After Northwestern went into Penn State, beat them at their own homecoming, and decapitated their coach, it would be understandable if they struggled against Purdue. It was a big week, the last game at The Lake, and Purdue Pete was lurking in a house of mirrors with dozens of Petes leering at every angle waiting to spring his trap. But it turns out it wasn’t anything to worry about because Purdue was terrible in this game, Northwestern completely suffocated them and came away with a demoralizing shutout.
It’s clear at this point that Northwestern’s game plan is to slowly drip onto the other team like a slow basement leak that causes foundation damage.