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volume 23, EX 30 • may 23, 2013 Inside | Two commit to Painter 10-11 | NFL notes 15–16 Football notes 17–21 | Baseball wraps 23-24 Comebacks, inspiration mark year's top stories BY GOLD AND BLACK STAFF urdue's athletic season wasn't PThe two2012-13high-profile sports — exactly rife with team successes. most football and men's basketball — each finished below .500, with fans restless for more victories. The two premier women's teams, basketball and volleyball, did better: The hoops team won the Big Ten Tournament, and volleyball advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Perhaps last year's biggest story — the baseball team's championship in the Big Ten and postseason — saw a reversal this season, with a young team that failed to match prior success. But even if team success wasn't as great as could have been hoped, the year didn't lack drama. There were stories of Publishing update This is the last Gold and Black Express of the 2012-13 athletic season. The next Express publishes Aug. 28. The next Gold and Black Illustrated, the football preview issue, mails June 28. success, having advanced to yet another NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. That's becoming routine Tom Campbell for Dave Shondell On a busted knee, quarterback Robert Marve engineered a threeand Co. And Devon game winning streak to end the season and give Purdue a ticket Brouse's women's to the Heart of Dallas Bowl. the final four games to reach 6-6 — Robgolf team is again competing at the NCAA ert Marve was eager. "I heard the determination in his Championships, where voice. It was like, 'I'm going to work now,'" as of Thursday morning, she said. it was in fifth place. Did he ever. Following, we count After not getting much help in a loss down the top 10, startto the Nittany Lions, Marve was remarking with No. 10. able in the final three regular-season games to lead the Boilermakers to a bowl. No. 10 Marvelous He completed 64 percent of his passes Tom Campbell Marve and threw seven touchdowns to only one Coach Darrell Hazell's hire has come with much fanfare, including the hiring of what Julie Marve won't interception. In his final home game, Marappears to be a solid assistant coaching staff. But he faces a tough '13 schedule. forget the phone call ve blistered Indiana for 348 yards and four triumph and comebacks, and of major any time soon. touchdowns on 20-of-29 completions. change. We take a look at those here, in On Oct. 28, her son, Robert, called "It's the best I've played," Marve said Gold and Black's top 10 stories of 2012-13. to tell her he was going to be starting after the season of the stretch. A few didn't quite make our cut, al- against Penn State the next week, finally All of that, of course, came without though they certainly could have and getting his chance to save Purdue's seaan ACL in Marve's left knee. at least deserve mention. The volleyball son. Even though those circumstances Not that it looked like it: Two of Marteam might be a victim of its own recent seemed bleak — having to win three of ve's career-defining plays came during GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 30 • 1