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B1G fans react to Purdue earning spot in B1G Baseball Tournament due to cancellation
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Several fans across the B1G — particularly those pulling for Nebraska and Northwestern — aren’t too thrilled with how Purdue earned a spot into the conference baseball tournament.
On Saturday, the final game of the regular season between Purdue and Maryland was canceled because of weather. Thanks to the no decision, the Boilers could not be caught by the Huskers or Wildcats in the conference win percentage category.
According to reports, Purdue and Maryland delayed the start of the game despite no rain in the area. First pitch was scheduled for 1 p.m. ET. Rain didn’t hit the area until approximately 3:30 p.m. ET.
A Purdue loss on Saturday would’ve opened the door for both Nebraska and Northwestern to steal the last spot. A win for the Boilers — or in this case, a no decision — “secured” a spot in Omaha.
Here are some of the reactions from Saturday’s news:
You have zero integrity as a program
— michael foley (@m_f_oley) May 21, 2022
People saying Nebraska should have just won more games. Well if Purdue would have played today (instead of copping out) and lost and Nebraska wins today they would have won more games 🤷🏻♂️ just sayin.
— Trevor Blevins (@B13vins) May 21, 2022
Nebraska: sits through a 5 hr rain delay to play 1 inning instead of tying to move to 8th seed. Purdue: sits through 5 hrs of sunshine to not play and gets the 8 seed. #boilerdown
— dirkarneson (@edthechevyguy) May 21, 2022
Yet Purdue has to show up in Nebraska and act like they belong there. (Not saying NU does but at least they played their games.) Good luck not getting booed out of Omaha.
— Emily Arent (@eaarent) May 21, 2022
How do you just decide not to play and it’s not a forfeit?
— Hilary (@ready4hilary) May 21, 2022
— Luke G (@lagasper1) May 21, 2022
— BFBQBGURUMEAT (@bfbqbgurumeat) May 21, 2022
Busch league
— Davo PhD (@prettyboydavo21) May 21, 2022
Purdue baseball = Big Ten baseball = a joke
— Vince K (@VinceKuppig) May 21, 2022
Cowards.
— Nik Miskimins (@miskimins402) May 21, 2022
Classless move, @PurdueSports
— Wayne Mortensen (@WayneBuildsLNK) May 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/Jake_Kaiser/status/1528101399715774473?s=20&t=8caRsVYrJfvWQgavLmWNEw
Purdue has canceled their way into the Big Ten Tournament.
They played three less games than everyone else vying for a spot. https://t.co/Dkm4cIRyNN
— Kyle Huesmann (@HuesmannKyle) May 21, 2022
Imagine not playing a game that was 100 percent playable https://t.co/X4QG9mEvNz
— Blake Johnson (@blakej1983) May 21, 2022
Black eye for @B1Gbaseball today. @PurdueSports rewarded for avoiding a game and failing to makeup two others. Conference baseball remains a joke in this league. https://t.co/bj86Lvx81k
— Wayne Mortensen (@WayneBuildsLNK) May 21, 2022
Pathetic https://t.co/w5APsQDBWc
— Corncob Studios (@CorncobStudios) May 21, 2022
Could of just called it this morning since they were never going to play instead of having a tarp show. https://t.co/XH2NGNlL33
— Kaylin 🦋 (@KLRojo88) May 21, 2022
I understand Nebraska had a down year after being picked to win the conference.
That being said the fact that no one from the Big Ten has stepped in to make this game happen with so much on the line is mind boggling to me.#Huskers even if they finish with a win today are out. https://t.co/hcC62rz3Vi
— Eddie Messel (@EddieMesselTV) May 21, 2022
Cannot wait to see how the Big Ten responds to this https://t.co/cINmox5YOb
— Fuuka says Go Cubs Go 📕💀☔🤼♀️👁️❤️🔥🐈⬛☣️ (@AriaOfTheStar) May 21, 2022
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB