boilerhorn

I disagree. Purdue is one of the 20 or so athletic departments that do not take subsidies from the university. In the past 35 years, they've had some uncompetitive eras (Akers, Colletto, Hazell, Walters) and some competitive eras (Tiller, Hope, Brohm). Purdue was 8-6 in 2022 and 9-4 in 2021. That includes wins over #2 Iowa, #3 Michigan State, and two more top-25 upsets - and that was not very long ago. I attended both the UND and Nebraska games this year. Both were sold out. Northwestern also sold out. The other home games were within 4k of capacity. The support is there. The product this year was bad - and they took a step toward fixing it today. The right coaching staff (see Indiana) can turn around a perennial doormat rather quickly these days. They lost Scourton (10 sacks in 2023) to aTm (6 tackles last night) and several other players to the likes of Aggy, Vandy, and MSU. Deion Burks (top WR) left for OU. To me that was a sign that Walters was in trouble: top players leaving. It may be supporting your point of NIL, though, but we shall see. A competent coaching staff gets at least 5 wins out of the roster there. And a competent coaching staff also recruits better and builds a program.

Ryan Walters out at Purdue. $9mm buyout. 1-11 this year. 0-9 in conference. Lost 66-0 to Indiana yesterday. I predicted around 50+ earlier in the year. Other losses of note: Notre Dame: 66-7 Nebraska: 28-10 (had more penalty yards than offense yards mid of 4th) Wisconsin: 52-6 Oregon: 35-0 tOSU: 45-0 PSU: 49-10

Average: 8.1-4.5 Median: 8-5 Best: 11-2 (2012 - Sumlin) Worst: 5-7 (2022 - Jimbo)

@StassneyHorn posted it on the previous page. I'll include again. Also - a couple of clicks at ESPN will yield the same result https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/splits/_/id/4889929/quinn-ewers

Kind of reminds me of the old saying, "Rufus transferred from Duke to Texas A&M and the collective intelligence of both places went up." Here - Elko moved from Duke to Texas A&M - and the records improved in both places.

*cachet pedantically....

NSIAP

Not sure he understands the meaning of carnage. Mayhem? Maybe. Carnage? Hell no.

Kalel Mullings interview at the end was great. "Players need to learn how to lose."

Everyone who threw a punch will be suspended for the Big10 championship game. Oh, wait...

Beat me to the punch. John Cooper has been reincarnated as Ryan Day.

Want to see Michigan win today. Vandy is losing, UK looks like shit, and the weather has conspired for a miserable game for Arkansas.

Hudson Card says, "Hi!"

ESPN's "sources": Quinn Ewers set to start despite high-ankle sprain https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42694548/sources-quinn-ewers-set-start-high-ankle-sprain

Tessitore is garbage