For those of us who are graduates or fans of Purdue University, it’s been a tough football season. While we may be outnumbered here in the Columbus area by devotees of another state school, there are still a lot of us. Our misery this season has not been helped by the fact that our in-state rival is having an historic season and is headed to the College Football Playoffs. That stings. And the cream and crimson have accomplished all of this in their very first season with a new head coach.