Both the Mid-American Conference and Big Ten Conference issued schedules for football games for the upcoming season, including Ball State, Indiana and Purdue schedules.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue has added future football games with Louisville and Boston College.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Tiquan Lang returned two interceptions for touchdowns and Michael Birdsong threw two scoring passes in his Marshall debut as the Thundering Herd beat Purdue 41-31 on Sunday.

WEST LAFAYETTE – The 2014 basketball season is starting out nicely for the Purdue Boilermakers. Head coach Matt Painter’s squad won its first two games last week and one new addition to the team caught the attention of the Big Ten Conference. Freshman Vince Edwards (Middletown, OH) was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week …read more.

SYRACUSE – The ‘Little Engine That Can’ will soon graduate to a locomotive. Wawasee senior Bre Robinson hasn’t been big in stature, attitude or flash in the pool. But the superstar swimmer has made a splash decision, signing with Purdue University on a full-ride scholarship to continue her swim career as a Boilermaker. “What I …read more.

MINNEAPOLIS – The Purdue Boilermakers rushed for nearly 300 yards, but Purdue dropped a nail-biter to Minnesota, 39-38. Austin Appleby threw three first-half touchdown passes for the Boilermakers (3-5, 1-3), but he was only 4 for 10 for 18 yards in the second half. Raheem Mostert rushed for 115 yards on five carries and Akeem …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Iowa spotted Purdue a 10-0 lead, then dominated the final 49 minutes, rallying for a 24-10 Big Ten opening victory Saturday. The Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) took a 17-10 lead with 45 seconds remaining in the third quarter on a 23-yard touchdown pass from C.J. Beathard to Kevonte Martin-Manley, capping a …read more.

It’s a Friday edition of Nick’s Picks! Last weekend was so bad, I decided to take another day just to recover. But it’s now a new week and everybody gets to start fresh. We are all 0-0 this week, at least that’s how I’m thinking about it. Seriously, it was a rough week for prep …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE – If anyone was feeling chipper at Ross-Ade Stadium Saturday, likely they were wearing maroon and gold. The Central Michigan Chippewas looked very stout in a 38-17 win at Purdue in a game littered with Boilermaker miscues. The Boilermakers committed three turnovers, were flagged for a handful of costly penalties, and failed to …read more.

Last week I was grandstanding. This week I am grabbing the soap box. Maybe next week I will start “Tebowing” just for kicks. I have noticed that we, as fans, too often get caught up in the passion we have for our teams. In the past few weeks I have covered several prep contests where …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE — With the game hanging in the balance, Akeem Shavers put Purdue on his shoulders in a wild ride of the annual Oaken Bucket game. Shavers scored three touchdowns in just over four minutes in the fourth quarter to separate Purdue from Indiana, 56-35, at a crisp Ross-Ade Stadium. After Indiana receiver Cody …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Penn State made no bones about its desire to assert itself. The Nittany Lions ran up 265 yards of total offense in the first half alone and scored a crippling touchdown just before haftime en route to a 34-9 win at Purdue Saturday afternoon. On a day where the atmosphere at Ross-Ade …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE — It was an offensive delight that actually featured great defense. In the end, Purdue had just too much for Marshall in a 51-41 win at Ross-Ade Stadium. While the offenses of both clubs were on full display throughout the game, including record-setting numbers from Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato, Purdue’s defense made several …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue’s football team wasted very little time jumping all over Eastern Kentucky at Ross-Ade Stadium in the season opener, scoring on a four-yard pass from Robert Marve to Gary Bush at the 8:43 mark of the first quarter in an eventual 48-6 win for the Boilermakers. The matchup was the first-ever football …read more.