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Purdue Football Season Preview: Game-by-Game (The Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, 3.9) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to the Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, every week on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: On this week's Purdue Report, Jake and I evaluate every team on the Purdue Football schedule and look ahead in our season preview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Please join us next week as we talk about more Purdue Football news and look ahead to the Indiana State Game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome Purdue fans to the Central Indian Sports Report for this week's Purdue Report with Jake Gunn here to preview the 2026 Purdue Boiler Maker football season and Jake this is probably too optimistic of me, but I'm kind of looking forward to seeing what happens this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, I'm excited, this'll be a good test to really see, you know, what Barry wrote him in a staff who made up and why they're not taking, get the job done of the turn and this team around.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Then the last year, I would been a lot of money on that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was a betting man.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That felt me better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've got a little bit of easier schedule.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've brought a lot of talent.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you just got to put it all together here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, excited to, was he's going to get started and
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[SPEAKER_00]: that excitement definitely has a chance to be dampened pretty quickly in the season, but I'm still excited for it and the lesson I'm hoping for a better year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Jake, you said last year was a harder schedule.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I have to beg to differ a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Last year there were two definite wins this year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think there's only one definite win.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Last year,
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[SPEAKER_01]: There were a lot of it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think maybe what you're saying is more there are more toss-up games this year than then last year is probably what you're saying
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[SPEAKER_00]: you'll have Ohio State, you don't have Michigan, you don't have Oregon, you don't have as many of those top teams and they're obviously still have IU, you still have some other, you're really good teams and they're like Penn State, for example, but not as many of the top dogs in the conference slate, obviously you still play Notre Dame, there's more toss-up games, like you mentioned, throughout the conference is just slate, and then the gaming is waiting for us, which we'll get into.
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[SPEAKER_00]: here on here pretty soon, but yeah, a lot more toss-up games and then last year for sure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: My concern is that only one game I see that's a definite win, but I do think like you do that they're going to be better this year and with all those toss-up games I see anywhere between one and I'm just going to say it Jake six wins and probably closer to one, but we're going to
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[SPEAKER_01]: Before we do, I want to talk a little bit about any camp news and what you're hearing here, the last week or so since we've taught here in a lot of good things from camp.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm excited for the season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It seems like the feeling around the program is going to be a better year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I talked in the past spell, I'll last year, bury it almost trying to really just fill a roster and is very first.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, team meeting, there were, you know, like 20 kids in there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You obviously, you need any closer to a hundred for kind of a full team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, you was really just trying to assemble a roster at that point where this year, you know, a person, I kind of look, I kind of look at last year as a year or zero, so to speak, and this year is really year one of the the barrier of the Mira, but we have the same time, we can also talk about that, how much potential and how they're doing the right things.
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[SPEAKER_00]: really what this business and this is some of the uh... barrier them has owned up to a bit but this business uh... is a results driven business and uh... results come in wins and losses so you have to do all the right things if you don't win the games then then you're uh... you're not going to be around for too long so produce looking to get their first power conference when uh... since twenty twenty three which is pretty embarrassing to say and uh... as you mentioned great uh... after
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[SPEAKER_00]: power for opponents.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's an easier schedule in a sense that, you know, you don't have as many as many of those top, you know, automatic loss, you know, games, the third, there are a lot, you know, there's less certain wind, I like that we're last year against FCS opponents.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, excited to get into it though.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I see only two certain losses.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's one thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think at I was probably certain loss to you could add that one to Indiana Notre Dame and probably at Penn State, but with a first year coach in a situation that's kind of influx, I wouldn't call that a certain loss if produced good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There are some positives to the schedule, but it's brutal, man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It just, it really is brutal week to week to week.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And let's get into it, Jake, before we take our first break.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to go a little extra long on this podcast to preview the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to have three segments rather than two.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So we're going to...
