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2009

Wallman:

Let's recap last year, for those of you who have forgotten or had too much to drink at the IU game and don't remember. Three years after giving up coaching and recruiting, Joe Tiller finally retired. Brock Spack has moved on to a small school in Illinois and Danny Hope brought in the 10th ranked recruiting class in the Big Ten after doing nothing but recuiting and coaching the O-line.

vs. Toledo        W - If we all kick in a few bucks Purdue can cover the spread.
at Oregon         L - Beat a BCS team on the road, no way.
vs. NIU              W - They have been down for a few years.
vs. ND                L - Maybe we can at take out Charlie's other ACL.
vs. Northwestern L - Two years ago Fitzgerald looked like he was in over his head.
at Minnesota      L - No more Metrodome for the Gophers.
vs. OSU              L - Could be a real beating, I am not sure I want to go to this one.
vs. Illinois           W - Hoping for a win, Illinois has some talent on Offense.
at Wisconsin      L - Cheeseheads prevail.
at Michigan        L - If this was a home game we might have a chance.
vs. MSU             L - Lost their RB, but have a lot of others returning.
at Indiana         W - At least we still have IU. If tickets were $20, parking $5, and

John showed up to the games, it would be just like the old days.

There you have it folks, a 4-8 season and our second losing season in a row. A few more years like this and Morgan Burke will park our cars for us (but don't expect them to lower the price).

Hope to see you at the games,
Wally.

Rich:

One of Andrew’s friends has a brother playing offensive line at Purdue. When I talked with him about Tiller, he said Tiller was coasting into retirement the last year or so. So it wasn’t lost on the team, either.

vs. Toledo W – sure, why not

at Oregon L – after last year, we will be at their mercy on the road

vs. NIU W – sure, why not

vs. ND W –great momentum builder

vs. Northwestern W – ND momentum continues

at Minnesota L – ugly road loss

vs. OSU L – real ugly home loss

vs. Illinois W – their sand ran out

at Wisconsin L – I hope not; unbearable cheese-eating, red-wearing bastards

at Michigan L – won’t know what to do in the big house

vs. MSU L – moderately ugly loss

at Indiana W – sorry, who is their coach again?

I think we will finally have a better ground game, and offensive line will benefit from Hope. Thinking Purdue will morph into Iowa-ish team, good line play, short at backs. Exciting even at 6-6.

Norm: Well we have finally come full circle as far as Purdue’s on field success is concerned. I remember in 1995/1996 thinking that a .500 record on the field would be considered a solid year. .500 this year and we celebrate. Win 2-4 games and Morgan Burke himself will be wearing a sandwich board out on Cherry Lane saying “come one come all….first two beers on me!” OK Lets start!

Tailgate VS. Toledo – Win, sigh its already a “must” win.

@ Oregon – Loss – just hope we don’t get rolled and let the ducks get all cocky by halftime. Tailgate VS NIU – WIN, if we lose….we are not Meatchiken vs App. St. but still… Tailgate VS Notre Dame – LOSE. 8pm start time. Long hot day. Very annoying. Avoid ND fans at all cost, cuz they are back for the 20 year in a row or something. Keep away of the "house devided! Tailgate VS Northwestern – LOSE – NU not bad – PU bad @ Minnesota – LOSE – probably homecoming or something for the ghophers Tailgate VS OSU – LOSE – sea of red in Ross Ade, might as well be an away game. Tailgate VS Illinois – for some reason I think this will be the best tailgate of the year, oh wait I assume we will lose. @ Wisconsin – LOSE @Michigan – Lose, really does anyone think this team will break the streak @ ann arbor. Tailgate VS MSU – Lose @ IU – WIN – Purdue and the Bucket go together like pea’s and carrots. Final Note – I will go into every game this year for at least a half! Norm

2008

JOE TILLER'S TENURE

END ON AN UPSWING: BEAT A HIGHER PROFILE TEAM (OREGON?) - BEAT INDIANA - WIN BOWL GAME (BETTER THEN THE MOTOR CITY)

MANAGES OUR EXPECTATIONS ONE LAST TIME: LOSE TO OREGON, OHIO STATE, PENN STATE, MICHIGAN..JUST BEAT INDIANA...LOSE BOWL GAME...END YEAR JUST BETTER THAN 500.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES - I.E. GET OUT: TAKES VICTORY LAP WHILE MISSING PRACTICES AND COMPLAINS ENDLESLY ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO SELL THIS PROGRAM TO UNWORTHY FANS...LOSE TO IU.

