Um... Bowl eligible?

For the second time in a row, Purdue beat Ohio State at home. That seems incredible. Do you know what else is incredible? Purdue has 5 wins. They lost to flipping RICE, otherwise they would be bowl eligible already. And now, they have two more games on their schedule, a home game against Iowa, and a game on the road against the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington. Iowa has been bad. Indiana has been average for Indian (bad). It would seem that the Boilers almost HAVE to win one of those games, right? Right? Holy crap. I'm so amazed. 

For the record... as of this week, the USA Today didn't even think they would be eligible at seasons end.