Purdue football coach Ryan Walters: Preparing for Oregon State
Purdue football coach Ryan Walters met with reporters on Monday to prepare for Oregon State.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Dillon Thieneman stood in front of the defense, pointed the finger directly at himself, told his Purdue teammates that he had the upper hand last Saturday and promised to do better.
That’s what All-Americans do when situations like Purdue-Notre Dame arise.
“Everyone had to accept what happened,” Thieneman said this week, referring to Purdue’s 66-7 loss to Notre Dame. “There was nothing we could do to change it. It’s in the past now. The leaders, including myself, have to step up and keep doing what we have to do.”
Aside from the humiliation of such a major setback, the situation quickly returned to normal, so that the Notre Dame hangover was not allowed to affect preparations for the first away game of the season.
The Boilermakers are in Corvallis, Oregon, trying to make up for last week’s embarrassment against Oregon State.
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Scouting Purdue football opponent Oregon State
New Beavers coach Trent Bray won his first two games and fought to a 3-0 start until the second half last Saturday against Oregon.
The Ducks outscored their state rival 27-0 in the second half, dropping Oregon State to 2-1.
Oregon State’s strength through three games appears to be its running attack. The Beavers are averaging 5.2 yards per carry and 47 carries per game. Running backs Anthony Hankerson and Jam Griffin have combined for 559 rushing yards and eight touchdowns through the first three games.
Leash withdrawal
Notre Dame was better against Purdue in every way, but it was most noticeable in the trenches. Purdue’s offensive line gave the backfield little room to gain yards and quarterback Hudson Card little time to make throws.
The end result was a total of 162 yards of attack.
The reinforced offensive line was a supposed strength of the Boilermakers, and the unit wants to prove it can still do that.
“We came out here and attacked every day without stopping,” offensive tackle Corey Stewart said. “That’s all we can do to recover from last week.”
Prediction: Purdue Football 23, Oregon State 20
Is this some kind of Purdue Kool-Aid drinking, a terrible attitude after just witnessing the worst defeat in program history?
If you take last Saturday as the only example of who the Boilermakers are, then that is absolutely the case. Purdue head coach Ryan Walters warned people not to ignore what Purdue is throughout spring camp, summer workouts or fall camp. Of course, the head coach should stay positive.
I choose to do the same. For now. Burn myself one more time and next week everything will be different.
Sam King covers sports for the Journal & Courier. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @samueltking.
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