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Boilers knock off #11 Wisconsin

Purdue (15-5, 6-1 Big Ten) scored their first big upset of the season yesterday defeating #11 Wisconsin at Mackey Arena, 60-56. The loss was the first for the Badgers in Big Ten action.

Freshman E'Twaun Moore was the leading scorer for the Boilers with 16 points, but fellow frosh Robbie Hummel was the hero.

Hummel (pictured) filled the stat sheet with 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. However, Robbie's biggest contribution may have been his one block, which came with 2.4 seconds left in the game.

With the score 58-56 Wisconsin senior Michael Flowers was driving for the game-tying layup when Hummel snuck in from behind to block his shot. Hummel grabbed the ball and was fouled. After Robbie sunk his two free throw to seal the game, he was mobbed by the Paint Crew.

Hummel had this to say, "I got mobbed. It was awesome ... one the greatest experiences I've ever had on a basketball court. It's definitely a big win for us. I don't think I did anything the equivalent to Hoosiers, but it was cool."

Purdue will take on Iowa at Mackey on Wednesday.

My journey to MCSA certification

My quest to attain my MCSA certification began today. I passed the first of four required exams needed to reach my goal of becoming a certified computer nerd.

Next up will be the Server 2003 exam, followed by the network infrastructure exam, and the final hurdle will be the Exchange Server 2003 exam.

I should be taking the next exam at the end of next month. I'm sure you will all be anxiously awaiting the results.

Funniest noise since Matt Moser got crushed in JV football

I am stealing this from Dave's blog because I wanted to share this with more people than Dave's three readers.

Is 2008 Tiller's last season?

UPDATE: Purdue today annouced the hiring of Danny Hope as the associate head football coach. Hope will take over as head coach after Tiller retires after next season.

It looks like Purdue is going to hire Tiller's successor before he retires, much like they did with Gene Keady and Matt Painter.

The Indy Star is reporting that Purdue is set to hire Danny Hope, who is currently Eastern Kentucky's head football coach.

Cubs close to acquiring Brian Roberts

The Chicago media is reporting that the Cubs are close to trading Sean Marshall, Sean Gallagher, and Ronny Cedeno for Brian Roberts.

Roberts is a prototypical leadoff hitter. Last season Roberts stole 50 bases and hit 42 doubles.

However, Roberts was also in the Mitchell report. Some Chicago writers do not feel that bringing Roberts to the Cubs is a good idea because of his inclusion in the Mitchell report.

Speaking of the Mitchell report...

Former Cub Doug Glanville wrote an interesting article for ESPN.com explaining his thoughts on playing during the "steroid era".

Congrats Billikens!

The Saint Louis Billikens set a modern D-I record for fewest points in a game tonight against George Washington. The final score was 49-20.

The game was probably not the way new coach Rick Majerus wanted his Atlantic 10 opener to turn out. The Billikens shot craperiffic 14.6% (7-48) from the field. Maybe Rick should stop eating all the basketballs his team is supposed to use for practice. ZING!

Yes, Rick is getting the intruder in this picture.