Replay: Gold and Black LIVE--Painter, Halpin special guests
Purdue sports talk on Gold and Black LIVE with special guests Purdue men’s basketball coach Matt Painter, and deputy athletics director Ken Halpin. GoldandBlack.com football writer Tom Dienhart also breaks down Saturday’s matchup with Nebraska.
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Purdue running game versus Nebraska against the run
The lone bright side of Purdue’s trip to Corvallis? The running backs ran wild, racking up 263 rushing yards. Devin Mockobee cleared the 2,000-yard mark for his career, adding another bullet point to his impressive transformation from walk-on to impact player. His 168 yards against Oregon State came just ten short of his career-best (178 vs. Nebraska in 2022). Reggie Love continues to show why Purdue coveted him out of the portal, too. He averages a cool six yards per carry with a pair of touchdown runs.
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In his limited scramble opportunities, Hudson Card does keep the defense honest. His 2nd-and-23rd conversion on a scramble helped get Purdue out of the shadows of its own goalposts against Oregon State. Still, Purdue must balance his rushing ability with exposure to injury risk. As a whole, Purdue enters conference play averaging 6.4 yards per carry and 183 yards per game on the ground.
Nebraska comes into Saturday with a top-25 run defense in the nation, allowing opponents to run for just 94 yards per game. Even more impressive, Husker opponents average a mere three yards per carry and have yet to run for a touchdown in 2024. Defensive coordinator Tony White runs a 3-3-5 approach, and when he can stop the run with six defenders in the box, the defense becomes lethal. Missed tackles have haunted the Blackshirt defense early on in 2024, something the Cornhuskers will need to clean up ahead of Saturday’s matchup. Opposing teams using quarterback runs to attack the edges saw success against this defense in recent weeks. Will Purdue look to run Card more to take advantage of this potential weak spot?
