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Tiller's Touch Taps Brees, Manning

MIAMI -- Joe Tiller coached Drew Brees at Purdue, grooming him for what turned out to be a Super Bowl future in New Orleans. Tiller also had a bit role in Indianapolis drafting Peyton Manning, the "other'' quarterback in Sunday's Super Bowl. Tiller is retired now, watching the pheasants roam through the backyard of his...

Pickin' On the Big Ten Report Card Part 2

In the first installment of the end-of-season report card on the Big Ten, we looked at the schools in the first half of the alphabet. Know what letter is in the first half of the alphabet? That's right. F. But then, all the other grade letters are in the first half of the alphabet too.Even though it wasn't a great year...

Pickin' On the Big Ten, Week 13

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten tries to describe football action in the conference everyone else calls "overrated."RIGHT: The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which won't be missed by very many people in the Big Ten.And so it has come to this, the ultimate weekend of the penultimate season when Big Ten football ends...

Pickin' on the Big Ten, Week 10

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten breaks down action across the conference.RIGHT: A typical offensive gameplan dreamed up by Woody Hayes.So now there's one. One team all alone in first place, controlling its destiny. But hey, they have the week off.The question is, "Has anything really changed in the Big Ten?" and the...

Pickin' on the Big Ten, Week 8

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten breaks down action across the conference.RIGHT: One of these is the alpha cub. But which one is it?They're 6 and 1. They've lost to the only good team they've played. Their signature win thus far is over a team that, in retrospect, may not really be that good. They're solid on one...

Joe Tiller News From the Web

07/25/11 Fortune Favors Not Joe Tiller Source: SB Nation Purdue got that odd total by scoring four touchdowns but then following them with a missed PAT and two failed two-point conversion attempts.
05/23/11 Purdue ICONS #19: Joe Tiller Source: Hammer and Rails Today we have the first of three Boilermaker coaches that gained enough votes to crack the top 25.

Background on Joe Tiller

Joe Tiller (born December 7, 1942) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1991 to 1996 and Purdue University from 1997 to 2008, compliling a career college football record of 126–92–1. Tiller is known as one of the innovators of the spread offense.

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