By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor After a week of unprecedented hoopla and an unexpected endorsement from ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, all has unfortunately returned to normal in Boiler Country. Purdue was on top of the world a week ago. The Boilermakers were 3-1, had nearly knocked off Notre Dame and had become a trendy pick to […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent So the opening week of Big Ten play has come and gone. What did we learn? Well, for starters, Nebraska looks to be awfully good, especially at home. Ohio State is good, too, but what else is new? Michigan State looks like it will have to rely on defense to […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I sure hope Purdue doesn’t overlook Michigan on Saturday. Did I get you with that statement? I know, right? Since when does Purdue have to worry about overlooking the Wolverines? Since ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit declared the Boilermakers the favorites to win the Big Ten and go to the Rose Bowl. […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I got a chance to chat with the Smitty half of the SportsNow! with Smitty and Shae Show, a Michigan-based program on blogtalkradio.com, on Thursday. We talked about Purdue-Michigan, the conference as a whole and Purdue’s Rose Bowl chances. My interview starts at 30:36 and lasts until the 43:50 mark. […]
Each Purdue home football game, we feature the work of ISL photographer Ben Fahrbach. Here are his best 22 shots from Saturday’s Purdue vs. Marshall game. Here are links to Fahrbach’s other Purdue slideshows: Purdue-Eastern Kentucky Purdue-Eastern Michigan Also: Jim Johnson’s Purdue-Marshall game story Follow Ben Fahrbach on Twitter: www.twitter.com/BBFahrbach
By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Lessons from Week 5 of college football: 1. There really isn’t much separation at the top of the Big 10, is there? And there really isn’t much separation from the top half to the middle, to be flatly honest. From the middle to the bottom, though…hoo boy… 2. Why is […]
By JIM JOHNSON ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Boilermakers needed a big win before entering the Big Ten season and a 51-41 win over Marshall on Saturday was big enough. Purdue quarterback Caleb TerBush was 27 of 37 for 294 yards passing and four touchdowns in the win, with three of the scores […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Thank goodness the Big Ten season has arrived. Right? At least that’s what conference teams are saying as we prepare for Week No. 5 of the college football season. The Big Ten is welcoming this conference season perhaps more than any other so they can hopefully start playing some good […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor It’s time for Caleb TerBush to bring it. Purdue’s quarterback has been the subject of intense scrutiny and more and more, it appears that coach Danny Hope’s cart is being tied to the TerBush horse. There are people who doubt that Hope can win this year, even with the perfect […]
From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Former Boilermaker All-American Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton will join the Purdue women’s basketball coaching staff, head coach Sharon Versyp announced Wednesday. The Naperville, Ill., native has been playing professional basketball since graduating from Purdue, most recently with the WNBA’s Washington Mystics. Lindsay will be a great addition to our staff […]
From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s basketball program, in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, announced start times and television information for its 2012-13 season on Wednesday. The West Lafayette Regional of the 2K Sports Classic benefitting Wounded Warrior Project, which pits the Boilermakers against Bucknell and Hofstra, will be broadcast […]
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