Published on: 1st September, 2010
The Purdue Boilermakers football team opens the 2010 season in South Bend, which has historically been one of the most difficult places for the Old Gold and Black to post victories. In fact, Purdue has a grand total of one win in their last 16 appearances under the shadow of Touchdown ...Published on: 21st August, 2010
With the Big Ten football season drawing ever-closer, there are 11 football programs in the conference that all have dreams, aspirations, and expectations of playing in the postseason.Many of them will reach that goal.Some will not.I evaluated the schedules, crunched the numbers, ran through the possibilities, and came ...Published on: 5th August, 2010
During every college football season, players come seemingly out of nowhere to surprise and make key contributions for their team. With the Purdue Boilermakers looking to improve on a 5-7 season and return to postseason play in 2010 after a two-year absence, here are the top five candidates to post breakout ...Published on: 4th August, 2010
"It's wide open. I hope it's answered who will be the starter or the two guys by the first game, but it may take a couple games before someone clearly separates themselves, if they do." -Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez on his team's quarterback situation. CHICAGO-- Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins ...Published on: 4th August, 2010
CHICAGO-- Robert Marve wants to be Drew Brees. You know the Drew Brees I'm referring to, right? All-time great Purdue quarterback? Revitalized a program that desperately needed success? Took his team to a BCS bowl? Well, the newest member of Purdue University's long line of distinguished quarterbacks is fixing his sights on ...Published on: 3rd August, 2010
CHICAGO—Since the Big Ten Conference announced this summer that Nebraska would become the league's 12th member in 2011, speculation has run rampant about where Jim Delany and company go from here. Everything from the number of conference games to the potential alignment of divisions to the location of a presumed title ...Published on: 2nd August, 2010
CHICAGO-- Over 400 media members descended on McCormick Place this week for the annual Big Ten Media Days. Each of the league's 11 football coaches (sorry, Bo Pelini, you're not "official" yet) previewed their team's upcoming season and took questions from reporters. Some coaches were informative, some were amusing, some were ...Published on: 30th July, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio-- The moment had arrived. The crowd had quieted. (No small feat, considering this downtown Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant had to have passed "suggested capacity" long, long ago.) With impatient fans standing on stools to get a better view, a horde of media members holding cameras or cell phones at the ready, ...Published on: 28th June, 2010
Not all schedules are created equal. And in the high-stakes world of major college football, strength of schedule can be a crucial factor in determining which teams are earning championship trophies and playing in New Year's Day bowl games at the end of the season... ...and which teams will be spending the ...Published on: 22nd June, 2010
The Purdue Boilermakers enter the 2010 football season looking for their first bowl trip since December 2007. Second-year head coach Danny Hope is coming off a 5-7 campaign that featured impressive wins over league champion Ohio State and at Michigan Stadium (Purdue's first win there in over 40 years) It also ...