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 […]
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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 CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Well, now it sets up to be handled on the field. Now that Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst and Chancellor Harvey Perlman have said they will not discipline football coach Bo Pelini for his F-bomb-spiked tirade following a game two years ago, it’s all on Pelini and his Huskers to […]
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 CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — “There are no moral victories. You get what you get.” These were the words of Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell after his Boilermakers outplayed Notre Dame for the better part of three quarters before allowing three touchdowns in a span of less than four minutes and […]
By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent On Monday morning, Nebraska football was licking its wounds from the weekend’s second-half meltdown at home against UCLA. Those wounds were inflicted on the field. A few more may have been administered off the field by now official lightning-rod head coach Bo Pelini. First coming to light was Pelini’s response […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor/The Sports XChange WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Heavily favored Notre Dame found itself in a battle with Purdue before DaVaris Daniels took over. The junior caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including an 82-yarder, to help the 21st-ranked Irish rally for a 31-24 victory over the Boilermakers on Saturday night. Daniels had […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Finally, the college football season starts to really heat up this week as there are plenty of good games on tap to satisfy your craving for what should be some really hotly contested games. The best matchup in the Big Ten will be in Lincoln, where a pair of […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor When a young, struggling team with a new coach is playing a nationally ranked squad, success isn’t necessarily best measured by watching the scoreboard. Though I have great respect for Purdue’s history of being a thorn in Notre Dame’s side, watching the Boilermakers’ close call against Indiana State and Notre […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Having had plenty of time to digest and analyze Notre Dame’s first regular-season loss since 2011, I’ve come to some conclusions. Before I dive into those, let me reassure Irish Nation that the sky isn’t falling and Notre Dame’s program isn’t slipping after Saturday night’s 41-30 defeat Saturday night […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Amid all the talk about what is and isn’t a rivalry, Purdue vs. Notre Dame, by many standards, actually is one. The two Indiana schools first met in 1896 and have played every year since 1946. Notre Dame has gotten the best of the series, leading […]
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