Finally, five weeks into the season Purdue is lined up with a formidable opponent. Cruising to an easy 5-0 record thus far they really haven't had a challenge yet this season. The scores may have been close in the end but if you were watching you would know that they have not been in any imminent danger of losing any game this season.
So if you tune into your television sets this coming Saturday at 8 pm you will find yourselves watching what might be the Big Ten Championship. Yep, I said it this weekend could prove to be the crowning of the Big Ten Champion. Let's look at how I came to this conclusion.
The boilers have looked spectacular on offense, sluggish on defense. So if they prove this weekend to be a the real deal and beat a top ten team in OSU they will put themselves in the driver seat in the Big Ten Championship run. Purdue will go on to play Michigan, Iowa, Northwestern, PSU, MSU, and IU. Michigan: inconsistent, especially with a confusing attack that the Boilers have. Iowa: lost to IU so, well, that kind of explains itself. Northwestern: lost to Duke who before had the nation's longest losing streak. PSU: down in the dumps and looks to not be climbing out anytime soon. MSU: decent team that lost a tough one today to Wisconsin. IU: they are IU. So with a clean a road that is possible in the Big Ten awaits Purdue after OSU, the Boilers have a good chance to be champions. The only trouble is, is the slight chance of either Illinois or Wisconsin going undefeated in the Big Ten as well (one will lose as they play each other this year).
It will be a tough road but so long as Purdue takes it one game at a time and their defense improves, watch out Big Ten.
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I agree with you as far as Purdue hasn't had an opponent of too great of caliber so far. However, this is typically the way most coaches try to schedule their seasons. In a sense, getting things down close to perfection, and then play the tougher opponents. Purdues defense plays alright starting the game, but has some trouble in one to one coverage with recievers running far down field. Which, hopefully will be worked on before they play OSU. To me, so far it seems as though Purdue plays a smarter game, knowing they don't have to score 70 points to win, they just have to get a lead and protect it, which they do to a decent degree. I think in the OSU game, we will see a defense that has to bust their ass each play, without having the benefit of a 20 point lead. So, we might just see a defense that we haven't seen so far this season.
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