Last year I stated that Jeff Brohm’s future tenure at Purdue hinges on the 2021 season. 365 days ago he was in a very different spot. I wouldn’t exactly call it a hot seat, but a mediocre to bad 2021 would have warmed it.
Instead we got the best season in nearly two decades.
Brohm is in a great place right now, and with the release of yesterday’s coaches poll he has an opportunity to really build on something. Purdue only has one opponent in the preseason top 25, and that is No. 20 Wisconsin. Only three other teams (Penn State, Iowa, and Minnesota) even received votes. Purdue itself received two votes, something that had not happened in 16 years. If the Boilers simply beat the eight teams on…
