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Something was simply not right this Saturday afternoon, even the fans could not get it together properly
Lamaar Thomas(7) started things off right with a 36-yard tightrope run down the sideline on the opening kick-off
Ohio State 16 Purdue 3
VS
Poor Joe Tiller. In the last two trips to Columbus, his team's defense doesn't give up a touchdown and they still lose twice.
October 11th, 2008
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Etienne Sabino(11) out races the Boilermakers to the endzone as he cashes in the the punt block
Malcolm Jenkins(2) was a smiles after his blocked punt
Purdue completes this reception but the next time they throw toward Jenkins he gets his third interception of 2008
Thaddeus Gibson(90) drops Curtis Painter for a five yard loss and Painter drops the ball over to the Buckeyes
Chris 'Beanie' Wells(28) showed most of his form but seemed to be hampered by the effects of the flu
It is time to see more of DeVier Posey(8) in the offense
and more passing on first down
"Coach, think we can go to page two in the play book
now and see what happens?"
Pretorius missed a shorter field goal early in the game so Tressel called on Aaron Pettrey(20) for the 49 yarder
Katie Smith was recognized at halftime for her three gold medals and three WNBA Championships
Lawrence Wilson suffered another injury, let's hope he is book very soon
The band put on a great show at halftime, featuring theme songs from TV shows, including I Love Lucy, Bonanza, The Simpsons, Happy Days, Star Trek and others
By the end of the game, even James Laurinaitis(33) was saying 'I don't know what we are going to do about this offense
In the end, it was not a pretty win but they were ringing that victory bell just the same
