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...started innocently enough, with a 31-7 victory over Wisconsin. But when Notre Dame licked Purdue to the tune of 34-15, people began to wonder, including Purdue Coach Jack Mollenkopf. "They're big," warned Mollenkopf, "as big as the pros." As victory piled on victory, so did the pressure. Everybody was laying for Notre Dame. Air Force leaped into a 7-0 lead on an intercepted pass. Notre Dame still won 34-7. "That line," sighed Falcon Coach Ben Martin. "At first they came like a wave and pushed the blockers back into our quarterback's lap. Later they...
...Breathers." At Purdue, traditional "spoiler" of the Big Ten, dreams of roses are particularly heady: the Boilermakers have never made the trip. This year hard-bitten Coach Jack Mollenkopf finally has the horses to make his grind-it-out, straight-T offense work. A 19-6 victor over scrappy Miami of Ohio last week, Purdue begins its Big Ten schedule this week with Michigan...
...Purdue (5-1-1)-the Big Ten's most underrated team managed a 14-14 tie with Ohio State, after which Coach Jack Mollenkopf blew up when he could not find Ohio State's stormy Woody Hayes for the traditional post-game handshake. Exploded Mollenkopf: ''This is the first time in my twelve years in the Big Ten where a coach was too damned big or busy to come around and shake hands...
...secret," crowed Purdue Coach Jack Mollenkopf. "I'll say no more." He didn't have to. Whatever his secret was, it touched off a fire under his injury-ridden Boilermakers. Sophomore Quarterback Ross Fichtner, starting his first game, called his shots like a pro; Fullback Bob Jarus was a one-man wrecking crew. Between them, they clanged out a 20-13 victory over the top-ranked Spartans of Michigan State...