2008

Wallman:
N. Col. W 49 - 21   Nice payday for ex-asst. coach.
Oregon    L   21 - 38   Everyone else seems to think they are good.
CMU       W 47 - 42   Key game for Purdue, lose this and it gets ugly.
at ND      W 33 - 28   Hopefully they have not improved that much from last year.
PSU        L   17 - 31   If you can't go to jail, go to Penn State.
at OSU    L   10 - 41   They ain't ranked second for nothing, and we may be nothing.
at NU      W   35 - 24 They are still NU.
Minn       W   44 - 33   Rebuilding, but supposedly have some talented recruits.
UM          L    14 - 24   Still have us beat on talent on both O and D lines.
at MSU    L    24 - 27   Need to win one of these two road games!!!
at Iowa    W   31 - 25   See comment above.
IU           W   38 - 21   Hopefully the team will at least be pumped up for this game,
                                 we want our Bucket back.
A 7 - 5 record and another trip to a bowl game that nobody cares about. Thanks for the first seven years Joe, they we a lot of fun and very exciting for the most part....Victory over ND I still sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if Kyle hadn't fumbled the ball against UW in 2004. It seemed like such a big turning point.
As they say its important to warm up and stretch before exercising, same thing for tailgating. See you at the Pub, Friday, Sept. 5th, around 6 pm.
Wally

Niccole:
Hello Tailgaters!
As this is my first season as a John Purdue Club member and non-student season
ticket holder I'll throw in my two cents on picks. I wont even try to guess
scores...I'll just choose which games we make it back in for halftime.

N. Col W Big win against Div 1AA team, touchdowns on 3 of 4 first drives and we
dont even make it to halftime.

Oregon W If we can limit turnovers and keep our offense on the feild it will be
a shootout. Without a big advantage on time of possession and scoring on most
drives we will be close the first half but our defense will run out of steam
against their fast paced offense. We come back into ross ade at the start of the

4th.

CMU W How many times do we have to beat this team? Close game as they are
looking for redemption, we talk about going back in to the stadium but sucessful

mid/late third quarter drives and a big run by jaycen taylor against a tired
chippewa defense has us grabbing another beer.

at ND W Clausen while he has moments of greatness is still too young to handle
the pressure from Weis

Penn St W First big ten opponent, we are out for blood after our home shutout of

2006. Summers comes back after embarrasing 2006 game makes 50 yd feild goal to
secure the win. I sneak a flask in to watch the 4th.

at OSU L We are now ranked between 12-17 and here is the big huge loss that
brings us back to reality, Paul turns off the TV in the first five minutes of
the 2nd quarter.

at NU W As paul said...they are northwestern.

Minn W They didnt beat a single big ten team last year. Nuff said. The gophers
dont even make us consider putting the beer down.

Michigan L Our Rose bowl hopes are officially out the window as Ross-ade has
more blue than black and gold. But we enjoy some good gumbo (assuming my unit
gives me the weekend off)

at MSU W Coming off the home loss to michigan we capitalize on their loss of
Sean Lee and young D line and Paterno's conservative play calling. (I'm being
very optimistic on this one)

at Iowa W Lack of experience in the running game turn their offense one sided.
Off the feild issues continue to plague them and our experienced offense deals
well with the hostile home crowd to squeeze out a win.

IU W No way we lose to IU again. Need the bucket back. Hoeppner's ghost cant
pull a miracle this time. We sit by the fire the whole second half.

10-2 season, OSU does not go to the national championship again so BCS bowl game

is out of the question we go to outback bowl and choke. Bye Tiller.

Yeah yeah I'm being optimistic...but I am deploying this year...my teams never
lose when I am forced to be in uniform. I have a D lot pass this year, not sure
how many games I can go to b/c of train ups for the deployment so if my mom
doesnt want it and I cant go to certain games...I'll be happy to give it out.
Cheers All!

