I've got zero to present as argument unless I can argue cases 20 to 150 years old.
The storm around UT athletics would make a decent movie for not only fans bit the general public... to say it's been a mess is a huge understatement. Its been comical it's been so bad.
I'm not trying to make UT seen as a good team this season, but they aren't a bad team... ive got something to compare them to that proves that- and that would be their previous decade of teams. However. Milton starting cost UT the Pitt game, and the UF game. It's a good argument he cost the Ole Miss game running scared and out of bounds in scoring position as time expired. UT is 7-5, and that would make them 10-2... with loss to bama and Georgia.
The key to defeating UT is slow them down on O. That gimmick of play, I'm hoping, was and is to cover lack of talent and depth as the exodus last season into the portal as tater head was fired decimated the starting positions. I'm hoping it remains for crucial moments in the coming seasons, but I equally hope it's not relied upon. The man child lame kitten figured out how to manage it and by playing a wrinkle in rules and FLOP... flop flop flop... flop.
Meanwhile, Purdue is one of those teams flirting with a breakthrough a few seasons longer than they should be. We've seen examples over the years where a team flashes and shows what they "could" be, and then is flat the next week. Then they flash in clusters just before it becomes the norm- and they play above their station long enough to load talent and depth to legitimize themselves. Purdue has flashed a lot and enough that they should concern any opponent they play, but they've yet to load up and they're some distance from legitimizing. Even with the negative impacts on their roster over the last month, they should be a fiesty team today.
If UT thinks this one is in the bag they'd be wrong, and they aren't going to want to play catch up with Purdue if they're hot.
