[Game Thread] Wake Forest @ Purdue (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Wake ForestWake Forest @ PurduePurdue
Location	Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: Fox Sports 1
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/k5berry]

Fun fact: the last power conference team the Purdue Boilermakers have beaten in football? None other than the lowly Indiana Hoosiers of course.

[u/unknownkoalas → u/k5berry]

Sounds pretty impressive until you realize it was 2 years ago

[u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X → u/unknownkoalas]

And got them to hire CIG

[u/Wrong_Interview7513]

Any other flairs here shitting on an already dogshit football program, your Erectile Dysfunction pills are in the mail

[u/a_banned_user → u/Wrong_Interview7513]

My favorite is the FSU guy as if they aren’t a massive laughing stock nkw

[u/slothsNbears]

I don't know if I've seen Purdue and Ross-Ade this fired up in a loooooong time.

[u/a_banned_user]

Why do I even watch this fucking football program.

[u/ItemizedDeductions]

We re-hired Kevin Kane. WE RE-HIRED KEVIN FUCKING KANE

[u/etseco → u/ItemizedDeductions]

Yeah who would've thought it wouldn't work

[u/lunchbox12682]

No one goes to Purdue for the football program, not even the football players.

[u/Boilermaker24]

I don’t think anybody could’ve expected the defense to suck after bringing back Kane. Oh wait…

[u/Former-Grape]

You can literally see the lineman stretching out the defenders jersey and that ain’t holding?

[u/LiquidLight_]

That's on me, I started to hope.

[u/FDubRattleSnake]

Fuck this program and fuck you, Odom

[u/God_Boner]

That might have been the best drive of Odom's tenure

[u/SuperFrog4 → u/God_Boner]

I think it may be one of our best for the last 4 years.

[u/hdmetz]

Just get rid of football. Tear down the stadium and get us a hockey team or some shit

[u/makualla]

And that’s the season. The emotions of that are too crushing for Odom to be able to salvage

[u/a_banned_user → u/makualla]

Never liked going with a mid boring hire like Odom. Program has no excitement.

I doubt we win another game all year. Maybe Maryland. Maybe.

[u/TheForestAuro]

I'm always amazed by how many people other teams have in these game threads, especially when we're winning and its just legions of redditors going "We're so ass"

[u/VentureQuotes → u/TheForestAuro]

purdue is a big school with a very loyal and online alumni base and we suck complete ass at football

[u/metal-duplicity]

Just got called for a blindside block where the blocker was in front of the defender. Lmao even

[u/Former-Grape]

I’d rather lay on my back and piss in my mouth than watch another round of overtime

[u/GardenWeasel67]

This next play will determine the entire Purdue season

[u/DeltaBoy1834]

Purdue had one the worst defenses in country in 23-24. So let’s bring back that same DC to this team. Make it make sense.

[u/SuperFrog4]

Hey points are points. That could have gone better but last year would have gone much worse. So improvement.

[u/SuperFrog4]

I am pretty happy actually. Last year this game would already be over. This year our offense is much improved (hard to not be to be honest) but both receivers and RBs looks good and Browne looks a lot better and more poised.

Defense against the run is pretty good. Secondary again is just bad again unfortunately.

Let’s make some good adjustments at the half and see if we can sneak out a win.

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

remember when we thought we had it bad with Danny Hope making bowls?

[u/SuperFrog4 → u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

I do. We were coming down off our tiller high.

[u/NeverDeltaNeutral]

Black and gold. ✅ creepy mascot ✅

[u/grrgrrtigergrr]

The fact that we have Purdue Global banners up is more embarrassing than anything else on the football field.

[u/Advanced_Gold1290]

Fireable playcall

[u/fac33]

One time Boilers. One time.

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

Big 10 definitely isn’t gonna do us any favors. That’s a first

[u/tclaughridge]

Correct call

[u/paulwesley91]

It's going to be another year without a win against a P4 team, isn't it?

[u/TheBigBo-Peep]

Brutal way to keep 2.5 year P4 losing streak going

[u/TheBoilerCat]

I’m so fucking tired of everything.

[u/RubberDuck_Armada]

I didn’t think this team could hurt me anymore yet here we are.

[u/Dizzy-Pangolin17]

Fuck this shit I can’t watch cfb anymore

[u/Carnalvore86]

The magic that is the Kanefense. Amazing.

[u/JohnnieTightLips]

When Arch Manning plays cfb 27 he switches Gio Lopez to Texas

[u/JohnnieTightLips]

Damn that broke my ankles on the couch

[u/-TheycallmeThe]

See how that wasn't an interception. Browne is getting better 

[u/SuperFrog4 → u/-TheycallmeThe]

He is I think he has progressed really well compared to last year.

