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Purdue-Minnesota Preview with Jake Dunn (2.55.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back to the Central Indiana Sports Report, Purdue Boiler Maker fans for today's special edition of the Purdue Report, our Purdue Minnesota football preview.
• 0:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: To far this season, Purdue has had two games that they easily won and controlled.
• 0:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Three games against teams that are ranked or were ranked or
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, pretty significant big 10 teams and Notre Dame.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is the first one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: First game all year, I think.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of a toss-up to go either way.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Minnesota's definitely a team that Purdue can hang with and should hang with and the conference like the big 10.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You need to beat your peer programs.
• 0:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think Minnesota and Purdue are the biggest of their peer programs here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So if you look at the series as a whole, Minnesota's got a 41 35 and three lead overall.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But Purdue's won the last two meetings in 20s to school.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So Purdue's kind of had the momentum as a plate, but Purdue's still chasing their first big
• 1:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: 2023 and their first road conference lens is 2022.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: So it's been a while and this is a good of an opportunity as ever for that first big 10 road went.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: October 21st 2022 Purdue 120 to 10 in at Minnesota and then in 2023 Purdue 149 to 30 in West Lafayette in fact Minnesota's last win over Purdue in Minnesota was 2018.
• 1:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Wow, you talk about peer group.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You produce historically has been pretty good against what you call their peer group.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And a lot of the head-to-head series, the Illinois's Indiana Minnesota Northwestern.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, did you know that Minnesota played his first ever football game against Purdue?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I did not.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I said it's a very interesting fact for October 27th, 1894, a 24 to nothing win by the go first came across that in my research and then the next year Purdue would be Minnesota in the first game ever between the programs in West Lafayette, 18 to four, couple of safety is a pair of what I also came across in my research, Jake is that
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota's defense is very vulnerable to giving up a lot of yards.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's offense isn't great, but it's wider receivers make plays.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So you've got to keep the big play.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's stopped them from making big plays.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that's been a common theme for this pretty team is given up big plays.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think in limit that, I think pretty is going to give themselves like a good shot to win this game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Plus if you can limit the big plays, you know, that kind of limits the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: In the game, this is Minnesota's homecoming game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, I wouldn't imagine it'll be a lot of people there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It'll be, it'll be Routy.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a 730 kickoff, 730 Eastern kickoff.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: 630 local time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But when hosting Purdue, for homecoming, the gofers are 7 and 4 all-time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So they've got,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: the advantage for hosting pretty on-homecoming.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it'd be a good, good, strong environment to play in.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm pretty just going to add to your point, Greg.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll limit the explosive place to try to keep the crowd out of it.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's 730 on the big tin network in Minneapolis, the weather is expected to be perfect.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So when you got a Minnesota, you always have to be concerned about that, but we're expecting perfect weather, and that should be good for a passing game that's been really successful this year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I really like produce receivers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I really like produce receivers against these defensive backs in particular.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rutgers was able to pick them apart, particularly in the first half on Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think the key and Rutgers, the reason they lost is they were able to do this is to keep from turning the ball over because Minnesota has some athletes on that defense and when they get their hands on the ball, they can turn it around and you got to avoid that if you're going to pull off the upset.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: And to your point, Purdue's got to have a good game through the air, that's going to be tough with the offensive line getting the running game going as Minnesota ranks 10th nationally and rush defense.
• 4:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: So there are other tough between the tackles.
• 4:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be hard to forget Machby and Tony here's going to be great, but it's going to be hard to really got a, you know, limit the limited mistakes on offense and I really get the receivers going.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Last game against Illinois, Ryan Brown, you played pretty well, three hundred two yards, no interceptions.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You played pretty well, I showed boys on their pressure, but Minnesota does kind of disguise or coverage as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you need to make sure we're indicating well on offense and all in that what we see and trying to eliminate any internal risk.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alright, I'm gonna, I think I said this on the Purdue Report this week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We talked a little football.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Purdue's gonna win this game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're gonna end this streak.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're gonna end the big ten streak.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're gonna end all of the streaks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think they're gonna win this game.
• 5:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm just gonna put it out there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's, when I look at Minnesota schedule, they beat Buffalo 23 to 10, not impressive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: they beat Northwestern state 66 to nothing irrelevant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They lost to Cal 27 to 14.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Cal's not horrible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're not good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rutgers, they beat 31 to 28 at home.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rutgers is not good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And should have won that game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It took Minnesota to 30 minutes to go in the game to win that one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rutgers dominated that game for much of it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then, of course, last week against Ohio State,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota's defense is capable of playing some good defense as we saw on Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Ryan Brown's going to have a big game and I think those receivers are better than Minnesota's defense of backs give me a Purdue 42 Minnesota 38.
