After loosing a match against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and winning against the Iowa Hawkeyes on the road, the Purdue Boilermakers are hoping gain another win tonight at home against their biggest rivalries, Indiana University. The Boilermakers and Hoosiers have faced once so far this season in Bloomington on September 27th. Purdue pulled the win off with a 3-2 ending. Will the Boilermakers be able to pull another win off?
Last weekend, Indiana gave up a same win to the Michigan State Spartans like back October, loosing 3-1. IU is ranked number 7 in the Big Ten Network, with a loosing record of 6-8. Overall, they have a winning record of 14-12. Their biggest win was against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who are ranked 2nd in the Big Ten on November 1. They won 3-2. That is a big step up from the previous season. Seeing that the Golden Gophers did beat the Boilermakers, is there a chance that Indiana will be able to come back and get revenge against the boilermakers?
The Boilermakers are ranked 4th in the Big Ten with a winning record of 9-5. Their overall season record is 20-6. With a loss against the Golden Gophers, Purdue is hoping to come back and beat their major rivalries, considering Indiana did beat Minnesota.
I think there is a high chance of Indiana coming back and beating Purdue. It seems like Indiana is getting better as the season progresses on. Seeing they did beat Minnesota and just a week ago, Purdue lost against the same team. It is going to be a great game, and I will be there to experience it myself. Let’s hope the Boilermakers can pull off another win against the Hoosiers to improve their records with another win!
On another note, AT&T is sponsoring this year’s Crimson and Gold Cup. This is where for every sport at each college goes against each other and whoever wins gets a point towards the twenty possible points they can receive. If there is a tie, they split the one point and each of them get ½ a point.
“The winner of regular season head-to-head competition earns the point for its institution. Should the teams split or tie in regular season competition the point is split between the two institutions (i.e. if each team wins two games in baseball the point is split). The two schools tied, 10-10, in 2007-08. If the two institutions do not compete in head-to-head regular season competition, the team that places higher at the Big Ten Championship will earn the point. Should they tie in conference championship competition the point will be split. In the sport of track & field three-way meets that are scored as dual meets do not count as head-to-head competition. The overall winner of the contest will be awarded a trophy at the end of the season.” (http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/ot/ind-crimson-gold-cup.html)
As of right now, Indiana is in the lead with a total of 2 ½ points, and Purdue with 1 point. So in order for the Boilermakers to keep up, they need to win tonight’s volleyball game so they will only be a ½ of a point behind!
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