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Coach Darrell Hazell may have found another piece to Purdues puzzle.Now that he has settled on a quarterback, hes developing the rest of Boilermakers backfield -- just in time to host defending Big Ten West Division champion Iowa on Saturday. The results look promising.We got a heck of a job from our running game, quarterback David Blough said, referring to the performance in last weeks overtime victory at Illinois. It was running back by committee, but they moved the ball well for us. Because we were able to run the ball, it opened up some things in the passing game.This week, the committee could expand a bit if Markell Jones returns as expected.Before spring practice, the Boilermakers (3-2, 1-1) thought they had it all figured out. Blough, the incumbent, would keep his job and the carries were to be split between Jones and running back D.J. Knox. Instead, Knox tore his ACL in the spring game, Blough started slowly and Jones injured his shoulder in Week 2.After trying to play through the pain for two more games, Hazell finally took Jones out last week, giving Brian Lankford-Johnson and Richie Worship a chance to demonstrate what they could do. Lankford-Johnson ran for 127 yards against the Illini while the 245-pound Worship bowled over defenders.It gave us an assurance that we can use those other guys and not feel like youre going to lose too much in the running game, Hazell said.The Boilermakers are hoping it could be a winning combination against the Hawkeyes (4-2, 2-1) , who have not played up to their usual standards.Quarterback C.J. Beathard is throwing for 181.5 yards per game, Iowa is second-to-last in the conference in yards rushing (149.2) and the run defense is No. 8 after allowing almost 170 yards per game. So if the Hawkeyes plan to stay in the division chase, coach Kirk Ferentz knows things must get fixed -- and soon.Obviously the clock is running right now, Ferentz said. Were running a really tight race here. Weve only got six weeks left, so were pushing as fast and as hard as we can.Here are some other things to watch Saturday:ROAD WARRIORSIowa has won eight straight road games, tying a school record that was set from 1920-23. It also is tied for the third-longest active streak in the nation behind only No. 2 Ohio State (19) and No. 1 Alabama (nine), and seven of those eight wins are against Big Ten foes -- yet another school record. And to extend those marks, all they have to do now is win their fourth straight at Ross-Ade Stadium.BACK-TO-BACKHazell still has not won back-to-back games in West Lafayette and after 3 1/2 seasons, anxious fans figure its about time. As Hazell promised, things have changed this season. The Boilermakers are 2-1 at home and last weekend celebrated a game-winning field goal for the first time in Hazells tenure. Now comes the next test: Winning consecutive games for the first time in 42 tries.SPECIAL CHALLENGEDespite having only one kickoff return and one punt return this season, Iowas Riley McCarron leads the Big Ten in both (38.0 yards on punts and 54.0 on kickoffs). The regular returner -- CB Desmond King -- also is having a big year. Hes ranked seventh in the conference in kickoff returns (28.6) and just outside the top 10 on punt returns (10.2). King, last years Jim Thorpe Award winner as the nations top defensive back, also has allowed 10 catches for 70 yards in six games.INJURIESWhile Jones and Lankford-Johnson (sprained shoulder) are expected to play, the injury news on Purdues other fronts isnt so good. On Wednesday, Hazell said receiver Domonique Young will miss the rest of the season with ligament damage in his right knee. Cornerback Myles Norwood will sit out with multiple injuries, and linebacker JaWhaun Bentley (sprained right ankle) is listed as doubtful.---Online:AP college football website: http://collegefootball.ap.org Fake Vans Website . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Fake Vans From China . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. https://www.vansfake.com/ . