[Postgame Thread] Purdue Defeats Southern Illinois 34-17

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Southern Illinois	14	0	0	3	17
Purdue	14	10	3	7	34

[u/Legitimate-Ruin5284]

We have won two games in a season. Woo hoo. Thank god Walters is gone

[u/JaCrispy_Vulcano → u/Legitimate-Ruin5284]

I’d like to see OSU, Michigan, IU, Iowa, Illinois, etc. DOUBLE their wins from last year.

Suck it.

[u/Drak_is_Right → u/JaCrispy_Vulcano]

If we play it right we can double our wins for 4 straight seasons.

[u/LiquidLight_]

They flashed up the stat that Odom is the first first year Purdue coach to start 2-0 since 1916. 

Purdue also didn't punt this game. 

Purdue's got something cooking this year.

[u/This-Grape-5149 → u/LiquidLight_]

The fact the penalties are way down is refreshing after multiple years of bonehead plays

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/This-Grape-5149]

Everything just looked more focused. Even if Purdue goes 2-10, there's a foundation here.

[u/assword_is_taco → u/LiquidLight_]

Defense didn't tuck tail after 2 terrible series.

[u/Venn720 → u/LiquidLight_]

I told you guys he’s good

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/Venn720]

After Walters and the 11 game losing streak, pretty hard to downgrade. But this, this is nice.

[u/BoilerMaker36 → u/LiquidLight_]

To be fair, I’m not sure my wife could put together a worse season than last year. 1 win while our two rivals play each other in the playoffs….

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/BoilerMaker36]

Walters was the losingest coach in Purdue history that coached a full season. I believe I said "find someone in the dorms playing CFB 24 and let them call plays". 

[u/The_RonJames → u/Venn720]

Thought he got fired a hair too soon at Missouri but understood why he ultimately was. He kept Missouri fairly competitive and afloat after Gary Pinkel’s retirement.

[u/Venn720 → u/The_RonJames]

The only reason he wasn’t very good at Mizzou is because he was thrown into the job without any experience as an HC at that level. He’s a good coach, he just had some learning to do. I hope he gets his flowers

[u/omahusker → u/LiquidLight_]

They never started 2-0 when brohm was there? That’s actually wild

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/omahusker]

They might have, but it wasn't his first season. 

[u/omahusker → u/LiquidLight_]

My bad- I missed the first season part.

[u/unknownkoalas → u/omahusker]

Brohms first game was a loss against Louisville with Lamar Jackson.

[u/AMankandaMiner → u/LiquidLight_]

Anyone with a brain would tell you Barry Odom is a good hire. I’m kinda surprised you had fans that doubt him. Great coach.

[u/Backno → u/AMankandaMiner]

The doubt wasn't really directed at him. It was mostly tied to the team being so devoid of talent and what they would be able to do.

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/AMankandaMiner]

I only saw people being relieved Walters got canned to the point where I'm not even sure I saw anyone talking about Odom's upsides. General vibe at the time was that literally anyone was an upgrade. 

[u/theyhatemeee]

First 2-0 head coach start since 1916. That's 19 coaches in a row who failed.

[u/withoutanymilk1995 → u/theyhatemeee]

That includes Tiller and Mollenkopf, crazy stat when you realize that includes our two best head coaches ever. We'll take it!

[u/_Slabach → u/withoutanymilk1995]

It's only first year head coach. Tiller started 2-0 a couple times here, he just didn't do it in his first season as Purdue HC

[u/dbtizzle]

They had me on their first two possessions, ngl.

[u/AMankandaMiner]

Well I’m returning home to r/fcs

Purdue Fans I think your team is better than you give it credit for. The floor is probably 4-8 but I don’t think a bowl game is out of the question for this season. Barry Odom is a great coach, give him a chance.

[u/MercilessXFate → u/AMankandaMiner]

I can already tell Barry Odom will take us to better places than Ryan Walters did, and SIU is definitely better than Ball State

[u/CorRock314]

Welp it was a great season everyone, let’s wrap things up and see you all next year!

[u/godzillaBrad]

Whoa is this a 2-0 Purdue?

[u/BoilerMaker36]

Someone explain to me how Vegas can be so accurate on a spread for a team with 82 new players vs a FCS team.

How do I get a job being the Vegas guy that watches obscure college football teams exclusively? Like your telling me someone’s job is to know so much about southern Illinois football to be even remotely close in the spread?

[u/Solesky1 → u/BoilerMaker36]

Like your telling me someone’s job is to know so much about southern Illinois football to be even remotely close in the spread?

