WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm held his weekly meeting with the media to preview the Boilermakers’ first road test at Syracuse on Saturday at 12 p.m. in the JMA Wireless Dome.
JEFF BROHM: Very good complementary football. Defense is playing at a high level. Offense is being very efficient, scoring points, taking care of the ball, creating big plays, not beating themselves, and that equals wins.
So we’ll have our hands full and it will be the first test for our team on the road, so we’re going to have a good week of practice, prepare well. Syracuse does a lot of things on defense to give you problems. They’ll give you a lot of different looks, a lot of athletes on the field, and challenge the offense to make plays and try to create mistakes.
Like I said, on offense really good running back play, quarterback is playing very efficient, taking care of the football, sustaining drives, scoring points.
So we’re going to have to play well in all facets of the game in order get a win.
Q. What strikes you about your running back, I think it’s Murphy, and the quarterback, Shrader?
JEFF BROHM: Well, the running back you can tell has played a lot of football. He’s got good instincts, really good the with ball in his hands, he can catch it out of the backfield, he can run it, he’s tough. Like I said, the experience factor shows up when you watch him play. He just knows how to make a move, make a cut, and get yards.
Quarterback really is fitting in well in what they’re doing, taking care of the football, getting easy completions, finding ways to get on the outside. He’s a good runner himself, so that creates problems when the quarterback is athletic and can throw and run.
Q. Any different challenges playing in a dome?
JEFF BROHM: Well, I don’t know. I’ve coached and played there years ago, but the noise is always going to be a factor. Got to make sure that visually you can see the ball, which I don’t think will be a problem. I’ve heard a few things here and there.
I really think the noise aspect for cadences and making sure that we don’t have many penalties that are costly that shouldn’t happen. But it can happen in a loud situation, so that’s something we got to work all week and make sure we’re prepared for that.
Q. Aidan and Charlie have got off to good start. Good chemistry there….
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