Niccole

John
N. Col: W 28 – 17
Oregon: L 45 – 21
CMU: W 35 – 28
ND: W 21 - 20
PSU: L 38 – 17
OSU: L 48 – 14
NU: L 38 – 35
UM: L 45 – 14
MSU: L 27 – 23
IOWA: L 31 – 27
IU: W 28 – 27
So long Joe; hope you get some nice parting gifts from the big ten. Painter sealed the deal with this crazy Heisman Trophy talk
ME
Will Joe go out in style? Beat a team you shouldnt. Blow out IU and win a bowl game (better then the motor city bowl) Joe goes out on an upswing in the program.
Manage expectations? Beat IU. Lose Bowl game.
Hasta la vista Joe. Lose to IU.

Purdue VS. Northern Colorado - (WIN) 63 - 10. Worst team to come to Ross Ade in Tenure

Purdue VS. Oregon - (LOSE) 27-14. This a take the tempature of the Program game...Lose and we are who we thought we were...win and roll out the hype

Purdue VS. Central Michigan (WIN) 45 - 42. Beat Oregon and the Hype Says we are 3-0...lose to Oregon and hey this team is the exact same as last year.

Purdue @ Notre Dame (WIN) 24-17. This is take the tepature of fat charlies butt...Purdue wins Fatso gets fired or at least all of his asst. coaches do. I am giving Joe this call for his last year.

Purdue VS. Penn State (LOSE) 28-21.Purdue should have beat Penn State last year...but for a Ref that made horrible calls and later was found to have filed for bankrupcy twice, because of gambling debts...If purdue wins it might turn season around.

Purdue @ Ohio State (LOSE) 45 - 14

Purdue @ Northwestern (WIN) 35-24. Purdue gets a breather...and a defensive line they can handle..Purdue has better coaches

Purdue VS. Minnesota (WIN) 45 - 10. I don't know what Minnesota has as a coach

Purdue VS. Michigan (LOSS) 23 - 21 Michigan better on offensive and defensive lines

Purdue @ Michigan State (LOSS) 28 - 24 Like MSU coach

Purdue @ Iowa (WIN) 31 - 21. Is Kirk in trouble? Highest paid coach in the Big Ten

Purdue VS. IU (WIN) 63 - 10. Get the damm bucket back

7-5

Insight Bowl?

2007

Wallman

Sept. 1st @ Toledo W 35 - 33 Need to get off to a good start.

Sept. 8th VS. Eastern Illinois W 44 - 14 The only sure win I see on the schedule.

Sept 15 VS. Central Michigan W 28 - 24 If we don't win this one, I will never hear the end of it (only 20 miles from CMU).

Sept. 22 @ Minnesota W 33 - 27 Should be able to beat a new coach with a mediocre team.

Sept 29 VS. Notre Dame L 24 - 35 Losing at home to ND again will hurt.

Oct. 6th VS. Ohio State L 10 - 38 Big time program, big time loss.

Oct. 13 @ Michigan L 14 - 44 Ditto.

Oct 20 VS Iowa L 23 - 31 Another long middle of the year.

Oct. 27 VS Northwestern W 34 - 22 Hopefully NW is still down.

Nov. 3rd @ Penn State L 21 - 30 Ditto again.

Nov 10th VS. Mich. State W 38 - 35 Usually a win for us. We need to go 2 out of 3 against Michigan teams for my sanity.

Nov. 17th @ IU W 35 - 21 If you want to show some respect to them for losing Coach Hep, wait till after the game.

Unless Purdue's offense learns to play against the big boys and / or the defense learns to play at all, I am guessing we will see another 7 - 5 season and a trip to a bowl that the fans will care about even less than the team.

John

Toledo: 37 - 24 win
E Illinois: 35 - 21 win
C Michigan: 31 - 27 win
Minnesota: 35 - 17 win
ND: 41 - 21 loss
OSU: 38 - 17 loss
Michigan: 35 - 10 loss
Iowa: 24 - 21 win
NW: 31 - 27 win
Penn State: 41 - 24 loss
Michigan State: 27 - 24 loss
IU: 37 - 27 win

Off to a bad bowl game and maybe a shoot em out win over a poor team; good old
Purdue football.

