Virginia Tech defeated a Big Ten team on the road 51-24 yesterday, and it could have been by a larger margin. If that 90 yard fumble return didn't happen (which was caused by a mental error by true freshman left tackle Yosuah Nijman), take seven points away from Purdue and add at least three to Virginia Tech's total. That game was more like a 54-17 or 58-17 game.
Let's be honest with ourselves. Purdue is bad. They are slow defensively, and they only won a combined four games in their previous two seasons. They don't look like they are going to be much better than that this year, either. They just don't have the talent to compete at the Power 5 level.