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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Yeah, but their football program isn't 'big.' I never really cared about a school's student population when talking about football. Because it's not important to any football discussion. It's always been about how big their program is, for me. Do they "compete" against the best programs. And by compete, i mean more than just take the field. Like have a legit chance to win most Saturdays. Which they don't.
Purdue doesn't fall into that category, at least recently. They've been a middling program No one is going to argue that Purdue is probably going to even cover the spread vs. OSU, Michigan, PS, or most of the other teams in the Big 10.
In that respect, a football-only perspective, they're not a big program.
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It seems that there are maybe only a half dozen schools that would meet your standard for "big". I believe if they are playing in the power 5 they are a big school. They compete against the absolute best in college football. That's where the true measuring stick is for big or small IMO. Level of competition and their performance against that competition.