Purdue needs your help

As many of you know, Purdue started this year's football season with as much promise as they could possible have or give their fans. The quarterback was an early contender for the Heisman Trophy, the team looked like it might go undefeated, or--at most--lose just a single game or two. Instead, after going 6-0, they then proceeded to lose 4 in a row. ARGH!

Despite this heartbreak for me, they do have a chance to win some awards which will benefit their general scholarship fund. Here's the text from the John Purdue Club.

The Purdue football team is in the running for two national on-line honors that would benefit the university's general scholarship fund.

Sophomore Jerome Brooks' 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Notre Dame on Oct. 2 is one of six finalists for the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year. It was selected from 13 weekly winners by a panel of nine experts in college sports. Each play was considered both for its impact on the outcome of the game as well as how it affected the team's season.

The winning performance will be awarded $100,000.

Fans can vote for the winner on-line once a week through Jan. 1 by clicking here. The winner will be announced Jan. 3 at the Orange Bowl Beach Bash in Orlando and subsequently during the FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 4.

The Boilermakers also are one of seven finalists for the FedEx Express Team of the Year. They were the weekly winner after setting a Big Ten record with 763 yards of total offense in a 63-24 win over intrastate rival Indiana on Nov. 20.

The winning school will receive $25,000.

To help select this award, fans can vote on-line by clicking here through Dec. 20. Both the Fed Ex Express and Fed Ex Ground Teams of the Year will be announced at halftime of the Orange Bowl.

Please, for me, help me help my old school.