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Previewing the 2016 Purdue Boilermakers

The final straw for Purdue’s administration? A 14 point loss to Iowa resulted in the dismissal of Darrell Hazell on Sunday, with wide receivers coach Gerard Parker taking over as the interim coach for the rest of the season for the 3-3 Boilermakers. How will Purdue react, now that the players and coaches know that they won’t be together after this season? That’s an unknown factor going into this Saturday’s game against the Huskers.

Offensively, this is the first season since Hazell took over that the Boilermakers haven’t changed quarterbacks. One could argue that with former Purdue quarterbacks Austin Appleby and Danny Etling starting for SEC schools, quarterback hasn’t been Purdue’s problem. David Blough has completed 56% of his passes for 1,756 yards and 12 touchdowns…but with ten interceptions. Blough’s average of 293 yards per game passing leads the Big Ten. Blough has rushed for 61 yards this season on the ground, though Nebraska defensive coordinator Mark Banker still remembers the 82 yards rushing Blough had in last year’s Halloween nightmare. (Blough’s lifetime rushing total against teams not named “Nebraska”: 73 yards.)

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