Behind the Rails Season 2, Episode 13: Illinois Preview
Behind the Rails of Purdue Football
English - November 10, 2022 13:23 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFootball Sports purdue football college football purdue football 2021 college football 2021 big ten football 2021 big ten football Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It is unusual to get this deep into the season with three conference losses and still be alive for a divisional title, but welcome to the Big Ten west. Purdue has a chance this weekend to secure a major tiebreaker and move into first place with a win over the Illinois Fighting Illini in Champaign. Purdue has won five straight in Champaign, but this will be a much tougher foe, as Kory and Travis discuss. Among the highlights:
Illinois has the No. 1 ranked defense in the nation based on scoring and in yards given up.
Chase Brown also leads the nation in rushing, giving them a formidable ground game.
Kory actually played against Bret Bielema in Bret's first season in the Big Ten.
Is Illinois just a better version of Iowa?
We touch on what it means to go to a Detroit Bowl game (hint: Kory doesn't like).