By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent These are not your younger brother’s Indiana Hoosiers, not with Cody Zeller roaming the middle and defensive stalwarts like Victor Oladipo and Yogi Ferrell clogging driving lanes, and they reestablished supremacy again Wednesday night. Purdue’s Baby Boiler era looks for all the world like a fading memory, a four-year blip […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I had a one-on-one interview with former Purdue quarterback Bob Griese on April 12 while still working for the Associated Press. Some of his comments, such as those regarding bounties in the NFL, are well known. Much of what he said will be revealed now. Griese, 67, was the Heisman […]
Continue ReadingFrom Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue’s Ricardo Allen and Kawann Short have been named among the 65 Football Bowl Subdivision players to the watch for the 2012 Chuck Bednarik Award. The Bednarik Award has been presented to the nation’s top defensive player since 1995. Allen, a junior cornerback from Daytona Beach, Fla., […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor David Teague is still balling. Teague and Carl Landry were the key players who helped Purdue’s fortunes turn under coach Matt Painter. The shooting guard recovered from a torn ACL to earn second-team all-Big Ten honors as a senior in 2007. Teague dropped a career-high 32 points on Indiana that season as Purdue […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I covered Purdue athletics for seven years for The Associated Press, primarily covering men’s and women’s basketball and football. I saw a lot during my run — Joe Tiller stepping down, the re-emergence of a basketball power and a steady run of success by the women’s basketball program. I started […]
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