At just before noon, I got a text from a pal who told me some big news was about to break from God's country. Minutes later, he or she filled me in on what was transpiring- Patrick Bade was going to go back to the gridiron and play for coach Hope.It sounded pretty crazy, but a few years ago, the Tight End, Patrick Bade was offered by the, now retired, Vest at aOSU. Who knows, had a few things been different, maybe Bade would have been in Columbus all along and never had the chance to play on the hardwood for Matty. But, Bade followed JJ from Franklin Central up to West Lafayette, and it probably didn't go as he thought it would. But I'm glad he came to Purdue and am looking forward to seeing him play in Ross Ade.
At 6'8", he'll be one of the tallest Boilers playing for Hope (along with Snapp, Foy and Kelly), but he'll be the tallest TE by quite a few inches. My gut tells me that he'll redshirt this season, get a scholly in '12 and move inside to Tackle. But who knows, he might look pretty darned athletic as a TE...Let's not forget how awkward the athletic, big TE, Charles Davis looked playing for Geno a few years ago.
Just in case you're wondering, people close to the situation seem to believe Painter was pretty surprised that Bade decided to leave the team in this manner.
Custodian's Karma
If you watched the Mavs v. Heat game, you saw Purdue fan favorite, Brian Cardinal play a few minutes. Sure, you could focus on the fact that he scored a few less points than Nowitzki, didn't grab as many boards as Chandler and didn't shoot the ball like Terry...but every real basketball fan can see what I see- when Cardinal plays, the Mavs win...and when the Mavs are winning right now, the detestable Heat are losing.
Clearly, Brian Cardinal's ability to defeat evil is only rivaled by the likes of Chuck Norris, Winston Churchill and Space Ghost.
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Tony Gonzalez, anyone? That would be cool. I wouldn't want to be the DB that has to cover a 6'8" dude in the endzone.
But this leaves Purdue Basketball even smaller than before. Where is the size going to come from?
Dozer -- Because Bade was using his size so effectively?
B-Dowd -- Sure, a "pal." It's okay to tell everyone that Coach Hope texts you. He does that with a lot of big donors, I'd assume.
Hale and Jacob Lawson are both roughly the same height as Bade.
Hale plays a lot taller than Lawson though because of his reach. As big, big time donors, don't all of you guys get personal text updates from Matty and Danny??
Maybe it's just me.
J – I'm just channeling some of that Danny-Hope-cup-is-half-full-sunshine-and-puppies optimism. Obviously Bade had enough football talent for Tressel to offer him a job...er...scholarship in Columbus.
MAYBE Bade's skills didn't translate well to basketball, and he'll be a natural on the gridiron. Just saying, wishing, hoping...
Love Bade's grit and determination, I just think he's too dumb for basketball. He doesn't have the mental capacity to make quick decisions on his own, and therefore loses a lot of his effectiveness. Hopefully just telling him to block or run a route will allow him to utilize all that athleticism.
P.S. Go Heat and go Lebron!
I'm for one very excited to hear this news...
On another note... that football vid made me remember what it was like for a purdue team to throw a pass vertically down field... those were the days.
Joe - I don't know, I have really come to enjoy Hope's "submarine" offense: Dive! Dive! Dive! Punt.
Dozer is in a mood today...
And B-dowd gets texts from Hope not because of his monitary donations, but because of his free back rubs.
Bag rubs, Plang...bag rubs.
What if Bade moved over to football, getting a scholarship there, but continued to play basketball? Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?
I highly doubt that he'd ever be more than a contributor on the hardwood, but I'm sure Bade will be missed (at the very least as a big body in practice).
What if Gary Harris took a football scholarship and walked on to the bball team since we don't have an open scholly? The Bade move openend the scholarship up for Ronnie who by the way seems to be killing Yogi Ferrell on the Jr. all star team. So if we are pursuing Harris even harder these days what do you guys think will happen to open up a spot? Barlow still in limbo, possibly still on his way out or be shadey and drop the offer to Molock?
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