Counting down the Big Ten: No. 10 Purdue (Footblog)

Counting down the Big Ten: No. 10 Purdue

10. Purdue Boilermakers

Coach: Danny Hope (First year)

Top offensive player: WR Aaron Valentin, Sr.

Scouting the offense: Five starters return on an offense that scored more than 17 points in just three conference games. The Boilermakers must replace QB Curtis Painter and RB Kory Sheets, one of the best QB-RB tandems in school history.

Top defensive player: FS Torri Williams, Sr.

Scouting the defense: DE Ryan Kerrigan is one of the more underrated speed rushers in the conference. And, the defensive backfield should be steady with seniors at all four positions.

Overall outlook: Former coach Joe Tiller left the cupboard bare for his former assistant. Purdue and Indiana's Nov. 21 tilt could very well determine the conference's basement dweller.

-Mink

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Matt Fortuna is a junior majoring in journalism and a football reporter for the Collegian. He has previously covered the men's tennis, soccer and basketball teams. A traditionalist, he would like nothing more than to see Joe Paterno throw it back to his Brooklyn days and install the single-wing offense this season.

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