Paul

A win against Iowa and 8-4 is likely but any loss in the first four games and this season could resemble 2005. A win against ND and life is good.

Sept. 1st @ Toledo - (WIN) 38-24 We may not learn much from this game.

Sept. 8th VS. Eastern Illinois (WIN) 45-17 ditto

Sept 15 VS. Central Michigan (WIN) 37-27 Giving up too many points...hard to be optimistic with the 4 games starting with ND approaching.

Sept. 22 @ Minnesota (WIN) 31-21 The first must win.

Sept 29 VS. Notre Dame (LOSE) 31 - 24 First quarter Purdue struggles to score and falls behind by 2 TDs

Oct. 6th VS. Ohio State (LOSE) 38-21 no chance but at least it wasn't a complete embarrassment.

Oct. 13 @ Michigan (LOSE) 35-17 ditto..offence can't finish drives

Oct 20 VS Iowa (LOSE) 34-31 Fourth straight game the defence gives up 30+ points.

Oct. 27 VS Northwestern (WIN) 41-21 lose this one and it likely becomes Joe's longest losing streak.

Nov. 3rd @ Penn State (LOSE) 24-10 Not really that close as the offence sputters most of the day.

Nov 10th VS. Mich. State (WIN) 24-21 Good thing this one is at home.

Nov. 17th @ IU (WIN) 38-21 IU needs this one to get to 7-6...too bad.

Neal

Toledo: 38-20 WIN
Eastern Illinois: 31-21 WIN
Central Michigan: 28-21 WIN
Minnesota: 27-20 WIN
ND: 45-21 LOSS
OSU: 38-14 LOSS
Michigan: 42-14 LOSS
Iowa: 28-27 WIN
NW: 35-20 WIN
Penn State: 28-17 LOSS
Michigan State: 28-20 WIN
IU: 38-21 WIN

7-5
Bowl game: LOSS

Tim

Toledo: 34-21, lose (Purdue just has too tough a time winning in Ohio)
East. Ill: 63-3, win (The only game Painter will look like a future pro)
Cent. Mich.: 30-14, win
Minn.: 37-34, OT loss (The defense will crumble late in this game)
ND: 27-21,loss (Like we have seen before, the defense will choke in the final minutes)
Ohio St.: 27-24, loss (Have a feeling that a last minute field goal will be missed)
Michigan: 45-0, loss (Painter will be sacked 8 times, throw 4 picks, and fumble)
IOWA: 23-20, loss (Purdue will lead most of the game but blow it in the final two minutes)
Northwestern: 27-21, win
Penn State: 27-2, loss (Don't count on any offense in this game)
Michigan State: 28-14, win
Indiana: 29-17, win (Yet IU ends the season with a better record than the Boilers)
My prediction, after that horrid bowl performance, is that we will see a 5-7 season that shows slight defensive improvements, no running game(as usual), and an inconsistent quarterback that can pick apart bad defenses but has yet to prove himself to be more than mediocre. I hope that I'm way off, but at least we'll have fun tailgating!!!

Frank

Toledo: 24-20, win
East. Ill: 49-17, win
Cent. Mich.: 27-24, win
Minn.: 49-12, win
ND: 21-20,loss (field goal missed with one min. to go)
Ohio St.: 35-3, loss (mercy)
Michigan: 42-10, loss (really ugly)
IOWA: 24-10, win
Northwestern: 24-20, win
Penn State: 49-10, loss (110,00 rabid lion fans, a scary place to play, worse
than the big house)
Michigan State: 35-7, win
Indiana: 28-27, win (IU does not bowl again)
A lot of close games against teams that should get blown out by the Boilers, but
the defense sleeps at least two quarters every game. This team could easily end
up 5-7 if they are not careful.

