As Purdue’s losing streak has reached four games, the source of coach Barry Odom’s frustration has changed.

Earlier this month, Odom fumed following a loss to Illinois in which he said the Boilermakers’ performance was awful and he didn’t think they were very competitive.

After a 27-20 loss to Minnesota on Saturday in which the Boilermakers outgained the Golden Gophers by nearly 200 yards and led for most of the game, Odom was singing a different, though still melancholy, tune.

“We improved in a lot of areas, but it does not matter,” Odom said after the loss Saturday. “You win or you lose and we lost. … They won the game. We got beat. I got beat. We lost.

“I know everyone in the organization is working extremely hard to get us to the winner’s circle. We’re all tired of saying we’re mak

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