QB
IU edgeJosh Hoover
IU 9
vs
PUR starter
5 PUR
Hoover is the proven starter. Make Purdue beat you.
Gameday picture · Week 13 · Rivalry
PUR at IU
Sat, Nov 28 · TBD · TBD · Memorial Stadium
Old Oaken Bucket. Steal it by running the ball and making Purdue throw.
No betting lines on this desk.
Kick weather
51°F
Typical Bloomington for this date · lo 40°F
Bloomington · Memorial Stadium
65% precip · seasonal
Window
TBD
Old Oaken Bucket at Memorial Stadium. Kick TBD.
Bucket week. Hoover is the veteran.
Unit matchups
Quarterback
IU 9 · 5 PUR
Hoover vs a first-year Purdue starter. Experience gap is IU's.
Offensive line
IU 8 · 6 PUR
Purdue's front still travels. Smith has to be a veteran by late November.
Receivers
IU 8 · 6 PUR
Marsh vs Purdue corners. Even, with Marsh the mismatch if isolated.
Front seven
IU 8 · 6 PUR
Make their quarterback beat you. Don't gift it.
Secondary
IU 8 · 6 PUR
No busts. Young Purdue skill will take the free play.
Special teams
IU 7 · 6 PUR
Bucket week. Hidden yardage in a rivalry.
Availability
No official availability report yet. The Big Ten posts it before kickoff; the desk lists only names from that report.
What the tape says
- Make Purdue beat you. Don't gift a short field.
- Run it early. Memorial Stadium goes quiet when the Bucket guest runs the ball — don't let them.
- Marsh isolated. Force Purdue to prove the corner.
- Don't donate a rivalry turnover. The Bucket travels.
History
- Old Oaken Bucket at Memorial Stadium. The rivalry that still decides the state.
- Barry Odom's Purdue. A late-November home game against a rebuilding in-state rival.
- Hoover vs a first-year starter is the cleanest quarterback edge on the slate after the non-con.
Roster advantage · vs Purdue
IU holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Barry Odom's Purdue.
Net grade
+18
8 IU · 0 even · 0 PUR
RB
IU edgeTurbo Richard
IU 8
vs
PUR committee
6 PUR
If IU runs it, the crowd stays loud.
WR
IU edgeNick Marsh
IU 8
vs
PUR corners
6 PUR
Isolate Marsh. Don't let a young Purdue skill beat you over the top.
OL
IU edgeCarter Smith
IU 8
vs
PUR front
6 PUR
Purdue's identity still lives up front.
EDGE
IU edgeChiddi Obiazor
IU 8
vs
PUR tackles
6 PUR
Hunt. He has not seen this kind of edge.
DL
IU edgeTyrique Tucker
IU 8
vs
PUR interior
6 PUR
A push turns this into a Hoover game.
LB
IU edgeRolijah Hardy
IU 8
vs
PUR skill
6 PUR
Fits. Don't chase. This is a tackling rivalry.
DB
IU edgeAmare Ferrell
IU 8
vs
PUR receivers
6 PUR
No busts. Rivalry turnovers travel farther than the number.