TERRAIL LOSES HIS HEAD

Nice play by Purdue's Greg Orton, who at one point had the football in his right hand and Terrail Lambert's helmet in his left. Orton made a nice catch on a slant-in, then cut outside and stiff-armed Lambert's facemask, taking the helmet off in one motion.

Also on that drive, QB Curtis Painter had a pass tipped on 2nd down, and Raeshon McNeil was in position to intercept the pass. But the Purdue receiver shoved him from behind and made the catch. I know some rules of pass interference go out the window on a deflected pass, but are you allowed to clip? What else can you do? Eye-gouge? Iron Lotus?

Maybe that's the way the rules go, but Purdue was able to get a clip and an offensive facemask in during their second TD drive. As I said, that may just be the rules. 

Purdue is like, 6-8 on 3rd down conversions thus far.

Let me say it now: Michael Floyd is INSANE! He just made another tremendous catch, his fourth of the first half. This kid is is the best receiver on this team already. That was a 38-yard reception, the longest of his career.

Irish just tied it up on--what else?--a fade route to Golden Tate, Warrior. If you're snoring at home, that's Notre Dame's 11th TD (against zero field goals) of the season and the 10th scored by an underclassman. I've stopped keeping track of how many fade routes the Irish have scored on, but it's at least three.

14-all between two teams who really both prefer to pass the ball. And neither side has a sack so far.