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USC 33, PURDUE 17: Reaction with Jake Dunn (Podcast 2.27.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe this part of team isn't so bad But maybe it is, we're still not sure Either way, Saturday, the boiler makers Lost 33, 17 to the Trojans Who didn't even have OJ Simpson At their disposal, your stake-thons reaction
• 0:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome Purdue fans to Central India this morning, and that's our new Purdue theme song.
• 0:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: I, I was just playing around and it was amazing and we're going to start doing this all time because if you didn't love that theme song then you don't love the Central India this important part.
• 0:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: It was amazing.
• 0:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: And here is as AI just told you,
• 0:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: produce lost to a O.J.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Simsonless U.S.C.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: team.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, that was fun.
• 1:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome, boilermaker fans, for the Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, and our recap and reaction to
• 1:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Saturdays 33 to 17 home loss to USC and Jake, I want to just say I think they're back to being competitive with average big 10 teams and that's a big step.
• 1:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: To Hugh Step, although it was August now four street, big 10 opener losses on the last win was in 2021 against Illinois.
• 1:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: This was really kind of the first time that Purdue's looked like a
• 1:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: and a few years, so definitely a lot to be optimistic about for this program.
• 1:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: And would you watch the game if you weren't paying attention to the score?
• 1:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: And you weren't paying attention to stats all you're doing is watching the game.
• 2:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: USC is the better team, but not by that much.
• 2:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it was really a couple of huge plays.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One early in the game interception in the end zone.
• 2:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: and then a sack, fumble, return for a touchdown, that really accounts for the entire difference in the game, two plays.
• 2:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it very early to even set it in the post game press conference that they've been a pretty less 14 plus points out there on the field with all the turnover.
• 2:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure they would have won either way,
• 2:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: They certainly were gonna make it interesting until that sack and return.
• 2:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: They just couldn't block for Brown all day.
• 2:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Had a really tough time.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that defensive line and the blitz pack is.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: When you're turn the ball over three times and not really able to generate a turnover on the defensive side, force U.S.U to turn the ball over, it's gonna be hard to win games when you're turn the ball over three times.
• 3:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: 360 pound Jamal Jarrett's 70 yard return for a touchdown that was kind of the backbreaker.
• 3:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and unfortunately all the receivers had gone deep and they were 50 yards away from the play and no way even as slow as he was.
• 3:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: There's no way they were.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No chance.
• 3:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: But when we talk about the defense in the first quarter or one, you see at five plays of 20 plus yards.
• 3:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: We talked about it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And the pre game preview that limiting the explosive plays were going to be a key to the game.
• 3:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: And obviously that wasn't wasn't really accomplished here.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: So overall USC at seven.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You run for 10 or more yards and then seven passes for 15 plus yards.
• 3:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: So we talked about turnover still zero takeaways in 2025.
• 3:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: I do only had only at five and all 2024, but you know, especially against Ball State or so and Illinois.
• 4:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: And you kind of hope to to we ski your first takeaway of the year, but still so waiting for that first one for this webinar, make a defense.
• 4:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Early on in the game, the defense looked really good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then the 70 yard passage of Jacobi Lane was just a back breaker.
• 4:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: It looked like you had them stopped and they were going to punt and then all of a sudden they're on the goal line and it just changed a lot of momentum.
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Up to that point, through two drives it looked like Purdue might be right there.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, we'll never know, but I'd be curious to see, you know, if we didn't have a weather delay, you know, if that would have changed anything, you know, because we're getting about the weather delay, but the three hour weather delay.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I think, I think fans were pretty empty and ready to go, but when you have a three hour weather delay, you know, not everybody's going to return, you know, back to the back to the game.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: And if they're not local, they'd be fluent from somewhere.
• 4:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: They'd be can't really go anywhere.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So there, USC fans aren't really going to leave.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So Purdue fans, I think social showed up for most part after the reign delayed, but they're definitely something that left.
• 5:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: It would have been interesting to see what it was like without the weather delay.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But I think USC was the better team.
• 5:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the better team won.
• 5:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: It was good to see that Purdue at least hung in there and for most of the game, still had a decent shot to win.
• 5:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: If this game would have been last year under the coaching staff, you know, I don't know if it's a close game to have time.
• 5:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think it's a close game ever and yeah, but I do want to say, I don't think this is a good U.S.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: team.
• 5:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't it's not a bad one.
• 5:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're going to beat bad teams are going to lose to good teams, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's the kind of U.S.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: team this is you hear U.S.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: team and you get all.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: scared and weak need and think O.J.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Simpson and Marcus Allen and Reggie Bush and all that, but they're not quite that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So so more tests ahead, including a big one next week, we'll spend a lot of time on that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But let's talk about it for just a minute.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Notre Dame, Illinois, the next two weeks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Purdue has passed the three tests so far as far as we're concerned
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The next two weeks are going to be awfully interesting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd thank you guys.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You can leave level teams.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You can see probably isn't.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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• 6:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think compared to last year after the Notre Dame loss at home, the blowout at home, it's really a massacre at home.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: But after that, they didn't really respond about what they went to Oregon State.
• 7:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: And kind of laid another egg there.
• 7:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: So the interesting to see how this team responds and Notre Dame coming off to hard-breaking losses back to back week.
• 7:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm sure they're going to be amped up and ready to go.
• 7:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm very able to have the boilers ready to go.
• 7:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, Jake, let's hand out some plot hits because there were some really good performances in this game.
• 7:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think we need to start with Susie's favorite nitro toggle, an Indiana legend who's come home after realizing like you will one day, Jake leaving Indiana is always a mistake.