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[SPEAKER_01]: Before our first break, Jake get to the first two opponents, and we don't need to talk much about Indiana State, although they did improve last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They beat South Dakota State.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They weren't bad at the end of the year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Should be a pretty easy win.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That is Friday, September, and we will have a preview of that game when it comes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But Jake, Indiana State at home, that's a must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-wind.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, you don't really have any room for that to be scary.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think if that game was close at all, you're not gonna be having too many fans feeling good about going into the next game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a wig for us, but it's doing a game where Purdue will be, you know, a heavy favorite.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And in 2024, Purdue would be any in a state 49 to zero.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That game, we're watching that thinking, okay, you know, Purdue's gonna look pretty good here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was in the year two at Ryan Walters.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That when, you know,
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[SPEAKER_00]: was I was pretty deceiving because after that pretty lost 11th Street game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think the expectations for that game are pretty simple.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously you have to win, but look good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Get everybody healthy and just start answering some of the questions that fans and
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[SPEAKER_00]: little subplot here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I guess former Purdue quarterback, Brady Allen, also a native of Southern Indiana, I believe, is now at any end of state and he'll be competing for the starting job.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it'll be kind of a fun story line there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The second more is that that's a replace a lot on offense, losing FCS all American receiver or shock or shell.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He had 863 receiving yard.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's not a game where Purdue proves that it's fixed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a game where Purdue has made music to prove
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[SPEAKER_01]: Got a jump on them early.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's an experience defense, like you said.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So for an FCS team in particular, these days.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So very important that they get off to a good start.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Let's talk about week number two, Jake, and that is another must win.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That is at home against a team you're familiar with.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Wake Forest, Demon Deacans, Alma Mater of Tim Duncan and Randolph Children, so you still love to watch those games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I hope their football team is not good
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[SPEAKER_01]: because two and a would be a big deal.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, it would.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Chris Paul also went to a week for us as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So throw him in that list there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, this is obviously the first real test of the season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And probably a,
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[SPEAKER_00]: season defining game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you can win this game, I think not only the fans, but I think the players are going to have a lot of confidence going into week three at UCLA, but this is a week four team who's coming off a nine and four season, join their fourth nine and one season in program history, so it's a pretty big deal.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They have a big question, kind of on offense, so they lost quite a bit, so big question there is no can they replace basically its entire offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They lost demonic clayborn and criss-barned to a new big explosive players in their offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've lost four offensive line starters.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They brought in quarterback named G.O.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Lopez, who started out in North Carolina, kind of got injured there, transferred to South Alabama, and he kind of had a break out season, and now he's at Wake Forest.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But the defense is going to be really the strength for them led by a versatile nickel.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Devon Patterson, WakeForce is going to need somebody to come in and make explosive plays and produce can have to make sure that they limit those explosive plays.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think this is probably, you know, a must-win game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'd say it with, you know, it'd be in the second game in the season, but it's kind of a must-win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And a really big opportunity to have fans really buy back into the program and I'm going to have some hope here for the first, first time in a few years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: that's the thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a game that kind of sets the expectations for the rest of the year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, like you mentioned, the Indiana State game a couple of years ago, they won that game, like they're going to win this one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then we too is a big one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It wasn't last year because it was Ball State, but you know, this year being a what do you call peer group?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely, as we talk about, there's more kind of toss-up games here against these powerful opponents, but I mean, it would be great to get that monkey off your back here early on in the season and beat up, you just saw it awake for us team, but Purdue cannot afford to have another season without a powerful win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: pretty obviously it was very close last year, a couple of games came down the wire where they and Brian Brown made some mistakes that ended up cost them the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think Peru definitely is capable, especially with this new revamped roster.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I don't really know what else to say besides we'll kind of just see, we gotta see the games play, we can talk about how good they look and can't put everything, but we just gotta wait to see what actually comes from fruition on the field and how they look against somebody else other than Peru.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Alright, Jake quick break and then we're gonna talk about UCLA Notre Dame Illinois Minnesota and watch.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Jake, so Purdue is a 2-0 after their win over Wake 4, Sunset Timber 12, and then comes their first game away from home, and it's in Los Angeles at 11 p.m. on the Big Ten Network against UCLA, a team that, last year, was apparently coached by the worst coaching staff in the history of college football, because after they were gone, UCLA was actually pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think this is going to be a good UCLA team this year,
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think so as well, and if Purdue can somehow get this one under the bell as well, I think that you'll really give them a lot of confidence for the season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Have a net first conference win in 18 games, which he gets pretty embarrassing to say, but if you've got a travel 2000 miles for this game, I'm just going to be played in the Roseball as you mentioned, 11 PM East
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[SPEAKER_00]: formerly was under the Kersignetti at James Madison.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Bob Chesney is now the new coach of UCLA.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it was a great hire by them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's got a track record of really turning programs around and we saw that James Madison on our Kersignetti and his leadership.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've got a lot of talent, then they've got quarterback.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Nico, I'm I'm Alibah, who is the test scene and transferred to UCLA and then the fighter.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, thank you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if that was right or not, but I tried my best.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we got WiderCaver, Brian Roe, he's listed at $5,575.
