Rip that bandage off and cover the wound with the antibiotic that is positivity. Boiler Up!
For those who possess the mental fortitude and bravery to read about the events of January 21, 2025 in West Lafayette, Indiana…I figured I should be the one to talk about it. I’m the random guy from Georgia who likes Purdue University because Jim Chaney as Drew Brees’s offensive coordinator made for a fun combo when I was a kid.
Spin this as a positive, said the author who almost decided to major in Public Relations in college.
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Yesterday, the surging Boilermakers surrendered a double-digit lead to a Buckeyes team that had lost three games in a row by a combined five points. It would be Purdue’s first home loss in men’s hoops in 27 games.
Reminders to any and all who may have a pit in their stomach:
It’s tough to count on referees with replay calls in close games, or, like, ever. They choose to congregate and review something for six minutes and then choose to not review something that deserves a replay later.
Zebras are notoriously unpredictable creatures. Ask a cheetah or Werner Herzog.
Purdue shooting poorly from three point land combined with an opponent shooting lights out in second half is what it takes to beat a team as good as the Boilermakers. They just happened to do it to us yesterday.
You basically have to go pay worship toward your deity of choice if you want your team to out-shoot the Boilermakers.
You know Matt Painter is going to coach this up to best ensure something similar doesn’t happen again in terms of lack of focus and execution in the second half.
TKR is certified bad man and has permission to call my parents by their first names instead of “Mr. and Mrs. Shearman.”
Trey Looked like a monster in the paint. Kaufman-Renn scored 26 to lead the team and has been on a tear as of late.
How many times in one season do you think the Boilers will miss that many layups? Let alone that many layups at home?
My guess is zero more times for both Mackey and non-Mackey events.
Gicarri Harris has been playing hard over the past three games. Love to see that effort from a young gun who’s supposed to be a big deal. Semi-related: I used to play in the Atlanta Hawks youth program and I just found my old 2002-03 season Glenn Robinson poster this week. It’s on the wall now.
Lots of lessons to be learned from this game, and again, I think we all trust in Painter to make sure certain crucial errors don’t happen again.
Being a “learning lesson” game, the Boilers have but one game this week (Friday against Michigan) before a full week off. I guarantee those Purdue players are still watching Ohio State film into the middle of next week regardless of the outcome of the upcoming Michigan game (also at home).
And then after the Wolverines, the Boilers have the all important rivalry game (again, at home) against those guys who think candy cane pants are “classic” and not “extremely outdated” or “evoking feelings of creepy clowns.”
This team’s not missing the NCAA tournament. All beds pooped and all lessons learned will be vital in the impending postseason run.
You’re a Boiler and the Purdue University men’s basketball program is always good. Coming from somebody who was a ball boy at University of Georgia games and later an assistant for UGA hoops, gosh it must be so awesome to have grown up a hardcore Boiler. I mean heck I’m only four years in of being an actual fan, and I have stopped guys wearing Purdue shirts in Athens, Georgia just to say “BOILER UP!” It’s great. It’s like the opposite of me being a depressed Atlanta Falcons fan and running into a guy with a Dirty Birds hat at the Phoenix airport.
Things are gonna be just fine, friends. With as many games as there are to be played in a college basketball, a loss like this can sometimes provide the kick in the pants necessary to get past a certain level.
Losses like this can turn a hypothetical C+ team into a B- team. They’ll turn a B+ team into an A- team.
For Purdue, I can see this loss turning an A- team into an A team.
Shoutout to B.A. Baracus. I pity the fools who don’t believe in Purdue going forward.
BOILER UP!