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ON PURDUE'S SLIDE ...
Purdue's losing streak ran to four Saturday against equally woebegone Nebraska, the latest installment of that slide being the least competitive yet.
The Boilermakers were down 17 before most of the crowd has even found its seats. Wait no, that's not right. Never mind. Purdue managed to put a bit of a scare into Nebraska In the second half, thanks to David Bell's boilerplate awesomeness, but another death-by-a-thousand-cuts fourth quarter for the defense and another mostly toothless fourth quarter for the offense bookended the special teams' cataclysmic first quarter and spelled defeat.
Purdue's in a bad spot right now. You don't need me to tell you that. It was just a month or so ago that the Boilermakers were 2-0, ducking a trip to Wisconsin and getting Rondale Moore back. Talk of a Big Ten West title wasn't crazy.
Now, the pits, the program's lowest moments since the death valley that was the Darrell Hazell Era.
