I guess so.
To go from unranked to 15th, to me, is a bit much. I thought high-teens would be plenty of respect...now, suddenly, Purdue will be a hunted team if the same type of rankings come out for the AP & ESPN polls. Just another challenge to see how these guys handle yet another situational dilemma in their young Purdue careers.
Badgers react to CBS poll in which Boilers jump from unranked to higher than Wisky
Some more national love from the evil empire:
ReplyDeleteI was watching ESPN Game Night last night and they had a brief segment on which team is the best in the Big Ten. One analyst said Purdue, one said MSU. They both made sure to say at least 4-5 times that the Big Ten is having a "down year" though. They would hate to give Purdue too much credit, you know.
Purdue stinks! The Big Ten stinks!
ReplyDeleteI want to keep hearing that...my anger makes me stronger.
To be fair, even Basketball Prospectus (pretty objective statistically based basketball site) gave Purdue a 13% chance at an upset on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteEven better, the Boilers were a 10.5 point underdog going into the contest on Saturday.
I love it.
I also like the fact that PU continually gets penalized for losing to Wofford, but it's obvious that this is a completely different team from the one that struggled to start games early on. They have completely changed and have 5-6 legitimate scorers (and now also lead games at halftime).