I watched some Minnesota tape so you don’t have to, and what I saw from their run game makes me nervous.
Expect them to use some of the same concepts TCU employed to try and gut the Boilermaker defense. I’m sure Nick Holt has been focusing on stopping the inside run in practice, but it comes down to the Purdue players ability to execute.
TCU
You can see the missed tackle in the secondary clearly, and let’s lay it on the line, that was a horrible job of breaking down. No coach in America teaches the stop your feet and dive at ankles technique in the open field, but the line also got demolished on this play.