Purdue Using BS Original Artwork for Marketing Purposes (Sort of)

I hear a lot of optimism beginning to build among you, my fellow faithful Boilermakers. I don't happen to personally share the optimism many of you are espousing in places like Twitter, but make no mistake: I'm glad some of you are feeling good about things. That's a much nicer state to be in entering the summer than we sometimes find ourselves in.

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My favorite part, though, is the Boilermaker athletic department continuing to use an image that has BS original artwork in it... to the left, you can find friend of the site Kelly sporting her "Marve-lous" shirt.

I mean, you know, if Marve-lous shirts really existed.

BS Readers Weigh In On Purdue QB Situation

A week or two back, B-dowd put up a poll asking you to give your pick for QB this fall in the black and old gold. The results are in and in our unscientific poll, it's clear -- we've swayed you all with our Marve-lous propaganda.

Robert Marve -- 60%
Rob Henry -- 27%
Caleb Terbush -- 12%

This might seem particularly unfair to Mr. TerBush, who -- let's be fair -- was the primary signal-caller in a season that saw the Boilermakers return to middling bowl game prominence.

Previous to that Rob Henry had captured the hearts and minds of the Boilermaker faithful as he gutted his way to victories despite being beat up along the way and having somewhat limited potential as a downfield passer.

And so here we are, a few months from entering the 2012 season and the public opinion has swayed to a guy who has repeatedly shown he wants nothing more than to play football for Purdue. It looks like he will finally, truly be healthy and let's hope he stays that way, regardless of how he plays. Or, knowing this coaching staff, if he plays.

Best thing for the program is competition...

Right now, it looks like Joey Elliott will lead our Boilers in the fall. But next season, TerBush, Henry, Tyler and perhaps others will be making their play for the starting job. But, don't forget about this guy...sounds like he's heavily-leaning toward West Lafayette.

Like I said, I'm not sure how I feel about him, but he is talented and intra-team competition is nothing but a positive for a program looking to rebuild.