2024 Boilermaker Spring Game | Purdue Football

♪♪ >>> IT IS YEAR TWO, PURDUE FOOTBALL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HEAD COACH RYAN WALTERS, AND HE HAS SOME VETERANS TO LEAN ON IN HIS SECOND SEASON, INCLUDING QUARTERBACK HUDSON CARD. RUNNING BACK DEVIN McABBI. AN ALL-AMERICAN AS WELL AS ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S BEST TACKLERS, JENKINS, FROM A YEAR AGO. IT'S TIME FOR THE PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME. >> WELCOME TO THE BROADCAST BOOTH. I'M ROB BLACKMAN WITH THE FORMER MICHIGAN WOLVERINE, JAKE BUTT. WE KNOW THIS MUCH, YEAR TWO FOR RYAN WALTERS, IT LOOKS DIFFERENTLY THAN YEAR ONE. >> AS IT SHOULD. THE SECOND TIME AROUND OF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD SEE IMPROVEMENT. THE YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO JUMP IS BIGGER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FOOTBALL. YEAR TWO, IT'S ALL DOWN. YOU CAN START TO LEARN DETAILS AND INTRICACIES, WHY PLAYS ARE CALLED. THE ONE IMPORTANT NOTE. IT NEARLY DOUBLES THIS AFTERNOON. >> ONE OF THE WAYS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DOUBLE THE ROSTER SIZE IS TO BRING IN GUYS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. AN OUTSTANDING CLASS IN PURDUE. >> RYAN WALTERS RECRUITS AS WELL AS ANYTHING IN THE CONFERENCE. FIFTH RANKED INCOMING CLASS, YOU CAN WIN WITH THAT. >> NYLON GREEN WAS A FIVE STAR. SOMETIMES COACHES LIKE TO TAMPER EXPECTATIONS. RYAN WALTERS DIDN'T DO THAT WITH GREEN. HE SAID TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THIS GUY. WHEN YOU HAVE A 6'2" CORNER THAT'S RANGING WITH LONG ARMS, HE CAN MATCH UP WITH ANYBODY. >> KICK-OFF IS NEXT. IT IS THE PURDUE SPRING GAME >>> LET'S SEE WHAT THE PURDUE SPRING GAME WILL. THE NUMBER ONE OFFENSE WILL PLAY THE NUMBER ONE DEFENSE. IT'LL BE FULLOUT TACKLING. >> COACH, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THE PLAYERS GET OUT OF THE GAME TODAY? >> YOU KNOW, A CULMINATION OF ALL THE PRACTICES WE'VE HAD FROM A TECHNIQUE, FUNDAMENTALS, SCHEMATIC STANDPOINT, JUST SHOW UP IN A GAME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT. JUST TO GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE IN FRONT OF FANS. ANYTIME YOU CAN FABRICATE A GAME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT, IT IS AWESOME. >> NEW FACES ON THE TEAM. WHO STOOD OUT TO YOU, IMPRESSED YOU IN THE SPRING PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON? >> WE HAVE 27 GUYS IN MID-YEAR, SO THE NYLON AND GREEN SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT. WE HAVE RECEIVERS WHO DID A GOOD JOB. GUYS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY HAVE ALL IMPRESSED AND DONE MORE THAN WE THOUGHT THEY'D BE ABLE TO DO. >> THANKS, COACH. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> BROOKE FLETCHER, THANK YOU. LET'S GET READY FOR SPRING FOOTBALL ON A GORGEOUS SATURDAY AFTERNOON HERE IN WEST LAFAYETTE. HUDSON CARD, QB1 FOR THE BOILERMAKER OFFENSE, AS THEY'LL START FROM THEIR 25 YARD LINE ON WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST SNAP OF THIS BALL GAME. DEVIN WILL BE MARKED AT THE 30 YARD LINE. WHEN THE ONES PLAY THE ONES, IT'LL BE TWO-HAND TOUCH, NO LIVE TACKLING. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR HUDSON CARD FROM A SEASON AGO. >> THERE'S BEEN BUZZ ABOUT CARD BEFORE LAST SPRING, AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT HIS TALENT, HIS POTENTIAL. HE SHOWED THAT WITH HONORABLE MENTION ALL BIG TEN HONORS LAST YEAR. FOR HIM, IT'S NOT ABOUT ADDING TO HIS GAME BUT ELIMINATING THE MISTAKES. THE INTERCEPTIONS, UNNECESSARY SACKS. >> HOW ABOUT A CATCH TO A WIDE RECEIVER, TIBBS, THE SOPHOMORE WHO PUSHES THE BALL TO THE 42 YARD LINE FOR THE FIRST DOWN FOR THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE. TIBBS, WHO CAME ON LATE IN THE SEASON AFTER PLAYING SPARINGLY EARLY IN THE SEASON LAST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN, CAUGHT FIVE RECEPTIONS ON THE SEASON A YEAR AGO. HERE, HE HAS A FIRST DOWN CATCH. >> PART OF A REVAMPED RECEIVER ROOM. TIBBS A SOPHOMORE. EXCITED TO SEE THESE GUYS PERFORM. >> BOILER UP WEARING THE BLACK, HAMMER DOWN WEARING WHITE. HUDSON CARD GOES UP TOP, LOOKING FOR HIS INTENDED RECEIVER DOWN THE FAR SIDELINE. THAT WAS THE SPEEDSTER, C.J. SMITH. THEY LOVE HIS SPEED ON THE OUTSIDE. >> LOOK, THE OFFENSIVE LEFT SIDE OF THE LIKE, A FLASH, AND HE READS THE BLITZ, COMING OFF THE EDGE, ANTONIO STEVENS. PURDUE GAVE UP TOO MANY SACKS LAST YEAR, THE NEGATIVE PLAYS. IT'S NOT JUST ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE BUT THE RUNNING BACKS, AS WELL. A REALLY NICE JOB. >> SECOND DOWN AND TEN FOR THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE. CARD, ROLLOUT LEFT, INCOMPLETE, INTENDED AGAIN FOR TIBBS. THIS ONE, HOWEVER, IS WELL DEFENDED OVER THERE BY ONE OF THE NEWCOMERS, BREEDLOVE. >> REVAMPED SECONDARY. BREEDLOVE SAYS HE MIGHT BE THE FASTEST GUY ON THE TEAM, BETWEEN HIM AND C.J. SMITH. ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH PURDUE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RYAN WALTERS' SPECIALTY, WAS THE DEFENSE. GAVE UP FAR TOO MANY POINTS AND EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. THEY COMBINED WITH THE VETERAN PRESENCE HE HAVE RETURNING. NICE JOB BY BREEDLOVE. >> TRANSFERRING IN FROM COLORADO. ON THE RUN, HUDSON CARD THROWING. HE HAS A WIDE RECEIVER WHO IS WIDE OPEN, AND IT IS ANDREW SOLINSKI FOR A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE FIRST TEAM, STRIKING FIRST. ANDREW CAME TO PURDUE AS A WALK-ON OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS. THREE CATCHES A SEASON AGO. THIS IS A 58 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH FOR SOWINSKI ON THE OPENING DRIVE. >> JUST SAID IT, THE PROBLEM WITH PURDUE LAST YEAR IS THEY WERE BOOM OR BUST. TOO MANY EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. THAT'S A MISSED ASSIGNMENT. THAT'S TURNER-MOHAMED THERE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SAFETY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. SOMEONE HAS TO RUN WITH HIM. EVERY OTHER CORNER IS IN MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE. PURDUE HAS TO CLEAN IT UP TO IMPROVE ON THE RECORD LAST SEASON. >> PURDUE WAS THE WORST IN THE BIG TEN IN POINTS ALLOWED. BOILERMAKERS ALLOWED 30 POINTS A