Purdue is going to make me look like a genius. And their coach Jeff Brohm moreso. The "Boilermakers" are clocking Ohio State. It is now 42-20 with 3:42 to play. Turn out the lights, the pa...No, sorry. It is now 49-20 Purdue with 1:48 left...It's now final. Purdue, 3-3, losers earlier this year to Northwestern, Eastern Michigan, and Missouri--all at home--have clobbered the supposedly second-best team in college tackle football by 29 points.
This loss will do to Ohio State's playoff aspirations what last year's 55-24 beatdown in Iowa City did: END THEM. You just cannot credibly claim to be one of the four best teams in the land when you lose by 31 to a team, as they did last year, nor by 29 to Purdue, Purdue! No, sorry, in comparison with other one-loss aspirants the "Boilermakers" tar-stained Ohio State and tar is a bitch to rub off. This one's going to stick and OSU will be playing perhaps in the Rose Bowl or the Citrus Bowl or some other nice bowl but not in the playoffs.
This loss will do to Ohio State's playoff aspirations what last year's 55-24 beatdown in Iowa City did: END THEM. You just cannot credibly claim to be one of the four best teams in the land when you lose by 31 to a team, as they did last year, nor by 29 to Purdue, Purdue! No, sorry, in comparison with other one-loss aspirants the "Boilermakers" tar-stained Ohio State and tar is a bitch to rub off. This one's going to stick and OSU will be playing perhaps in the Rose Bowl or the Citrus Bowl or some other nice bowl but not in the playoffs.
