Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (8-0) vs Purdue (2-6) WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 7:30 Eastern THE LINE M –32.5 (Vegas) M –36.5 (Bill C) TELEVISION NBC PBP: Noah Eagle Color: Todd Blackledge TICKETS From $111. WEATHER cloudy minimal wind mid-40s Overview Purdue made the Big Ten Championship Game last year on the back of Aidan O'Connell and Chuck "Charlie Jones" Sizzle, supported by the fake-flea-flickerin'-est coach east of the Pecos River. All of those dudes are gone. O'Connell and Jones both went in the fourth round of the NFL draft; Jeff Brohm was finally, inevitably raptured up by the Louisville program where he cut his teeth as a quarterback. Purdue responded by hiring Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters. In the recent annals of third-tier Big Ten football programs hiring coaches this qualifies as a very good idea, but Walters was the king of man coverage last year with Devon Witherspoon and company. Jumping into year zero at Purdue with a nearly exclusive man coverage approach is… difficult. Purdue has suffered. They're 2-6 and coming off a 31-14 hammering at the hands of a Nebraska program that Michigan hammered 45-7. Get ready for another whoopin'. [AFTER THE JUMP: Year Zero]