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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 13 • 27 guy you worry about shying away from con- tact. He's a good-sized kid. From the first day I saw him, I said, 'Man, he's Big Ten-ready almost when he came here from Georgia.' "But he's been doing a good job. He's been healthy and playing fast and been pretty pro- ductive." SHIFTING IU RIVALRY Burke said he's discussed with president Mitch Daniels about moving the Indiana game, both to a neutral site and also earlier in the season. The conversations were spurred by one fac- tor: Student attendance. Because the current Big Ten schedule ex- tends to the week of Thanksgiving and that's also been labeled "rivalry week," the Bucket game has fallen on a weekend in which the students aren't in town. That's hurt attendance. Moving the game to Lucas Oil Stadium in In- dianapolis, as an example, would allow for what Burke called "recuperative power." Still, with changes on the horizon for the south end zone, Burke ultimately would prefer to keep home games at home against the Hoosiers. So the best option could be trying to push the game to earlier in the season. That certainly would be breaking the mold. The last time the rivalry wasn't the last game of a season: 1919. "When it was the Saturday before Thanksgiving, it was fine. But it's not now, and I worry you'll di - minish the tradition if the students year after year after year aren't there unless it's a big game," Burke said. "So we might be well-ad- vised to tell the Big Ten, 'Hey, slot us in some- where else.' They'd love it. It'd create a better TV experience. You're not competing against THE HILL GROUP REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO hillgrp.com We're Illinois' largest mechanical contractor … and proud to have 38 outstanding Purdue alumni on our HVAC/Plumbing team. Warren Hill, ME '63 Jim Hill, MET '95, MBA '03 Jim Billard, LA '90 Brian Teyema, ME '87 Scott Dierking, IM '77 Russ Nelson, BCM '00 David Pikey, PH '97 Bill Silfies, MBA '03 Nick Muscolino, MET '06 Matthew Crawford, MET '05 Bob Hill, BCM '06 Anthony Camasta, MET '04 Beth Beigelbeck, SM '97 Deborah Toth, MET '07 Daniel Block, ME '08 Daniel Gasser, BS '04 Jason Jones, MET '08 Nick Johnson, BCM '09 Bryan O'Neill, BCM '09 Steven Sitkowski, BCM '10 Isaac Townsend, ME '10 Don Wunderlich, ME '13 Taylor Spaulding, ME '12 Grant Fillipitch, MET '12 Jessica James, BS '13 Robert C. Krier, MET '13 Joseph Ketcik, CE '13 Joseph Schraffenberger , ME '13 Michael Rish, ME '13 Brandon Goldstein, ME '14 Michael Alber, ME '14 Ally Gray, BS '14 Karina Bjorklund, ME '17 Larry Lannen, ME '16 Kevin Morrisroe, ME '15 Bill Shuck, MET '14 James Svehla, BCM '15 Chaz Usher, BCM '17 The Hill Group is installing all HVAC systems in this new 27-story, 1,200,000 square foot hospital. ON TAP SATURDAY Game Time (ET) TV Line Wisconsin vs. Ohio State 8:17 p.m. Fox Wisconsin -4 Source: DannySheridan.com BIG TEN STANDINGS EAST DIVISION Big Ten/Pct. Division/Pct. Overall/Pct. Ohio State^ 8-0/1.000 6-0/1.000 11-1/.917 Michigan State 7-1/.875 5-1/.833 10-2/.833 Maryland 4-4/.500 3-3/.500 7-5/.583 Rutgers 3-5/.375 3-3/.500 7-5/.583 Michigan 3-5/.375 2-4/.333 5-7/.417 Penn State 2-6/.250 2-4/.333 6-6/.500 Indiana 1-7/.125 0-6/.000 4-8/.333 WEST DIVISION Big Ten/Pct. Division/Pct. Overall/Pct. Wisconsin^ 7-1/.875 5-1/.833 10-2/.833 Nebraska 5-3/.625 4-2/.667 9-3/.750 Minnesota 5-3/.625 4-2/.667 8-4/.667 Iowa 4-4/.500 3-3/.500 7-5/.583 Illinois 3-5/.375 2-4/.333 6-6/.500 Northwestern 3-5/.375 2-4/.333 5-7/.417 PURDUE 1-7/.125 1-5/.167 3-9/.250 ^ Clinched division title