By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Each and every week during the Irish football season, IndySportsLegends.com interviews Notre Dame’s upcoming opponent’s radio play-by-play announcer. This week IndySportsLegends.com spoke with Tim Newton, the Voice of the Boilermakers. Following is what Newton had to say about Purdue, who is 1-0 following a 48-6 season-opening win over FCS foe […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Robert Marve’s career day against Eastern Kentucky wasn’t enough to make him Purdue’s starting quarterback over Caleb TerBush. Coach Danny Hope said Tuesday that TerBush will start Saturday at Notre Dame. That says an awful lot about TerBush. After he was suspended for the opener and Marve passed for 295 […]
Continue ReadingBen Fahrbach took photos for ISL at Saturday’s Purdue-Eastern Kentucky game. Robert Marve passed for 295 yards and three touchdowns in Purdue’s 48-6 win. Fahrbach took plenty of shots of No. 9 for this collection of his best work from Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Kawann Short recorded one tackle in Purdue’s 48-6 blowout win over Eastern Kentucky, a sack for a loss of four yards. It was a modest statistic for the 6-foot-3, 315-pound senior defensive tackle whose name appears on numerous preseason All-America lists. Make no mistake, the Colonels felt […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Here we go again. That was the thought that crossed my mind Saturday when Purdue quarterback Robert Marve foolishly threw a pass down the middle of the field that was intercepted and looked so forced that Eastern Kentucky’s Brooklyn Fox must have been, had to have […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Eastern Kentucky 7, Kansas State 0. That was the score at the end of the third quarter of the Colonels’ season opener in Manhattan, Kan. last year. The mere mention of it sent Purdue coach Danny Hope rustling through his papers during his weekly teleconference. Kansas […]
Continue ReadingFrom Purdue Sports Information PARK RIDGE, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference on Thursday announced each member institution’s men’s basketball league dates and opponents. Times and television information are still being finalized and will be released at a later date. Under the direction of eighth-year head coach Matt Painter, the Boilermakers will host Illinois on […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Don’t write off Ralph Bolden just yet. The explosive Purdue running back tore the ACL in his right knee last season against Indiana and is still recovering. This week, coach Danny Hope gave the best indication yet that Bolden could be a factor this season. It’s going to […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue defensive tackle Kawann Short, who is up for virtually every major award possible this year, talked to the media on Tuesday in advance of the season opener against Eastern Kentucky. Among the topics of discussion: his goals, the team’s expectations and how the team will do without Dwayne Beckford.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Are you ready for some college football? Well, your wait is about over. All 12 Big Ten teams kick things off later this week with a couple teams squaring off with top-25 teams. Michigan appears to have the toughest challenge, facing defending national champion and No. 2-ranked Alabama. We’ll have […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – It doesn’t look good for Dwayne Beckford. Purdue head football coach Danny Hope has announced that the senior linebacker has been suspended from the team indefinitely following his latest arrest, his fourth brush with the law the past two years. Hope described Beckford’s future at Purdue as “very questionable.” Beckford was an […]
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