Two seismic streaks thankfully ended on Saturday. Kentucky went into Gainesville, sporting a 31-game losing streak against the Gators. Two of their recent losses to Florida were unbearably excruciating. Dominating both lines of scrimmage, the Wildcats prevailed 27-16. NO college team is good enough to beat Kentucky 32 games in a row!!
An even longer streak was snapped in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The woebegone Jayhawk program had lost 46 consecutive road games (Where have you gone, Mark Mangino??). Kansas dominated Central Michigan.
We hope the partying went well into the night in both Lexington and Lawrence. Like cholesterol, there are both good and bad celebrations. At a soggy Purdue stadium, a catastrophic celebration occurred. Down 17-12, with 6:41 to play, D.J Knox rips off a 45 yard TD scamper for the Boilermakers. 18-17, Purdue. Mr. Knox was so excited that he was penalized for excessive celebration. OOPS!! Purdue was forced to settle for a PAT instead of going for a 2-point conversion. 19-17, Purdue….16-point underdog Eastern Michigan kicks a game-winning field goal at the gun.
This was a devastating loss for Purdue. For the second straight home game, they arguably outplayed their opponents only to be sporting an 0-2 record. The Boilers have to play improved Missouri and Boston College teams the next two weeks before embarking on Big 10 play. It looks like all the progress Jeff Brohm made last year may be reversed in 2018 — despite the epic talents of Freshman scatback Rondale Moore.