The two-time All-MAC defensive end at Akron explained why he became a Boilermaker and how he is adjusting to the Big Ten.

Edward Thomas James, 63, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the brutal 1993 murders of 58-year-old Elizabeth "Betty" Dick and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Toni Neuner, who was raped.

It appeared there would be no end to the Penrith dynasty. But after five consecutive losses, the Panthers are in freefall.