When IU senior safety Nick Polk – originally from Milwaukee – first visited Bloomington, he didn’t know anything about the school’s rivalry with Purdue. Things have changed.

IU used to show off its animosity every year by re-enacting the burial of Jawn Purdue, and Purdue counteracted with their burning of Miss Indiana, which died out in the mid-1970s and 1960s, respectively.

When the Hoosiers storm the field for the last time in 2009 to take on Purdue, it will be a reminder that this is what college football should be.

In its first two games, IU faced inferior talent and allowed it to stick around. However, a veteran Ole Miss team prevailed against the Hoosiers in the first of three possible games in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off.

For the third time in four years, IU is off to a perfect 3-0 record. Now comes Game 4, and the Hoosiers will put their unblemished record on the line against the Missouri Tigers at 2 p.m. Sunday in Assembly Hall.

IU’s swimming and diving team has one last opportunity to compete together before the new year.

Senior volleyball player Kelsey Hall and graduate student Whitney Thomas said they will look back on their careers with plenty of fond memories.

Tailgating and hockey may not be two things that normally coincide, but Friday night, IU hockey fans will be in luck.

Darren Yeagle scored two goals to sack No. 6 Louisville 2-0 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

The 4-7 record for both IU and Purdue is not the only thing they have in common as they prepare for the game at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Bloomington. Playing for pride is simply the most obvious.