A 60 year old man, whose only Power 5 coaching success came almost two decades ago, ain’t the best recipe for success.
All in 2016
2016 Purdue Football Coaching Search: Charlie Strong
Charlie Strong might be out in Texas. Would be move back to the midwest? (Spoiler: Nah.)
2016 Purdue Football Coaching Search: Les Miles
The interwebs are buzzing with Les Miles to Purdue rumors. It (probably) ain't happening.
2016 Purdue Football Coaching Search: Kevin Sumlin
Kevin Sumlin, the chosen one, will not be Purdue's head coach in 2016. Please move along.
Handsome Hour #99: Hazell Out & Potential Purdue Football Coaching Candidates
RIP Commodore Hazell, 2013-2016. Purdue plunges into another football coaching search, except this time under new management. How will Mike Bobinski handle the hire, and who in their right mind would put together a list of 50+ candidates for the Boilermaker job? Why, these handsome individuals right here.
VB Swept By Penn State, Stops Slide By Sweeping Rutgers
Purdue volleyball snapped a five-match losing streak Saturday, sweeping Rutgers after being swept by Penn State Friday night. The Boilers (#21 Massey, #22 AVCA) move to 12-7, 2-6 in conference play, and travel to Northwestern and #24/#24 Illinois this weekend.
Hazell Out at Purdue
It's done.
You Can't Go Homecoming Again: Hawkeyes Run Over Boilers
Any dreams of Purdue climbing back into relevance in the Big Tenteen West were emphatically crushed Saturday, as Iowa scored TDs on five of its six first-half possessions to bury the Boilers.
Iowadicto – the Cornpone Edition
Will Purdue beat Iowa this weekend? Which objectively awful songs do you love? Did you know Kyle Orton's infamous Jack Daniels picture happened in Iowa City?
Ross-Ade To Be Brought Up to Wrigley Field 1988 Standards
No longer will having attending a night game at Purdue put you in rare company. Ross-Ade will have lights by the start of the 2017 season.
Handsome Hour #98: Hazell's Last Stand at Purdue...Maybe?
J Money, Boilerdowd, and Aneesh reconvene to talk about Commodore Hazell (impressively) not losing the locker room last week, the meaningfulness of close wins versus bad teams, Darrell Hazell's heel click, projecting Purdue's remaining wins, piling up injuries on an already-thin roster, whether Purdue and Illinois would agree to play each other nine times during the Big Ten slate, and PJ Fleck's lunacy winning us over. All that, plus Dowd's tragic post-unicycling accident eulogy, Aneesh/Dowd's pledge to record the next podcast naked (and Hazell coaching the Northwestern game in only a vest and hat) if Purdue wins 3 of the next 4 games.
VB Falls At Iowa and Nebraska
Boiler volleyball had a rough road trip last week, dropping a five-set match to Iowa and falling in straight sets to Nebraska in their first road matches of the conference season. AVCA #22 and Massey #19 Purdue returns home to face Penn State and Rutgers Friday and Saturday.
Make It Happen, Coach Haze
Even now, it's still tough for me to root against Coach Haze.
Boilers Take the Cannon Back Home
Coach Haze ices Illinois while leading his Boilers to a somewhat improbably victory.
Can’t Find a Better Man So Hazell Is Still Here – The Illinois Predicto
This week’s exercise instead of really, seriously analyzing this dog of a football game is for each of the BS team to reveal their five favorite songs…. Either all-time or current, if you’re a wimp like Aneesh who is worried that he’ll be made fun of for putting down a Nickelback song. Join us...and share your thought.
VB Goes 0-2 Against New #1 And #2
Purdue volleyball faced their toughest back-to-back home opponents in program history as they welcomed #3 Wisconsin and #2 Minnesota to Holloway. The Boilers were unable to come away with a win, falling to Wisconsin in five sets and Minnesota in three, falling to 17th in the AVCA coaches poll and 15th in Massey.
At This Point, It’s Just A Matter Of Time
At this point, the dismissal of Darrell Hazell feels like it must just be a matter of time. Things cannot continue to go on like this, even at a place as football tone deaf as Purdue.
We Gave Up The Ship: Commodore Hazell's Postgame Letter
Commodore Hazell sunk the ship. We found the letter he sent home, to his dearest Martha.
VB Sweeps Indiana, Keeps Monon Spppppppppike In West Lafayette
For the ninth straight season, the Monon Spike resides in West Lafayette, as the then-10th-ranked Boilers swept Indiana, 25-15, 25-17, 25-18, in front of a crowd of 8,240. Purdue hit .517 in the match, led by redshirt senior MB Faye Adelaja, whose .889 raised her attack percentage to .474, good for second in the nation.
Boilers Struggle Past Wolf Pack, Lurch Toward Conference Play
Purdue football returned to action Saturday, recovering from a poor first half to hold off Nevada, 24-14. David Blough was 21 for 30 for 300 yards and 2 TDs, including a 51-yarder to Brycen Hopkins for the clinching TD, and Markell Jones carried 24 times for 124 yards and the go-ahead TD in the third quarter.