Gold and Black Radio: Purdue gets ready for Northwestern
Purdue will seek its first Big Ten win in the Barry Odom Era when it travels to Northwestern on Saturday. Host Derek Schultz and GoldandBlack.com’s Tom Dienhart and Dub Jellison break it all down in our Oct. 14 edition of GBR.
More on Purdue football from today’s 3-2-1 column by Tom Dienhart–Two Questions
Two questions
1 – Does Ryan Browne feel like he has to do too much at times?
There are no more intense or better competitors on the roster than Browne. And, at times, that passion to make something happen can result in bad plays. To wit: He leads the Big Ten with seven interceptions.
“What we’ve got to do is just make sure that Ryan is comfortable with his reads, comfortable with what he’s seeing,” said Henson. “I don’t want him to second guess himself and stop being aggressive. I just want to turn the rudder a little bit and aim that aggression in the right direction, and that’s our job as coaches to do that.”
2 – Ready for unique venue at Northwestern?
This game will be played at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, a temporary venue for the Wildcats this season and last as a new stadium is being built and set to open in 2026 at the site of the old Ryan Field. The temporary facility is unique, situated on Northwestern’s campus and perched on Lake Michigan next to NU’s practice facility. And, it’s intimate: Capacity: 12-15,000.
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Yes, Odom has talked to those who have played there. He’s even checked it out.
“My wife and I were in Chicago in July,” said Odom. “I just kind of wanted to go by and see it. I’ve seen video and all the things, but I wanted to see how close it was to the water and some of those things. What a unique venue.
“We talked about it this morning as a team on just a little bit of a different layout. So, I wanted the team to obviously have a feel for that and try to prepare them for every situation that we can get.”
