Purdue Boilermakers

Everybody had the Badgers inside their top 10-15 to start the season seemingly, except for yours truly. Now I did not anticipate an early season loss to Oregon State (we are human), but I saw six (now seven) different changes in this coaching staff that ultimately is way too much [...]

1. SEC The best conference in America is still the SEC and it is not even that close these days. Heading into this past weekend there were five teams ranked in the top 10: Alabama, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. Those defenses are among the best in the country [...]

Follow @Dan Vasta If the Purdue Boilermakers want to lock up their division then a victory over Michigan and Wisconsin at home would be a great start. The Maize and Blue come up first though, and the team must put together a much better effort than they did against Marshall [...]

This is the final weekend before the official start of the Big Ten conference season. It’s one last chance for teams to shore up deficiencies and tune up their program before the chase for the Rose Bowl starts in earnest. Last week, the conference went 10-2. Unfortunately, once again the [...]

Many are questioning as to whether or not the Big Ten is the worst conference in America among the BCS conferences? Perhaps the Big East is a tad worse since they are only an eight-team conference, but this is beyond sad for the Midwest die-hard fans that love nothing more [...]

Last week was a little rough on the B1G. While Northwestern got a nice win over Vanderbilt, Purdue played Notre Dame awfully tough and both Minnesota and Indiana snagged lopsided wins, the rest of the league only caught black eyes. Penn State blew four field goal attempts in a one-point [...]

The first weekend of college football provided some surprises and gave us a first-glance of our favorite Big Ten teams in action. A lot was learned, but it was only one week. Now it’s time to turn our attention to week 2 and see how the B1G can build on [...]

The Irish are scorching hot after their 50-10 rout last week in Dublin, Ireland and albeit it was against Navy’s defense, that confidence could lead to more momentum for a squad that has the toughest schedule in America. Manti Te’o is easily the best player at his position in all [...]

Okay, so this is just a little late. Minnesota has already gone toe-to-toe with UNLV in the desert and pulled out a 3-OT victory. Still, there’s a lot of action about to take place around the Big Ten and I’m here to give you a heads-up on what’s about to [...]

The tremors are picking up intensity. My typing fingers quiver over each key as I force a strike. It must be close to football season! Yes, we’re only a couple of weeks away from the official kickoff of the 2012 football season. All of the off-field issues will dissolve into [...]