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[SPEAKER_00]: $105,575, but he's pretty exclusive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I got a $40 plus introverical and opted there in the spring and they've got a solid defense as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: At least in the past in game, they're run defense maybe it's weak point and luckily it's for Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, they brought it a few running backs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I feel few running backs on the portal.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If I'm a user boy, Jared Gibson and Travis Terrell, do I think in the addition of Antonio Harris, who was on the team last year, I think can really make an impact here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that's kind of going to start to.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a good sign that Antonio Harris is the third team running back because he was awfully good at times last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, he was.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And while this is going to come down to the offensive line,
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[SPEAKER_00]: been told it's got a lot of talent in it now from the portal.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So we've got to see that under new offensive line coach Zach Crabtree, but produce simply just can't afford to go one in three in September, especially with Notre Dame who will get them to next year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So if Purdue doesn't be way forced, I feel like it has to be UCLA or else, we're going to be in for a long season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be more the same with this Purdue program.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if they're two and one, or three and no heading into the September 26 Notre Dame game, still no time or network on that, but it would be prime time if they're two and one I would assume.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Probably be prime time anyway since the Notre Dame, but that place would be buzzing if they're two and one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If they're one and two or oh and three, it'll be packed with Notre Dame fans.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and we sold that last year or not last year because it was at Notre Dame, but the year before, those there in person for that game, that beat down and after coming off, Notre Dame's lost in Northern Illinois.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, it was packed with Notre Dame fans and they used to see that for your program.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But Notre Dame, this is going to be the, you know, kind of the wake up call here for Purdue getting their first taste of kind of what it takes to be, you know, a really great team, Notre Dame is, you know, the favorite or one of the favorites, so with a national championship, and these programs are kind of into really different spots.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Produced, really trying to figure out how to get it together and how to just make a bold game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: For his last way and over Notre Dame came in 2007, so come and off that 11 p.m. Eastern kickoff that you see a way Before facing Notre Dame.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously doesn't make it doesn't give Purdue any favor.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So be a little bit of a shorter week and I'll obviously Notre Dame's gonna have a lot of firepower and their offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think defense is gonna be really good
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[SPEAKER_00]: CJ Carr is still there last year and 24 touchdowns and only six interceptions and then Leonard Moore is a corner back and he's probably one of the best in college football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They did lose Jeremiah Love and Jerry and Price to the NFL.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They combined for over 45 hundred yards from skirmish and 60 offense of touchdowns over the last two years for the fighting Irish.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you've got a lot of...
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm just going to win is what you're saying right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think if Purdue can make this game uncomfortable for Notre Dame or stay in it long enough to make Notre Dame accountable, I think that's also winning itself.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But last year they made them uncomfortable for a quarter and the other match in the end.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yep, yep because I didn't got that they got that storm delay and then yeah, it's just never never went the same after that So that was the that was the trick play Denlock be passing touch down to Ryan Brown.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was it's right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was pretty cool beautiful.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can play.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yes, it was All right, so I'm no longer gonna assume that produce undefeated going forward in the scheduled jig Yeah, it's probably good call
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[SPEAKER_01]: Saturday, October 3rd, Illinois at Illinois, and if I could pick a game to win, other than I, you, I think that would be the one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is another match up here against kind of a peer program for Purdue, maybe one of the most important games on the schedule.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Illinois is one the last two meetings after Purdue's kind of dominated the series for
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[SPEAKER_00]: About 20 years from 2003 to 2023.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We do it, had actually 1-6-3 in Champagne.
