Purdue Football: 3 takeaways from heartbreaking loss at Nevada

1. Nevada won the battle of in-game coaching

Ultimately, the story of this comeback will be the dueling adjustments. In the second half, Jay Norvell’s team slowed down the things that led to the halftime deficit. There is the aforementioned dip that Elijah Sindelar took in the second half, but he wasn’t the only one.

Rondale Moore, one of the most electric players in the sport, had a great first half. Early in the third, he had a stat line that showed eight receptions, 114 yards and a touchdown. At the end of the night, he totaled 11 receptions, 124 yards, and only one touchdown.

For most of the second half, the Wolf Pack defense only gave up three catches and 10 yards to, once again, one of the most electric players in the nation.

Nevada made the adjustments to slow down Sindelar and Moore, and before the Boilers could come up with solutions, the Wolfpack had come back within striking distance.

Expectation weren’t high entering this, Norvell’s third season in Reno. Through one week, however, he’s established a resilient, strong team that Wolfpack fans should be excited about.