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The Boilermakers of Purdue surprised No. 2 Ohio State Saturday at West Lafayette, 49-20. This score is not a typo, and it is not misleading in the context of the game.
It was a destruction, made by a team that did not appear in the Top 25 of the AP since 2007 against one of the greatest blood powers of the sport.
Purdue scored 35 points in the second half, including four 40-yard touchdowns, including one on an interception return. Other numbers:
- Purdue averages 7.5 yards per game against 5.6% for Ohio State.
- State of Ohio QB Dwayne Haskins threw 72 passes, for only 127.5.
- Purdue receiver Rondale Moore, a real first-year star, had 170 yards and two touchdowns for 12 catches.
- Ohio State, with its first-line offensive line and halfbacks, ran three yards per race against the country's No. 81 defense, one pass at a time.
Clearly, Purdue will return to AP AP Sunday afternoon.
There is no explanation why Purdue wins so dominantly, except perhaps …
Purdue was playing for something far greater than an annoyance.
"Bigger than the game" is an offensive phrase, and I do not like using it, but the Boilermakers are at the center of a really special sporting story in this game.
Tyler Trent, a Purdue student, has terminal cancer. He has established close ties with the team and head coach Jeff Brohm. He told ESPN's Tom Rinaldi that his priority was to go to the Ross Ade stadium to watch the Boilermakers play. this game. How he prepared for it:
Trent predicted on the ABC show, in the second quarter, that Purdue would earn 24-17. Know the story of Trent, good luck against Boilers.
Everything else around this game is pretty small. But that Purdue beat the hell out of the state of Ohio in this moment, with this rooting the fan on the boilers, is breathtaking.
The hopes of the Ohio State playoffs are not going to collapse now.
The Buckeyes and Michigan are on a collision course to play a decisive game for Big Ten East during the final weekend of the Columbus regular season.
Either team losing a conference game will not change that. It would be take two surprising surprises against one of them to make this game less important.
In the current state of affairs, the winner of this match will play in the league title game, where he should beat the one coming out of the Big Ten West. That would land the state of Ohio, for example, in the playoffs, despite what happened to the Buckeyes against the Boilermakers.
Purdue coach Jeff Brohm could become the hot coach candidate.
There really have not been any of those this year. Given the success of Brohm and the struggles of Bobby Petrino in Louisville, calls for Brohm's return to his alma mater will be stronger and stronger.
Here is a detailed log log from half-time, if you wish:
Purdue 49, Ohio State 20
Purdue chooses the Ohio State as an exclamation point.
Purdue 42, Ohio State 20
Purdue has just scored a touchdown of over 40 yards for his third practice of the series: he caught 43 yards and is executed by the incredible receiver Rondale Moore.
The party is held at West Lafayette.
Purdue 35, State of Ohio 20
Dwayne Haskins threw a 34-yard touchdown to Terry McLaurin. The Ohio State offensive has grown, but there is probably not enough time left for a full return.
4:40 to go.
Purdue 35, State of Ohio 13
D.J. Knox just had his second 40-yard touchdown of the fourth quarter. This game is over. Purdue will win the most impressive victory of the season.
6:46 until it's official.
Purdue 28, Ohio State 13
The state of Ohio has his first touchdown, a 32-yard Dwayne Haskins at Johnnie Dixon. The Buckeyes are down 15 with 9:36 to go.
Purdue 28, Ohio State 6
It could be a game, a set and a match. On a third and ninth of the Ohio State 42, boilermakers composed an internal transfer to D.J. Knox with a fake David Blough screen. Knox ran through the Ohio State Defense gallop and Purdue's lead is 22.
11:39 to play.
Purdue 21, Ohio State 6
The Buckeyes have a fourth and a-1 against 29. They will probably go there.
(The Ohio State offensive line is apparently so disrupted that Urban Meyer does not trust him to advance one meter against the country's No. 81 defense.)
We are right at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Purdue 21, Ohio State 6
Purdue did a huge Goal line position, forcing a Dwayne Haskins shot at K.J. Hill from the 2-meter line. The teams have since exchanged breaks and Purdue got the ball at 27 with 3:09 to play in the third quarter. The state of Ohio has not yet scored a touchdown defense defense against the country's No. 81 defense.
Purdue 21, Ohio State 6
What's a player for boilers: 73 yards in 10 games, wearing a D.J. Knox 1-run run to extend the lead to two touchdowns. The Ohio State's offense could awaken at any time, but Purdue averages 6.7 yards per game. Can the Buckeyes stop? this?
A brutal punishment against the Ohio State has extended this campaign for Purdue. The state of Ohio had already received a penalty for the shooter.
8:36 to play in the third.
Purdue 14, Ohio State 6
The Boilermakers' defense came after Ohio State crossed the 6-meter line. Blake Haubeil scored a 23-yard goal to make it a one-point match.
12:25 left in the third.
Half time: Purdue 14, Ohio State 3
The Boilers scored on a 9-yard pass from David Blough to Rondale Moore 27 seconds before half-time. This is a false goal that allowed his holder, Joe Schopper, to lead an illegal pass to his left and beat two Buckeyes in the fourth and third.
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