![]() ![]() He has been fantastic and is a threat to score on any play. Who are some playmakers we should be looking out for? The second half adjustments have helped, but we desperately need to start stronger.īCI: This is BC’s first game against the Boilermakers. Unfortuantely, the defensive front four has struggled to get any sort of a pass rush, and the secondary has struggled even on passing downs (giving up a crucial 4 th and 15 on EMU’s final drive). Cornel Jones and Derrick Barnes have provided stability and linebacker and along with Bailey give us a pretty solid middle. The talent is coming, but it doesn’t help now that three guys who could probably start right now are playing their final season of high school football. Brohm’s first full class was around 48 and his 2019 class he has lined up is ranked 23 rd. Hazell never had a recruiting class ranked above 65. Combined with the fact that Darrell Hazell was a horrid recruiter means we’re thin without much experience. Everyone else is either a relative newcomer or a backup that did not see a lot of time before. This year we have one experienced lineman ( Lorenzo Neal), one experienced linebacker ( Markus Bailey), and both returning safeties. It was easily the best defense we had in years as it was aggressive against the run and the back four could hold up vs. They were a great unit that Nick Holt whipped into shape in year one. Part of our problem is that seven defensive starters and two key reserves from last season graduated. Overall it has given up 68 first half points and just 23 second half points (six over those on the late FG drives the last two weeks). Against EMU it had a third quarter shutout before a TD drive and the late field goal drive in the 4 th quarter. It gave up 31 points against Northwestern in the first half, then pitched a shutout. H&R: Purdue’s defense has been interesting because it has been worse in the first halves of games and better in the second halves. Here we are.īCI: Talk about Purdue’s defensive strategy, and how you see Jeff Brohm attacking AJ Dillon and BC’s dynamic attack? In listening to Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody this week they mentioned that Purdue has had an end of game Win chance above 50% in all three games, and in their projections we had a 4% chance of going 0-3. We had some questionable calls go against us against Northwestern and against Missouri we had a touchdown called back that probably shouldn’t have been called back. The EMU loss was bad because just about everything that could go wrong did and we still only lost by a point. We have beaten ourselves with turnovers, missed kicks, inopportune penalties, poor defense, an inability to finish drives with touchdowns, and a myriad of other mistakes. Yes, David Blough just had a school record 572 yards passing against Missouri, but the defense struggled all night long. He is a dangerous offensive weapon that can explode pretty much at any time.Īside from that, Purdue has been very inconsistent and that is why we are 0-3. He had 11 receptions for 137 yards and another score. Moore was mostly quiet in the Eastern Michigan game (he had another big gain that would have been a TD, but he got tripped up by a teammate and we had to settle for a field goal, but he was big against Missouri, too. In that game he set a new Purdue total yardage record with 313 yards between receiving, rushing, and kickoff returns. In the first quarter of the season opener he had a 32-yard touchdown catch and a 76-yard touchdown run on a jet sweep. It didn’t take very long for him to make an impact, either. He was like a new toy for the offensive-minded coach. He was considered the prize of the 2018 recruiting class and much of what we heard all summer was how coach Brohm was going to get the ball in his hands in a variety of ways. H&R: A definite positive has been freshman receiver Rondale Moore. What positives and negatives have you seen with this team? īCI: Purdue started the year off 0-3, but only has lost by a combined 8 points. Today we talked to Travis Miller of Hammer and Rails, SB Nation’s premier Purdue Boilermakers blog. Every week during the season, opposing writers will give their perspectives on the upcoming game. ![]()
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