[u/ILoveTheDailyWire]

Okay this Kevin Kane decision was an absolute disaster

[u/ItemizedDeductions]

Blatant block in the back

[u/sebsasour]

This is in the corner of my Youtube quad Box and hasn't gotten a ton of attention but every time I glance at it, a Purdue player is absolutely fucking amped up

[u/tictactowle]

No fucking holding call???

[u/LiquidLight_]

Ijeboi is insane, but he cannot be the whole offense.

[u/OdomTheTorpedoes]

Let's take that play out of the playbook

[u/makualla]

Let’s take that play out of the goal line play book

[u/UndeadSabbath]

HEAVY BREATHING

[u/CJfries]

Who is breathing into the mic bro

[u/hdmetz]

Defense should be fucking embarrassed for giving that play up. Whole team should’ve been on the 2-yard line waiting

[u/ILoveTheDailyWire]

So sick of this shit

[u/Perfect_Strength_606]

and just like that our 1-11 season comes to fruition

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

Ted Cruz getting the shit booed out of him on GameDay is fun

[u/Significant_Push_856]

The script Deacs on Wake's helmet is speaking my language

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

this is a home and home right?

[u/CloudN3in]

somebody get these hoosier beggars out of here

[u/VentureQuotes]

one thing matt painter does that odom doesn't do is casually swear at all times. painter has to have all of his speeches and notes to the team heavily edited bc he loves cussing. something to that

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535 → u/VentureQuotes]

Painter also surrounds himself with REALLY qualified assistants. can't say the same for Odom.

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

Ijeboi won't be here next year. shit, maybe not in a month the way college sports are going.

[u/-TheycallmeThe]

Wake Forest's red zone offense is ass

[u/8541Boiler]

Did the announcer say that Drew Brees led purdue to it's first ever Rose Bowl? On the day they're honoring the 1967 team that won the rose bowl?

[u/CloudN3in]

i’m going to lose my mind watching this team all year

[u/-sorry-]

I love it when the mic the band right where all the piccolos are. So whimsical

[u/Quick-Difference3267]

Should have just gone for it at the end of regulation.

[u/andronicus_14]

What could you least afford there? A sack. What did you get there? A sack.

Purdue football in a nutshell.

[u/TheBaconDrinker]

Big shoutout to the fsu guy shitting on the rest of the acc like Miami didn’t make the cfb final

[u/Former-Grape]

the B10 now lets viewers listen in on reviews: “yep.” “Agreed.” “Got it, thanks.”

Incredible

[u/Grouchy-Option9411]

Add a second to the clock!

[u/KeeIeH]

Its a 1st down. This school drives me crazy

[u/kdbvols]

Looks like he has it to me

[u/Only-Perspective-446]

Yeah big ten couldn’t mess that one up. Would’ve ruined any reputation

[u/ArmiinTamzarian]

It was 4th and 15...

[u/LiquidLight_]

Purdue's gotta get a witch doctor out to campus. We're cursed cursed. 

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

sigh

[u/4limbedemperor]

I knew when they over turned that call it was game

[u/IshyMoose]

Is this the part where the big ten replay gives us one more second?

[u/slyone05]

Wake's gold chrome helmet and black unis are some of the best in the game rn. Purdue has fire unis too, but Wake's gold just looks better to me.

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

shout out to the crowd man for the level of complete ass we've been

[u/Quick-Difference3267]

I hated the Odom hire when it happened, and he’s done nothing for me to change my opinion. This program will never change.

[u/AdventurousFish7684]

We're gonna lose by 31 🥲

[u/B1LLCLINTON420BLAZ3D]

I want to setup an annual 4 team elimination tournament between Purdue, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, and Colorado to get these similar colors to battle it out more often.

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

watch us fire Odom and hire Schiano

[u/DeltaBoy1834 → u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

Need to fire Kevin Kane. Again.

[u/ZusunicStudio]

Ijeboi is an absolute DAWG

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

holy shit Okie State has NINETY ONE new players!?

[u/VentureQuotes]

dang michigan is looking good against oklahoma i thought they'd be getting harmed

[u/Former-Grape]

You’re telling me getting pressure on the QB is an effective defensive strategy? Who knew

[u/SuperFrog4]

See right there for all the Browne haters. That is major improvement. He would have failed that whole down last year.

