Last season Purdue had a pair of road wins and they turned the entire season around. The first was a blowout win at Missouri and it showed Purdue was going to be much more competitive than originally thought. The second was the 24-15 win at our Most Hated Rivals in Iowa. That essentially got us to a bowl game after we had dropped games against Nebraska and Rutgers.
There are a few similarities to last year’s game, too. Last year we went to Iowa City two weeks after they blew out Ohio State at home. Now they come to us two weeks after we blew out Ohio State.