Purdue Football: What Does Success Look Like?

What Does Success Look Like?

This might be the most difficult question for Purdue football this season. If you measure success purely in the win / loss column, you’re going to be sadly disappointed and Jeff Brohm’s inaugural season will give you as much satisfaction as Darrell Hazell’s swan song. Joe Tiller enraged some in the fan base by talking about “managing expectations”. This season will be an exercise in managed expectations. Here is a few ways you could try to quantify success this season.

Bad Metrics:

Win / Loss:

As I mentioned, this is probably going to be the worst metric to judge Purdue. The Boilermakers will enter most contests with a decided talent deficit. Don’t get me wrong,…