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Topic: Minnesota (1-1, 3-2) at Purdue (1-1, 3-2) Post Game
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ELA · « **on:** September 30, 2021, 05:23:26 PM »

Minnesota Golden Gophers (0-1, 2-2) at Purdue Boilermakers (1-0, 3-1)

NOON - West Lafayette, IN - BTN

If you boil Big Ten football down to it's most essential elements, I think you are left with a 13-9 Purdue win over Illinois, which all generations of Big Ten fans can reluctantly nod to. But, a win, particularly a conference win, is still a win, and Purdue gets to 3-1 for the first time since 2012, and the first time that 3-1 start included a conference win since 2007, when Purdue started 5-0 (with a win over Minnesota), and reached #23 in the AP Poll, which is shockingly the last time the Boilermakers were ranked. The only thing worse than the offense struggling in a win, is the offense struggling in a loss. The Gophers held Bowling Green to 14 points, and still managed to lose. Granted that was Bowling Green's 8th win against a Big Ten team in the past 20 years (which, without checking, has to be the most for any MAC team), which includes multiple wins over Purdue. That is of little solace to a Minnesota team which finished 2019 ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 1962 (only the third time finishing ranked in that time) and was looking to take the next step. Instead, they've been 5-6, without a win over an above .500 team. I don't love the Tanner Morgan slander, as though he was some sort of game manager who was unable to take the next step. 2019 Morgan, in Kirk Ciarrocca's offense, was dynamite. He left for Penn State, and neither was better for it. I'm a little surprised that after the plug got pulled after one season, that P.J. Fleck didn't bring him back in, but I don't know how many bridges were burned in his in conference move. I've managed to write a lot of sentences without actually addressing the game. Jeff Brohm is an offensive guy, but he has been largely unable to find a quarterback or a running game. He does have a fantastic defense, with the win over Oregon State and close(ish) loss to Notre Dame looking better and better. The Gophers' run game has survived post-Mo Ibrahim thanks to a great offensive line, but because of sub-par quarterback play, and injuries to the receiver group, I just don't see how Minnesota scores here.

PURDUE 27, MINNESOTA 17

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2021, 05:31:51 PM »

It might have been Bowling Green's 8th win over a Big Ten team in the last 20 years, but it was also their first win over an FBS team since 2019.

Benthere2 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2021, 06:17:40 PM »

RB Trey Potts taken to the hospital during the game saturday
why no knows about this is that BigTen Network was covering the Cheerleader doing a face plant in 2 inches of water on the Purdue sideline when the doctors were working on Potts

still no word on the exact reason Potts was taken by Ambulance to hospital and is still there today "improving"

down our pair now onto our spare's

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Topic: Minnesota (1-1, 3-2) at Purdue (1-1, 3-2) Post Game

ELA

Minnesota (1-1, 3-2) at Purdue (1-1, 3-2) Post Game

Brutus Buckeye

Re: Minnesota (0-1, 2-2) at Purdue (1-0, 3-1) Game Week

Benthere2

Re: Minnesota (0-1, 2-2) at Purdue (1-0, 3-1) Game Week