Purdue football has three straight winnable games on its schedule after a three-game gauntlet.

Each game provides a measure of progress different from another. Here are the keys to watch.

Next up: Purdue at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Saturday

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football scattered fragments of the elements necessary to win in the Big Ten across three disappointing losses.

The Boilermakers no longer seem interested in credit for keeping the fight up for 60 minutes when overmatched. They want credit for playing up to their potential.

“Talk is cheap. What are your actions?” coach Barry Odom said after Saturday’s 43-27 loss to Illinois . “That’s pretty clear cut. What’s it going to be?”

The rest of October features fertile opportunities to turn positive actions into wins.

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