Purdue Football

The Purdue Board of Trustees voted to ban students and faculty from betting on Boilermakers athletics, according to Trevor Peters of WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana.

Sports betting became legal in Indiana starting Sept. 1. Division I college sports were included in the list of available options on which fans could place wagers.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels clarified the school-wide ban is limited strictly to the new law and won't include more informal types of betting, such as NCAA tournament pools.

Steve Schultz, legal counsel for the school, said the ban won't be finalized in time for Purdue's football game against Maryland on Saturday but should be set when the Boilermakers return to action Oct. 19 against Iowa, per Dave Bangert of the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

The U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for nationwide sports betting when it overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 in May 2018. The court allowed for states to craft their own laws regarding the practice.

One year later, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill to legalize gambling on sporting events.

According to ESPN.com, Indiana is one of 13 states that has fully legalized sports betting.

Purdue sophomore wide receiver Rondale Moore exited the first quarter of Saturday's game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers with what appeared to be a lower leg injury, per Bryan Fischer of College Football Talk.

Jerry Palm of CBS Sports reported Moore had to be helped off the field.

Moore burst onto the scene for the Boilermakers as a freshman last season with 114 receptions for 1,258 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also rushed for 213 yards and two scores.

Prior to exiting Saturday's game, Moore had two receptions for 18 yards, giving him 29 catches for 387 yards and two touchdowns in four games this season.

Palm reported Purdue starting quarterback Elijah Sindelar left the game with an injury on the same play as Moore. Sindelar was replaced by freshman signal-caller Jack Plummer.

If Moore is lost for any period of time, it will be a significant blow to a Purdue team that is off to a tough 1-2 start with losses to Nevada and TCU.

Moore is Purdue's biggest offensive weapon by far, and there isn't another player on the team who can take the top off a defense like him.

Tight end Brycen Hopkins was Purdue's second-leading receiver entering the game with 13 grabs for 202 yards and three touchdowns. At wideout, Amad Anderson Jr. would be the de facto No. 1 in place of Moore; he has 12 catches for 167 yards and one touchdown in the Boilermakers' first three games.

Purdue has agreed to a seven-year, $36.8 million contract extension with football head coach Jeff Brohm, according to Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.

Per Rittenberg, the school's board of trustees approved the contract Friday.

The 47-year-old Brohm has coached Purdue for two seasons, amassing a 13-13 record and a pair of bowl appearances. Under his leadership, the Boilermakers notched one of the most notable victories in team history when they knocked off undefeated No. 2 Ohio State 49-20 on Oct. 20.

That defeat stood as the Buckeyes' only loss en route to a 13-1 season.

Brohm coached Western Kentucky for three seasons before arriving in West Lafayette, Indiana, leading the Hilltoppers to a 30-10 record, two Conference USA titles and two bowl wins.

Brohm was a prime candidate for the open Louisville head coaching position after Bobby Petrino was fired in November. A transition seemed inevitable considering Brohm grew up in Louisville, played quarterback for the university and was an assistant coach on the team.

However, Brohm withdrew his name from consideration, offering the following reasoning to reporters, per Jake Lourim of the Louisville Courier Journal:

"After intense and thorough discussion, I believe it is important to finish the building process we have begun and honor the commitment I made to our football program, players, and recruits. While going home was very appealing and meaningful to me, the timing was not ideal. I believe that remaining at Purdue is the right thing to do, and I am excited for the challenges ahead."

The Cardinals eventually chose Appalachian State head coach Scott Satterfield to lead their program.

As far as Purdue goes, the "building process" Brohm mentioned may take a giant leap forward in 2019 with some top talent returning.

Wideout Rondale Moore, who accumulated 14 touchdowns and 1,471 yards from scrimmage during his freshman season, will be back. He's one of the best playmakers in college football and a potential Heisman Trophy candidate if he improves upon his production.

The same goes for linebackers Markus Bailey and Derrick Barnes and safety Navon Mosley, who were top three on the team in tackles.

Purdue does need to replace quarterback David Blough, who threw 25 touchdowns and completed 66.0 percent of his passes. However, there's enough talent coming back from a team that lost only one game by more than 10 points to make some progress in the Big Ten West after finishing 5-4 in conference play.

