H&R: Blough is a promising, but still young QB. TT: What should Maryland fans know about sophomore quarterback David Blough? All 14 points were off of turnovers, and for the most part they shut down a strong running game. In fact, the defense overall was pretty good that day. EKU and Cincinnati ran all over Purdue, but the Boilers were surprisingly strong against the run against Nevada. On defense, we continue to struggle on third downs, but that has been an issue since time immemorial. That’s 21 points left in the red zone right there. Purdue lost a fumble inside the five against Nevada as well. His pick against Nevada came from a play inside the five. David Blough’s second pick was in the end zone just before halftime against Cincinnati. The turnovers have come at inopportune times, too. When you have a -9 turnover ratio in consecutive games it is amazing we won one of them. This is without collecting a single turnover in either of those games. Purdue held on to the ball in the blowout of Eastern Kentucky, but threw five interceptions against Cincinnati (three to the same guy) and threw a pick and lost three fumbles against Nevada. The turnovers have been the major, major issue, however. If it can ever cut down on the turnovers it could even be one that regularly scores 30-40 points. Hammer & Rails: The offense is at least better and consistently moves the football compared to the last three years under John Shoop. How has what you've seen from this team compared to what you expected when the year started? Testudo Times: Purdue sits at 2-1, with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Nevada and a Week 2 loss to Cincinnati. You can check out our corresponding Q&A here. It’s the first time these teams have faced off since Maryland joined the Big Ten, so to help familiarize us with the Boilermakers, we turned to Travis Miller, founder and dictator-for-life of SB Nation’s Hammer & Rails. It’s Big Ten week for Maryland, as the Terps open conference play Saturday against Purdue.

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