In case you’ve been under a rock with some Beats headphones on and cotton balls in your ears over the last 24 hours you’ve heard or seen that the Purdue Boilermakers “Shocked the World” on Saturday night by knocking off the then No.2 Ohio State Buckeyes. Naw…take that back, they beat the brakes off of the then No.2 Ohio State Buckeyes 49-20 and it was never even close. At no point during the 60 minutes played was Purdue subserviant to the Buckeyes. They took complete control of the ball game from the opening kickoff.
Ohio State, for some reason, looked shook on their opening possession with illegal formation and false start penalties etc. They never looked like they were the No.2 team in the country except for when they got off of the bus with their usual Buckeye swag. Okay, even during warmups they looked like the No.2 team. Well…when they kicked off and ran down the field but that’s it. Stop it!!!
Purdue took over from there. I don’t want to hear that Ohio State played badly. They got beat by the better team on Saturday. Now if they played it today there might be a different result but they don’t playboy. They play it one time and you’ve got to be ready to ball that one time and Purdue was ready.
The Boilers played lights out for four quarters and kept Ohio State on their heels. Defensively, Purdue put pressure on Dwayne Haskins all night not allowing him to set his feet even when he had receivers wide open. The Boilermaker defense didn’t miss a tackle all night and what can you say about Jeff Brohm’s offense with David Blough, Rondell Moore and DJ Knox? They all were incredible.
So let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! With this huge win the Boilermakers not only put themselves in a position to go bowling again (they only need two more wins) but they put themselves in a position to compete for a Big Ten title. Now I know that it sounds crazy right? However, they’re in the Big Ten West with Northwestern who beat them in Week 1. The Wildcats control their own destiny if they win out because they 4-1 in conference play. They still have to play both No.20 Wisconsin and No.18 Iowa. “IF” they can win out they’re in the Big Ten Title Game.
Check this out playa, Purdue is sitting behind all three of the aforementioned teams (Wisconsin and Iowa) but they still have them both on the schedule. Now let’s put it where the goats can get it. If they brought enough steam to the party to beat No.2 Ohio State they can beat anybody in the league. Now the only problem is that they’ve got to stay focused enough to go out and prove it.
Winning big games like they did on Saturday changes everything on campus for a boy. For example, the cats that were dating 2’s and 3’s last week are suddenly dating 10’s this week. That’s a problem in and of itself. You do the math. Everybody and their baby’s momma is now patting them on the back telling them how good they are all of a sudden. Boyz start walking around the yard like they own it and consequently they don’t prepare like they did when they were hungry and 0-3.
This week they could literally get their doors blown off of them because of all of the above. However, if Jeff Brohm and Co. can keep them focused they could be playing for a Big Ten Title in December down in Indy “IF” Northwestern gets caught slippin’ and of course they win out. That’s a lot of what ifs but ride with me on this fantasy will you? I have no doubt that Purdue can beat Wisconsin and Iowa and literally run the table the rest of the way but do they believe it? Or most importantly, are they willing to stay hungry enough to prove it to themselves? That’s the bigger question. Stop me when I start lyin’!