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strength for Saturday's game vs. Wisconsin. The defensive tackle played only part of the Michi- Purdue hopes to have Bruce Gaston closer to full GASTON GETTING BETTER NEWS & NOTES gan game, having to exit early due to a bad hamstring. He first suffered the injury on the final play of Purdue's win over Marshall the week before. Tuesday, Coach Danny Hope said Gaston looked so I'm optimistic that we'll get play out of Bruce and hopefully better and more than last week, did recover a fumble in the second quarter. O-LINE LOOKS GOOD Gaston didn't record a tackle vs. Michigan, but he " he said. on 26 carries, for an average of just 2.2 an attempt. "Still a lot of room for improvement, Sept. 1 EASTERN KENTUCKY '12 Record: 4-2 Series: 1-0-0 W, 48-6 Sept. 8 @ NOTRE DAME^ '12 Record: 5-0 Series: 26-56-2 L, 17-20 better at that point than he had a week earlier. "We were able to get some play out of him last week, Sept. 15 EASTERN MICHIGAN '12 Record: 0-5 Series: 2-0-0 W, 54-16 Sept. 29 PURDUE'S 2012 SCHEDULE Oct. 20 MARSHALL^ '12 Record: 2-4 Series: 1-0-0 W, 51-41 Oct. 6 MICHIGAN^ '12 Record: 3-2 Series: 14-44-0 L, 13-44 Oct. 13 WISCONSIN^ '12 Record: 4-2 Series: 29-42-8 Noon, BTN @ OHIO STATE^ '12 Record: 6-0 Series: 14-38-2 TBA, TBD Oct. 27 @ MINNESOTA '12 Record: 4-1 Series: 32-33-3 TBA, TBD Nov. 3 PENN STATE^ '12 Record: 4-2 Series: 3-11-1 TBA, TBD Dec. 1 — Big Ten Championship Game Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium) Hope says he thinks the offensive line played well against Michigan, particularly in its pass protection. The unit allowed two sacks to the Wolverines, yet Purdue generated only 56 yards of rushing offense we're going to play against another very big, physical defensive front this Saturday. But I thought they did some things technically better, which allowed them to have better success protecting the quarterback. Hope singled out left guard Peters Drey as having a solid day, the best of his season. GAME TIME COMING " Hope said. "Michigan is a very big, physical defensive front and " place into its 3:30 p.m. timeslot. The kickoff for the Minnesota game on Oct. 27 also has yet to be deter- mined, but should be known on Monday, Oct. 15. Former Boiler running back Otis Armstrong will be at Purdue this weekend as part of the National Football Foundation's "On-Campus Salute," the first event as part of his induction into the College Football HALL OF FAMER ON CAMPUS Hall of Fame. During the game, Armstrong will receive a Hall of Fame plaque to be displayed at Purdue. — Gold and Black Staff Purdue's game time vs. Ohio State has not yet been decided. ABC/ESPN has exercised its six-day pick rights for the weekend, meaning it will decide which game to Nov. 10 @ IOWA^ '12 Record: 3-2 Series: 45-34-2 TBA, TBD Nov. 17 @ ILLINOIS^ '12 Record: 2-4 Series: 39-42-6 TBA, TBD Nov. 24 INDIANA '12 Record: 2-3 Series: 71-37-6 TBA, TBD ^ 2011-12 Bowl participant nosticators this week. Collegefootballnews.com, which had the Boilers in the New Purdue's loss to Michigan changed the minds of bowl prog- MORE BOWL SPECULATION Year's Day Outback bowl in last week's projection, now have placed them in the Dec. 29's Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. The matchup would pit Purdue, the No. 6 pick out of the Big Ten, vs. Texas Tech, the No. 6 from the Big 12. CBSSports.com moved Purdue up a notch, however, follow- ing the loss. The website has the Boilers playing in the Buffalo Wild Wings bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 29 vs. Oklahoma State. The game features the Big Ten's fourth or fifth selection against the Big 12's No. 4. dBlack.com's live streaming Internet show, BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart said he still had some questions about the Boiler- makers prior to their game vs. Michigan. "The jury for me remains out, at least offensively, at the quar- terback position," he said. "We'll see if Caleb TerBush can be the On an appearance Friday on Gold and Black LIVE, Goldan- AWAITING VERDICT ON PURDUE GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • volume 23, express 6 • 31