Three Thoughts is a new feature GoldandBlack.com will run every Monday morning in-season.
ON PURDUE'S OFFENSE
There's a lot on Aidan O'Connell this season, the sort of enormous responsibility a good quarterback inevitably bears.
Here's part of it ...
Last year, O'Connell enjoyed the support of a corps of receivers and offensive skill players that really helped him look good.
David Bell would have been any quarterback's best friend, Milton Wright was a standout in the making, Jackson Anthrop was as reliable as they come and Zander Horvath, well, I suspect you'll see how valuable he was this season now that he's gone.
Those were good — some of them really good — football players, and experienced football players at that. Such pieces are easier to play with than the alternative.
Now, all of that changes.
