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Purdue (7-6, 2-1) won the Barnburner trophy for the 14th time by defeating the Hoosiers (8-5, 1-1).

LOS ANGELES — Bart Simpson and the Sugar Bowl game could disappear from the TVs of Time Warner Cable subscribers in New York, Los Angeles and other markets in a bitter dispute over fees that the Fox television network is demanding.

Indiana defensive end Jammie Kirlew will be recognized at halftime of the Allstate Sugar Bowl as a member of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, honoring dedicated and hard-working student-athletes for their off-the-field achievements and selfless contributions to their communities. The New Year’s Day bowl game will kick off at 8:30 p.m. ET and air on FOX.

Bright House Networks cable customers who had hoped to watch the Pacers play next week on Fox Sports Indiana probably won’t get the chance.

Editor’s note: It was a sad time when the man who considered coaching Indiana football as his “dream job,” died. He did so much in Bloomington in the short time God allowed him there.

The Boilermakers will take on instate rival Indiana (8-4, 1-0) on Thursday at 12 p.m. in the only meeting in the regular season between the two teams.

Editor’s note: What would sports be if you didn’t have underdogs and upsets? And what better place for them than the Big House in Ann Arbor, Mich.?

Former Hoosier and current San Diego guard Kris Dielman was selected to his third Pro Bowl Tuesday evening. Dielman has started all 15 games for the NFL’s second-highest scoring offense.

Ohio State lost an early marquee game against USC but recovered to win another Big Ten title.

Forty-two Hoosier football student-athletes carried a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in the fall semester or own a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Thirty-three Hoosiers posted 3.0’s in the fall and 31 currently hold 3.0 cumulative GPA’s.