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o k l a h o m a s t a t e 5 8 , p u r d u e 1 4 purdue vs. oklahoma state game story A Look Back At tuesday���s Top Plays and players BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com �� following a look at the The loss toplaysis from Purdue���s top five 58-14 Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on New Year���s Day. Purdue actually got the start it was hoping for, forcing the high-powered Oklahoma State offense into a punt on its first possession. And then the Boilermakers got tricky, running Cody Webster on a fake punt deep inside their territory to get a first down and ultimately move toward midfield. But on third-and-10, Robert Marve was flushed out of the pocket and taken down, forcing a real punt on fourth-and-11. Maybe another fake would have been better. Josh Stewart, who had pleaded with Coach Mike Gundy to return punts in the bowl game, fielded Webster���s boot and slipped four tackles soon after the catch, including stepping out of the same player���s tackle No.5 ultimate theme: Boilermaker mistakes would be converted into points. In three plays, Oklahoma State got a touchdown when Blake Jackson beat Allen in the slot and safety Landon Feichter was late in help, allowing a seven-yard touchdown for a 14-0 lead. Still, t h e lead wasn���t insurmountable. And Purdue seemed to get going Tom Campbell Akeem Shavers had a bittersweet ending to his Purdue career. Playing in his home state, Shavers ripped off 93 on its next drive beyards rushing and caught four passes for 54 yards, but his day ended after suffering a knee injury in the fourth hind Akeem Shavers. quarter. The senior played The Boilermaktwo times, and raced 64 yards inspired once again, ers needed to re- determined to finish his career into Purdue territory. Four plays later, Oklahoma spond quickly, knowing the repu- strong in his home state and in State quarterback Clint Chelf at- tation of the Cowboys��� offense. the venue that he grew up dreamThey didn���t. tacked the one-on-one coverage ing of playing in. On the second play of Puragainst Frankie Williams, who Shavers ripped off an 11was in the game instead of Ricar- due���s ensuing drive, Marve���s pass yard run on first down, added a do Allen, and threw a four-yard was tipped at the line and inter- five-yard run soon after and then cepted, thus setting the game���s broke through for a 24-yarder by touchdown to Charlie Moore. No.3 No.4 breaking a tackle and using Robert Kugler out front blocking to move the Boilermakers to Oklahoma State���s 23-yard line. But Shavers didn���t touch the ball again on the drive, and it stalled. Marve had an incomplete pass, fumbled the snap and then had a short completion to Ralph Bolden in the flat that brought up fourth-and-four at the 17. Purdue opted to kick the field goal, and Sam McCartney missed a 34-yarder wide right. In the team���s open practice two days before, most of McCartney���s misses sailed right. The Cowboys wouldn���t let that mistake pass without making Purdue pay. They put together their longest drive of the game, going 80 yards on 10 plays for the touchdown. On the score, J.W. Walsh entered the game at quarterback for OSU on fourth-and-one from the 16. Purdue hurried to get the correct personnel on the field, rushing Ryan Watson on late, and it never got it right. No.2 GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 16��� ������ 8