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Weekly Pic Tom Campbell It was a lonely feeling for Coach Danny Hope and the Boilermakers on their trip to Minnesota as Purdue suffered its worst defeat in Minneapolis since 1989. Hope remains optimistic that he can salvage enough victories to get the Boilermakers to the postseason, but he also recognizes there is little mar- gin for error. This Week In Purdue History remain his starting quarterback. After losses at Wisconsin and Penn State, where Painter was benched in the second half, the redshirt freshman helps the Boilermakers to a 28-21 win over Michigan State four days later. In all, Painter started 40 straight games, the most consecutive starts by a Boilermaker quarterback in history. Nov. 4, 1989 • One of the few bright spots of the Fred Akers' era was the play of freshman quarter- Nov. 1, 2005 • At his weekly press conference, Coach Joe Tiller announces that Curtis Painter will the Lions joined the Big Ten. The problem? The Boilermakers have had trouble scoring. Here are the number of offensive TDs scored by Purdue against PSU since 1995: Touchdowns Hard To Come By vs. Lions Purdue has won just 2-of-13 games against Penn State since 1995 R R (L) 1996 R R (L) 1997 R R (L) 1998 R (L) 1999 R R R (L) 2000 R R (L) 2003 R R (W) 2004 R R (W) 2005 R R (L) 2006 2007 0 0 2008 R (L) (L) (L) 2011 R R (L) with WLFI Meteorologist Chad Evans GAME DAY FORECAST HIGH OF back Eric Hunter. On this day, Eric Hunter passed for 344 yards and four TDs in his first college start in a 42-27 loss at Michigan. It was a record for most passing touchdowns allowed by a Wolverines' team as well, and current Boilermaker assistant athletic director Calvin Williams had a career day, catching 13 passes for 156 yards and three scores. Nov. 2 1996 • On the trip home from a disappointing 33-25 loss to Wisconsin, Coach Jim Colletto decides he has had enough of being the Boilermaker head coach. Two days later, he makes his decision public by announcing his resignation on his coaches radio show. Five days after that, his team beats No. 9 Michigan in Ross-Ade Stadium. 58° MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHAD'S BLOG GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 9 • 3 For Video Forecast Click Camera