Purdue Boilermakers (3-6, 0-5) vs Iowa Hawkeyes (4-5, 2-3)
Saturday, November 10th, 9:00am PST
TV: BTN
First off, even though the game was a downer last weekend I want to thank everyone who came out and made Buckley’s a fun atmosphere. We had a large, festive crowd and even though the game didn’t pan out, good times were had by all. Thanks Hawk fans!
And onto this weekend! Come on down to Buckley’s on QA and watch the Hawks host Purdue in some new flashy uniforms: http://thegazette.com/2012/11/06/hawkeyes-look-this-week-honors-veterans/. (Note: it was just issued this afternoon that the players will not have branches of the military on the back of their jerseys and something else to honor the Vets will be there instead.)
Purdue holds a 45-34-3 advantage in the overall series against the Hawkeyes but Iowa has won five of the last six and 17 of the last 23 meetings. After a two-year hiatus on the schedule, Iowa won at Purdue 31-21 last year. Iowa owns a 20-18-2 advantage in games played at Iowa City. The Hawkeyes have averaged 30.7 points the last six home contests against Purdue, all Hawkeye victories. The Boilermakers' last victory in Kinnick Stadium was in 1992.
Purdue is coming in winless in the Big Ten and disappointed as many people pegged them as Big Ten dark horses this season. They will come in with a two QB system that likes to pass. So much so that they had 62 pass attempts last week against Penn State, the most by a Big Ten team this season.
Wondering what all the Big Ten Teams have to play for? Well check this out:http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/64373/what-b1g-teams-have-left-to-play-for
Hope to see you Saturday! Go Hawks!
