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GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 5 52 SEPT. 28, 2001 (VOL. 12, ISSUE 3) Just 11 days removed from the Sept. 11 attacks, the Boilermakers easily disposed of Akron in their season opener. But that wasn't the story of that day. It was the strange, nebulous feeling most of us had as we entered Ross-Ade Stadium greeted with heightened security. It was clear on that sunny afternoon the world would forever be different. NOV. 22, 2002 (VOL. 13, ISSUE 12) Quarterback Kyle Orton didn't do what he was told. Facing a fourth-and-eight, he was sum- moned from the bench to replace injured quarterback Brandon Kirsch. It didn't matter that Orton stood on the sidelines for three hours in 30-degree temperatures, he had to make a play or Purdue's bowl streak was over. Instead of tossing a short pass to move the chains, Orton decided to go for broke. Nobody asked for an explanation after the pass to John Standeford turned into a 40-yard game-winning score, allowing for a sixth-straight postseason appearance. APRIL 19, 2004 (VOL. 14, ISSUE 24) Moments before he was intro- duced to fans and media, Coach Matt Painter posed with Keady for this picture in Keady's office. It seemed fitting that Painter was in the foreground, because the program would be his a year later as athletic Covers Story director Morgan Burke was one of the first to implement a coach-in-waiting plan. Keady looked clearly pleased, if not relieved, that one of his former players got the gig he had held for 25 years. OCT. 22, 2004 (VOL. 15, ISSUE 7) This is an image that no Boiler- maker is excited to see again. "The Fumble" as it is called in these parts, spelled doom in a gut-wrenching loss to Wisconsin by the No. 5 Boilermak- ers. It doesn't matter that the image shows that Orton's facemask is being grabbed, but what does matter is that the Boilermaker football program has struggled to be the same since this dark late afternoon. APRIL 19, 2006 (VOL. 16, ISSUE 24) On this cover, Sharon Versyp looked genuinely happy to be back at her alma mater 18 years after she was a standout player. Versyp's hire meant Purdue's basketball programs were now in the hands of graduates, and capably so as she was able to lead the Boilermakers to the Elite Eight in her first year.