By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Oh, to be Michigan State this week. The Spartans have the luxury of sitting back and enjoying one of their bye weeks while watching Nebraska and Michigan duke it out to see who stays within striking distance of the men from East Lansing. Thanks to its 5-0 Big Ten […]
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From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue men’s basketball head coach Matt Painter has announced that seniors Terone Johnson, Travis Carroll, Sterling Carter and Errick Peck will serve as the team captains for the 2013-14 season. “Terone and Travis have given four years to this program and have been outstanding leaders and student-athletes since […]
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From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s basketball team sprinted out to an 11-0 lead and was never threatened in a 91-58 victory over Wayne State (Neb.) in the final exhibition tune-up for the Boilermakers in front of 11,911 fans in Mackey Arena on Monday night. The Boilermakers won their 23rd straight exhibition […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor/The Sports XChange WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Just in case folks thought Ohio State’s dynamic offensive performance against Penn State was a fluke, the Buckeyes duplicated the effort Saturday against Purdue. Braxton Miller threw four touchdown passes in the first half to help No. 4 Ohio State roll past the Boilermakers […]
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From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Senior guard Terone Johnson led five Boilermakers in double figures with 17 points and Purdue went on a 19-4 run to close the first half to ease past Indianapolis, 80-73, in front of 12,178 fans at Mackey Arena on Wednesday night. The contest was the first of two exhibition […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Painter has a problem. He has so many good players that he can’t figure out who should start. Finally, the kind of problems Purdue’s basketball coach wants. The Boilermakers open exhibition play Wednesday against Indianapolis, and Painter will be in tinkering mode. That’s because an slew of […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor A.J. Hammons doesn’t have it all together just yet. Purdue’s talented 7-foot center has been suspended for a violation of team rules, coach Matt Painter said Monday during a teleconference. Hammons will miss Purdue’s exhibition games against Indianapolis on Oct. 30 and Wayne State (Neb.) on Nov. 4, and the […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor This week could be a snooze fest as far as Big Ten games are concerned. Barring a major upset, the five conference games aren’t expected to keep you glued to your television. Unfortunately, none of the games figures to impact the Big Ten race. Undefeated Ohio State doesn’t figure […]
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ISL photographer Ben Fahrbach was on the field for the Nebraska-Purdue game and got close to the action. Ameer Abdullah ran for 126 yards and a touchdown, Terrell Newby ran for 61 yards and Imani Cross added 56 yards and two touchdowns for the Cornhuskers (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten). Nebraska held Purdue to 216 yards, […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — If the color scheme of the crowd was any indication, this would not be a good day for the homestanding Boilermakers. Nebraska fans created a sea of red among the gold-and-black-clad Purdue faithful on Saturday afternoon. One event staff member who has worked at Purdue for […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor One look at Purdue’s schedule heading into this season and it didn’t take a genius to figure out Darrell Hazell’s first Boilermaker team could struggle … mightily. That’s exactly what has transpired five games into the season in West Lafayette. Purdue just isn’t a good football team. Far from […]
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