Purdue’s gutsy win on Saturday, keeping the Bucket, and clinching the Big Ten West puts them at 8 wins on the season. Last season Brohm led the Boilers to a 9-4 record after their offensive showdown in the Music City Bowl. Having an 8+ win season is good, doing it two years in a row is downright tough. No, maybe not for teams like Alabama and Georgia but we aren’t them and we know that.
In fact, Purdue hasn’t had back-to-back 8 win seasons since Joe Tiller where they went 8-6 and 8-5 in ‘06 and ‘07. He did it again in ‘97 and ‘98 where they went 9-3 and 9-4.