2018 Music City Bowl: Purdue vs. the SEC

Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY SportsAfter a week of speculation we know our bowl desitination. It is a bit of a surprise too, as the Music City Bowl could have chosen an ACC team and we were long projected to go to the Pinstripe or QuickLane Bowls. The Music City is a game within a reasonable driving distance for many alums though, and we should have a pretty pro-Purdue crowd.

Our opponent is the Auburn Tigers of the SEC. It is the first time ever we have played Auburn in football, and as far as I can tell it is the first time we have played an opponent from the state of Alabama. We haven’t played a game in Nashville since 1942, either. It will be a bit of a homecing for tight end Brycen Hopkins,…