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Topic: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread

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betarhoalphadelta

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Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« on: October 13, 2025, 12:58:59 PM »
A 2-4 team, winless in conference play, who hasn't beaten a P4 team heading on the road to face a 4-2 team who has two conference wins, including one over Penn State. Should be a laugher!

And yet... Vegas has Northwestern -3.5 right now at home, which when accounting for HFA (for whatever it's worth in Evanston) has them placing this in the "toss-up" category should it be played at a neutral field. 

Purdue is averaging 410 yds/g offensively and 26.5 ppg, to Northwestern's 365 and 23.3, respectively. On the defensive side, Northwestern is only giving up 306 and 17.7, and Purdue giving up 375 and 29.3.

Ultimately I think this is a Purdue team that isn't as bad as their record, and a Northwestern team that isn't as good as theirs. 

Neither team is very good, of course. But I think that's why Vegas has this as a close one. 
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2025, 01:49:44 PM »
Yeah, what I've seen of Purdue makes me think that they are baseline competent. Not great, but not a train wreck, either. None of their losses are unforgivable or even uncompetitive. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they beat Northwestern. Northwestern, too, looks like a decent team. The loss to Tulane is a little hard to forgive, but since then, they've done some good things, if nothing especially impressive. We all thought UCLA was a pushover, but now that's not so clear. So even that win for the Wildcats was decent.
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2025, 04:39:13 PM »
Purdue has two major issues that has prevented them from being 3-3 or even 4-2:  big play pass defense and turnover margin.

They have been burned on deep pass plays.  ALOT.
The Minnesota game was better, but the refs let both sides get away with a lot of handsi-ness in that one.
The interceptions are the real killer though.  They've had something like 4 red zone interceptions already this year.  Purdue is 133rd of 136 teams in turnover margin.

You just can't win games by giving your opponents that many more possessions.
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2025, 04:41:57 PM »
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2025, 04:51:50 PM »
Big weekend for beer goggles
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2025, 05:00:08 PM »
You know, studies have shown a positive correlation between intelligence and physical attractiveness. 

And by "studies", I don't just mean the movies where the bookish nerdy girl takes off her glasses, lets her hair down, and suddenly the entire student body realizes she's been a smokin' hot babe the whole time. 

I mean real, actual, scientific studies. 

Granted, studies which are done by nerds, so they may have bias in reaching their finding. 
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2025, 05:08:01 PM »
granted
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Re: Purdue (0-3, 2-4) at Northwestern (2-1, 4-2) Game Thread
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2025, 11:44:36 AM »
Northwestern 30, Purdue 17
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