Iowa scored touchdowns? Northwestern lost to an FCS team? Nebraska lost and it wasn’t a close game? This week had a lot going on around the conference. There were a lot of blowouts, but the Big Ten West once again did not look very good. Here is your weekly recap:
Syracuse 32, Purdue 29
Purdue took the lead with just over 50 seconds left, but completely melted down with seven penalties after the moment Payne Durham crossed into the end zone. Our new friends at Syracuse were elated for the gift:
It was one of the areas I questioned coming into today as the first two weeks were (penalties aside) pretty-smooth for a Syracuse offense which never faced a deficit.