Purdue looks to rebound from its disappointing season-opening loss at Nevada Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium, as Vanderbilt visits.

Here are our predictions for how things may turn out.

It was a long flight home from Nevada last week for Purdue. And an even longer week of practice coming off that gut-punch 34-31last-second loss to the Wolf Pack.

Wanna play the blame game? Go ahead. There are plenty of fingers to be pointed. The offense suffered a second-half malaise, scoring just seven points. The defense lost its edge after halftime and couldn't make one stinking stop at a critical juncture to get off the field during a fourth-quarter meltdown that saw the Boilermakers get outscored, 17-0. Special team chipped in, too, with two punt muffs.

Purdue should have won, but it didn’t. Now, what?