First, congrats on a must needed win. This is what I learned from watching this game:
(1) No lead is safe with this team...they always find a way to make it interesting by allowing opponents to come back.
(2) This is the first time this year our special teams played well and surprise, surprise, we won!
(3) We are a horrible 3rd down team and we are at the bottom of the rankings in this category.
(4) Martinez played with confidence for the first time and he was able to go through his progressions.
(5) We continue to commit way too many penalties. Lucky for us Purdue played like us and committed even more penalties that bailed us out.
(6) Cam Taylor-Britt, Honas, Stille, Reimer, Domann, are the backbone of this defense. They kept us in many games this year.
(7) Diante Williams is a hot head and he commits stupid penalties that bail teams out. He plays well but commits several penalties that hurt the team.
(8) Our red zone offense was effective today. How come? Who was actually calling the plays? Keep doing that.
(9) This team needs to establish a culture of winning so they can hold on to leads and play better in the second half. We scored 27 points in first half and 10 points in second. That is not enough t keep winning games.
(10) A bowl game will do wonders for this team even if it is the toilet bowl. I don’t care as long as they get more practice.
(11) Can they maintain this momentum and win out? I hope so.