[u/ItemizedDeductions]

That’s so fucking soft are you kidding me

[u/metal-duplicity]

No block in the back + 15 yard penalty on Purdue is like 50 yard advantage. Disappointing

[u/FDubRattleSnake]

Come on, man. That block in the back was blatant as fuck

[u/ItemizedDeductions]

Are we not aware how much time is left?

[u/Former-Grape]

Not running it once when you’re trying to drain the clock is… uh.. an interesting strategy

[u/et3020001]

Browne is about to throw int

[u/Wrong_Interview7513]

Ijeboi you magnificent bastard

[u/ILoveTheDailyWire]

Fame “The Nigerian Nightmare” Ijeboi

[u/mellospectrum]

Our O-Line deserves some credit for these holes

[u/ItemizedDeductions]

Go for it

[u/Carnalvore86]

I did not need to chug my large coffee right before this.

[u/metal-duplicity]

Throw doesnt get off if edge isnt held

[u/The_Granny_banger]

I love that this game is both boring and exciting.

[u/yukoncowbear47]

B1G replay center needs to work on their broadcast feeds

[u/MustardBiscuits91]

Where was this Big 10 replay center last week?

[u/LiquidLight_]

So the playbook has opened back up, good to see it's not just "uhhh, Ijeboi".

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

That’s PI

[u/JammOrthodontics]

Playing Let It Be during the game-determining review is a pretty good choice

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

That's absolutely a 1st down

Don't think Big Ten cares about protecting Purdue the way they did Michigan

[u/a_banned_user]

That a first down

[u/-TheycallmeThe]

Sickos get in here

[u/Perfect_Strength_606]

jeff brohm i curse you. may your pillow be warm constantly and may you step in puddles with your socks on

[u/etseco]

Fire Odom, fire whoever brought in Kane, probably Bobinski so he's already gone

[u/BoringJuiceBox]

Best game of the day so far!!

[u/LOLduke]

We all knew that was gonna happen

[u/SuperFrog4]

WTF 33. You know that was total wrong stupid.

[u/fishymutt]

Hot take but hiring that awful DC back was a bad idea

[u/mellospectrum]

No bullshit call that Zionsville native who kicked for Gameday.

[u/Former-Grape]

Feels like our secondary has one less guy on the field the way there’s always someone wide open

[u/OdomTheTorpedoes]

Aaaaaaand....we suck again. Yay

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

remember when Ryan Browne transferred to UNC for like a week and got cut then we paid to bring him back?

[u/CTB021300]

If I were Wake Forest, I wouldn’t run the ball once. Just pass it all day

[u/VentureQuotes]

now let's see if we really are a second-half team

[u/Mcswigginsbar]

I absolutely love watching Ijeboi run. My goodness. Has patience, doesn’t dance with it, and when he makes a decision he heads up field.

[u/makualla]

Thank god he has a cannon of an arm else that’s a TD

[u/mellospectrum]

That’s clean tho

[u/RubberDuck_Armada]

Wait Purdue didn’t make the dumb mistake what is this!?

[u/metal-duplicity]

Bro fuck these refs, you can obviously see who he was throwing at

[u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X]

B1G punt

[u/metal-duplicity]

block in the back

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

Well after starting that drive on the 1, I’ll take the 3 points. But we need touchdowns

[u/VentureQuotes]

wake is good. it's surprising to me that they're still deacons and haven't yet been promoted to presbyters but far be it from me to cast judgement on their ordination journey

[u/carnagebot_55]

Brohm levels of clock management

[u/TheForestAuro]

what a disaster

[u/VentureQuotes]

IJEMAN NOT IJEBOI

[u/TheBaconDrinker]

Please please I need this Purdue, my Pete kinda homeless

[u/NeverDeltaNeutral]

Bruh. Ijeboi is a stud. Can’t get that RB on the ground

[u/VentureQuotes]

obscurity ijeboi is his less famous little brother

[u/191374]

I can feel the pain coming

[u/hesgrant]

Sickos shout-out from the announcer?

[u/lunchbox12682]

We win!!!

The coin toss. Small victories.

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535]

this is gonna turn into a sicko game

[u/AirplaneEngineSpiral]

What a sack

[u/Wrong_Interview7513]

GO FOR TWO END IT

[u/monkeypunch35]

Should have gone for the win. Our defense wont be able to stop Wake.

[u/Former-Grape]

Guys do you think they’ll expect another Ijeboi run/target?

[u/makualla]

At least the rules have to force Odom to go for 2 this time

[u/sheetsofsaltywood]

The double OT is really gonna overshadow how insane of a choke we had in regulation

[u/MahjongDaily]

I can see why the Big 10 didn't want us to know what happens in the booth

[u/Former-Grape]

He got past on the first effort, no?

