Purdue at Maryland Game Day Vitals

As Travis and I talked about in our latest podcast (which is currently in post-production), Purdue can get revenge for a decade old loss this weekend. The only meeting between Maryland and Purdue occurred back in December 2006 in the Champs Sports Bowl. It may have only been 10 years ago, but a lot has changed since then:

• The Champs Sports Bowl is now the Russell Athletic Bowl (this and Georgia Tech’s apparel contract are the only two things to remind you that Russell Athletic still exists).
• Maryland joined the Big Ten
• The iPhone was released, and then made worse.
• Voyager 1 left the solar system
• Hammer & Rails joins SB Nation
• Current Purdue football players were in 3rd through 6th grades last time Maryland and Purdue played
• I became a Purdue fan (for those who don’t know, I used to cheer for those silly Domers)
• And many more (feel free to add more in the comments)

Heck, just looking at YouTube (which wasn’t even 2 years old the last time Maryland and Purdue played) doesn’t have much on the lone match up other than the Purdue band and some non-HD highlights. Oh the humanity of a non-HD world!

Anyways, enough on how much the world has changed in just 10 years and how quickly 10 years go by. If I don’t finish this article soon, it’ll be 2026 for [Purdue] Pete’s sake!

Maryland is coming in a little hot after a 3-0 start under new head coach, D.J. Durkin, with their biggest challenge coming on the road against UCF so far. People are starting to get a little hopeful in College Park, and you can tell by the ticket prices. When T-Mill and Ledman bought their tickets for this game over the summer, they told our group chat that they were in the single digits, and now they’re ~$30.

As for Purdue, things are still a little iffy despite the win. Despite 4 turnovers, they still beat Nevada by ten. But then again, this same Nevada team only scored 10 points against Notre Dame, and that was after ND took a 32-0 lead. If Purdue wants a shot at a bowl game, and Hazell wants to keep his job, this is a must win game for them.