Purdue football embraces underdog role going into Big Ten championship

Purdue football is playing in the Big Ten Championship game against Michigan. The team is not getting the high-profile recruits, but rather the try-hard players who want to prove themselves to bigger schools. Purdue beat Indiana 30-16 on Saturday night. The game will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium on next Saturday. It will pit Michigan against Purdue. Michigan is a traditional powerhouse team with a big stadium and football lineage. Boilermakers are a team that has its own history of success but outside the realms of the league. They have a former walk-on, sixth-year quarterback Aidan O'Connell and a star receiver Charlie Jones.