Rich

Toledo: 35-28 win
Eastern Illinois: 17-7 win
Central Michigan: 24-20 win
Minnesota: 28-21 win
Notre Dame: 31-28 loss
Ohio State: 28-21 loss
Michigan: 28-14 loss
Iowa: 35-21 win
Northwestern: 28-14 win
Penn State: 35-21 loss
Michigan State: 24-21 loss
IU: 31-7 win

7-5 and a minor bowl loss sounds like Boiler tradition. If we get one win
out of the ND-OSU-Michigan train wreck, we will have a great season; if we
keep dignify, we'll have okay season.

Norm

With Joe Tiller closing practices to all fans (I.e., - people who support the program) and most media (i.e., - people who tell the fans what is going on) Its difficult to handicap the Boilers season this year. The offense should move the ball between the 20's like nobody's business and then struggle to score. The will not be able to pound away at more physical teams like Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa and (insert Bowl opponent hear). The defense was as bad or worse then the great Jim Coleto defenses of the early 90's (Remember the cocoon of horror?) last year and I assume they will be much improved but...well....GOD they were bad last year and if they are a lot better that's still could be bad.

so....

Sept. 1st @ Toledo - (WIN) 41 - 31 - Lose and its gets ugly fast - I mean right now!

Sept. 8th VS. Eastern Illinois (WIN) 63 - 21 - The only sure bet until IU

Sept 15 VS. Central Michigan (WIN) 28 - 17 - Must win for winning season

Sept. 22 @ Minnesota (WIN) 35-28 - New coach at Minny, never been head coach before.

Sept 29 VS. Notre Dame (LOSE) 36 - 24 - Bummer! Don't think much of Weis, shows you how much I think of our defense.

Oct. 6th VS. Ohio State (LOSE) 31-28 - Summers misses field goal to go to overtime

Oct. 13 @ Michigan (LOSE) 31 - 0 - This Purdue team is worse then the last team we took to Ann Arbor an they lost 31-3

Oct 20 VS Iowa (WIN) 28-24 - Being a homer on this one, Purdue plays well after Michigan thumpin

Oct. 27 VS Northwestern (WIN) 51-21 - Painter looks bad against good teams but all world against other teams

Nov. 3rd @ Penn State (LOSE) 23-12- Penn State meaner and stronger

Nov 10th VS. Mich. State (WIN) 24-17 - Always beat Michigan State. I don't know why - Last Tailgate of the year

Nov. 17th @ IU (WIN) 41-14 Purdue and the Bucket go together like peas and carrots.

8-4

Then lose to whomever in Alamo Bowl

Send em in and we will post em.

2006

Wallman:

Its that time of year again, its time to get your predictions in for the 2006 Purdue football season. Something tells me there aren't going to be any Preview Magazines picking Purdue to win the Big Ten this year. As expected, all the talk out of Purdue is about the great chemistry they have. They better have good chemistry, because they have a mostly new D-line and DB's.
I think the offense is going to have to carry this team and they might have to out score a few teams to win the early ones (thanks to Haden Frye for that great quote). Lets hope Painter can look as good against teams with talent this year as he did last year against the bottom rung of the Big Ten. The key to qualifying for a bowl game will be to get off to a good start against a weak early field.

ISU          W     52 - 14    Consider this a scrimmage, but you still have to pay full price.
Miami       W     28 - 22    Toughest game of the MAC attack.
BSU         W     45 - 21    A little more difficult than ISU.
Minn        W     27 - 24    Win game...go to bowl. Lose game...long season. All new RB's at Minn should lead to win.
@ND         L     17 - 38    Every time they have a coach I like, he gets fired?.
@Iowa      L     14 - 30    Its been a while since we won in Iowa.
@NU         L     27 - 31    Tough game to pick with NU coaching situation.
UW           W    28 - 21    Even though they have a new coach, we still want to beat those dirty Badgers.
PSU          L     20 - 24    Joe Pa just keeps on ticking. There must be a picture of "Dorian Paterno" somewhere in his home.
@MSU      L      27 - 28    Win NU and / or MSU, and we could go to a better bowl game.
@UI         W     30 - 17    They still stink.
IU            W     35 - 14    They still really stink. Bring the tissues for Coach Hep.
@Hawaii     L     45 - 48    Long flight, lots of distractions, and lots of offense.
Thank god the NCAA doesn't allow a football playoff so the Boilers will only have to go through 13 games and a 7-6 season.  I still think Painter is the key to the year. If we are to be basketball on grass, we need a leader at QB who can stay healthy and throw the ball against good and bad teams.
Go Boilers!!
Wally.
Rich:
Lady and Gentleman –

