LSU vs Purdue

Purdue takes on No. 15 LSU in Monday's Citrus Bowl with a lot of familiar faces missing, but one back as Drew Brees returns as assistant coach.

"I see it not only as an opportunity to coach and mentor this group of young men, but represent all the former Purdue players that care so much about our program," Brees said in a press release. The Purdue trainers helped him to his feet and escort him to the sideline. punches it from 1 yard out to give LSU the lead. With Austin Burton under center for Purdue, making just his third career start, the Boilers go three-and-out and punt back to the Tigers. Football Reese Taylor (out of Ben Davis) was injured on the first play of the game, and is still in the medical tent per ABC's broadcast. Tigers finish 10-play drive that covered 63 yards and nearly five minutes thanks to a 4th-and-2 conversion near midfield. The freshman has 21 rushing yards on four carries and nine yards on one catch. [returned home to Louisville](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2022/12/07/purdue-football-coach-jeff-brohm-leaves-for-louisville-job-scott-satterfield/69701329007/). That's four straight touchdown drives for the Tigers. Purdue is losing more defenders to injury on an already light unit, and the Boilers are no match for LSU right now. for a 10-yard score. Ryan Walters was [hired as his replacement](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2022/12/13/purdue-football-ryan-walters-to-coach-boilermakers/69724217007/), but won't coach in today's Citrus Bowl versus LSU.

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In the SEC title game against [Georgia](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/UGA/georgia-bulldogs/), he carried six times for 55 yards (9.2 average), including a 47-yarder. Here are the [college football odds](https://www.sportsline.com/college-football/odds/futures/) and trends for Purdue vs. He also came up big in a 31-24 win at [Illinois](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/ILL/illinois-fighting-illini/) on Nov. [Kayshon Boutte](/college-football/players/3163170/kayshon-boutte/) (NFL opt-out), [Jaray Jenkins](/college-football/players/2965695/jaray-jenkins/) (NFL opt-out) and [Jack Bech](/college-football/players/26700682/jack-bech/) (transfer portal) also out, the Tigers will likely want to lean on the run game to ease the burden on quarterback [Jayden Daniels](/college-football/players/3123337/jayden-daniels/). - LSU vs. In the Big Ten title game against Michigan, he caught four passes for 54 yards (13.5 average). [LSU Tigers](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/LSU/lsu-tigers/) will take on the [Purdue Boilermakers](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/PURDUE/purdue-boilermakers/) on Monday in the 2023 Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Purdue](https://www.sportsline.com/college-football/game-forecast/NCAAF_20230102_LSU@PURDUE/) and just locked in its picks and Citrus Bowl 2023 predictions. [You can visit SportsLine now to see the model's picks](https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/lsu-vs-purdue-line-picks-advanced-computer-college-football-model-releases-selections-for-citrus-bowl-matchup/#ttag=12312022_agg_cbssports_picks_football_ncaa_model_CitrusBowlCFB). Over the past six-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of almost $2,500 for $100 players on its top-rated [college football picks](https://www.sportsline.com/college-football/picks/) against the spread. [college football](/college-football/) game 10,000 times. Most notably, Purdue will be without quarterback [Aidan O'Connell](/college-football/players/2868716/aidan-oconnell/), while LSU won't have [Jay Ward](/college-football/players/3121423/jay-ward/) and edge rusher [BJ Ojulari](/college-football/players/3163276/bj-ojulari/).

KEY PLAYS: Jayden Daniels starts the drive with a 19-yard pass to Mason Taylor to the Purdue 44. Daniels 12 pass to Malik Nabers on fourth-and-2 extends the ...

Nussmeier 15 pass to Nabers to the LSU 45. KEY PLAY: Daniels 17 pass to Nabers on third-and-3 extends the drive at the Purdue 38. Nussmeier 17 pass to Taylor on third-and-4 keeps the drive alive at the Purdue 14. On third-and-8, Garrett Nussmeier 14 pass to Nabers to the Purdue 37. Daniels 12 pass to Malik Nabers on fourth-and-2 extends the drive at the Purdue 24. KEY PLAYS: Jayden Daniels starts the drive with a 19-yard pass to Mason Taylor to the Purdue 44.

The game will kick off at 1 p.m. on Monday.

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Kickoff between No. 15 LSU (9-4) and Purdue (8-5) is set for Noon CT on ABC.

Champions of the SEC Western Division, the Tigers are coming off a 50-30 loss to No. The Tigers are 28-24-1 all-time in bowl game/playoff appearances and 2-3 in five previous trips to the Citrus Bowl. The Voice of the Tigers, Chris Blair, and Doug Moreau will be on the call, along with Gordy Rush on the sideline. LSU will be making its 54th bowl game appearance and its sixth in the Citrus Bowl. The game will be streamed on Nabers holds onto the second one though, with some great footwork on a first down catch. -Not much running space on the first handful of runs for LSU. -LSU gets down to the one and John Emery punches it in. 68 Fitzgerald West is at the bottom of a pile on a first down stuff at nose tackle. Tigers take a two score lead as the first quarter winds down. -Have to wonder how long LSU will turn this over to some of the younger players on the roster. Noah Cain punches it in on the next play.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The LSU offense exploded for 594 yards of total offense to defeat Purdue, 63-7, and become Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Champions on Monday at Camping ...

[Quad Wilson](https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/player/quad-wilson/) picked off Jack Albers and returned it 99 yards for a touchdown, putting a bow on the 2022-23 season to secure the Citrus Bowl victory, 63-7. That marked Nabers’ second passing completion of the game, giving him 50 yards through the air and a touchdown to extend the Tigers’ lead to 42-0. Taking a 35-0 lead into the break, LSU tied its school record for half-time margin in a bowl game (35). (The 45-yard completion from Nabers to Lacey was the longest by an LSU non-QB since WR Todd Kinchen threw a 51-yard TD pass to WR Tony Moss vs. [Malik Nabers](https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4595348/malik-nabers) earned Citrus Bowl MVP, leading the receivers with nine catches for 163 yards and a touchdown. (LSU led Oklahoma in the CFP Semifinal (Peach Bowl), 49-14, on Dec. Daniels then found Nabers again for a 9-yard gain down to the Purdue 15. The 37-yard run by Daniels marked a season-long. [Jayden Daniels](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=jayden+daniels+lsu+athletics&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) finished 12-of-17 for 139 yards and a touchdown. [Kyren Lacy](https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/player/kyren-lacy/) for a 45-yard completion to the Purdue 10. Taylor had five catches for 83 yards, averaging 20.8 yards per catch at that point in the game. On 1st-and-10 from the LSU 44, Daniels found Taylor for a 19-yard completion to the Purdue 44.