Carrying On About College Football (Oct. 26)

“This is football.  The beat goes on…Suck it up.” — Purdue coach Joe Tiller after a fifth straight defeat.   It’s hard to imagine Tiller’s “victory lap” as Purdue head coach going much worse.  At least, that’s what I thought before this weekend.  Then, starting quarterback Curtis Painter got knocked out of Saturday’s game against Minnesota with a shoulder injury.  The result was yet another disappointing Boilermaker offensive performance, as Purdue finished on the short end of this week’s “Diamond in the Rough” game.  COACF was live in the West Lafayette press box to bring you all the details…   1.  DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: No. 24 MINNESOTA 17, PURDUE 6 Minnesota coach Tim Brewster has come a long way since the last time he coached in West Lafayette twenty years ago.  For that matter, Brewster and his program have come a long way since 2007.  Winless in ... (link)