Looking forward to a great year. I am trying to not wear the Cubs pre-season rose colored glasses, but Boilers could win a few this year.
See you sometime in WL, let me know if you want to hook up in Evanston.
Rich
                Purdue them
ISU             W       33      12      'Throwback Game'? Try throw-away.
Miami           W       31      21      Family Day? Bring the family to watch a MAC team.
BSU             W       33      7       Warming up, watch out for regular season, it's coming up.
Minnesota       W       28      21      First Big 10 win, Minnesota should be rebuilding this year.
@ND             L       14      28      Return to normalcy. Notre Dame will rule this series unless Weis is back in NFL.
@Iowa           L       6       21      Iowa reminds me of Wisconsin under early Barry - beats you and bores you at the same time.
@NU             W       24      17      Boilers manage a win. Anyone interested in going to Evanston?
UW              L       10      14      Badgers have freshman running back, and new coach. Will Boilers please win one some year?
PSU             W       24      21      Snuck in a win when Penn State wasn't looking.
@MSU            L       17      24      Oops, overlook State.
@UI             W       31      14      Pre-season round 2 begins this week.
IU              W       31      7       Pre-season again again.
@Hawaii L       34      35      Purdue should consider this a bowl, and will probably lose as a result.
                8-5
random thoughts:
* How did we manage to keep Michigan and Ohio State off the schedule again
* I don't know how the Boilers are a 8-5 team, but that cupcake schedule is going to take us to a bowl.
* Stanford and Purdue both play 4 respective in-state teams this year. Has to be some kind of record. Unfortunately for Stanford, they play San Jose State, UCLA, USC, and Cal-Berkeley.
John:
This is the year; we get to go back to the Alamo!
ISU     W 35 – 10
Miami     W 31 – 24
BSU     W 48 – 21
MINN     W 31 – 17
@ND     L 21 – 48
@Iowa     L 28 – 35
@NW     W 27 – 24
PSU     L 14 – 38
@MSU     L 31 – 34
@UI     W 24 – 17
IU     W 41 – 31
@Hawaii    W 38 – 31

8 – 4; great year with some exiting football...wish I could be there.

Purdue should win 7-8 games this year, most 9, worst 6. But without Michigan or Ohio State on the schedule and playing 13 games a 7 or 8 win year is a .500 or worse record in reality. If we only win 7 games that would be two years in a row with a losing record. Purdue football is 6-11 in the last 17 games and with 5 new assistant coaches and 11 JC transfers a 7 win season would lead me to believe that the salad days of Purdue football are long gone. In my opinion this is the most important season of Joe Tillers Tenure at Purdue. Win 8 or 9 and maybe the Boilers are back on track toward a season like 1999 or 2000, win 6 or 7 and I cant see more then 5 wins the next year or the year after that. So to get to 9 wins the boilers must start 4-0 go undefeated at home and beat Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State and Michigan State.
Norm
ISU WIN 49 - 3 Everybody plays
Miami WIN 24 - 14 hopefully no turnovers (lose and it could get ugly fast)
Ball State WIN 31 - 7
Minnesota WIN 21 - 10 Must Win*
@ Notre Dame LOSS 13 - 31 God I hope is not worse.
@IOWA LOSS 17 - 21 Ferenz best coach in Big Ten
@NW WIN 34 - 14 Must win*
Wisconsin LOSS 21 - 20 I am sorry but physical teams own us
Penn State WIN 24 - 14 Joe Pa's run is long over, last year was the exception.*
@ Michigan State WIN 31 - 24 MSU always fades at the end of the year, they lose to Michigan they quit.*
@ Illinois WIN 31 - 17 Illini worst team of the decade in the Big Ten
IU WIN 49 - 10 Joe knows how to keep the faithful buying tickets
@ Hawaii LOSS 35 - 31 I have no clue how this game will play out.
9-4 is as rosey as I can paint it. * Four games that could go either way and I am saying Purdue must win 3 of them or we might be back to the good ole Colleto days. This season will leave its stamp on the next 5.
Paul
Without buying into much of the propaganda generated by Purdue "brass" again this year, I think the Boilers have a chance at winning 9 regular season games but they could tank pretty fast if Painter can't throw strikes.
ISU--win 44-10 good start...no surprises
Miami--win 38-24 not that impressive but better than last year's 2-0 start which looked really suspect (and was).
BSU--win 31-10 end of the pre-season... or is it?
Minn--win 35-17 running back issues are not all that is wrong with Bill Murray's friends.
@ND--loss 35-20 This could be real ugly but the Boilers keep the score respectable.
@Iowa--loss 38-20 Second week against tough QB...not as close as the score.
@NW--Win 31-24 Need this game...tough to prepare for after the previous two road games.
Wisc--Win 34-31 Another must have game...Wisc isn't that good but PU must/should perform
PSU--loss 31-17 Hard loss/let-down at home
@MSU--loss 35-21 Trouble again on the road.
@Ill--win 38-21 Offense looking good/clicking at the right time or lousy opponent?.
IU--win 48-17 IU is just that bad.
@Hawaii--win 38-31 Just because I want PU to go to a better bowl...the Wisc, MSU and Hawaii game could all go either way and we always seem to lose one unexpected game...we need two of three of these for a good bowl.

