Boilers rally around Marve, fight for bowl

Robert Marve never could have predicted his football career to play out the way it has. No one could.

Here’s the synopsis: nationally decorated recruit, signs with Miami, breaks his arm in car accident before freshman year, redshirts the 2007 season, starts most of the 2008 season, clashes with coach Randy Shannon, transfers to Purdue, tears his ACL, sits out the 2009 season as per NCAA rules, starts at quarterback to open the 2010 season, tears his ACL again in Week 4, misses the rest of the season, backs up Caleb TerBush in 2011, receives sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA, starts the 2012 opener after TerBush is suspended, tears his ACL in Week 2 against Notre Dame, amazingly returns to the field four weeks later despite the ligament tear, claims the starting job four weeks later and leads Purdue to a 2-1 mark since.

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