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[SPEAKER_00]: before the dramatic over time loss in 2024, which is where Ryan Brown really kind of has his breakout game, Illinois has to replace Luke Altmire, who I believe is with the Detroit Lions right now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Altmire helps lead the program to 19 wins over the past two years, so it's got a new quarterback in there, Caden Houser.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has some big-ton experience and he also performed really well at Eastern Carolina, which is where you
17:08
[SPEAKER_00]: from, though in the way, it changed defensive coordinators and we've been to a pretty aggressive 335 defense, but I do have some kind of big question marks up front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I lost a lot of defensive line talent and only returns one kind of rotational defensive line in peace from last season, so they're definitely talented, but they're also kind of retooling here and you know, that's
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[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, a great kind of spot to have an opponent in and this is the kind of product that prune needs to to really kind of learn how to, how to, how to, how to, to beat those types of teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, if this were gold, it is going to work.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as we learned on the IU report, never follow Burt Billima into a port of body.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, we six is the Minnesota Golden Gofers at home and that is a huge, one-jake.
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[SPEAKER_00]: yes it is and you kind of get back to back coaches who are got very likable a lot of people don't don't like TJ Fleck, but this is another chance, I mean last season, how many soda was the team that Purdue really should have been?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue lead 20 to 13 going into the fourth quarter in Brian Brown through a pick six Minnesota and up one in the game, 27 to 20.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So this will be a nice game for Purdue to try and get some revenge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota is a pre-solid program coming off of their consecutive, second consecutive eight went season, but they do have
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[SPEAKER_00]: pretty obvious weakness.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The offensive line average just 103.2 rushing yards the game last season coming out to 3.6 yards per carry.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So the offensive line has been a problem for past couple of years for Minnesota and it's got plenty of talent elsewhere and they could be dangerous defensively especially on the defensive line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But you better block.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is an opportunity here for Purdue to pick up another hopefully another big 10 win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Again, last year, Purdue lost his game because, you know, one big mistake and this year, it's going to be the question whether Purdue is good enough to make sure that that one mistake doesn't set the game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think I can assume at this point, though, that Purdue is five and one, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, I was I would love that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I think they're going to be six and one after a national televised game on Friday October 16.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is my goal, Jake.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I hope that they're respectable enough that it's not embarrassing for them on Friday October 16 on Fox eight o'clock at home against the Washington Huskies who like everybody else on the schedule should be pretty good, Jake.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's another opportunity here for Purdue to get some revenge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Ryan Walters is making his way back to West Lafayette, and there are a tough team on some Friday night, as you mentioned.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Washington went nine and four last year, returned 14 of 22 starters, that team went to the LA Bull.
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[SPEAKER_00]: As an Williams Jr., is one of the outstanding players that Perri will play this season last year through for 365 yards and a
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[SPEAKER_00]: and Purdue already knows kind of exactly what it can do.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe Washington might put a beat on Purdue last year when even 49 to 13 last November.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But Washington's defense is going to be pretty aggressive and probably won the better defenses in the big tent.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're running back room as a lot of unprovenness, I guess toward Washington.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Last year, he had a 68-yard touchdown against Peru.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He is dealing with the season ending
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[SPEAKER_00]: Trey Kooley who missed Springball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So we're really trying to figure out who their number one back be.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But Peru is going to be a pretty big underdog here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Unless you're going to give in Washington 83% chance to win that one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think if Purdue wants to prove that the past, the past is a game where you're going to chance to do that in prime time at home.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we're also going to save you and against the guy who kind of ruined it, but Purdue in the spot that it's in now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Jake, we're going to come right back and talk about a really tough stretch to end the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just want to say, I think if you're looking for one of those teams that might be a national container that you're not expecting, it might be the Washington Huskies.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Merrill could be Design Williams, Jr. is great, so they've got a lot of potential there with him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He could be great.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Last year at times he was great, and if he is, there's going to be
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's a mission right before the break.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Tough way to end the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Three of the five games on the road.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Those games at Penn State, Iowa, and Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In between those a couple of maybe winnable games at home, Maryland and Wisconsin.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We start Saturday, October 31st in Happy Valley, Jake.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That by week comes at a good time there in Week 8.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We play seven games.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Get that week off and then play
22:35
[SPEAKER_00]: it's going to be a really way hard game pretty has it be in Penn State since 2004 Penn State leaves a series 17 to two since it's pretty enjoying the big ten and I think there's a very very small chance that Purdue ends up winning this game.