2005

Wallman:

Akron Win 30 - Zip

@Az Loss 12 - 7 The ugliest game of the year and a real trap for the Boilers.

@Minn Win 17 - 10 Minn will be worn down from their preseason schedule.

ND Win 24 - 15

Iowa Loss 21 - 14

NU Win 31 - 14 How can homecoming be at the end of three straight home games.

@UW Loss 20 - 13 We always struggle on the road against big crowds.

@PSU Win 24 - 14 Somebody turn Joe Pa over, he's done.

MSU Win 20 - 17

UI Win 28 - 10 The Fighting Illini are offensive to native Americans, because they stink.

@IU Win 31 - 14 What's the over / under on the new coach's tenure.

The attached website contains information on all types of drug testing because if you two guys think Purdue is going 10-1, you need some testing. Start with the THC test and work your way down from there. The only thing saving us from a 6-5 season is a really weak schedule. The defensive front seven should be the best in the Big Ten and they should take enough pressure off the DB's that the overall defense should be top two. The offense could be the worst we've seen since the Fred Akers era. The o-line is a big question mark, our best WR should have played B-ball, and Kirsch couldn't start for the Bears.

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John:

I agree with Wally, Boilers fall flat with some poor offensive showings; and fans start asking questions about Joe.

Akron: 24 - 7 win
@AZ: 14 - 17 loss
@ MINN: 21 - 12 win
ND: 12 - 9 win
Iowa: 10 - 24 loss
NU: 24 - 6 win
@ WIS: 12 - 17 loss
@ PSU: 10 - 12 loss
MSU: 21 - 10 win
ILL: 17 - 6 win
@ IU: 17 - 10 win

7 and 4 with lots of problems going into 06 season.

Normeo

Akron: 48 - 0(WIN) Purdue rolls to 500 yards, D gets shut out.

@Arizona 24 - 10(WIN) Tough game in the heat, Purdue has always struggled in heat

@Minn. 21 - 10(WIN) Mason has yet to beat Joe

Notre Dame 35 - 14(WIN) Return to glory Mach 3 for the Irish

Iowa 24 - 21(WIN) Late Ben Jones Field goal. Ferenz = best coach in big ten.

Northwestern(WIN) 48 - 6 Boilers Roll

@Wisc. 24 - 17(win) Will this be the game that the oline shows its weakness?

@Penn St. 17 - 28(LOSS) Penn St. has everybody back on D, Lots of Turnovers.

Michigan State 45 - 21(WIN) Kirsh outdules Stanton

Illini 35 - 14(WIN) Illini long way from winning

@IU 24 -7(WIN) Like IUs new coach, best since Mallory. No Material to work with.

