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This is just a poorly coached undisciplined team.
The only unit that for the most part holds its own 
Is the qb/wr for the most part. For some reason 
Our coaching staff thinks never asking a guard or tackle 
To pull, wham, anything is a good way to run the 
Football. you can’t run when even on running
Plays your essentially pass blocking.

The roughing the passer call that kept a Purdue TD drive 
Alive was correct and horrible for an experienced player
To make, likewise in a return punt call roughing the kicker
Is inexcusable. 10 penalties in all, sloppy undisciplined 
Football. 

Defensively we lack imagination, our defensive line even
When Bosa was there was good but not great. The LBs
Are just awful, none of them can get off a block and lack
Speed and instinctive playmaking. The 2ndary is unable 
To make even a routine tackle.

Add in a missed FG, a botched kick return and OSU failed
In basically every aspect of the game.

Everyone keeps saying the next 3 games are easy for Ohio st before Michigan, I don’t think there’s a gimme left the way this team plays. They
Seem to lack motivation, fight, there’s no killer instinct on this
Team and going into week 9 it’s too late to develop it.

Credit to Purdue, they fought, and wanted it more. And they might
Not have as many playmakers as OSU but their top
Guys are better. And frohm is arguably the best coach in the 
Conference.

Not a prediction just a matter of fact: Watching this Purdue offense versus this Michigan defense would be ... amazing.

This is just a poorly coached undisciplined team.
The only unit that for the most part holds its own
Is the qb/wr for the most part. For some reason
Our coaching staff thinks never asking a guard or tackle
To pull, wham, anything is a good way to run the
Football. you can’t run when even on running
Plays your essentially pass blocking.

The roughing the passer call that kept a Purdue TD drive
Alive was correct and horrible for an experienced player
To make, likewise in a return punt call roughing the kicker
Is inexcusable. 10 penalties in all, sloppy undisciplined
Football.

Defensively we lack imagination, our defensive line even
When Bosa was there was good but not great. The LBs
Are just awful, none of them can get off a block and lack
Speed and instinctive playmaking. The 2ndary is unable
To make even a routine tackle.

Add in a missed FG, a botched kick return and OSU failed
In basically every aspect of the game.

Everyone keeps saying the next 3 games are easy for Ohio st before Michigan, I don’t think there’s a gimme left the way this team plays. They
Seem to lack motivation, fight, there’s no killer instinct on this
Team and going into week 9 it’s too late to develop it.

Credit to Purdue, they fought, and wanted it more. And they might
Not have as many playmakers as OSU but their top
Guys are better. And frohm is arguably the best coach in the
Conference.

 I heard some good analysis on ESPNU radio.  Basically saying that the OSU d-line is quite good and played well. Had pressure on Blough most of the night. But Brohm did a great job taking advantage of the OSU weakness - the LBs and DBs ( more the LBs).
They opined that while not horrible, they are not up to normal OSU standards.  Seems about right to me.
A couple things I pointed out last week as well.  
- pass happy teams are often. OT good at running- it is not how they practice
- there is a toughness missing to OSUs team this year, and it may well be because they don’t have a real leader among the players.  No J.T., no Billy Price, no Bosa.
- Urban seems soft to me.  It’s like he wants to be Mr. Nice guy after the whole ZS bombshell.
Either way, they do not have a championship caliber defense and they can’t count on the run.  Unless those things get miraculously fixed, I see them dropping at least two more.  On the other hand, the players are athletic enough that I would not be shocked to see measurable improvement.  But I wouldn’t bet on it.

I heard it was 4 trips to the red zone. An interesting thing about that is, even if each had been a TD+XP, it still wouldn't have been enough to win. That's nuttier than the blowout to me.

This is my concern and I don't get it.  I knew going in that Ohio State had some issues but how can you lose THAT badly to a team that is good and better than their record but by no means a serious CFP contender?  
Some thoughts now that I have watched the game and had time to digest it a bit:
First, to answer my earlier question about how it is possible to have ~500 yards passing and only 20 points:

• A 48 yard drive for a FG
• An 83 yard drive for a missed FG
• A 69 yard drive for a FG
• A 73 yard drive for nothing (lost on downs)
• Total of those four, 273 yards, 6 points

I think that Purdue's biggest accomplishment (and it may be difficult to duplicate) was that they didn't turn the ball over.  All year Ohio State's Defense has been somewhat "feast or famine".  They have given up lots of yards but they have also been very good at creating turnovers.  Purdue's yardage totals aren't THAT far out of line with with other teams have done against Ohio State.  The difference here is that Purdue had zero turnovers.  Turnovers are HUGE.  Even in this 29 point game, if two of Purdue's TD drives had instead become pick-6's then it would be a one point game and we'd be talking about made/missed XP's and 2pt Conversions.  It wasn't because Purdue managed to completely avoid turnovers.  

Ohio State's Defense (rush yards allowed, pass yards allowed, turnovers):

• OrSU:  196, 196, 2
• Rutgers:  69, 65, 2
• TCU:  203, 308, 3
• Tulane:  100, 156, 0
• PSU:  206, 286, 1
• IU:  84, 322, 2
• MN:  178, 218, 3
• Purdue:  161, 378, 0

Ohio State's Defense is weird.  They aren't great but they have generally made up for it with turnovers.  In their previous seven games the Buckeyes averaged almost two turnovers per game so my earlier example of flipping two of Purdue's TD drives into turnovers isn't all that outlandish.  That makes this team very hard to project because turnovers have an enormous impact on a game.  

Not sure if it is a google employee is a closet Purdue fan or what, but Google Maps currently shows Ross Ade Stadium as "Nutcracker Stadium"

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4335421,-86.9180898,17.16z

hah, I was going to post those weekly awards here

tough for a kid like Martinez to break in here with the huge Purdue win

Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez was honored Monday as co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Martinez shined in Nebraska’s 53-28 victory over Minnesota, leading a Nebraska offense that put together its highest point total ever in a Big Ten Conference game. Martinez shared the honor with Purdue freshman receiver Rondale Moore.

Martinez completed 25-of-29 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for another 125 yards and a touchdown. Martinez’s 401 yards of total offense marked his third 400-yard total offense effort in the past four weeks and he has already tied the Nebraska career record for 400-yard games.

In the passing game, Martinez’s 25-of-29 effort against the Gophers set a Nebraska record for best completion percentage in a game with a minimum of 20 attempts. The previous record was held by Dave Humm and stood for 44 years. The 86.2 percent completion percentage was also the best in the country this season for any quarterback with more than 25 pass attempts.

Martinez’s effort paced Nebraska to 659 yards of total offense, the Huskers’ most since the 2014 season opener against Florida Atlantic. It was Nebraska’s highest total offense output in a Big Ten Conference game and its most in any conference game since 2007 against Kansas State.

In addition to his Big Ten honor, Martinez was also honored by the College Football Performance Awards as the CFPA Co-National Performer of the Week.

Tough for a kid like Martinez to break in here with the huge Purdue win

Tough for anyone to break in with a player like Rondale Moore.  This is his 3rd Freshman of the Week award.  He leads the B1G in receptions, receiving yards, and is 2nd in receiving TDs.