Minnesota Football: It’s time for a difficult conversation

Purdue head coach Barry Odom fired his defensive coordinator on Sunday.

The move came less than 24 hours after a 34-29 loss at home to the Maryland Terrapins (led by an interim head coach), who piled up 390 totals yards of offense against the Boilermakers’ defense.

You don’t have to squint to see why Odom decided to cut ties with defensive coordinator Kevin Kane. Purdue currently ranks 99th nationally in run defense, 116th in pass defense, and 124th in scoring defense.

Prior to joining Odom’s staff this past offseason, Kane was a defensive assistant last year at Minnesota, and the Gophers certainly did what they could to help their former assistant keep his job when the two teams met in West…