Purdue football talk and chat with GoldandBlack.com\u2019s Tom Dienhart and Alan Karpick as the duo breaks down Saturday\u2019s contest with Nebraska, Purdue\u2019s struggles the last two weeks and looking ahead to what my be next for coach Ryan Walters and staff. <\/p>\n
Audio only<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n When it comes to land sales, it pays to have experts in your corner. AcrePro Midwest Farm Group are your local farmland specialists.<\/p>\n With decades of experience in Indiana agriculture, no one knows the market better. Whether you\u2019re doing a ten thirty one exchange, or simply buying and selling farmland, your local AcrePro agent will walk the land with you and ensure the deal is done right.<\/p>\n Visit AcreProcom or call 765-775-6502.<\/p>\n More: Weekly Word: Purdue football\u2019s challenging start and more<\/a><\/p>\n Story by Tom Dienhart<\/p>\n What is the Purdue offense? What label would you put on it? What\u2019s its identity? What does it hang its hat on?<\/p>\n The answer through three games: The rushing attack.<\/p>\n The offense is averaging 183.0 yards rushing. Take away a 38-yard effort vs. Notre Dame, and that rushing average jumps to 255.5.The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe running backs did a great job (at Oregon State), the o-line did a great job,\u201d said offensive coordinator\u00a0Graham Harrell<\/a><\/strong>, whose attack ran for 263 yards (8.8 ypc) last Saturday. \u201cWe obviously ran the ball pretty successful.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can build on what we did in the run game, especially just from an effort and physicality standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n This continues a trend that began last year for the Boilermakers, who in 2023\u00a0finished No. 1 in the Big Ten in rushing in conference play (184.6 ypg). The rushing attack closed the year on a roll, rushing for 353 yards vs. Minnesota, 303 at Northwestern and 178 vs. Indiana in the final three games. Purdue went 2-1 in those tilts.<\/p>\n The fulcrum:\u00a0Devin Mockobee<\/a><\/strong>, who is coming off the second best rushing effort of his career at Oregon State. He torched the Beavers for 168 yards (10.5 ypc), eclipsing the 2,000-yard career rushing mark during a 63-yard jaunt last Saturday. Mockobee was not impressed by himself. He never is.<\/p>\n \u201cPersonally speaking, don\u2019t really care if it doesn\u2019t mean a \u2018W\u2019,\u201d said Mockobee. \u201cSo, it\u2019s whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0First look: Nebraska<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0First and 10<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0Purdue\u2019s Ryan Walters hears outside noise, but he\u2019s not listening<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0The 3-2-1<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0GoldandBlack.com Radio: Purdue-Nebraska<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0Opponent View: Nebraska<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As Nebraska (3-1) comes to Purdue (1-2) for a noon ET kickoff, Mockobee leads the squad with 276 yards rushing, averaging an eye-popping 7.7 yards per tote. And Illinois transfer\u00a0Reggie Love<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has proven to be a good addition, chipping in 165 yards rushing (6.1 ypc).<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the passing game as floundered. How bad has it been? The Boilermakers rank 15th in the 18-team Big Ten, averaging 171.7 yards per game. Avert your eyes,\u00a0Drew Brees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, like I said, we\u2019ve got to play complementary football,\u201d said Harrell, whose offense is No. 13 overall (354.7 ypg) and No. 13 in scoring (25.7 ppg) in the Big Ten. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to look at when we\u2019re using tempo offensively, how do we generate easier third down conversions. There\u2019s a lot of things that we are evaluating right now.\u201d<\/p>\n The absence of two top wideouts\u2013\u00a0Jahmal Edrine<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0CJ Smith<\/a><\/strong>\u2013only makes matters more challenging for the passing game.\u00a0Ryan Walters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is X-ing and O-ing as fast as he can, working with\u00a0Hudson Card<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to improve matters.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019ll keep those issues in house so we\u2019re not tipping our hand to our opponent, but there are definitely things that we\u2019ve talked about, have addressed, and looking forward to seeing what that looks like \u2026 ,\u201d said Walters.<\/p>\n But one thing seems certain for this struggling offense: Give the ball to Mockobee running behind a line that has shown it can be physical and get a push \u2026 and let everything build off that.<\/p>\n \u201cOn offense, we\u2019ve got to do things that our guys are comfortable with and give our guys that need touches, to give them touches,\u201d said Walters. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve got to do things that allow our quarterback to play well. Huddy is a talented individual, and that talent has got to show up on game day.\u201d<\/p>\n Devin Mockobee passed the 2,000-yard career rushing mark last week. He averaged 890 yards rushing in each of his first two seasons. If Mockobee hits that mark in 2024 and 2025, he will finish with 3,560 career rushing yards\u2013No. 2 all-time at Purdue.<\/p>\n Rank Player (Years)<\/strong>Yards<\/strong>1 Mike Alstott (1992-95)3,6352 Kory Sheets (2005-08)3,3413 Otis Armstrong (1970-72)3,3154 Scott Dierking (1973-76)2,8635 Montrell Lowe (1999-02)2,6486 Markell Jones (2015-18)2,5947 Edwin Watson (1994-97)2,5208 Harry Szulbroski (1946-49)2,4789 Corey Rogers (1991-95)2,43610 Jerod Void (2002-05)2,42911 Leroy Keyes (1966-68)2,09412 Devin Mockobee (2021-present)2,055<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Acrepro.com Wednesday Night Live: Purdue football talk<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Purdue football talk and chat with GoldandBlack.com\u2019s Tom Dienhart and Alan Karpick as the duo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Purdue\u2019s Offensive Identity: Hand the Ball To Mockobee<\/h2>\n
Purdue Top 12 all-time leading rushers<\/h2>\n