Purdue is making its first visit to Rutgers, but its head coach still has nightmares of Piscataway.
Jeff Brohm was Louisville's quarterbacks coach in 2006 when the Cardinals and Scarlet Knights met in a battle of undefeated teams on a Thursday night national television stage. His younger brother Brian was Louisville's All-Big East gunslinger.
"Believe it or not, they crushed our hopes and our dreams," a reflective Brohm told NJ Advance Media on Thursday. "If we win that game, I think we have a chance to be in the national championship game."
Rutgers' come-from-behind 28-25 victory that night is considered the seminal moment in former coach Greg Schiano's 11-year tenure and the springboard toward an expansion of High Point Solutions Stadium and ultimately the school's Big Ten membership.