Purdue Boilermakers 2024 football schedule preview and point spread prediction

so today I'll be continuing with my schedule discussion and point spread prediction videos today I'll be doing uh Purdue so it's no secret that Purdue is one of the best academic schools in the country and one of the worst football programs in the country uh and it's been that way uh for as long as uh they've been in existence I think uh they uh more years than not have a terrible football team they never have a great football team they did have a few uh better years in 2021 and 22 where they won nine games and eight games but then after that they lost their coach and went back to normal having a 4 and eight season uh being one of the 10 worst teams in the power five no doubt uh their offense was bad scoring uh just over 24 points a game on average and their defense was terrible giving up over 30 points a game on average and Purdue uh always recruits near the bottom of the Big 10 conference and uh they never load up with in the transfer portal either so they never have very many good players so whenever they win eight games it's always a surprise and uh taking a look at this schedule I don't see really any chance of them getting to six wins for a bowl game uh they probably won't even be able to get close it would take a really good coaching for Purdue to get to a bowl game which they do not have like for example Chris cman who if you don't know who that is he's the head coach at Kansas State U and uh he's uh not the best uh recruiter and it's hard to recruit at Kansas State anyway but he's really good at developing his players and uh he's good at coming up with good game plans uh which is why he's been able to win 19 games uh combined in a conference Championship uh these past two seasons at Kansas State uh and I know uh Kansas state is a better football program than Purdue is but uh he's still doing it with just a bunch of three star players and uh it can be done even at a place like Puro but on this schedule I only see one given win for Purdue the opener against Indiana state that should be a pretty easy win against an FCS opponent uh and then after that they could lose every other game and go one and 11 this schedule does not set up well at all for them uh so they take their first week off before Notre Dame who they always lose to whenever they play so that not good and then uh also in the non-conference they have a road game against Oregon State uh which is going to be tough Oregon state is not going to be as good as they were these last couple of years but they're still going to be able to give Purdue a hard time um so that's bad with the non-conference schedule to uh opponents like that um and uh it's also bad that they get uh several uh games at home against Notre Dame Oregon and Penn State that they have no chance of winning anyway but then they have so many road games that they would have a chance to win uh well and they still do but it would have been a better chance if they could have got them at home against the Oregon State and Illinois uh Michigan State and Indiana and uh it's h bad that they have a those two Road games in a row there against Wisconsin and Illinois and then they have to play two Road games in a row again to end the season against Michigan State and Indiana and uh so Nebraska that is one that they could maybe win if Nebraska is terrible again but just recently I've been getting the feeling that nebras is going to have a much better gear this year than they've had in a really long time uh and Wisconsin I think they're going to be a little too good for uh Purdue to be able to beat no matter where it would be played and uh uh Northwestern uh they get a week off before that one and it is at home that's one that maybe Purdue could get a win and because Northwestern they're no more talented really than uh puru is but they have uh more production coming back than purdo does and they were better last year than purdo and then Ohio State there's no chance that Purdue could win that one it actually is a good thing for them that they do play that one on the road because it wouldn't have matter that they're going to get blown out in that one no matter where it's played I'll be surprised if Purdue scores more than seven points in that game so I think it's going to be hard for Purdue to even get four wins again uh this year so now I'll move on to the point spread prediction so games in the green are games where I think that Purdue will be favored by a blowout which is 20 or more points and there's one of those Indiana EST State and games in the gray or games where I think Purdue will be an underdog by about a field goal which is one to five points and there's a six of those half of their schedule Oregon State Nebraska Illinois Northwestern Michigan State and Indiana and games in the yellower games where I think pale will be an underdog by about a touchdown six to9 points and there's one of those Wisconsin and games in the orange are games where I think they'll be an underdog by double digits 10 to 19 points and there's two of those Notre Dame and Penn State and games in the red or where I think they'll be an underdog by a blowout which that is 20 or more points and there's two of those Oregon and Ohio State uh so uh Indiana State produ should be favored in that one by around three touchdowns and uh Oregan State pale would probably be the favorite at home but on the road I think they'll be about a three-point Underdog and Nebraska I think Purdue even at home will be Underdog by about a point in that game but that is a tough one I could see it being a toss up or maybe Purdue even being a little bit of a favorite if Nebraska doesn't turn out to be very good and they have a game against the clown show of Colorado before this game so that should have something to do with what the spread of this game is and Illinois that's just in the gray because it's a road game Illinois will probably be favored by around a point but Purdue I'm pretty sure would be the favorite if it was a home game because Illinois I think they may actually be worse than Purdue with their roster this year they're going to be bad I think and then Northwestern the sprad in that that one will probably be around five points and Michigan State in Indiana I think they'll be Underdog in both of those by probably just like a point because they're Road games but I think Purdue would be the favorite at home those teams are not very good either uh and Wisconsin I think they'll be around a ninepoint favorite over Puro and Notre Dame and Penn State the spread in both of those I think will be like 18 points probably and uh Oregon P will probably be an underdog by like 25 points in that game and Ohio State the spread in that one will probably be like four touchdowns like 28 so they're probably just going to be favored in that one game now I think that they could probably win another game or two of these that they'll uh be just a small Underdog in uh but uh I don't think they're really going to be any better this year as a team uh so that will be it with this video and please subscribe and thanks for watching and I'll be back soon