The Sports Wrap

Week 1 of the NFL is now behind us, and the biggest story nationally is Tom Brady going down with what looks to be a torn ACL. Earlier in the afternoon I was doing a dance thinking this made the road to the Super Bowl even easier for the Colts, but then I watched them sputter along in their loss to the Bears last night.

The Bears ran through the Colts defense while the offense looked a bit rusty as Peyton Manning finally took the field after his knee injury. I don’t think that was how they wanted to start the Lucas Oil Stadium era.

The college side looked a bit better with both Purdue and Indiana picking up wins over the weekend. Purdue opened their season with a strong second half against Northern Colorado. Curtis Painter threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns, though he looked a bit slow to start.

Indiana put up an impressive win against Murray State. The IU game was a much more lopsided game with Marcus Thigpen and Kellen Lewis taking the lead.

Neither IU or Purdue played meaningful games compared to Big Ten competition, but they are nice tune ups. IU plays Ball State next Saturday while Purdue gets a loftier challenge in 18th ranked Oregon. Boiler up!

Photo courtesy of Purdue Athletics