22:53
[SPEAKER_01]: Well there's a chance Penn State will just be a mess again.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a bunch of transfers, new coaches.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's just not likely.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That is true, it isn't the same Penn State program that entered 2025, rank a second at Campbell.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Myosate is now the coach.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's brought a bunch of Iowa State players with him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: 13 Iowa State starters from 2025 actually are now expected to play for Penn State, but to roster does have a lot of turnover or back rock-o-backed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: came from Iowa State as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's going to be running that offense, landback or Tony Rojas returned from injury, and that could be a big difference to make her own defense, and there's a lot of talent, one pin say, there's always going to be a lot of talent on Penn State, but the season going to be a learning experience for them trying to match in everything, and they have a pretty reshape roster.
23:45
[SPEAKER_00]: So it's not a
23:47
[SPEAKER_00]: gaming of producers certainly circle as a win, but I think it's a game where you kind of find out whether the program is actually changed or not, and they can hang with with programs like this.
23:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Jake hopefully by Saturday, November 7th, Purdue is ended their losing streak in the big 10, but if they haven't, here is their best chance to get one Maryland at home on homecoming.
24:10
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is get to kind of rebuilding, you know, teams colliding here, kind of an interesting game, philosophically Purdue, as a tack that transfer portal Maryland made a pretty large bet on internal development.
24:25
[SPEAKER_00]: They also returned the second most production in the FBS, but that was production from last year from a team that went 48.
24:33
[SPEAKER_00]: Maryland's quarterback is pretty solid, Blake Washington.
24:37
[SPEAKER_00]: through for nearly 3,000 yards as a true freshman at 17 touchdowns until we nine intersections.
24:46
[SPEAKER_00]: get a freshman, defensive end, Zion Ali, who is the number six recruit in the country is from Maryland to stay home to plate for them.
24:53
[SPEAKER_00]: So, kind of be interesting to see which philosophy is going to work here.
24:57
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm obviously, you know, there's just produce influx of new players produce a faster turnaround or does Maryland to return a lot of production from last year.
25:09
[SPEAKER_00]: finally turn into results from the tarpents.
25:11
[SPEAKER_00]: But if things kind of go south for Maryland, their head coach, Mike Locksley, people thought he'd probably should have been fired last year.
25:20
[SPEAKER_00]: So if Maryland season goes south, then he may not be at the coach at this point in season.
25:24
[SPEAKER_00]: So an interesting game, but yeah, hopefully one that approached one, especially with it being all.
25:29
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm not even sure they're going to be bad.
25:32
[SPEAKER_01]: That's what I'm saying by all these toss-up games, Maryland might be a 500 team.
25:37
[SPEAKER_01]: There's a possibility, I think, yeah, there's a lot of belief there that he's the right coach.
25:43
[SPEAKER_00]: This game would really kind of characterize whether or not this is a bulk season for Maryland or not.
25:48
[SPEAKER_00]: And I guess in a roundabout way, probably for Purdue to, if they get off to a hot start.
25:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Then another tough one to go to Kenx Stadium in Iowa City to face the Iowa Hawkeye's.
26:01
[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of questions about Iowa, again, not a toss-up game, especially at Iowa, but a team with some question marks, but also a team that's expected to be at very least a bold team and probably a pat 25 to pretty classic Iowa team here.
26:18
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to be a huge chess for Purdue.
26:21
[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue hasn't played Iowa since 2023, Purdue does lead the all-time series against Iowa 50 to 41.
26:28
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, if I had three ties, but Iowa's kind of the model of Big Ten consistency.
26:34
[SPEAKER_00]: If you take out the 2020 season, Iowa has had 10 consecutive eight or more one seasons, which is very impressive.
