And so this weird season marches on. After an unexpected bye week Purdue faces perhaps the highest stakes it has faced in a game since… 2004? Arguably Purdue still had a shot at the Big Ten West after thumping Ohio State in 2018, but it ultimately did not matter as Northwestern went 8-1 and won the division. They already had the tiebreaker over Purdue too, so even if we had won the table it would not have mattered.
The Boilers have not started a season 3-0 since starting the 2007 season 5-0. They have not started a Big Ten campaign 3-0 since 2003.