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WEST LAFAYETTE — The Purdue football program doesn’t have a talent issue.
At least that’s the message being relayed.
Scores like Saturday’s — Penn State 49, Purdue 10 — say differently.
Or the eight losses in a row that preceded Saturday, several with similarly lopsided scores.
So if talent, or lack of it, isn’t the issue, then why is Purdue the punching bag of the Big Ten?
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“The talent is there. Talent-wise, we’ve got great players. They know what to do,” senior linebacker Kydran Jenkins said. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to execute. That’s what it comes down to. If you want to win games, that’s the main thing, execute in the big moments.”
Purdue hasn’t executed in big moments.
Or many moments at all this season, really.
If that is, as we’re told, mostly due to execution, that falls on the coaches. Ultimately, the head coach is the one who carries the heavy burden when seasons go like Purdue’s currently is.
Ryan Walters said on Sept. 14 he deserves “every ounce of criticism” after a loss to Notre Dame, Purdue’s first in this string of nine in a row.
Ounces became pounds turned into tons to the point students had to be warned about chanting for Purdue’s football coach to be fired at home basketball games. On Saturday “fire Walters” chants came from the stands at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Failures in execution are why a big play, or even multiple big plays, happen during the course of the game.
It’s not why you score a combined three first-quarter points over nine games against FBS programs. Or 29 total first-half points against opponents not named Indiana State, an FCS program with a 7-26 record over the past three seasons.
It’s not why the defense…
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Author : Indianapolis Star
Publish date : 2024-11-17 02:36:51
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