Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Purdue Boilermakers: Preview, predictions and prognostications

When: Sat. Oct. 31; noon ET

Where: West Lafayette, IN; Ross-Ade Stadium (57,326)

TV: ESPNU

All-Time Series: Nebraska leads 2-1

Last Meeting: Nebraska Win; 35-14 (2014)

Line: Nebraska -10.5

Nebraska announced late on Thursday that third-year starting quarterback Tommy Armstrong was not going to be behind center on Saturday in West Lafayette. The coaching staff is going with the “it’s a turf toe-like injury” line, but it doesn’t sound good for the senior signal caller.

In will step Ryker Fyfe, a redshirt junior who has attempted all of 18 passes in his entire career. He was a former walk-on from Grand Island, Neb. and may be much more of a fit in the old system than what Riley would ultimately like…