truly sickening losses a tradition when it's for a large number of marbles.
Well, the Boilers went wide left twice today, letting OSU eek out a win without an offensive touchdown. Quite hurtful to lose in OT by missing a tying kick, especially because Ben Jones has been so very solid in converting those three-point tries all season long. This continues Purdue's rich tradition of losing the biggest games on the road, and especially anywhere east of Fort Wayne.
I am grateful for the fact that we made the Buckeyes sweat it out and didn't get rolled like we did at Ann Arbor a month ago, but that's no great surprise to this year's avid Big Ten fan. Michigan remains a force to be reckoned with on both sides of the ball while OSU trundles on with mojo obviously stolen from Notre Dame two seasons ago. How else can you explain ND's slide and the Buckeye's glide?
Urrrgh. Surely Tom Kubat and Jeff Washburn must be reaching for their thesauruses and Pepto simultaneously, wondering what the hell else there is to say about the rest of this season. I bet Joe Tiller doesn't have much left behind the moustache either. We headed for the Food Products Bowl, so let's at least hope it's still gonna be a good New Year's Day game.