10 - 1 Big Ten Champs lose big to Oklahoma in Sugar Bowl. Maybe 9-2, at worst 8-3. @Zona, home for Iowa, @ Wisc and Penn State are 4 games that we need to win three to justify the expectations.

Jeff

Akron:  W 31-10. Kirsch has an average opening game. Defense dominates
@Arizona  W 16-6. Maybe the ugliest game of the year. Watch Stoops go crazy on the sidelines. Biggest whiner since Gary Williams was in the Big 10
@Minn. W 35-17. Offense starts to roll. Kory Sheets starts to dominate
Notre Dame W 24-20. Quinn takes a beating but looks good. Boilers win on last drive.
Iowa W 20-10. Typical defensive struggle.
Northwestern W 31-7 Payback for last year
@Wisc. L 20-17 Alverez wins last game against the Boilers. Kicking game lets the Boilers down
@Penn St. W 28-10 Joe Pa resigns after the game.
Michigan State W 42-35. Shootout. Ingraham scored 2 late TD's to win
Illini W 35-14 Zook can recruit but can't game coach. Spread offense option kills them
@IU . W 38-24 IU makes improvements under another Miami Ohio coach.
10-1 Tie for Big Ten. Play Tennessee in Citrus Bowl. Everyone is welcome to come to Orlando for new years.

2004

Wally

SYR W   There's a reason they almost fired their coach and the ACC didn't
want them.
BSU W   Finally a MAC team we can beat.
UI    W   Still rebuilding. What do you expect from an ex-Bear asst.
coach?.
ND L Damn that Hooiser Dome opening game, it was probably our last
chance to win at SB.
PSU   L   We don't do well on the road against 90,000+, so unless a lot of
people don't show up.
UW   W   Got to beat those "Dirty Badgers". This is a key game for our Bowl
hopes.
UM L   They are still Michigan and we are still Purdue. No matter what
Joe and Morgan say.
NU W They are still Northwestern and we are still Purdue.
IA    L The last year for Old Kinnick Stadium before it gets Ross Ade
style face lift.
OSU W   Upset special. A little payback for last years crushing loss.
IU    W   I wonder what Bill Mallory is doing?.

As my favorite sports handicapper says...."the numbers never lie", it looks
like a 7-4 season and another trip to our home away from home....Texas
(hopefully SA and not EP).

John

SYR: Win
BSU: Win
ILL: Win
ND: Loss (4 PU turnovers)
PSU: Win
WIS: Win
MICH: Loss
NW: Win
IOWA: Loss
OSU: Loss
IU: Win

Bowl: Alamo

Norm

Syracuse - Win - 31 - 14 Syracuse is a running team, Brock Spack has been able to stop the run for 5 years.

Ball State - Win - 38 - 7, poor Mac team

Illinois - WIN - 31 - 24, Illini bad, but Its tough playing anyone before ND

ND - Loss - 21 - 20, I hate this game, Purdue should have won every game in this series since 97 except for the 1999 game (which we won) and we are 3-4. If Purdue wins Tyrone will be fired at the end of the year. Huge game!

PSU - Loss - 17 - 14, Purdue receivers always take a big away game off. Its ether this or @ Iowa

Wisc. - Win - 24 - 12, huge homecoming after long time away from Ross Ade - WHAT A TAILGATE IT WILL BE - Wally cooks - we don't lose!. Joe gets winning record against Barry before Barry retires.

Mich. - Win - 28 - 21, Upset Special! UM plays @ Ohio St. so no big ten title anyway. Receivers make up for last year @ UM

Northwestern - WIN - 34 - 7

Iowa - Win - 14 - 3 - Receivers must play, this is last years Ohio State game. Iowa replaces everyone on offense. Coming of age game for the young D for the boilers

Ohio State - Loss - 24 - 17, Ohio State marches toward NCAA Title shot

IU - Win - 34 - 10, IU Should be the most improved team in the Big Ten with 20 returning starters, just don't think it will mean more then 4 or 5 wins for them.

8-3 Florida to play Tennessee in the outback