Boilers snap bowl game skid

Purdue (8-5) ended its three-game bowl losing streak last night by defeating Central Michigan, 51-48.

Purdue started out strong, scoring 21 first quarter points on way to a 34-13 halftime lead.

However, as expected by Purdue fans, the Chippewas fought their way back to tie the game up at 48-48 with only 1:09 to play.

Curtis Painter, who set a Motor City Bowl and school record with 548 passing yards, got the Boilers into field goal range after the Chippewas tied the game. Kicker Chris Summers converted a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give the Boilers an exciting 51-48 victory.

Painter's 546 yards are the third most in any bowl game ever. He trails only Ty Detmer ('89 Holiday Bowl, 576) and Byron Leftwich ('01 GMAC Bowl, 576).

Dustin Keller (pictured) was the main beneficiary of Painter's passing success with 7 catches for 150 yards and one TD.

I hate you Orton

My fantasy football team was 90 seconds from moving to the finals and all Kyle Orton had to do was not turn the ball over or take a sack. What does he do? He throws an interception, which gave my opponent enough for a 78.80 - 77.45 victory because he had the Vikings D going.

To make matters worse, all the Bears offense had to do to subtract three points from my opponent was score one measly point in the second half! One point!

Orton was 90 seconds away from making up for his fumble against Wisconsin in 2004, which has sent Purdue Football into a spiral that they still haven't came out of. Purdue was ranked fifth in the country going into the game against Wisconsin and Orton was being talked up as a Heisman candidate until he fumbled the ball, which was returned for a TD by the Badgers with only 2:36 remaining the game. The TD gave the Badgers 20-17 victory.

I'm sure I'll forgive Orton with time, but I'm done saying that he should be the starting QB of any NFL team. He's a third stringer all the way.

To be fair, it's not all Orton's fault. Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Joseph Addai all turned in less than stellar performances. However, my least favorite person has to be Brian Westbrook.

Westbrook was pressured by one of his lineman to stop 1 yard shy of the goal line so that the Eagles could run out the clock. The Cowboys had scored a grand total of six points all game long. I'm sure an 11 point lead with less than two minutes would have stood up.

I think that whoever Westbrook was playing in his fantasy football league had him so Westbrook intentionally didn't score to spite his opponent.

I also believe that Westbrook and lineman John Runyan owe some kind of compensation to all fantasy owners that lost this week due to Westbrook not scoring the TD. I'm thinking of starting a class action lawsuit. Who's with me?

Boilers deny Pitino's bid for 500 wins

The Boilers upset #20 Louisville today in the Wooden Tradition, 67-59.

Freshman Robbie Hummel lead the Boilermakers with 15 points. Chris Kramer (pictured right) provided a spark off the bench with 14 points and four steals.

Purdue battles Texas Southern Monday at 7:00. The game will be televised on ESPNU.

Cubs add Japanese star

Looks like the Cubs have made their second major free agent signing in as many years. Jim Hendry locked up Japanese import Kosuke Fukudome to a 4-year, $48 million deal.

Some are saying that he is a cross between Ichiro and Hideki Matsui. I don't know if I buy that, but he should be better than a combination of Cliff Floyd and Jacque Jones in right field.

I can't wait for Ron Santo to start trying to pronounce his name. Too bad Harry is not around anymore.

It's Orton time!

The national crisis is over! Kyle Orton is once again the starting QB for the Chicago Bears. Monday will be Orton's first start since 2005.







Here's a reminder of just how great Orton is.

Why did it take me so long to post this?

Cubs ship Ohman and Infante to Braves

The Cubs struck a deal with the Braves today sending newly acquired utility infielder Omar Infante and Will "Batting Practice" Ohman for minor league relief pitcher Jose Ascanio.

Giving him the business

I'm not sure what giving him the business means, but I could watch this all day long.


I was surprised to find that the game above wasn't the first time a referee has penalized someone for giving another player the business. This ref even adds some extra arm motions.