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What Purdue coach Barry Odom said about loss to Ohio State

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Barry Odom by Mick Walker -- Lettermen Row --
Barry Odom (Mick Walker/Lettermen Row)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 1 Ohio State improved to 9-0 on Saturday with a 34-10 win over Purdue. The Buckeyes were without a few key starters on both sides of the ball but they didn’t need them against the Boilermaker.

Following the game, Purdue head coach Barry Odom met with the media to discuss the loss. Here’s what Odom had to say.

Odom on Ohio State:

“I think they’ve got a terrific team. They’re built the right way in every area, really every level of the defense. They’re talented, they’re well coached, they don’t make mistakes. And that shows up, you look at defensively, they could be suffocating and take the air out of anything when a possible play could be there. They’ve got talent in every position offensively. There are gonna be some people that get upset with this statement, but that’s what we’re chasing. And right now, in our league, they’re setting the standard. So every single day working to chase that, and as soon as they’re not that, then we’ll continue the chase. But from recruiting, from development, from calling the game, all those things, right now they are setting the standard. So it’s our job to chase that catch up. And I give them a lot of credit on how they’re built, and then how their kids go play. “

Odom on the Boilermakers defense:

“I thought there were some bright spots on the way that defensively we played today. You’re on the field for 41 minutes, that’s hard to sustain. But I thought there was some fight. The second quarter got away from us.A couple plays that take away, they gave them a short field. And those things are hard to overcome against anybody, but certainly a team like that. But I did see and hear some progress.And we’re not there, we’re not even quite close. But I look at, in the fourth quarter, the song that comes on, in the video of old school Purdue, and the highlights about believing. I’m gonna keep believing, and we will get back to winning ways for this program, and all the great people that support it. I believe very, very strongly in that.