26:41
[SPEAKER_00]: Three of last years, offensive linemen are now in the NFL.
26:46
[SPEAKER_00]: But Iowa still has down to pieces of front.
26:50
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, they just reproduce offensive linemen at Iowa.
26:55
[SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Locke, who is an Indian, a native actually, a place for Iowa, and Wild Zero Sax last season, paid pipe or a moves towards center, and it's already generated some pre-seasoned all-American buzz.
27:06
[SPEAKER_00]: There are biggest weaknesses, kind of be the defensive line.
27:09
[SPEAKER_00]: They lost six of their top eight defensive linemen.
27:12
[SPEAKER_00]: So hopefully, Purdue should be able to get some push there.
27:15
[SPEAKER_00]: If fruit is offensive, line is as good as what kind of the hype is around them from that, getting some push on that and experiencing Iowa front.
27:27
[SPEAKER_00]: what we all know with replacing all the defensive production that they're going to have to do.
27:32
[SPEAKER_00]: So if Purdue is ever going to be Iowa, maybe this is the kind of Iowa that you want that you know, still talented, they're still obviously well coached or vulnerable up front than usual.
27:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm pretty sure that the regular season ends on Saturday, November 21st at Ross Aids Stadium against Wisconsin.
27:52
[SPEAKER_01]: That right.
27:53
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, for some reason, it's the last game that I see here on the schedule.
27:58
[SPEAKER_00]: So, yeah, be a nice, hopefully a nice way for Purdue to end the season there, with a streak that Purdue fans, I desperately want to end.
28:09
[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue is not beaten Wisconsin since 2003.
28:12
[SPEAKER_00]: I was two years old then Wisconsin won 18th Street in the series.
28:17
[SPEAKER_00]: That is the longest active problem on Purdue schedule.
28:23
[SPEAKER_01]: I remember that when over Wisconsin too, I remember a couple of heart breaking losses to Wisconsin during the Joe Tiller era too.
28:33
[SPEAKER_00]: Good news for Purdue.
28:34
[SPEAKER_00]: This is not the Wisconsin juggernaut net that we're kind of used to seeing for Purdue fans.
28:51
[SPEAKER_00]: yes it was and they've they've revamped their roster once again they brought in at quarterback name Colton Joseph is a legitimate dual threat quarterback he threw for for nearly 3700 yards and you count for 24 touchdowns at Old Dominion and also linebacker Mason Post generating a lot of buzz here he'll be a player watching defense I think a big question for Wisconsin to be whether or not they have enough playmakers I mean
29:20
[SPEAKER_00]: The badgers brought in more than 30 transfers, but only five had been power four starters.
29:28
[SPEAKER_00]: So, Luke Thickle maybe also coaching for his job, so we'll see by November what that could look like.
29:34
[SPEAKER_00]: But at some point Purdue has to to be Wisconsin to in that 18 game, winning street for Wisconsin.
29:42
[SPEAKER_00]: I think this is probably the best shy you're going to get to do that.
29:48
[SPEAKER_01]: In the week before the Big Ten Championship, there is a game on Saturday, November 28th and no matter what happens, Jake, there will be more peace on the bucket than I's at the end of the game.
30:00
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
30:01
[SPEAKER_00]: My schedule is just for fresh year and I do see there's that came there at the end of the season.
30:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Right before the Big Ten Championship, too.
30:09
[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue fans, obviously they're going to hate talking about this game.
30:17
[SPEAKER_00]: produced loss last two meetings by a combined score of 122-3 years gone from having most losses in college football history to now sitting at the topless work, which is pretty crazy.
30:29
[SPEAKER_00]: Kursignetti obviously has done a great job of going a legitimate national title contender and Purdue goes to Bloomington now to finish the season.
30:38
[SPEAKER_01]: And Jake, they're ranked six in the country coming in and I just think that's a slap in the face to Kurt Signetti.
30:44
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to tell you.
30:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to be even better this year.