GAME, 30.4 PER BALL GAME DEFENSIVELY. TO JAKE'S POINT. PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WHAT WE SAW THERE, BREAKDOWNS ON THE BACK END DEFENSIVELY. THIS IS THE HAMMER DOWN TEAM ON THE SCOREBOARD. RUNNING THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE, JAKE BUTT, IS THE HIGHLY TOUTED FRESHMAN, DAVILA. >> HE'S LEADING THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. IT HAD BEEN A COMPETITION BETWEEN HIM AND BROWN. HE IS A FORMER FOUR STAR, HAS ALL THE ARM TALENT IN THE WORLD, GREAT SIZE. FOR HIM TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY TO PROCESS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK AT THIS POINT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGING. >> HE'LL BE SACKED. COMING UP THE GUT, KARLAFTIS FROM HERE IN WEST LAFAYETTE, WENT TO WEST LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL, CREDITED WITH A SACK. KARLAFTIS, 6'3" JUNIOR. >> HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE, THE PASS PRO. KARLAFTIS IS 235 POUNDS. ELIJAH JACKSON IS 185. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAND YOU THE BALL, GIVE YOU CARRIES, YOU HAVE TO HELP IN PASS PRO. >> THIRD AND LONG FOR THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE LED BY THE TRUE FRESHMAN, DAVILA, FROM TEXAS. THREW FOR OVER 9,000 YARDS AS A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER. DAVILA IS FLUSHED FROM THE POCKET. KARLAFTIS WAS BRINGING THE HEAT, FORCING DAVILA TO THROW THE BALL AWAY OUT OF BOUNDS. THAT'LL BRING UP A FOURTH DOWN FOR THE SECOND TEAM O. >> NO ONE IS EXCITED ABOUT A BALL THROWN INTO THE FIRST ROW OF THE STANDS. TALKING ABOUT A TRUE FRESHMAN, A GUY THAT SHOULD BE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE POINTS. HE HAS THE FEEL, UNDERSTANDS HE'S UNDER PRESSURE, GETS OUT OF THE POCKET, AND DON'T FORCE IT. JUST THROW THE BALL AWAY AND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. THAT'S ENCOURAGING FOR A YOUNG FRESHMAN. >> THERE'S NO PUNTING. THEY'RE TAKING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FROM PUNTING A SEASON AGO IN THE NCAA, AND THAT ENDS UP BEING THE PUNT YARDAGE. WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS FROM A SEASON AGO MEANS THE BALL WAS PUNTED THAT DISTANCE, WHICH MEANS THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE WILL TAKE OVER HERE AT THEIR OWN 38 YARD LINE. AS WE LOOK AT THE NOTABLE RECRUITS NOW ON THIS PURDUE CAMPUS THAT ARE HOPING TO HELP THIS PURDUE TEAM IMPROVE FROM A SEASON AGO. >> WE TALK ABOUT DAVILA. HUDSON CARD WILL BE ON HIS WAY OUT, SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SUCCESSOR. PURDUE HAS DONE WELL WITH THE QUARTERBACKS. THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIM. SAW HIM COME OUT WITH THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE SAFETY POSITION. YOU HAVE DYLAN, A STUD, BUT HE MAY LEAVE FOR THE NFL. RYAN WALTERS IS KNOWN FOR BEING AN ELITE RECRUITER, BETWEEN THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND RECRUITING CLASS, EIGHTH IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE. OFF TO A GOOD START. >> REGGIE LOVE III, TRANSFER FROM ILLINOIS, PLAYING IN HIS THIRD