To clear some things up, not all Purdue posters are stupid. You got the select few unfortunately.
First of all, Northwestern is a respectable program, and Fitzgerald is a good guy to watch, doesn’t take shit from anyone and I appreciate that.
Second Lorenzo Neal, the DT talked about, tore his ACL against IU the Saturday after thanksgiving in 2018. He had been projected as a first round draft pick for the 2019 NFL draft, up to as high as top 10. He didn’t play this year and is coming back to cement himself as recovered and effective in the eyes of the NFL.
Third, Brohm has us on the rise if you know anything about football. Building a program, and unfortunately it was a 2 steps forward 1 step back kind of first 3 years. But the talent level of the guys he is bringing in has not been seen around Purdue often. Give him time and if he keeps it up we should be a respectable program again.
Fourth, facilities at both schools are beautiful. Our stadium needs work, that’s obvious. And we are working on it. They have big plans and if the money comes through it should be one of the nicer stadiums in the big ten. Top half for sure.
As far as fan bases go, people care about Purdue football. That’s evident given our average attendance this year was in the 52,000 range if I remember correctly. Northwestern was around 41,000 from what I can find. So saying “people in Indiana don’t even care about Purdue football” seems a bit disingenuine.
Targeting the academics of Purdue is just dumb, we’re one of the top public schools consistently year after year and our athletes are no exception. Sindelar was an Electrical Engineering major, commonly thought of as Purdue’s most difficult. We had another player, Aaron Banks, in industrial engineering I believe, as well as serving as the President of the student body. Many many more are in engineering, business school, flight, athletic training, etc.
Finally, a receiver flip isn’t completely crazy to
imagine. Brohm’s offense isn’t much more receiver friendly than whatever the hell Northwestern tried to run this year and in the past too. No shame in that for Northwestern, you played in Lucas last year and we didn’t. But to moan on about all of this is incredibly short sighted for both fan bases.
I wish Northwestern the best any time they play a team other than Purdue