Sport lends itself to superstitions, or even a little stitious, and if that fits you and you're a Purdue football fan, you may already know the troubles facing the Boilermakers this week.

When Purdue takes the field against Big Ten rival Illinois , it not only hopes to avenge last season's overtime loss , but also hopes to win its first game the days after pop icon Taylor Swift releases an album. Now that is a tall order for first-year coach Barry Odom .

He may or may not have known that Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" was due to release this fall, and may or may not have known Purdue's history in games within the seven days afterward. What Odom has done in his first season as big whistle is establish a winning identity , which the Boilermakers hope to get back to after a

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