WILL WILLEMS COLUMN: Purdue squanders opportunity against Penn State

Just ahead of kickoff on Saturday afternoon, everything seemed to be trending the Purdue Boilermakers way. Despite an ugly loss to Washington in their previous game, the Boilermakers had won two of three heading into the bye, and seemed to poised to challenge for bowl eligibility. Their opponent, Penn State, came limping into the game, losing four straight games and had pressure mounting ...