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Fake Vans . Sgt. Eric ONeal says most of the arrests at Monday nights game were for public drunkenness, though one person was taken into custody on suspicion of trying to steal a seat from the stadium. Fake Vans 2020 . Their 38th instalment is arguably their biggest fight card to date, including three-title fights and a main event which was selected by the fans. The promotion boasts 14-straight years of business and is operated by MFC president Mark Pavelich, who is often overlooked in this country for the foundation hes established for MMA in Canada. ARLINGTON, Texas -- Cole Hamels kept getting two strikes. The Texas Rangers All-Star left-hander just couldnt finish off the Toronto hitters.The Blue Jays had five two-strike hits off Hamels, four of them in a five-run third on way to a 10-1 romp in the opener of their AL Division Series rematch on Thursday.When you give up the amount of runs that I did early in the game, it can kind of deflate anything and everything of what home-field advantage really is, Hamels said. It was a major letdown for what I was able to not do.The long three-run homer Jose Bautista hit off reliever Jake Diekman in the ninth inning, before gently tossing his bat to the ground, didnt really have much an impact on this game. Not like the sluggers emphatic bat flip after his tiebreaking homer in the ALDS Game 5 clincher last October.Marco Estrada took a shutout into the ninth inning for the wild-card Blue Jays. The All-Star right-hander with an impressive changeup, who won Game 3 in last years ALDS after Toronto lost the first two at home, struck out six without a walk.The last of the Rangers four hits off Estrada was Elvis Andrus leadoff triple in the ninth. Manager John Gibbons removed the right-hander when Shin-Soo Choo followed with an RBI grounder to end the shutout bid.When Josh Donaldson hit a hard liner toward four-time Gold Glove third baseman Adrian Beltre with two outs in the third, it appeared Hamels would get out of that inning without giving up a run. Instead, the liner ricocheted off Beltres glove and into left field for an RBI double.I saw it coming in, kind of got lost a little bit between the fans and I didnt get my glove quick enough there, Beltre said. I lost it in the fans or a white shirt, whatever. But I should have made it, anyways.Then Edwin Encarnacion hit a soft tailing liner on a two-strike pitch, and the ball went off Hamels outstretched glove for an infield single. Bautista followed with an RBI single on two-strike pitch before Russell Martin walked to load the bases.When youre trying to make pitches, sometimes you can try to be a little too fine, Hamels said. Sometimes when you overdo it youre going to miss your spots a little bit.Troy Tulowitzki followed with a triple , again with two strikes, to make it 5-0. The ball was deep into the right-center gap, and All-Star center fielder Ian Desmond might have lost when running out of thhe sun and into the shadows while getting close to the wall during the late afternoon.ddddddddddddWed be talking about how great a play it was if he made the catch, Texas manager Jeff Banister said.Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Friday.Hamels, the MVP of the 2008 World Series and NLCS for Philadelphia, threw 42 of his 82 pitches in the third. He allowed seven runs (six earned) with three walks in 3 1/3 innings, before Alex Claudio pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings.The AL West champion Rangers, who have home-field advantage this postseason, dropped to 1-10 in ALDS home games -- this is the seventh ALDS in their history.Bautista was booed heartily during pregame introductions and while he batted in the first inning. There also were chants of Rougie! Rougie! -- those were for Rougned Odor, the second baseman who punched Bautista and ignited a bench-clearing brawl in their last meeting May 15. Odor was suspended seven games.After Bautistas 425-foot blast in the ninth made it 10-0, a fan threw the ball almost back to the infield.I have a couple of home runs in my career and I think Ive only flipped it once, Bautista said. Just kind of been blown out of proportion because of the moment last year. So I dont think there was anything too special about laying it down the way I did, because thats the way that 99.9-plus percent of the time I do it.E6 AGAINMelvin Upton Jr. homered starting the Toronto fourth before Andrus one-out throwing error from shortstop led to an unearned run. When Texas had errors on three consecutive plays in that shaky seventh inning of Game 5 last October, leading up to Bautistas homer, Andrus had two of them (a fielding misplay and a dropped throw).TRAINERS ROOMRangers: RF Choo , who was 0 for 3, had four stints on the disabled list this season. He missed 39 games with a fractured left forearm before returning for the last three games of the regular season.UP NEXTBlue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ, a 20-game winner, allowed one run in seven innings in a win against the Rangers on May 5.Rangers: Yu Darvish starts only his second postseason game in his five seasons with Texas. The right-hander from Japan lost the 2012 AL wild-card game against Baltimore, and missed last season after Tommy John surgery. ' ' '