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BRANN LEADS MEDIA MANIA AFTER REGULAR SEASON the standings to date: Matt Brann, Gold and Black Alumnus (15/156) Kevin Keckler, Gold and Black Alumnus (15/150) Mike Carmin, Journal and Courier (13/149) Kyle Charters, Gold and Black (15/147) Brian Neubert, Gold and Black (15/146) Greg Rakestraw, 1070thefan.com (15/146) Joe McConnell, Purdue Sports Radio Network (14/145) Jon Speaker, Guest Fan (12/145) Mike Cleff, News Channel 18 (12/144) Stacy Clardie, Gold and Black (13/143) Nate Barrett, Purdue Sports Network (13/142) Alan Karpick, Gold and Black (15/141) Clayton Duffy, JPVideoPro.com (14/141) Brandan Alford, Gold and Black Student Staff (15/140) Pete DiPrimio, Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel (15/130) Craig Graham, Underwood Agency (15/130) Orlando Itin, Guest Fan (15/129) Pete Quinn, Purdue Sports Radio Network (15/128) Kelly Kitchel, Purdue Sports Radio Network (15/125) Rob Blackman, Purdue Sports Radio Network (12/125) Suzy Kull, Guest Fan (9/118) our weekly competition. Last week's winner was Craig Graham of the Underwood Agency. In our upcoming bowl preview edition of Gold and Black Express, the Maniacs will have a chance to make up some lost ground with seven games at stake. Listed below are Heading into bowl season, Matt Brann has a six-point lead in IU. "Coming into today, obviously, we were going to do everything in our power to come out win this game, beat IU and go to a bowl game, realistically, had we lost, my career and all these seniors' careers would have been over. Especially for a lot of us that might not play at the next level. I knew this might be the last 60 minutes of football I had in my life. To know that we got it done against our rivals at home and we get one more opportunity, we get to go to a bowl game and I get to lace it up as a Boilermaker with these guys again is a truly special feeling. " Danny Hope was relieved of his duties as Purdue's head football coach after four seasons. He finished with a 22-27 overall record. Tom Campbell sider the Spartans the most attractive of that group, and thus headed to the desert. Wherever Purdue ends up, the Boilermakers are to be relieved of his coaching duties immediately following a win over Indiana. He was fired on Sunday afternoon, a day after Danny Hope became the first Boilermaker coach BUCKET MARKS THE END the 21-point victory. "I wish we would have won more games, yeah absolutely," Hope said, when asked if he had any re- pumped to be there, particularly after once being 3-6 this season before rallying to qualify for a bowl. "There's a lot of words I could use, but it's an absolutely incredible feeling, especially as a senior," tight end Crosby Wright said after Purdue's win over ® ISU Insurance Services Underwood Agency Established 1865 Craig W. Graham, CIC, CCCSRM Connie Webber, Commercial Gretchen Hitze, Personal 3990 State Road 38 East, Suite 5A Lafayette, Indiana 47905 (765) 742-7320 800-852-5447 Phil Arth, Accounting Louis Hickman Also: Jay Neeb 8011 S 100 W Columbus, IN 47201 (812) 342-8201 Jennie Wallace Visit our website, www.underwoodagency.com for your Homeowner, Automobile or Life Insurance quotations GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 13 • 26 grets in the post-game press conference. "But I don't know what we would have done any different. … The end reason is that we found a way and that's what matters. "I don't know any other expectation to have other than be the best. We had some opportunities