• 7:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: At his best game of the season was 69 yards in the touchdown.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Nitro Tuggle, Michael Jackson, the third and E.J.
• 7:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Horton, I thought they played really well.
• 7:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think this is the most balanced and most productive from Purdue's wider silver core.
• 7:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: So far this year, I think, at least my hope is that they're going to get better as the seeding goes on.
• 8:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: So we really interesting to see how the year progresses, especially as we
• 8:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: You can keep that up, but yeah, I thought the receivers, especially Nitro, I thought they played really well.
• 8:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't mention the other two receivers because my next plot, it was going to be to Mario Adam and to offensive coordinator Josh Henson and Orion Brown for an excellent offensive game plan that included spreading the ball around because clearly he has four receivers that he trusts in Horton Jackson, Tuggle and Branch and you know, when you throw in a pretty
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: they figured out a way to shut him down late in the game, but early on looks pretty effective.
• 8:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: This offense could be pretty good.
• 8:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you take away the three red zone turnovers, this offense looked pretty good, like so it was the first time that they've really seemed confident and it could really move the ball against the quality opponent.
• 9:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Although USC's defense isn't great, you know, they're still at the very least an average team.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they're probably a little
• 9:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: fairly good team and I really like to myself from the off and tell side of the three turnovers.
• 9:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: And we're going to be talking about the defense when we talk to the things that need to improve.
• 9:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: I do want to mention that Charles Correa and Miles Slusher were all over the field.
• 9:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, when it came to stop in the run, it was usually too far down the field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But still, those two guys played really, really well.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, they played really well.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Charles Correa, the whole linebackers just, I mean, the whole linebacker room, I think was was pretty active on now and Saturday.
• 9:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, talked about the defense, you know, they allowed 282 passing yards.
• 10:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, we knew, Jaden, my obva for USC was going to be good, putting up 300 yards.
• 10:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Can't be given that up against a team like USC and we talked about the, the, no, no takeaways.
• 10:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: The defense didn't even didn't even force a punt.
• 10:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: So USC need to score on every drive or I think get a miss field goal and then at the end of the half they just, they got sacked to end the half.
• 10:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, defense still left a lot to be desired there.
• 10:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, too many big plays.
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: And you talk about the ones in the passing game, the ones in the running game from Jordan and Sanders were
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: probably more concerning than the ones in the passing game.
• 10:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jake, you can never say a weather delay, weather effects one team or the other or how it if it's just impossible to say, and we're not going to speculate on any of that.
• 10:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: But it wasn't weird when it was a long long till hey.
• 10:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: And if you remember two years ago, the Virginia Tech game.
• 11:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I actually went with one of my friends because he had a brother that played on Purdue's team so him and I went up to Virginia Tech and there was like a six-hour weather delay And that's just brutal luckily Purdue pulled that one out, but yeah, the weather delays are never fun for anybody you're getting all amped up for the game Just to find out that you have to wait for an unknown amount of time and so yeah, it's it's hard
• 11:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: Barry Adams said that the coaching staff, you know, did a good job, so there's not really much of a fault there for that.
• 11:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, they had had the team ready to go.
• 11:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, whether delays are never fun for anybody.
• 11:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: We talked about the offensive line and it what it needed to do to allow Purdue to be competitive in this game and the end result was not good.
• 11:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think a lot of it was that USC's defensive line was very, very athletic.
• 11:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Might just be a matchup issue.
• 11:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: 1.9 yards for Carrie and a lot of pressure on Ryan Brown all day.
• 12:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: He never really had time to really settle in.
• 12:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: So he was always.
• 12:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: kind of throwing in retreat mode or throwing on the run.
• 12:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: So the offensive line gave up five sacks, 10 tackles for losses.
• 12:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: So obviously, can't be having numbers like that against an athletic U.S.C.
• 12:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: team, like you said, the U.S.C.
• 12:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: is they're always going to have athletes and the run game, that was pretty muted, the only 60 total rushing yards and only 45 for mockery.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, not a lot of production there, so yeah, the offensive line, I kind of thought was going to be a sort of a bright spot and there may be a will against against, you know, some teams.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe not as athletic as USC, but through the first three games, still kind of looking for for some improvement there from the, from the online.
• 12:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: And like we said, not going to get any easier the next couple of weeks at Notre Dame, Illinois at home, then at Minnesota, which will probably also be a pretty tough trip.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then a couple of winnable games.
• 13:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: So you and I will be talking about it all the time starting with our Purdue report midweek where we talk some football and basketball on the Purdue report.
• 13:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then we will preview the Notre Dame game.
• 13:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: And we will have our Notre Dame guys, Eric and Ryan Robinson with us to talk about that
• 13:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then we will react to the Notre Dame game, hopefully, positively, following that on Saturday.
• 13:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: So Jake, thanks so much to your time.
• 13:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Always look forward to talking to you about some Purdue sports.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate it.
• 13:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Boiler up, I think we've got, again, a competent team.
• 13:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Which is refreshing, you know, from the last two years, confident team.
• 13:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think this game is really reminiscent of Jeff Brom's
• 13:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, the back in 2017, the offense looked good.
• 14:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously there were some big holes that needed plug, but it was kind of refreshing after the stretch of Darrell Hazel.
• 14:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sorry, I guess this is.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: really kind of reminded me of that.
• 14:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: And yeah, I think produce a, and a good place of Barry Odom and, uh, yeah, just so that you can keep to keep the momentum up.
• 14:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: Those cheats don't react from the produce versus loss of the season, that's right.
• 15:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: The central Indian sports report is a product of ITG media, and I love you, Susie.
• 15:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: That was fun.
• 15:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's a brave new world for this podcast.
• 15:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm never going to not be doing this.