Meanwhile, in West Lafayette ...

Aaaand your word for this week around Ross-Ade Stadium is ... "overreact."

As in, "Let's not. At least yet."

And so, no, it is not yet time to roll out the Official Theme Song of Foreboding. Jaws has not yet sunk the Orca and bitten Robert Shaw into two fun-sized pieces. Nor has he done the same thing to Purdue's brightening football future.

On the other hand ...

On the other hand, Jeff Brohm did bring gridiron glory to Louisville as a Cardinals quarterback.

And Louisville did just fire head coach Bobby Petrino for driving the program into a bridge abutment.

And now everyone -- everyone -- is saying Brohm, the proud Louisville alum, is No. 1 with a bullet on UL's wish list.

Understandably, this has some people on edge in West Lafayette.

Because after the failed Danny Hope experiment and the really failed Darrell Hazell experiment, Purdue finally found their guy. In his first season, Brohm took a crash site of a program, went 7-6 and win a bowl game. So far this year they're 5-5 (after starting 0-3) and have beaten three ranked teams (Boston College, Iowa and, of course, Ohio State). Ohio State was ranked second when the Boilers drill-pressed the Buckeyes 49-20, the first time Purdue had beaten a team ranked that high in 34 years.

The downside to all that, of course, is that when a guy does that at a place that hasn't known real success in a decade or so, people tend to notice. People like, oh, someone's alma mater.

Of course, Brohm eased everyone's mind by immediately and categorically denying any interest in the Louisville job. He did that, right?

Um ... well ...

Here's what he actually said: "It’s important for me to not comment on any speculation. Right now, I have a job to do. … I’m going to stay focused on that. I’m very appreciative of the job I have right now."

Right now? He's very appreciative of the job he has RIGHT NOW??

Uh-oh, Boiler Nation. You can hear Hooper and Quint in your head already, can't you?

"That's a 20-footer," Hooper's saying.

"Twenty-five," Quint corrects.

Gulp.