Stories tagged with "joe tiller"

Head-Coach-In-Waiting: A Concept Whose Time Has Come And Gone

by FrankDNole on Jun 10, 2011 8:50 PM EDT on Tomahawk Nation

Recently there have been discussions and comments on our boards, and more at some of our sister sites, due to the shenanigans of Bill Stewart at West Virginia, about the head-coach-in-waiting concept. The whole head-coach-in-waiting concept can become very disadvantageous and could very well...

Summation: Purdue in the Aughts

by Jonathan Franz on Feb 15, 2010 12:15 AM EST on Off Tackle Empire

This continues our series recapping the last ten seasons in the Big Ten. I. Overview It's easy to glance at Purdue's 2000 Rose Bowl appearance -- the Boilermaker's first in 34 years -- and surmise that it was all downhill from there in the aughts. But neatly interwoven into the fabric of the...

A Decidedly Premature Independence Bowl Preview: Will the Georgia Bulldogs Face the Iowa State Cyclones or the Texas A&M Aggies?

by T Kyle King on Dec 4, 2009 9:11 PM EST on Dawg Sports

Last night, while watching the Oregon Ducks defeat the Oregon St. Beavers, I found myself thinking ahead to bowl season. Actually, that’s not entirely true. Last night, while watching the Oregon Ducks defeat the Oregon St. Beavers, I found myself thinking, "Is Chip Kelly trying to make coaching...

Armchair Quarterbacking With The Rivalry, Esq - Purdue v. NW

by Graham Filler on Jul 2, 2009 3:21 PM EDT on Off Tackle Empire

Matchup - 2-4 Purdue @ 5-1 Northwestern Date - October 18, 2008 Game Score and Time - NW 27, Purdue 12, 2:45 mark of the 3rd quarter Capsule - Northwestern scored three second quarter touchdowns to take a lead, but the game was bogging down into a mix of incomplete passes and punts. The...

Bringing Down the Hammer: Q&A with Hammer & Rails

by dvieira on May 13, 2009 1:30 PM EDT on Addicted To Quack

Travis over at Hammer and Rails has graciously agreed to do a little question exchange to talk a little Purdue Football and we let him have it. Last year, we saw injuries take out Justin Roper and Jeremiah Masoli, but we still pulled off the win behind Chris Harper at quarterback and a touchdown...

Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #7 -- Georgia v Purdue, 2000 Outback Bowl

by cocknfire on May 7, 2009 3:33 AM EDT on Team Speed Kills

There are two kinds of great games. One is the kind you see coming, an epic matchup between titanic powers with great athletes, a national championship game or a game with title implications pitting evenly matched competitors against each other. That's Southern Cal vs. Texas in the 2005 Rose Bowl,...

2009 Spring Preview Series - Purdue Boilermakers

by Graham Filler on Mar 28, 2009 6:47 PM EDT on Off Tackle Empire

Rebuilding...what exactly? Oh boy. The Big 10's 5th best team of the last 10 years has fallen on talentless hard times, a common occurrence for a transitional program. Legendary coach Joe Tiller departs and is replaced by Danny Hope, who hopes to improve on a 2008 season laden with injuries,...