SEASON AT PURDUE AFTER FOUR YEARS FOR THE ILLINI. HE TOUCHED DOWN A YARD BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO BRING UP SECOND AND 11. THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT REGGIE LOVE III AROUND HERE. >> A BIG GIFT. TRACY IS GONE. BEFORE LOVE CAME ON CAMPUS, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS. >> CARD TO THE SLOT, CATCHES THE SPEEDSTER, C.J. SMITH, WITH A SHORT GAIN. FOR MORE ON REGGIE LOVE, THE TRANSFER FROM ILLINOIS, WE GO TO BROOKE FLETCHER. >> DEVIN SAID HE'LL BE A VERY GOOD BACK FOR THIS TEAM HERE. NOW, WE CAN SPLIT UP THE CARRIES, BRINGING VALUE TO THE RUNNING BACK ROOM. JAKE, YOU MENTIONED EXPERIENCE. HOW ABOUT BIG TEN FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE? TRANSFERRING FROM ILLINOIS AND KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN IT COMES TO BIG TEN FOOTBALL. THE EXPECTATIONS. IT'LL TAKE THE BACKFIELD TO THE NEXT LEVEL. >> FIRST PENALTY CALLED, SO WE'LL HEAR FROM REFEREE RICH EDWARDS. >> OFF SIDE, DEFENSE NUMBER 17 WITH CONTACT. FIVE YARD PENALTY, THIRD DOWN. >> THIRD AND THREE. >> ISN'T FOOTBALL BEAUTIFUL? RYAN WALTERS IS THE D.C., GREAT FRIEND OF BRETT BIELMAN. REGGIE ISN'T THE ONLY MAN HE'S PLUCKED FROM THE ROSTER. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO WIN. >> WALTERS PLUCKED A FEW COACHES, TOO, COMING TO WEST LAFAYETTE. THIRD DOWN AND THREE. HUDSON CARD TO THROW. HESITATES AND IT'S DROPPED. EXCELLENT DEFENSE. ANTONIO STEVENS SEPARATES THE RECEIVER FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATCH. REPLACING CANE FROM A SEASON AGO FOR THE BACK END OF THE DEFENSE. >> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROTECTION, ROB. HUDSON CARD IS WORKING FRONT SIDE, ONE TO TWO. MIGHT HAVE HAD THE SLANT. HE HAS ENOUGH TIME TO COME TO THE BACK SIDE SLANT. THOUGH IT WASN'T COMPLETED, SACKS WERE AN ISSUE FOR THE PURDUE BOILERMAKERS LAST YEAR. THIS ISN'T EVEN THEIR FULLY HEALTHY PROJECTED STARTING LINE. SO FAR, THE ONE OFFENSE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB KEEPING HUDSON CARD CLEAN. >> THE NATIONAL PUNT AVERAGE FROM A SEASON AGO MEANS THE FIELD IS FLIPPED. SECOND TEAM OFFENSE TAKES OVER AT THE 15 YARD LINE. THERE IS A LOOK AT AN OFFENSIVE LINE JAKE WAS TALKING ABOUT. FOUR STARTERS RETURN FROM LAST YEAR'S TEAM. JALEN GRANT WAS A FULL-TIECHL TIME STARTER AND HE IS EXPECTED TO BE A BACKUP THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. THEY GOT BIT BY THE INJURY BUG. AT TIMES, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FIVE OR SIX FULLY HEALTHY OFFENSIVE LINEMEN TO PLAY A FULL GAME. THIS SPRING, THEY CAN RUN WITH THREE UNITS. >> BRIAN BROWN QUARTERBACKING THE SECOND UNIT OFFENSE, AND HIS PASS IS INTENDED AND THEN OVER THE HEAD OF JESSE WATSON, A TRUE FRESHMAN OUT OF ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI. SECOND DOWN AND TEN FOR THE BOILERMAKER SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. >> IT IS WORTH CONTINUING TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. THE QUARTERBACKS, RECEIVERS, THE SKILL POSITION, THAT'S SEXY. THAT'LL MAKE THE HEADLINES. BUT IT'S TRUE, WHEN YOU HAVE QUALITY OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY, EVERYBODY ELSE BECOMES EASY. >> BROWN PLAYED IN ONE GAME LAST YEAR FOR THE BOILERMAKERS, THE GAME AT NORTHWESTERN WHEN HUDSON CARD WAS OUT AND INJURED. PURDUE TRIES TO RUN AN INTERIOR RUNNING PLAY UP THE GUT. THERE'S NO RUNNING ROOM UP THERE. MAINLY BECAUSE THE PURDUE D-LINE WAS READY, WILLING, AND ABLE, LED BY CARLSON, 98 OUT OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. 