Purdue 56, Indiana State 0: Boilermakers Dominate Sycamores in Huge Win.

Purdue took out their frustrations of final week’s season opening loss to Penn State out towards Indiana State on Saturday. The Boilermakers stomped their in-state opponent in a lopsided 56-0 recreation at Ross-Ade Stadium.

In the present day was the kind of efficiency that must be anticipated out of Purdue towards any FCS opponent. After disappointment of the house opener, Purdue was hungry and pissed off. Sadly for Indiana State, they have been on the incorrect finish of an absolute beating.

In each side of the sport, Purdue was dominating. There may be not part of this recreation the place you’ll be able to say they should enhance shifting ahead.

Offensively, they have been enjoying like 2019 LSU as Aidan O’Connell and Charlie Jones continued their connection they established final week. Jones led the staff in receiving with 9 catches for 133 yards and three touchdowns, all coming within the first half. Chuck Sizzle has change into Purdue’s No. 1 broad receiver, changing David Bell who left for the NFL. You might be listening to Jones’ identify referred to as within the NFL Draft as nicely, ought to he preserve producing at this loopy tempo.

The second half of that connection was the aforementioned O’Connell, who had a close to flawless recreation, going for 211 yards at a 17-19 clip and 4 touchdowns. Not solely did O’Connell look good, however as did backups Michael Alaimo and Austin Burton of their restricted work too. True freshman Brady Allen even obtained some run within the closing minutes.

Jeff Brohm took a variety of warmth for his lack of dashing makes an attempt towards Penn State, and right now he embraced the backfield in a giant manner. Purdue ran everywhere in the Sycamores for 232 yards at a 5.1 yard per rush clip and three touchdowns. Now, a lot of that was in rubbish time when the sport was clearly over, however it’s encouraging for the staff to see this success out of various completely different backs. Mockobee, Downing and Lewis all had double digits carries, whereas King Doerue dealt with simply three touches and obtained a giant relaxation.

To not point out the exceptional job by the Boilermaker protection, pitching a shutout. Purdue allowed simply 145 whole yards and seven first downs on the day and compelled three takeaway’s. An excellent signal for the Boilermakers is their capability to have a nostril for the soccer, which mitigates any struggles they might have stopping excessive powered offenses in a while within the season.

As I mentioned, this was the anticipated efficiency out of Purdue however that doesn’t make it any much less essential. After Penn State, they wanted a confidence increase earlier than they begin enjoying greater ranges of competitors. It additionally allowed for many of the starters to get some relaxation. This recreation ought to just do that and get the dangerous style out of the staff’s mouth. Subsequent up, Purdue travels as much as Syracuse to tackle the Orange within the Service Dome.