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Analysis ($): Vs.: Who's the bigger loss?

Yes, Purdue needs to be able to more efficient and productive running the football.

And, yes, there should be opportunities to do that Saturday against Minnesota, even if it is team that has good numbers so far against the run, because that "success" largely came against weak non-conference opponents.

But that's not what I'm going with here as the matchup I think could be most important — or, at least this week, the "matchup" I'm most intrigued to watch.