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Can We Thank Drew Brees Enough?

11 completions on 21 attempts for 97 yards and three runs for 11 yards.

That was the line for Drew Brees on September 6, 1997 as a young freshman. He was an 18 year old and came on in relief of Billy Dicken as Purdue struggled to a 36-22 season opening loss at Toledo. At the time it looked like Purdue was on its way to another lost season. When you open the year with a double digit loss to a MAC team, especially when it had been 12 years since you had a winning season, there is little confidence.