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Bill Connelly is now all grown up and getting paid by ESPN, but the S&P guru used to be a member of SB Nation and even ran the Missouri blog, so we’re quite familiar with his analytic work from our recent home and home with Mizzou. He is going through and tweeting out historical S&P numbers for every program and here is what he had on Purdue:
Purdue's S&P+ history. So much promise in the 1960s, so much fun in the late-1990s.
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 14, 2019
(Last one for the night.) pic.twitter.com/GNK2n46MgP
As expected, Purdue has been quite up and down historically. Our best periods were a near national title in 1943, the late 60s under Jack Mollenkopf, and the early Tiller years. There are a few other mini-spikes in there, with the Jim Young years the lone oasis between the late 60s and late 90s. That difference between Hazell and Brohm... yikes. It is even more pronounced when you consider that so far all broom has done is get us back to mediocrity from arguably the lowest low in program history.
For fun, here are the other Big Ten programs he has posted already:
Indiana's S&P+ history. I'm really sorry. pic.twitter.com/00w2aq9OO3
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 15, 2019
Michigan's S&P+ history. National titles are a dumb legacy measurement anyway... pic.twitter.com/BvzNL2YRxQ
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 15, 2019
Rutgers' S&P+ history. Occasional highs, brutally low lows. pic.twitter.com/ckhDtWx5VK
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 14, 2019
Illinois' S&P+ history. Illinois has ... had a football program for a very long time. pic.twitter.com/nHxlAnYvcz
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 13, 2019
Penn State’s S&P+ history. Not much, and then a whole lot. pic.twitter.com/OzJ2r5ntdZ
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 13, 2019
Northwestern’s S&P+ history. A roller coaster ride, albeit one that almost stalled out at the bottom of the hill... pic.twitter.com/RJIcKf1Fxj
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 13, 2019
Ohio State’s S&P+ history. All Ryan Day has to do is keep building on a historical peak. No pressure whatsoever! pic.twitter.com/wDKaK6crqw
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 13, 2019
Nebraska's S&P+ history. Devaney, then Osborne, then the wilderness. pic.twitter.com/KbtbRPv3re
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) August 13, 2019