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where we won the last three, four games of the season, everyone gets to see how great our team really is. It'd be quite a feat if Purdue " can finish the season with a vic- tory over the Hoosiers, who have won four games this year after managing only one in Kevin Wil- son's first season a year ago. The Boilermakers haven't won three consecutive games in a season since 2007. They haven't won on Senior Day in Danny Hope's tenure. They haven't finished a Big that," safety Landon Feichter said. Ten season with three consecu- tive victories since 2006. They haven't been bowl eligi- ble in back-to-back seasons since 2006-07. All that could change with a vic- tory against the hated Hoosiers. "We need to make Novem- ber count, and that's what peo- ple remember are the games you play in November. We realize game vs. Indiana. • Kyle Charters: "It could be a busy few days for the Boilermak- The following are our thoughts now, on the eve of Purdue's er program: a Bucket game, a bowl announcement and a possible coaching change. Each will have a big effect on the direction of the program for years to come. en scoring a touchdown in his final home game. Of course, that would require him playing. He wants to. Coaches better let him." • Alan Karpick: "From a players' perspective, the Bucket game should mean everything. It is a chance to end the season on a posi- tive note, qualify for postseason play and send the senior class off in some level of style. Yet for the program under Coach Danny Hope, it is hard to know what changes with a victory. Maybe it is a chance at one last moment of triumph, and that may have to suffice. • Brian Neubert: "Well, this has gotten sticky, hasn't it? If Purdue • Stacy Clardie: "What I want to see most Saturday: Ralph Bold- " " is going to fire Danny Hope, it now looks like it's going to have to do so following a Bucket win, a three-game winning streak and right on top of a bowl announcement. If Hope's going down, he's at least going to make it harder on Purdue than it would have been a cou- ple weeks ago. " "That five-game losing streak, it was unfortunate. We didn't expect that at all. But we're happy with where we're at right now. We've got a big game against IU, the Oaken Bucket game for a bowl game. And, really, that's what Purdue " is playing for Saturday. Bragging rights are great. Keeping the Bucket in the trophy case for another year is great. Win- ning for Hope, whose future is murky, is great. But a loss would bring the end of the season, and maybe the end of more. that matters most. "It's really important. At the end of the day, that's what we train for, " j TM It's the bowl berth, however, go through all summer, all camp and all spring to get ready for a bowl game. You don't train just to have regular-season games. " junior Ricardo Allen said. "You BOILER UP! BUCKET GAME get your T-SHIRT FOR THE VISIT US IN-STORE OR ONLINE TODAY Follett's Purdue Bookstores Boiler | Purdue West | Black & Gold Mine | follettspurdue.com Located in the NE corner of Ross-Ade Stadium www.purduesports.com 4/C Black & White GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 12 • 2 For Black background, there is a white border around it.