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R Purdue has now had a major special teams miscue in five of its six games this season, after suffering a punt block vs. Wisconsin. It was the third blocked punt of the year. look at the latest news from around the Big Ten, and at Purdue's oppo- nents this season. The following is a THE SLATE Though Pur- due's have negated any collat- eral it built with its showing at Notre Dame, it's become increasingly clear that there's no shame whatsoever in having lost to the Irish this season, particularly to have taken them down to the wire on their home field. The top-10 Irish are now 6-0 following results may recent a 20-13 win over Stanford in South Bend. With BYU up next week, Notre Dame looks positioned to be unbeaten in seven tries when hit heads to Oklahoma Oct. 27. Notre Dame is ranked fifth in this week's AP poll. In Iowa's injury-ravaged run- ning back corps, walk-on Mark Weisman has become some- Minnesota coach Jerry Kill suffered another seizure following the Gophers' loss to Northwestern Saturday. He was back to work on Monday, however. Tom Campbell thing of an improbable star. But now he's suc- cumbed to the bug, too, spraining his ankle in the Hawkeyes' 19-16 double- overtime win at Michi- gan State, Coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday he's not ex- pecting Weisman, who's run for 631 yards and eight touchdowns since taking over the No. 1 run- ning back role by default as much as anything, to play this weekend against Penn State. At Michigan State, tinued the Spartans' disappointing sea- son. They're 4-3, 1-2 in the Big Ten. Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes are sud- Ferentz won his 100th game at Iowa and con- denly hot, coming off a one-sided win over previously unbeaten Minnesota, then a difficult road win in East Lansing. Purdue plays at Iowa Nov. 10. a 5-0 start, as a 21-13 loss to Northwestern in Minneapolis dropped the Gophers to 0-2 in the Big Ten. Of greater concern, however, is the health of its coach, Jerry Kill, who suffered another seizure following the Northwest- Minnesota, Purdue's oppo- nent next weekend, has strug- gled to start Big Ten play after ern game. Kill, who suffered a much more severe episode last year, was hospitalized over- night and returned to work Monday, ac- cording to reports. Minnesota as other health issues, though none of them as serious. Quarterback MarQueis Gray remains bothered by ankle problems and may not play this weekend against Wisconsin. If he doesn't, Max Shortell will start. Left of- fensive tackle Ed Olson also is expected to be lost to a knee injury suffered against Northwestern. j It's All On GoldandBlack.com The Best Purdue Sports Information On The Web • Real-time recruiting • Game stories, analysis and blogs • Premium message boards • Video, audio, live stream events and more • Exclusive access to premium information Part of the Rivals.com network Note: GoldandBlack.com is a separate subscription than your subscription to Gold & Black Illustrated/GBI EXPRESS. GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 7 • 34 Caption Tom Campbell Sign up for a 7-day free trial today!