Painting the Town Black and Gold

If not for Matt Painter, Coach Ryan would have conference and perhaps national coach of the year honors sewed up by now. The NY Times does an excellent profile of Painter in this morning's edition, and the dramatic turnaround he orchestrated is more than worthy of such accolades. Should the Boilers win on the road at OSU tonight, Purdue is a cinch to share the BT title with the Badgers assuming Bucky can hold off an improving Nittany Lions team at home and conquer their annual demons against the Princeton Offense and zone defense in Evanston.

Let's hope they're singing "Hang on Sloopy" well into the early morning hours in Columbus, as sharing isn't all that fun, especially with a team that slapped us twice.