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due's coaches have pointed to criticism from fans, on Twitter or messages boards or otherwise, as having a negative effect bother a team." But during the last couple weeks, Pur- Robert Marve felt he came out of Saturday's loss to Penn State "OK," NEWS & NOTES MARVE 'OK' both from performance and health standpoints. The sixth-year quarterback was 22-of-39 for 138 yards, without a touchdown or an interception. "I threw the ball pretty well, I thought, with the situation being the way it was. My knee held up better than I thought it was going to, Marve, who will start against Iowa this weekend. Marve's playing on an injured left " said on the Boilermakers' confidence. Hope says he tries to direct players to not focus on criticism, just as he attempts to ignore negative calls to his radio show. "It's hard to, because it kind of chases you around a little bit," he said to the me- dia. "You guys know that, you add fuel to the fire in some ways. But (players) have families that get on message boards and there's some tough things that are said at what it was," he said on Tuesday. "I won't have the amount of tape that I had last week. But I'll have some tape. I feel real confident about it right now. I could go out and play tomorrow if the game was tomorrow. returner and wide receiver Raheem Mostert is doubtful to play after tear- ing his PCL vs. Wisconsin. "Hopefully this week I'll come back, depending on how I feel," he But two others are likely out. Kick " Robert Marve felt like he played OK against the Nittany Lions, par- ticularly considering the number of reps he had with his bad knee. knee — he tore the ACL for a third time in Week 2 vs. Notre Dame. On Saturday, he was chased around the field by the Nittany Lion defense often, leading to the knee being swollen and sore the day after the game. "It was just something I have to get used to again," he said. "I feel like I'll be better and last longer next week. " wide receiver O.J. Ross will be able to play at Iowa. Coach Danny Hope is optimistic that OTHER INJURY NEWS The junior has missed the last two games because of turf toe. "We'll have manage it and see, said. "But I'm way more encouraged now than a couple days ago about his avail- ability this weekend. " Hope as well. The defensive tackle played vs. Penn State but was slowed due to an ankle sprain that kept him out of the sec- ond half a week before. Short estimated that he had "about a pound" of tape to protect his ankle but doesn't think that will be necessary vs. the Hawkeyes. "My ankle is doing a lot better than The news is good for Kawann Short, " Tom Campbell Defensive tackle Brandon Taylor is also doubtful; he's suffering from a high ankle sprain. " practice this week while attending to a death in his family. On Tuesday, Hope said he expects SAD NEWS FOR RECEIVER Dolapo Macarthy missed parts of the redshirt freshman, who has started the last two games in place of Ross, to travel with the Boilermakers to Iowa. — Gold and Black Staff times. They are young people. "A lot of people that are judgmental to the players are people who never real- ly have enough substance to even come close to accomplishing near what (play- ers) have in their collegiate or athletic lives. So you have to consider the source, most of the time. That's kind of the mes- sage we send to our football team. What we want to focus on is winning and hav- ing a successful season and being win- ners. And it's hard to focus on that if you're focused on losers on the outside looking in." said. "But I'm not guaranteeing any- thing. If not, I'll just rest more like I've been doing and hopefully next week I'll come back. to Friday, Hope says, but that remaining day — Saturday — has been a mystery. He doesn't know why the effort, Purdue is practicing well from Sunday LOST IN TRANSLATION which he says has stayed consistent, isn't translating to victories. "(It's) baffling in some ways, "But I think it's a combination of a lot of things. A lot of it might be poor manage- ment on my part. What they can handle and what I think they can handle may not be the same thing at times. " he said. Because the effort is there, Hope says, he sees little reason to rip players during the course of a game. "If we're not successful in our per- " formance on game day, I'm the one who ought to be ripped. I'm the one who trained them," he said. "But we have our moments when we have to put our cards on the table and have open and direct GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 10 • 29