WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The last word with Purdue coach Jeff Brohm before the Boilermakers face No. 23 Boston College on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium:

After further review, Jared Sparks’ 9-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter against Missouri should not have been overturned. Brohm received that word from the Big Ten earlier this week.

Brohm submitted multiple plays to the conference for review, including the controversial decision by a Big Ten replay official that prevented the Boilermakers from taking a 41-37 lead with about 3:30 to play.

Instead, Purdue tied the score with a field goal. The Tigers marched down the field and kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired to win 40-37.

“We turned in multiple plays and got clarification on all of them and to be quite honest, almost all of them were the way I thought and the one on the end (Sparks' TD), the opinion was that should not be overturned,” Brohm said Thursday. “It’s what got back to me and I agreed. Once again, it doesn’t help us at this point.”

Even if the touchdown was upheld, there's no guarantee the Boilermakers defense keeps Missouri out of the end zone with plenty of time left. It would've made for an interesting final three minutes, though, with Purdue holding a lead.

Asked if more transparency is needed to hold officials accountable, Brohm responded:

"I don’t want to call anybody out and nobody wants to get called out and I get it," he said. "I appreciate and respect the referee’s work and the job they do. It’s not easy. There are certain things that you think are that don’t go your way and there are certain things like a replay that has to be conclusive to overturn that doesn’t go your way.

"You would like to think you can get that right, but you know what, everybody makes mistakes. You hope, at some point in life, it balances itself out and this is just where we're at."

Quarterback Elijah Sindelar’s availability remains in question for Saturday.

Sindelar wasn’t available for last week’s matchup against Missouri after suffering an injury Sept. 12. Sindelar did warm up but wasn’t going to play. He’ll be a game-time decision.

"We're working hard to get him back," Brohm said.

David Blough is expected to start against the Eagles, one game after throwing for a program single-game record 572 yards.

Brohm said Nick Sipe was the backup last week and would serve the same role if Sindelar isn’t available.

The Boilermakers are expecting center Kirk Barron and guard/tackle Matt McCann to play Saturday.

Both have been limited in practice this week.

The replay that was overturned. Bad timing on penalties and turnovers. Purdue certainly hasn’t enjoyed many breaks this season, and Brohm is a believer that players and teams create their own luck.

“Hope we can make our own luck and roll with it,” he said. “I’m disappointed, I’m not going to lie. I’m disappointed in a lot of things. I’m not going to make excuses; we lost the three football games and we didn’t deserve to win them, so we’ve got to work harder and get over the jump and get that done.”