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Weekly Pic Tom Campbell If Purdue qualifies for the post- season, this may be its defining moment. Whether it was pure guts or instinct, or a little bit of both, Robert Marve's 17-yard run gave the Boilermakers a chance to kick the game-winning field goal against Iowa as time expired. That's a pretty amazing feat on any stage, let alone com- ing from a player without an ACL in his left knee. This Week In Purdue History worn in the annual Bucket Battle four days later. To keep the secret from the fans, the team wears its customary dark jerseys in warm-ups. The ploy provided energy for Purdue. With only two wins and labeled a heavy underdog, it pulled off a 17-15 upset in the contest, long remembered for All-America safety Rod Woodson playing both offense and defense. Nov. 15, 1998 • The greatest home victory in Purdue women's basketball history? It just might Nov. 18, 1986 • The Boilermaker players take up a collection to buy special gold jerseys to be have been the Boilermakers' 78-68 win over No. 1 Tennessee in Mackey Arena. Not only did the win catapult the Boilermakers toward their national championship run under Coach Carolyn Peck, but it capped off a joyous 24-hour period in Purdue sports as the football team posted a dra- matic 25-24 win at Michigan State the day before. Nov. 17, 2001 • In a scoreless game played in dense fog for the first half, Purdue took advantage of six Michigan State turnovers to beat the Spartans 24-14 in Ross-Ade Sta- dium. The victory made the Boilermakers bowl eligible for a fifth-straight season, but the contest was in doubt until the fourth quarter when sophomore defensive tackle Craig Terrill had a scoop-and-score from 12 yards out to finish the scoring. No Chip Shot For Boilermakers You may recall last year when the Boilermakers had to win two of their final three games to qualify for the postseason, we referenced a 1991 Harvard Study in the "American Statistician" that figured out the probability of winning a game based on the point spread. This week, Purdue is a seven- point favorite and the study indicates teams picked to win by that amount do so nearly 70 percent (.693) of the time. For the sake of argument, we established Purdue as a three-point fa- vorite next week That trans- lates into winning 59 (.586) percent of the time. So what are the chances Purdue wins 'em both? Look to the right .. .587 .413 Losing at least once and not qualifying for a bowl with WLFI Meteorologist Chad Evans GAME DAY FORECAST HIGH OF 55° MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM CHAD'S BLOG GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 11 • 3 Winning both games and qualifying for a bowl For Video Forecast Click Camera