Welcome back to the opponent preview series! As always, this 12-part preview gives us a look at all 12 football opponents for the coming season. It feels appropriate to start this today because it is the first day for players back on Purdue’s campus. We’ve lost so much sports-wise with the NCAA Tournament, all spring sports that were in progress like baseball and softball, and spring football. The sports void is yawning right now, so much so I have adopted a Bundesliga team in metric football (DIE EISERN UNION!).
As of now we’re still operating as if the season in 89 days, and will continue to do so until told otherwise. That means we begin with a team that Purdue has had some pretty good success against in recent years. The Boilers beat the Cornhuskers in 2015 for the only home Big Ten win under Darrell Hazell. The last two seasons Purdue got its first ever win in Lincoln and earned a memorable comeback win on a late fourth quarter drive. It makes for an interesting season opener against a program still looking to get back to glory.
