely be a slight favorite in the bucket game. Should be a fun rivalry to watch. PU has had too many dominant streaks for it to always be considered a rivalry game.
I was at the game in Ross-Ade for Dinardo's final game. It was a massacre. There was a tall skinny TE shredded us. Hopefully game like that are behind us.
Brohm is a good coach and he has assembled more talent at Purdue then theyve had since Tiller. It's just a matter of tine till he gets them running closer to their historical norm.
Brohm has lost games he should have won, but more importantly he's won big games on national TV, and that is more important when rebuilding a program.
Folks hating on Brohm are going to be disappointed in the end.
Both MP and JP were injured in first year. MP only saw significant action in one game. JP saw started 5 games. In opener with PSU on the road he was sacked ten times and had a 97.4 QB rating. In the rain against Illinois he had a 56.8 rating. Purdue lost by 28 and 18. In games against Maryland, Nebraska (both wins) and Iowa (loss) he had QB ratings of 190.7, 141.0 and 124.7. completed 70% of passes with 7 TD’s and 3 INT and 5 sacks. Purdue won by 26 and 4 and lost by 6.
MP made great progress from first year to second. Most QB’s do. JP will be in his second season. He is healthy. MP is healthy. The difference may not be as great as some hope. Purdue lost to IU in OT with a walk on at QB who would have gone to Wheaton College had Purdue’s QB coach not seen something he liked and urged Aiden O’Connell to walk on at Purdue.
PU got lucky they don't have to get whipped by Memphis this year to start the season.
Ok, but you are saying one player makes the difference. Are you getting that LB back? I am confused at where the upgrade is this year from PU from last year when you had Moore with Bell?
potential starting offense lists 1 RFR, 7 So’s, 2 Jrs and 1 Sr. Potential offensive 2 deeps list 5 RFR, 9 So’s, 5 Jrs and 3 Srs. One of seniors is a grad transfer.
potential starting defense lists 5 So’s, 2 Jrs (1 JC trsfr) , 4 Sr’s (1 is returning NG who was projected # 1 pick and missed last year. 1 grad trsfr and 1 JC) potential defensive 2 deeps are 4 RSF, 7 So’s, 3 Jrs, 8 Sr’s.
Top 44 includes 9 RFR, 16 So’s, 8 Jr’s and 11 Sr’s.
only 25 of the 112 rostered players are upperclassmen.
The Purdue DL will be 23 pounds heavier than 2019.
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The same Memphis team that has missed three consecutive games due to Covid 19?
The series is 13-17 PU over the last 30 years. So exactly 2 games over 30 years from being a tied series.
Purdue's two big streaks (4 & 5 consecutive respectively) happened in a 9-1 decade of 1997 - 2006). IU has the one 4-year streak 2013 - 2016.
In the same time period, 16 of the games have been decided by one score or less. 2 more have been decided by not more than two scores.
Of the 12 blowouts, IU won 3 & PU won 9 (got us there).
It can always be considered a rivalry game.
No I was explaining why it’s hard to judge last year because we only had one game played without significant injuries to significant players on the team. Bailey is gone this year. The upgrade can come from plenty of places. WR room will be even better with 4 incoming 4* freshmen WR’s, an improved OL, and a secondary with some transfers who should help.
Fair enough and I think those losses will hopefully go away over time. But unlike Allen, he’s also won several games he wasn’t supposed to win so that helps make up for the bad losses somewhat.
Kind of hate that this thread is here. Once in a blue moon when I go check Gold and Black it’s nothing but IU thread after IU thread. It’s all they care about. They’re obsessed. I don’t want any IU site to be a mirror image of that. Although this was started by a Purdue fan so I guess it’s ok.
I don’t know specifically who he was defending at the time, but Mullen also had 2 or 3 PI calls against him as well. He is a good, aggressive defender, but will need to reduce those errors. I’d take him in a minute.
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