Purdue quarterback Joey Elliott was expected by many to be a stopgap between the graduated Curtis Painter and Miami transfer Robert Marve (mahrv), but he’s made a name for himself by beating the big dogs.

Illinois quarterback Juice Williams began the season as a much more logical all-conference candidate than Purdue’s Joey Elliott.

It seems everyone has an opinion on how the seventh-ranked Buckeyes ended up losing to Purdue, a team that had won just one of its first six games, 26-18 on Saturday.

It’s time for the Buckeyes to bounce back. Tressel talked about Saturday’s home game against the Golden Gophers during his weekly news luncheon.

Ohio State fell to previously 1-5 Purdue. It was the Bucks’ first loss on the road against a Big Ten team since 2005.

Coach Jim Tressel analyzes the Boilermakers’ offense under the new regime: “Purdue used to be 95 percent spread. Now they’re in two backs and running that good tailback (Ralph Bolden) more often than they were at one point in time.

Ohio State’s offensive players say the unit is really close to breaking loose.

Head Coach Jim Tressel revisits the win against Wisconsin and looks forward to the Boilermaker matchup.

Purdue coach Danny Hope insists there’s no way his team will ignore Northern Illinois tomorrow, even though the Boilermakers play in-state rival Notre Dame the next week.

Experts questioned how Purdue’s offense would perform this season with inexperience at quarterback and wide receiver.

Purdue quarterback Joey Elliott got some leeway from his coach after his first career start.

No. 24 Purdue rallied to beat Ohio State 65-61 on Sunday for its first Big Ten tournament title.

Ohio State didn’t need any more award-winning performances Sunday. They just wanted to win a Big Ten tournament title.

The 16th-ranked Boilermakers bounced back to shut down the Buckeyes 75-50 on Saturday.

Ohio State coach Jim Foster said he couldn’t get into specifics about what he said to his team at halftime.