The toughest test is on Purdue’s doorstep.

All by Boilerdowd
Danny Etling headed out of God's Country quite smartly when it looked like he'd be buried under a few QBs on the depth chart...Austin Appleby officially joined him this evening, ending speculation that he'd be going elsewhere for his final season of eligibility.
During the Christmas/New Year's week, the BSCR held pretty steady as human polls didn't move our Boiler and computers didn't move them much either.
For years we've felt it to be our duty here to point out sports media inconsistencies, specifically when it involved our Boilers. But as a good pal of mine reminded me a few years ago- "Why would anyone respect Purdue in the media?" It's a fair question.
Since EsPN just released a few sourced stories about Pagano and Grigson's futures within the Colts organization, I'm inspired to talk about my thoughts.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Bo Ryan is no longer the head coach at Wisconsin...and it shows.
It looked like the Boilers were flat-out hungover in the wake of the disappointment in Indianapolis on Saturday night as Purdue simply couldn't score early on. In fact, at the 15:30 mark, Purdue had just two points...in the Butler game, Purdue had 12. But it's not how you start, it's how you finish, and the Forces of Good did that quite well tonight.
After a few weeks of silence, Purdue TE coach, the well-traveled and qualified Terry Malone will man the post of OC for 2016.
Not much is consistent in life- But I always know that I'm extremely handsome, I gotta pay my taxes, Santa comes each year and Purdue loses in my home city.
What's it all mean? It means Purdue is good. At 11-0, they're only the 7th Purdue team in the history of the program to start this fast...and to start all games with a margin of 12+ points in each game, this early season run is unprecedented for the program. But it's about to get a bit tougher.
After the RayDay-less Boilers beat two solid teams last week (one on the road, one at home), there was no change in the important human polls. BUT after the same team handled a mediocre (at best) IUPUI team at home last night, the Sagarin computer equation thought highly of Purdue...the highest, to be precise. Purdue is #1 in all of the college basketball universe this morning, according to sagarin's ranking system.