By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor In all my years covering Big Ten football, I can’t remember this many teams having the last Saturday in September off. You can thank the Big Ten Championship Game and the league not wanting to have a respite between the end of the regular season and the title tilt […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’m going back to my pregame story to see how my pregame Purdue at Wisconsin “Things to Watch” turned out. The Boilermakers fell 41-10 on Saturday. I’ll condense my pregame comments, then follow with the result. Can Purdue maintain its momentum? Pregame: Purdue had moments during Saturday’s 31-24 loss to […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor What do you say we get this party started? The 2013 Big Ten season officially kicks off this weekend. No, the Purdue-Wisconsin game won’t be close, but it does signal more meaningful games are just around the corner. Three weeks into the season, the Big Ten’s Legends Division is […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Here are a few things to watch as Purdue (1-2) heads to Madison to play at No. 24 Wisconsin (2-1) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Can Purdue maintain its momentum? Purdue had moments during Saturday’s 31-24 loss to Notre Dame that showed much-needed improvement in the mental toughness department. First, […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue coach Darrell Hazell weighed in on the controversial finish to the Wisconsin-Arizona State game during his weekly teleconference on Tuesday afternoon. Wisconsin trailed the Sun Devils 32-30 in the closing seconds of last Saturday’s game. Badgers quarterback Joel Stave tried to center the ball to give his kicker a […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Thankfully, the college football season has finally arrived! As we celebrate this Labor Day weekend, college football officially kicks off. In fact, three Big Ten teams got things going prior to Saturday. On Thursday night, Indiana destroyed Indiana State, scoring 73 points – the most for a Hoosier football […]
By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Big Ten football begins this week, and ISL’s Chuck Samples is here to offer his forecast. Leaders 6. Illinois. Fighting Illini didn’t show much fight last year. A two-win season already has head coach Tim Beckman on the hot spot, largely because the team had virtually no offense to speak […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor If you’re like me, you’re beginning to think more and more about the college football season. Sure, we haven’t even arrived at the Fourth of July or endured the dog days of summer. But in about a month conferences across the country will hold their annual media days and […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor The Big Ten has to be sick and tired of hearing about its lack of recent success in college football. It knows Ohio State’s 2002 national title was the last time the conference was king of the sport. In fact, the Big Ten has had just two national champions […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Until someone else proves otherwise, Alabama is second to none in the college football ranks. In winning their second straight BCS National Championship, the Crimson Tide rolled over unbeaten Notre Dame, showing all of college football just how strong their program is. Alabama was fortunate to be in last […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Two first-half airballs – including one on a wide-open 3 – had the fans on Mike Bruesewitz’s case for the remainder of the evening. Wisconsin’s long-haired power forward heard vociferous jeers each time he touched it or – even better – dared to venture near Indiana’s student section during a stoppage. […]
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