Purdue on verge of historic season
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Purdue coach Joe Tiller doesnât think players today have a sense of history. Thatâs too bad, because the Boilermakers - and quarterback Kyle Orton â-ay be on the verge of a historic season.
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Georgia Tech waited until its third home game to unveil a banner commemorating last season&#39;s trip to the Final Four. The fourth-ranked Yellow Jackets finally played like a team that could win
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Although quarterback Kyle Orton was less than perfect Saturday, he did enough to help Purdue defeat Penn State and climb five more spots to No.
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Purdue&#39;s Boilermakers are breathing thin and rarefied air as they climb up the college football rankings mountain. It&#39;s a heady air that hasn&#39;t been breathed on the West Lafayette campus in nearly 25 years.
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GAME NOTES: The biggest matchup in the Big Ten this weekend takes place in West Lafayette, Indiana as the 10th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers come calling on the fifth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers.
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Kansas State forward Marques Hayden didn&#39;t sugar-coat the assessment of his team with only one game remaining before the Big 12 schedule begins.
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MADISON, Wis. Erin Lawless scored a career-high 29 points and Number 20 Purdue overcame a slow start tonight to beat Wisconsin 72-to-67 in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
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Kyle Orton passed for 287 yards and a career-high four touchdowns as No. 25 Purdue used a slew of big plays Sunday to beat Syracuse 51-0, the Boilermakers' first shutout in four years.
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Greg Oden put together a highlight package for NBA scouts and helped No. 1 Ohio State move to the finals of the Big Ten tournament and a step closer to a top seed in the NCAA tournament. Oden had 17 points, a tournament-record 19 rebounds and four blocks Saturday and the Buckeyes (29-3) pulled away late from scrappy Purdue for a 63-52 victory.
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Just over two weeks ago, Purdue was undefeated and looked to be shifting the balance of power in the Big Ten. Wisconsin and Michigan had other ideas.
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Renee Montgomery matches her career high with 26 points and No. 7 Connecticut holds off No. 9 Purdue, 66-55, on Thursday.
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By Mark Gokavi Staff Writer  Let others brag about the University of Texas' remarkable freshman Kevin Durant. For Purdue coach Matt Painter, the discussion of college hoops' best player begins and ends with Ohio State's Greg Oden.  "He changes the game," Painter said.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Purdue fended off Illinois 38-30 Saturday and will likely keep its No. 15 ranking this week, if not improve on it, while Boilermakers quarterback Kyle Orton improved his Heisman stock by throwing for 366 yards and four touchdowns.
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It marked Purdue&#39;s first victory in South Bend since 1974...Notre Dame still leads the all-time series between the two schools, 49-25-2...Purdue is 4-0 for the third time under head coach Joe Tiller (1999, 2001)...The Boilermakers have scored 189 points
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EVANSTON, Ill. Noah Herron&#39;s three-yard touchdown run with 38 seconds left pushed Northwestern past 17th-ranked Purdue 13-to-10.
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Chris Summers kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired in the Motor City Bowl, lifting Purdue to a 51-48 win over Central Michigan last night in Detroit.
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Hardly, even though yesterday&#39;s opponent, Purdue, had not beaten the Irish in South Bend since Ara Parseghian&#39;s last season under the Golden Dome, when Gerald Ford was president.