Purdue’s schedule this season, while difficult, is set up for early success. We begin with four straight home games. Three of them are against major conference teams, so they will be tough. Still, playing at home is a nice advantage to have. We also get to have the experience of seeing new foes come to Ross-Ade Stadium. That is what I like the most about non-conference games. It often offers a break from the same Big Ten and MAC opponents that come through.
Arizona, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Rice, Central Florida, Nevada, Cincinnati, Syracuse, Marshall, and Oregon are teams that we have gotten to see in the past 25 years come through as part of a non-conference home-and-homes.