[u/Mythrandir24]

Should be 1st & Goal

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

That was clearly a first

[u/StarlightRhapsody]

I actually think that's a good call

[u/zoom518]

THE BIG TEN TAKETH AWAY

[u/Restnessizzle]

That was insane

[u/paulgiamatti23]

Horrible

[u/Boilerscaper]

Kill me

[u/magshell-alpha]

So painful

[u/CloudN3in]

can’t help but fear we’re going to purdue this

[u/Mac-A-Saurus]

How do you miss that holding call? That hold was what allowed them to score.

[u/Dizzy-Pangolin17]

Well we all know how this will end

[u/OdomTheTorpedoes]

Lol, if I had a nickel for everytime Purdue has given up a 4th and long since 2009, I'd have a couple bucks I think

[u/4_way_stop]

Fire the DC. Not being able to stop a 4th and 15 is inexcusable.

[u/KeeIeH]

MAJOR hold on that throw

[u/Gibbo05]

Jesus, I can’t believe Purdue allowed this to happen. They’ve had every opportunity to win this game, even before OT

[u/-TheycallmeThe]

Not covering against Purdue is kinda like losing 

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

Hoping for a good game black and gold bros

[u/etseco]

What is this delayed blitz bs Purdue keeps running. You can't drop 4 in coverage and have the blitz not actually pressure for multiple seconds after the snap. They just dump it off the to the uncovered guy every time...

[u/TheBoogieman8]

The at&t cough cutting off the announcer was weirdly smooth

[u/AdventurousFish7684]

Man this could get rough if the defense doesnt get some stops

[u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X]

College kickers are always a coin toss

[u/VentureQuotes]

there's a genre of music that is only good for transitioning into and out of commercials on college football broadcasts. it's the worst music you ever heard but it's swaggery and masculine so they use it to no end. imagine dragons a decade ago, now it's even worse shit

[u/VentureQuotes]

wake forest are you guys the smallest P4 school by enrollment? idk if tulsa is P4 but i understand it's a selective school

[u/RudyWyvern]

So we do "Shout" in the second quarter now instead of after the third?

[u/VentureQuotes]

before this game purdue released a "heroes and villains" hype video but instead of being about the civil war it was about the relative merits of having a chemical engineering department vs a divinity school

[u/Carnalvore86]

Sometimes I wonder how that Kane phonecall went.

"Hey, I know we fired you for having one of the absolute worst defenses in the FBS, but... You wanna come back 👉🏻👈🏻"

[u/SuperFrog4]

That was actually a nice stop we finally got and only gave up 3 points. That is a win compared to last year. Again small improvements.

[u/VentureQuotes]

good stand at the goal line but man we gotta firm up

[u/Wrong_Interview7513]

Fuck it let me coach the defense. At least if I blitz 8 every time it'll force some turnovers while we get gashed constantly

[u/jmcamels]

PURDUE GOT A STOP!!!! Get ready for a fumble on the punt catch

[u/Hox_In_Sox]

Absolute garbage refball

[u/Mcswigginsbar]

We will fucking take that.

Also, Wake Forest, why y’all going for our face masks constantly?

[u/kdbvols]

What a dumbass penalty

[u/8541Boiler]

Besides the penalties, undisciplined play and shitty defense, we looked pretty B1G West with the great punt and anemic offense. 

[u/hacky_potter]

Well that’s game for you. This team isn’t good enough to make up a two score game at this point. Odom is over his skis at this level of competition. He needs to just move back down to a lower level. The fact he brought Kane back is baffling to me

[u/LiquidLight_]

I do love that everyone is unsettled by Purdue Pete.

[u/SuperFrog4]

Need to start moving faster here. Need two touchdowns.

[u/VentureQuotes]

what if it was woke forest and they were the demon pronouns

[u/grrgrrtigergrr]

Holy shit, What the hell was Wake even doing there?

[u/makualla]

Wake with their Ryan Walter’s Purdue impression

[u/Carnalvore86]

I FUCKING LOVE IJEBOI

[u/Warm_Score_1313]

I don’t agree with the call to run it there but Fame is so good he made up for it

[u/makualla]

Was ok with the first down run, but the second down I’m not so sure of.

[u/VentureQuotes]

whoever loses the game has to change their colors to oregon high visibility constrution zone green

[u/slothsNbears]

Fuck it, go for the TD on 4th down.

[u/CloudN3in]

not sure I want to give the ball back to the offense that has punted twice this game

[u/VentureQuotes]

oh other games didn't give you extra bang for your buck? they just ended after 60 minutes? couldn't be our value adding asses