If Purdue was ever going to end the streak against Wisconsin this was the year to do it. Wisconsin has stumbled this season. Their offense is middling at best. They have no real pass offense to speak of. When you face a team that is so one dimensional you’ve gotta figure out a way to slow them down and force them to beat you with their weaknesses. Wisconsin did that against a similarly one dimensional Purdue team while Purdue could not do the same to Wisconsin.
In a game that most Purdue fans were optimistic about coming off the upset victory over #2 Iowa the offense simply never got going.