• 6:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: Wow, that uh.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I obviously hope you're right, but that's a little point scored for Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you're going to have a field day through the air from what I've seen for Minnesota's deep in the backfield.
• 6:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: I hope you're right.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I, the line currently is Minnesota's favorite by nine and a half.
• 6:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Wait.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I did a, yeah, I did open at 10 and a half, but struck to nine and a half.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, I think.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The consensus field is that, you know, Minnesota is slightly better, but, you know, pretty hopefully is what is, yeah, that's, that's, that's a good, good question.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just going off with what Vegas, right, what Vegas is saying, but, yeah, I want to make this very clear, Vegas knows more than I do.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: they get me every time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So I don't want to say that I know more than Vegas because I don't.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I have watched Purdue's games all year and I watched the Rutgers and Ohio State Games the last two games from Minnesota.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Purdue's better.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: These are the games you have to win and this is a great opportunity to really be first to kind of first.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't want to say money mental but the first kind of signature
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Barry Adams tenure as the Purdue head coach.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So a game that would be great to win.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And if you play all enough, definitely can win.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota head coach, by the way, PJ Fleck is that a pretty good job at Minnesota.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's a guy that I think some Purdue fans wanted, you know, when it was time to hire Jeff Brom, you know, those were Brom and PJ Fleck or some of the top targets for Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he's done well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think some fans don't necessarily like his personality, but you can't really dispute what he's done on the football field.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's kind of turned that Minnesota program around.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That is a program that's really struggled through the years.
• 8:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't remember a good Minnesota team, it's possible they've had some, I think the last couple of years have been about as good as they've been in my lifetime, and that's not very good.
• 8:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: You talked about the peer group, Jake, next three weeks, you got Minnesota Rutgers, Northwestern, that's exactly your peer group right there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Exactly.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I really need to to win that we talked about it earlier, but
• 9:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it'd be great to go in October, um, two and two, you know, at one point you're kind of shooting for three and one, you know, if you could upset, you know, in the way that would have been a big win, uh, we saw that game turned out.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, uh, if we can, you know, uh, you know, win more than we lose the rest of the rest of the, uh, the month I think Purdue would be enough, and it gets spot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, Jake, I've said, I think Purdue's going to win the game, you agree with me.
• 9:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to have some disagree.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I really hope that Purdue can win, but I'm just until they can prove it to me.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just going to keep going against them here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to say Minnesota wins this one 35 28.
• 9:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: So that's a seven, seven score game or seven, seven score game.
• 10:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think it'll be close to Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: should cover the spread, but still, still think Purdue will fall short.
• 10:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, if Purdue can win on early downs, limit the big plays we can talk about, protect the ball, would love to see him establish the tempo to maybe make sense of MRPO, and we'll need to pressure teams to, you know, to be, you know, to be perfect, basically, in my opinion, for Purdue to win.
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, the counselors are really good
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Ben's a poor athlete.
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's been pretty good so far this year.
• 10:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, and they won the Rutgers game because they blocked a field goal in the first quarter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Otherwise, they probably don't win that game.
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm down 17 to nothing in the first quarter, and they not blocked a field goal.
• 10:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, they are definitely good on specialty.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm looking forward Jake to your text on Saturdays and man, you are right.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Purdue receivers are just way better than the Minnesota defense
• 11:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like I've said, I hope you're right.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was going with my head on this one, not my heart.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But Minnesota's kicker on the 6th of 9 for this year has struggled beyond 40 yards, so I've produced and stifing up on all the defensive end.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And not what I'm going to get too close to the audience.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Purdue's got a good shot there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Minnesota's D-Line, tonight huge, pretty as a size of bandage on the trenches for the offensive line versus the defensive line, but it's a pretty good front for Minnesota.
• 11:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just going to have to see for you, prove it, and then maybe I'll start to buy in, start to believe.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: I was going to point out that, um,
• 11:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: should go on Tracy, he's the leading leader, leader of the leading targets for Minnesota.
• 11:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a good idea when we're on the other side.
• 11:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so the brother of Toronto Tracy Jr.
• 12:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: who obviously as we know is, was on Purdue and played for the, or currently placed for the New York Giants.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: had four characters from six dogs and he's a nice player from the Mindy Napples.
• 12:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's going to be a big night speaking of high schoolers from Indiana, Nitro Tuggle, big night.
• 12:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jake Boiler Up.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Boiler Up.
• 12:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: I hope I can submit that text and you're right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much to Jake for joining me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He and I will be back on Saturday.
• 12:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, possibly Sunday morning to recap and react to the new win.
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