30:48
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I obviously hate to see that, but Yeah, I think it could be
30:53
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think I think they're going to be really good, and you know, obviously, the comments that new athletic director, Tommy McLean, made about two Netflix, not wanting to win championships, thinking that they should go to IU.
31:06
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure that they won't give Kursignetti in the staff, some additional motivation, but IU did lose a lot of production this year.
31:16
[SPEAKER_00]: They lost obviously a Fernando Mendoza starting quarterback at the top two rushers starting
31:21
[SPEAKER_00]: top two receivers and six other other top seven pass catchers to not bring back the same team, but they did obviously have a very nice haul in the portal.
31:33
[SPEAKER_00]: You've been.
31:34
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they brought in Josh Hoover from TCU as expected to take over that offense and he actually may have kind of have more pure talent than Fernando Mendoza does,
31:50
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, but you're absolutely right, Joshua versus probably more talented them for Nando Mendoza, but for Nando Mendoza was exactly the right fit for Kurt Signetti and it's yet to be seen of Joshua who will be.
32:02
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, for sure.
32:04
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, Purdue, as a programmer, and as a coaching staff, they kind of want to model themselves after I use with such a quick turnaround in all the quick success that they've had.
32:15
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm sure that'll give some motivation for this, but I think cursing that he's going to continue to run up the score against Purdue if given the opportunity.
32:22
[SPEAKER_00]: So it's not going to be a fun game there around Thanksgiving.
32:29
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it is going to be, but it would be nice if Purdue already had six wins going into that game.
32:34
[SPEAKER_01]: That would be cool.
32:35
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
32:36
[SPEAKER_00]: To kind of wrap up the schedule here, obviously it can be looking for a lot of improvement.
32:41
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think what improvement it looks like is not being themselves, being competitive and then winning games against teams like Forrest, UCLA, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland was constantly up.
32:56
[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, that could tell us a lot about where this program is actually headed, moving forward to the games against Notre Dame, Indiana, Washington, some of those teams.
33:06
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, yes, you want to be, you know, competitive, you're going to be kind of uncomfortable for them, but Purdue fans aren't going to expect it to win those games going in.
33:14
[SPEAKER_00]: So that start of the season there, that the Roy, the 4th game stretch, uh, Indiana State, Lake Forest, UCLA, Notre Dame, that Purdue can't afford going 1 and 3 in that
33:28
[SPEAKER_00]: in the state that will really help, I think, give this team and the fans and rolling the whole program a lot of confidence going into the year.
33:37
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Jake, what's your final record prediction?
33:42
[SPEAKER_00]: I think my final record prediction is going to be four and eight.
33:46
[SPEAKER_00]: I think they definitely have the potential to win more than that, but they also, there's a very good chance where they can lose more games than what I'm predicting.
33:56
[SPEAKER_00]: It's all going to, like I just said, it's all going to come down to really how they perform September.
34:01
[SPEAKER_00]: If they go 1 and 3 and September, then probably looking at another 2 and 10 season.
34:07
[SPEAKER_00]: But if they can go into that Notre Dame game 3 and 0, or even 2 and 1, I think that gives you some hope for the season.
34:17
[SPEAKER_01]: I know I said before that it'll likely be closer to 1 than 6, but I have a feeling that it's going to be 5, Jake.
34:25
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm just going to be really optimistic and say that they're going to have five wins going into that are you game man.
34:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I hope it's six.
34:33
[SPEAKER_01]: It could be six if everything went perfectly and then we know we got our guy.
34:38
[SPEAKER_00]: I agree.
34:39
[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue obviously should win against any of the state and it got six games that better or toss-ups.
34:48
[SPEAKER_00]: or they're about yeah yeah and then you know that the games against you like it said that you know they're dating any in the Washington etc.
34:57
[SPEAKER_00]: those are games where produce probably a pretty big underdog don't have to be all the big heavyweight steps successful season but I think if you can find some more than that spoiler maker magic that Jeff Brom had
35:10
[SPEAKER_00]: I think that would go a long way for, again, not only to team and fans, but just the whole program and university as a whole.
35:21
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Jake, thanks so much for your time, it is always and everybody don't forget to boil it up.
35:27
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, sir, boil it up.
36:02
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36:06
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