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How did Purdue University do in their football game against Notre Dame?

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How did Purdue University do in their football game against Notre Dame?

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — With the game on the line, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis put the game in the hands of his hobbled star. Gimpy Jimmy Clausen completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Rudolph with 24.8 seconds to play, and Notre Dame rallied for a 24-21 win over Purdue on Saturday night. Clausen, slowed by a turf toe injury on his right foot, split time with Dayne Crist. Though Crist directed two touchdown drives with the Wildcat offense in the first half, Clausen returned to the game when it got tight in the fourth quarter. Weis didn’t want Clausen to play in the second half, but he said there was no doubt who was going to finish if it got close. “We started talking about it early in the fourth quarter, and he (Clausen) had started politicking before that,” Weis said. “He said that he felt fine and if the game got to the situation where we needed to put him in there, he said put him in there. I listened to him.” Clausen said playing hurt was no big deal. “That’s what the team exp

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With the game on the line, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis put the game in the hands of his hobbled star. Gimpy Jimmy Clausen completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Rudolph with 24.8 seconds to play, and Notre Dame rallied for a 24-21 win over Purdue on Saturday night. Clausen, slowed by a turf toe injury on his right foot, split time with Dayne Crist. Though Crist directed two touchdown drives with the Wildcat offense in the first half, Clausen returned to the game when it got tight in the fourth quarter. Weis didn’t want Clausen to play in the second half, but he said there was no doubt who was going to finish if it got close. “We started talking about it early in the fourth quarter, and he (Clausen) had started politicking before that,” Weis said. “He said that he felt fine and if the game got to the situation where we needed to put him in there, he said put him in there. I listened to him.” Clausen said playing hurt was no big deal. “That’s what the team expects me to do, that’s w