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Weekly Word: The spark Purdue needed, Kobe and Quad 1

The Weekly Word is GoldandBlack.com's weekly, obviously, column covering Purdue football, basketball and recruiting, as well as college sports issues, the true meaning of life, or whatever other topics might come to mind in a given week.

Purdue's Evan Boudreaux
Evan Boudreaux's play vs. Wisconsin may have been just what Purdue needed. (USA Today Sports)

THE SPARK PURDUE NEEDED, MAYBE

As Purdue's performance has wobbled back and forth this season on an every-other-game sort of basis, its results tied largely to venue, it's felt like the Boilermakers have just needed something to happen.

Whatever it may be, something.

Anything.

Last year, it was overtime in Madison, the Boilermakers outlasting Wisconsin on its home floor, scoring the win that turned their season. You know how things played out thereafter.

This season, Purdue waits, waits for that pivot point. Turned out, the Virginia game wasn't it, nor the Ohio game — Purdue's only road win thus far — nor the Michigan State game. After each, inconsistencies endured.

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