By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As North Carolina prepares to play IU tonight in Assembly in one of the biggest games of the young college basketball season, you have to wonder if we’ll see the Tar Heels more frequently in Big Ten country in the very near future. There’s plenty of legit talk circulating […]
Continue ReadingFrom Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Highlighted by first team All-Big Ten honors for defensive tackle Kawann Short, six Purdue football players have been recognized by the Big Ten coaches and media members as all-conference selections. Short, a first team selection by the coaches last season, was feted as such by both the […]
Continue ReadingFrom Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue’s Robert Marve and Frankie Williams were recognized with player of the week honors by the Big Ten Conference after their performances in Saturday’s Old Oaken Bucket victory over Indiana. Marve was named the co-Offensive Player of the Week and Williams the Freshman of the Week. The […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After all the ups and downs, Purdue is bowl-bound. Akeem Shavers scored three touchdowns during a furious five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to help the Boilermakers pull away for a 56-35 win over Indiana on Saturday and retain the Old Oaken Bucket. “It always feels good,” […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Purdue’s football program has a ton of uncertainty surrounding it entering the final weekend of the regular season. Boilermaker fans know if the Old Gold and Black beats IU in the Old Oaken Bucket battle Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium, they’ll go to their second straight bowl game. However, Purdue […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor There’s plenty to be determined as we enter the final weekend of regular season Big Ten play. We don’t know who is going to represent the Legends Division in the Big Ten Championship Game or if five, six or seven teams from the league are going bowling. On Friday, […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue coach Danny Hope was very open during today’s press conference today. Two of his responses to questions jumped out at me the most. First, his quote about Robert Marve: “He’s playing really well. Playing very, very well. He has taken his game in spite, of the injuries and all the things […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As we enter the home stretch of the regular season in the Big Ten, a few things could be decided on Saturday. A win at Wisconsin would give Ohio State the outright Leaders Division championship. The Buckeyes are guaranteed no worse than a share of the title after Penn […]
Continue ReadingFrom Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Head coach Matt Painter and the Purdue men’s basketball staff wrapped up one of the nation’s top recruiting classes on Wednesday, as a highly-regarded trio signed National Letters of Intent to begin competing for the Boilermakers in the 2013-14 season. Bryson Scott, Basil Smotherman and Kendall Stephens […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Breathe, Danny Hope. The perfect storm is over. The Boilermakers finally won their first Big Ten game of the season with a 27-24 win over Iowa on Saturday. Then, all the talk about Indiana possibly going to the Big Ten title game was washed away with Wisconsin’s 62-14 win in Bloomington on […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent The nightmare scenario that many feared this summer could become reality in the Big Ten. Once Ohio State and Penn State were both declared ineligible for the post-season, people who follow the Big Ten began to ponder the possibility of which remaining four teams from the Leaders Division had a shot […]
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