Kenny Thompson
Smile Purdue, you’re on Candid Coaches Camera
Matt Painter’s Purdue basketball program figures prominently in CBSSports.com Candid Coaches series put together by Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish. Coaches were granted anonymity by CBS, whose survey began with…
Read MoreHeady Times for Purdue Basketball As Boilers Start Season No. 1
It’s a season of great expectations for the Purdue men’s basketball team, starting with yet another first for Matt Painter’s program. Until Monday’s release of the preseason Associated Press Top…
Read MoreLooking Back at Recruiting, Players, Coaches Under Joe Tiller
After back-to-back 9-win seasons and coming off an upset of fourth-ranked Kansas State in the Alamo Bowl, Joe Tiller and his coaching staff thought it was time the Purdue football…
Read MoreStrolling Through Rose-Colored Memory from 25 Years Ago
Purdue honored Drew Brees and many of his 2000 Big Ten Championship teammates a few weeks ago to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Boilermakers’ journey to their second Rose…
Read MoreSeries Wraps Up on Best Boiler Gridders by Number
This week we wrap up the best Boilermaker football players by number series with a College Football Hall of Fame guard and a Touchdown Twin. 91 Blaine Smith While not…
Read MoreCradle of QB Papa Bob DeMoss on List; Cheating DOES Pay
Before there was such a thing as the “Den of Defensive Ends” at Purdue, one of their future members was a 6-foot-7 giant who was so fleet of foot that…
Read MoreCounting Down Top Purdue Boilermakers Reaches 70s
Perhaps the strangest NFL championship game, pre-Super Bowl era, involved the Chicago Bears winning the title in 1932 on an indoor 60-yard field that was littered with circus “leftovers.” A…
Read MoreContinuing with the 60s; Plus Purdue Coach Who Came From, Went Back to H.S.
A member of the Buffalo Bills’ “Electric Company” is among a group of talented offensive linemen in this week’s countdown of the best Boilermakers by number. Crashing this list of…
Read MoreAs Crystal Balls Go, First Games Don’t Mean Much
As tempting as it may be for fans to predict future success or failure for a Purdue football head coach after his first game, history says your results may vary.…
Read MoreBarry Odom Brings Reasons for Optimism to Purdue Football
With a few exceptions, expectations have never been high for Purdue football in my lifetime. Last season’s 1-11 record dropped the program’s winning percentage to .513. That’s still better than…
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