As Purdue's offense made play after play against Nebraska during the late stages of Saturday's game, I scribbled something in my notebook that I thought was meaningful.
Ben Stille and Barrett Ruud's comments suggest it wasn't particularly meaningful after all.
At any rate, the scribbles said it looked like Nebraska's defenders were punching a time clock at work, basically waiting for the day to end. I was looking closely to see if a few Blackshirts might visibly exhort teammates -- a la Ray Lewis or Jason Peter -- to dig in and make a play. To show raw emotion.