Former Purdue student and fan Tyler Trent will be immortalized by the school with a gate at the football stadium named after him.

The Boilermakers announced Wednesday that Ross-Ade Stadium's student gate will now be known as the Tyler Trent Student Gate:

Trent became an inspirational figure around the country for his passion and dedication to Purdue sports while also battling osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.

He served as an honorary captain for the Boilermakers' season opener in 2018 against Northwestern and was in attendance for their 49-20 upset victory over Ohio State on Oct. 20. 

Trent died at the age of 20 on Jan. 1, more than four years after initially being diagnosed with cancer. 

The FBI is reportedly investigating a man who allegedly made death threats against the family of Tyler Trent, a Purdue superfan who had bone cancer and died January 1 at the age of 20.

According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com), 39-year-old John Pinkham was arrested Monday and will face federal charges of intent to injure when he is extradited to Indiana from Florida.

He allegedly made the threatening posts on Trent's Facebook page while using an alias, although Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood told the Daytona Beach News-Journal (h/t the AP) that Pinkham said his girlfriend had sent the threats.

Trent inspired college football fans across the country during the 2018 season.

He received the Disney Spirit Award during ESPN's College Football Awards Show and was the subject of an emotional Tom Rinaldi profile during ESPN's College GameDay in October.

He also spoke to his beloved Boilermakers in the locker room following their upset victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes in October and was the honorary captain for the team at the Music City Bowl matchup against the Auburn Tigers.

Trent also raised more than $101,000 for Riley Hospital cancer research through the Purdue University Dance Marathon. Riley's Children Foundation announced the creation of the Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment for Riley Hospital in his honor, which uses funds to support research into cures for cancer.

John Matthew Pinkham was arrested in Florida on Monday for allegedly using an alias to make death threats against the mother of Tyler Trent, a cancer research activist and Purdue Boilermakers superfan who died on New Year's Day.

The Associated Press reported detectives said Pinkham, 39, also made threats of violence directed toward a vigil being held in Trent's honor on the Purdue campus Wednesday night. He was held on $10,000 bail.

Fox 59 reported messages posted on Trent's Facebook page under the alias "Julie Homan," which authorities allege originated from Pinkham, included one directed at Trent's mother that read, "Can't wait till I can choke the life out of you."

"Just wait until yall hear what I do at his funeral..I promise I will make headlines..I will kill his mother..just watch I will be talked about forever..this is no idol threat," another post read.

Pinkham has been charged with making written threats to kill or injure, according to the AP.

Alexandra Weliever of The Exponent reported the Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment had raised approximately $217,000 as of Dec. 18 after all donations were matched by the Walther Cancer Foundation.

Trent was 20 at the time of his death.

Tyler Trent, the Purdue Boilermakers fan with bone cancer who inspired college football fans across the country, died Tuesday, his family confirmed to the Indianapolis Star's Dana Hunsinger Benbow.

Trent had bone cancer osteosarcoma.

The Purdue Cancer Center tweeted Trent's legacy will live on in the future:

The 20-year-old was an honorary captain for Purdue when the Boilermakers played the Auburn Tigers in the Music City Bowl. He also received the Disney Spirit Award in December during ESPN's College Football Awards Show.

Trent's journey grew to a national scale when ESPN's Tom Rinaldi profiled him for the Oct. 20 edition of College GameDay.

Hours after that segment aired, Purdue upset the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 49-20 in West Lafayette, Indiana. Trent watched the game live from a suite at Ross-Ade Stadium.

"What gave him a sense of love and purpose touched all of us and inspired all of us," Boilermakers head coach Jeff Brohm said of Trent, per Benbow. "There was no quit in him. There was a lot of fight in him. It's like you couldn't get him down. While I'm sure he was in pain and suffering, he put a smile on his face."

Trent helped raise over $101,000 during the Riley Dance Marathon, a Purdue student-run event that supports the Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. He had also donated his blood and tumor tissue for research purposes.

Prior to his death, Trent announced he was working on an autobiography, The Upset, with money from the book's sales going to cancer research. He set his fundraising goal at $1 million.