ISL photographer Ben Fahrbach took shots at Purdue during the Boilermakers’ 34-9 loss to Penn State. He has taken shots of every home game this season. Here are his best from Saturday’s game. Here are Fahrbach’s other galleries from this season: Purdue-Eastern Kentucky Purdue-Eastern Michigan Purdue-Marshall Purdue-Michigan Purdue-Wisconsin Also: Purdue crushed in 34-9 loss to […]
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From the Big Ten Conference Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez and Indiana’s Cody Latimer have been named co-Big Ten players of the week. Their teams could face off in the Big Ten title game in Indianapolis. Here are highlights of what they did last week: Cody Latimer, Indiana So., WR, Dayton, Ohio/Jefferson Township – Set or matched career highs […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Just like in the Wisconsin game, Purdue came out of the gate strong and scored early against Penn State. And just like in the Wisconsin game, the Boilermakers did little more until the game was out of reach. The Boilermakers were overwhelmed in a 34-9 loss to the Nittany Lions that […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue (3-5, 0-4 Big Ten) is in danger of having its bowl hopes put on life support heading into Saturday’s home game against Penn State. The Boilermakers need to win three of their final four games to become bowl eligible, and if the Boilers lose this one, they will then hit the road for games […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I asked Robert Marve about how he has dealt with the fact that Purdue coach Danny Hope has spent the better part of the past few years trying to rein him in. His response? “On or off the field?” That honest response tells a lot about Purdue’s new starting quarterback. In […]
Continue ReadingThe following is the text of a statement from Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke on the state of the Purdue football program. The Boilermakers entered the season with high hopes but have lost their first four conference games under increasingly unpopular coach Danny Hope. “Everyone around our football program has high expectations for the 2012 […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor There was only one way Purdue’s epic flop against Minnesota could have been worse, and guess what? It happened. Indiana won. What a double-whammy for Purdue coach Danny Hope. Purdue, which entered the season with all the returning starters and all the hype, fell behind 44-7 against Minnesota and eventually […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent What we learned from our latest weekend in college football. 1. Alabama is free and clear for the BCS title game. With Oregon likely to win out and Kansas State hitting its stride, one fan base is going to be severely disappointed come early December if current trends continue. 2. […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent One look at Saturday’s Big Ten schedule and it’s easy to decipher that we could be entering the month of November and both divisions could for all practical purposes be sewn up. That scenario will indeed unfold if Michigan is able to win Saturday at Nebraska. A Wolverine win in […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It’s supposed to be a down year for Purdue. I chuckle when I hear that. I was here in 2006. I know what a “down year” is. True, the Boilermakers no longer have the players who made them nationally known in recent years. Robbie Hummel went […]
Continue ReadingBy CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Note: The author is a native of Omaha, Neb. #BigRedJobOpenings. I couldn’t help but tweet that as Nebraska struggled mightily with Northwestern last weekend. Part of that was NU’s difficulties beating a team it honestly should have had in hand by halftime. Part of that was Saturday’s effort stacked on […]
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