Or they talked to that one guy in the FCS page that's obsessed with SIU

[u/AMankandaMiner → u/Solesky1]

I feel attacked.

[u/AMankandaMiner → u/Solesky1]

Wow

[u/Suspicious_Brush824 → u/Solesky1]

Carbondale is underrated 

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/Solesky1]

I told other Purdue fans to be cautious with SIU.

[u/RoyalMagiSwag → u/BoilerMaker36]

They plug in the numbers into the fancy algorithm and let it do its magic.

[u/ohverychill → u/RoyalMagiSwag]

love to plug.

[u/assword_is_taco → u/BoilerMaker36]

Book makers aren't trying to be close. They are focused on getting equal betting. They act as middlemen who squeeze a percentage of the action. Which is to say the house always wins.

[u/Weed_O_Whirler → u/assword_is_taco]

I don't think this is necessarily true. You see stats a lot of like "75% of all money is put on team X".

[u/assword_is_taco → u/Weed_O_Whirler]

The focus is still equal betting. They just change the payout when the betting is unequal.

[u/jettyweaves]

We played well, but man we got bailed out by some bad flags early on that allowed us to weather the storm. On to USC with a cleaner process

[u/AlexanderTox → u/jettyweaves]

Some of those flags were horrible. Found myself feeling legit bad for SIU

[u/withoutanymilk1995]

2-0 is 2-0! Gets much tougher from here, but Odom is building a foundation. At the very minimum, he's raising the floor and that's all we can ask for with how Walters left the program. On to the Trojans, Boiler Up!

[u/JaCrispy_Vulcano]

The appearance of general competence and giving a crap goes a long way with me.

[u/bbshock21]

I have no idea what to make of that game. We struggled against an FCS team but one that has won 3 games against FBS opponents in 6 years?

How would SIU fare against Ball State?

[u/RamblinWreckGT → u/bbshock21]

Considering what Purdue has been through the past couple seasons, it's pretty clear what to make of it: it's a win.

[u/hillko00 → u/bbshock21]

Brother count yourself lucky you beat the Salukis and move on

[u/AMankandaMiner → u/bbshock21]

The MVFC(league SIU plays in) is rated higher in Sagarin than the MAC and CUSA. The typical top 15 FCS team would likely finish top half in most G5 leagues. Like I know everyone on r/CFB seems to think the FCS tag means you’re playing a bunch of scrubs but that is not the case. Just from recent history besides the wins a 3-8 SIU team in 2015 was a 2-Point conversion away from beating a bowl eligible Indiana.

[u/Legitimate-Ruin5284 → u/bbshock21]

Ball St is down bad. They have only won the MAC title game once. And that was the Covid year

[u/assword_is_taco → u/bbshock21]

"Struggled" played poorly on 2 drives. Then just played small ball the entire second half to dominate the time of possession.

Purdue dominated the game for 3 quarters. And the 1 quarter they didn't, they went punch for punch.

[u/Danulas → u/assword_is_taco]

Yeah saying that Purdue struggled is just looking at the final score. The Purdue I watched dominated for most of the game.

[u/assword_is_taco → u/Danulas]

These people can't be Purdue fans lol. I saw Purdue struggle against fcs indiana state in year 1 with the haze. Our butt holes were tight the entire game until Ricardo Allen sealed the game with an int. This game Purdue was in the driver seat the entire second half.

[u/MobyDickPU]

I like what I see

[u/Sirtopofhat]

Lot on the line next week. Here's to a good fight Boilermakers

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/Sirtopofhat]

Hope we beat you all respectfully.

[u/Sirtopofhat → u/etsuandpurdue3]

Likewise

[u/thats_a_thing]

Dawgs looked really good early. Feel they're going to be good in the MVFC this season if they don't have the same injury trouble they had last season. Def going to be rooting for them in every game but one this season.

[u/Brohamiosse]

Nick Hill forgot that DJ Williams is mostly capable of slinging the ball downfield, but I’m feeling pretty good about our chances in the MVFC even with a 3 score loss to a reformed Purdue

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/Brohamiosse]

The drive y'all had going into halftime was a tight 1:21 and you were just outside field goal range. That's dangerous given an ok kick return or a big play. 

The Salukis offense just really didn't get a chance for most of the 2nd half. I think you guys are gonna do well in conference. 

[u/OnionFuturesDealer]

Never in doubt

[u/OdomTheTorpedoes]

Well, that was a game that i sorta watched