Finally.

After months of uncertainty, an actual cancelation of the fall season, an un-cancelation of the fall season, and then another month of waiting, college football returns to the Big Ten this weekend, under the cloud of COVID-19, and for Purdue, it means a pivotal showdown right out of the chute.

Big Ten West rival Iowa visits a mostly empty Ross-Ade Stadium Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.

Our predictions.

In this world of nothing being normal as we all deal with the new normal, Jeff Brohm’s COVID situation and Rondale Moore’s Friday noon bombshell throws a couple more whacko twists into this already bizarre year.

It is literally impossible to predict how the Boilermakers will fare assuming that their main play caller will not be in contact with his staff and their best player will be on the sideline in street clothes and a mask.