Markus Bailey. Tario Fuller. Matt MacCann. Lorenzo Neal. Elijah Sindelar.
At some point, the levee was bound to break, and for Coach Brohm’s Boilermakers, the double-loss of the starting fifth-year quarterback Elijah Sindelar to a concussion and starting do-everything linebacker Markus Bailey to a knee (out for the season) was too much for a young team to hold back the tide of a Horned Frogs running attack that moved the ball at will and punished Purdue to the tune of a 34-13.
With 60,000 fans in attendance under the bright lights of Ross-Ade stadium, Jack Plummer got his first collegiate start.