From the wire
Purdue's Taylor Swift 'curse' continues at 0-12
Purdue lost 43-27 to Illinois, dropping Barry Odom’s team to 2-3 after a 1-11 season in 2024. The loss continued a reported pattern: Purdue has lost all 11 games it played within seven days of a Taylor Swift studio-album release, with “The Life of a Showgirl” released at midnight Friday.
The article traces the pattern to 2006 and notes that Purdue’s 49-0 win over Indiana State in 2024 fell outside the weeklong window, as did earlier wins after releases. It says the pattern has reached 0-12 for games within the stated window and that Purdue will hope Swift’s next album is released outside the college-football season window.
