With Brohm, I have to think there are going to be better opportunities for him than Louisville, even with it being home.
2. He's building a good program in the weaker side of the Big Ten. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if next year they win 9-11 games and are in the championship game.
who will purdue have as their QB next year?
I don't disagree that Purdue has a real shot at the west. Wisconsin should rebound. Iowa will be Iowa and I'd suspect NW will take a step back. UNL should be better (they'll have 6-7 wins) but I don't see them competing for the west.
I think the big year for Purdue is 2020. I think they're still a young team, and don't have quite the talent on defense that they need. That talent comes in the 2019 recruiting class, but expecting their DL recruits to be ready on day 1 is hard. That's a position that requires a year or so in a B1G S&C program. I think 9 wins might be the ceiling in 2019, with about 7-8 being the "expectation". Need to evaluate the schedule though.
As for QB, it's pretty wide open. You have Sindelar who has shown some flashes in the past, and who will be a senior. But you also have Nick Sipe and Jack Plummer on campus, and a good QB out of CA named Paul Piferi who will be a true frosh but is reportedly enrolling in January, so he'll have more time than most true frosh to get acclimated. Pretty sure that every one of them is one of those "prototypical" QB's with a cannon for an arm and is known as a pocket passer. Brohm didn't shoot for dual-threat guys.
However, I'll disagree with
@fezzador that it doesn't matter. To make the Brohmfense go, it really requires the ability to put the ball down the field with accuracy. Defenses have been keying on Moore, and you need to be able to make them pay. Purdue graduates two starting outside receivers [Zico and Terry Wright], but has Kory Taylor and Amad Anderson as replacements already on campus. 2019 they'll be bringing in Milton Wright, a 4* out of KY, and the tea leaves are relatively promising on 4* David Bell.
If you have a QB who can make them pay for doubling Moore by burning them over the top, then it opens up everything for this offense. I think every one of the QBs I mention above have the arm strength that Brohm wants [one of Blough's limits quite frankly], but it's a question of which one has the accuracy, touch, and decision-making to win the job.