6'3", 290 POUNDS. >> IT WASN'T JUST THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY'VE ADDED SIZE AND DEPTH ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE, AS WELL. REMEMBER AT ILLINOIS WHEN THEY HAD THE NUMBER ONE RANKED RANDO, WHO WILL BE A FIRST ROUND PICK. THE SCHEME RELIES ON BIG, INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN. >> BROWN ON THIRD DOWN IS FLUSHED FROM THE POCKET AND WILL BE SACKED. HE WILL BE SACKED. THAT IS JIREH OJATA. PLAYED FOUR YEARS OF DIVISION THREE FOOTBALL AT FRANKLIN COLLEGE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS, AND THOUGHT, I WANT TO GIVE MAJOR FOOTBALL A SHOT IN MY FINAL SEASON. HE LOOKS LIKE HE BELONGS. >> ABSOLUTELY. REALLY A GREAT JOB STAYING DISCIPLINED IN HIS RUSH LANE. THERE WAS A TEMPTATION TO CUP UP AND UNDERNEATH THERE, BUT HE STAYED ON THE TACKLE. HE GOT HELP FROM THE INTERIOR PASS RUSH WHICH FORCED BROWN TO FALL RIGHT INTO HIS LAP. A GOOD PASS RUSHING UNIT WILL WORK AS ONE. >> THREE AND OUT FOR THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. WHAT A STORY, JIREH OJATA. FOUR YEARS IN DIVISION III FOOTBALL, NOW IN THE BIG TEN IN HIS FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON. >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE STORY, THE TRANSFER PORTAL CLASS AS A WHOLE, WHAT WALTERS AND SOME OF THE PLAYERS TALKED ABOUT IS HAVING A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER. WHEN YOU'RE TAKING GUYS FROM THE TRANSFER PORTAL, IT MEANS THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE IN THE RIGHT HOME. >> RIGHT. >> THEY HAD TO TRANSFER OUT AND HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE. PLUCKED FOUR GUYS FROM THE GEORGIA ROSTER, BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPS, BUT GUYS THAT WEREN'T GOING TO SEE PLAYING TIME. NOW, LIKE OJATA AND SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES. >> HUDSON CARD IN PLAY ACTION. THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN. THAT IS JAYDEN DIXON-VEAL, THE NEAR SLIDE SLOT. FIRST DOWN INTO PLUS TERRITORY, 35 YARD LINE. >> WE ALMOST GOT TO SEE HIM. WE ALMOST GOT TO SEE DILLON THIENEMAN. >> IF WE DON'T SEE HIM TODAY, CERTAINLY IN THE FALL. THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN FROM A SEASON AGO. PU PURDUE'S 50th ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE IN ITS HISTORY OF FOOTBALL. HUDSON CARD, THE THROW AGAIN, RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. HE WILL BE TAGGED DOWN. HE WILL BE TAGGED. JEFFREY MBA CREDITED WITH THE SACK. THIENEMAN, WHAT A YEAR HE HAD. >> SOME GUYS EASE IN, A LITTLE QUIETER. THIENEMAN WASTED NO TIME, MAKING HIS IMPRESSION FELT IN THE VERY FIRST GAME AND CONTINUED THAT MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. SIX INTERCEPTIONS, 74 TACKLES. HE PLAYS IN THAT DEEP SAFETY SPOT FOR RYAN WALTERS' DEFENSE. WHAT YOU NOTICE ABOUT THESE HIGHLIGHT TAPES IS PRE-SNAP ALIGNMENTS, 25, 30 YARDS DEEP, HE CAN PLAY DOWNHILL, KEEPING EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF HIM. >> HE WAS THE BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR A SEASON AGO. ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR HUDSON CARD. NOW, HE'S FLUSHED FROM THE POCKET. RUNNING TO THE LEFT, HE'LL BE TAGGED DOWN AT THE 30 YARD LINE. THAT'LL BRING UP A MANAGEABLE THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. >> THIENEMAN TAGGED HIM. >> HE STARTS SO DEEP. 25 YARDS OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. DOESN'T END THERE BUT THAT'S WHERE HE STARTS. >> THAT'S PART OF THE WRINKLE IN WHAT MAKES RYAN WALTERS' DEFENSE UNIQUE. YOU CAN SAY, MAN, HOW IS HE SO FAR BACK? DOES HE HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE PLAYS? WHEN YOU HAVE AN INSTINCTUAL SAFETY, HE DO PLAY DOWNHILL. >> MOVING INTO THE SLOT, NOW BACKING BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL PRE-SAFETY POSITION. THIS BALL IS CAUGHT ON THE FAR SIDELINE BUT ISN'T ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. TWO YARDS SHY. OFF THE CATCH FROM MOCKOBEE. BACK TO BROOKE. >> DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR KEVIN CANE TOLD ME, THIS YEAR, THEY'RE CHALLENGING HIM TO BE A VOCAL LEADER. HE IS TECH NI CHALLENGING HIM TO BE A VOCAL LEADER. HE IS TECHCALLY A TRUE FRESHMAN BUT NOT ON THIS TEAM. EVERYONE KNOWS WHO HE IS. HE SAID, LISTEN, YOU HAVE A BANNER HANGING IN THE INDOOR AS A FRESHMAN. THE X'S AND O'S AREN'T THE PROBLEM. NOW, HE IS ENCOURAGING HIM TO SPEAK HIS VOICE, HIS OPINION, AND BECOME A LEADER ON THE FIELD, GUYS. >> THE KICK IS ON THE WAY AND IT'S GOOD. FREEHILL LAST YEAR, 6 OF 10 OPPORTUNITIES, 44 YARDS HIS BEST A SEASON AGO, KNOCKS THROUGH THAT KICK FOR THE BOILER UP TEAM. IT'S 10-0, BOILER UP LEADS HAMMER DOWN. >> I WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH THIENEMAN. AT MICHIGAN, COACH HARBAUGH HAS A RULE. IN ORDER TO BE CAPTAIN, TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU NEEDED TO BE A SENIOR IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY. I ASKED COACH WALTERS, IS THERE THAT AT PURDUE? HE SAID, NO, IF YOU'RE A LEADER AND TEAMMATES WANT TO VOTE FOR YOU, YOU CAN BE A CAPTAIN. HE'S A SOPHOMORE, BUT YOU MIGHT SEE HIM BE A CAPTAIN AS SOON AS THIS YEAR. I THINK IT IS LIKELY AT THIS POINT. I IMAGINE HE REPEATS AGAIN HIS JUNIOR YEAR. IF HE GOES TO THE NFL OR NOT, HE CAN BE A TWO-THREE-TIME CAP PAIN HERE. WHAT I LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT HIM, EVEN WITH HIS SUCCESS, HE IS THE LAST GUY TO LEAVE THE PRACTICE. THAT'S A BIG REASON HE'S ABLE TO HAVE THE PRODUCTION. TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF RYAN WALTERS' DEFENSE, THESE ARE THE PAST THREE SAFETIES, ALL WITH FIVE OR SIX INTERCEPTIONS. EVEN THOUGH ALIGNMENT LOOKS UNIQUE, THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO MAKE PLAYS. >> DAVILA AGAIN QUARTERBACKING THE SECOND UNIT, THE FRESHMAN WHO HAILS FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS. HE'LL HAND THE BALL OFF ON AN INTERIOR RUN FOR THE BOILERMAKERS. THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE PLAYING ON THE HAMMER DOWN TEAM. CHRISTIAN WOMACK, THE BALL CARRIER. HE'S BEEN INJURED MOST OF THE SPRING. THEY'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HEALTHY ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM SOME REPS TODAY. SECOND DOWN AND SIX. WOMACK FINDS HIS WAY TO THE 44 YARD LINE. THAT IS A FIRST DOWN RUN FOR CHRISTIAN WOMACK. AGAIN, RED SHIRT FRESHMAN. HE HAS ALL KINDS OF ROOM, A 15 YARD RUN. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO PLAY, IF HE WAS HEALTHY. THAT LOOKS HEALTHY WITH A NICE BURST. FOR THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE, THIS IS THE KEY, JUST TRYING TO GET SOME POSITIVE PLAYS. THEY HAVE BEEN GOING BACKWARDS. >> D.J. ALLEN ON THE LAST TACKLE FOR THE BOILERMAKER DEFENSE. THREE YARD RUN WILL BRING UP SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN. WOMACK IS THE BALL CARRIER, NOW HE COMES OUT TO BE REPLACED BY THE TRUE FRESHMAN, NUMBER 3, MERRIWEATHER OUT OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE. GIVING HIM SOME ROOM. >> DAV I LA WITH PLENTY OF TIME, JUST BEHIND THE INTENDED RECEIVER, BRANCH. THE RED SHIRT FRESHMAN FROM MISSOURI. THAT'LL BRING UP THIRD DOWN. >> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHTING THIS BECAUSE WALTERS TOLD US IT'S BEEN A PHYSICAL SPRING. THERE'S THE TRUE FRESHMAN, MERRIWEATHER, BRINGING THE LINEBACKER BLITZ, PLUG BLITZ. AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO STEP UP. IF WE'RE GIVING YOU CARRIES, STEP UP AND PUT YOUR FACE IN THERE TO GET THE BALL OFF. COULDN'T COMPLETE THE CATCH. >> THAT BALL IS IN AND OUT OF THE HANDS, A LITTLE TOO HIGH FOR WATSON. THE FRESHMAN FROM ST. LOUIS. THE DAVILA INTERCEPTION MEANS PURDUE WILL PUNT, AT LEAST IN THEORY. >> B1G TODAY HAS NEXT ON-DEMAND REPLAYS. 24/7 PURDUE CASE. THERE'S NO PLUS LIKE HOME. SUBSCRIBE AND STREAM FOR $9.95 A MONTH AT BIG TEN PLUS.COM. JAKE BUTT, THAT PURDUE SCHEDULE IS NOT KIND IN THE FRONT HALF OF THE SEASON. >> IT ISN'T. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE IMPROVEMENT, THE DEPTH, ALL THE NEW PIECES, BUT IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE CHALLENGE. YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, AND THERE'S NO EASY WINS. WHAT I LOVE IS EARLY THERE IN THE OPENING OF THE BIG TEN PLAY, RYAN WALTERS IS A YEAR TWO COACH. THEY HAVE NEBRASKA AND WISCONSIN. THEY GOT MATT RULE, LUKE FICKELL, A BATTLE OF THE YEAR TWO COACHES. LOOK AT THE BACK HALF. OREGON, OHIO STATE, TWO OF THE BEST ROSTERS, PENN STATE IS LOADED, NORTHWESTERN RETURNS TALENT. MICHIGAN STATE AND INDIANA WITH BRAND-NEW COACHES. THEY'LL NEED TO BE AT THEIR BEST TO GET TO THE SIX-WIN MARK THIS SEASON. >> HUDSON CARD CONTINUING TO QUARTERBACK THE NUMBER ONE OFFENSE HERE. FIRST AND TEN FROM HIS OWN 18. CARD, AGAIN, WITH ALL KINDS OF TIME, AND THAT IS C.J. SMITH. WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE, FANS, TO SEE HOW FAST HE IS. A 10.2 100 METER PERFORMER IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH THIS GUY'S ATHLETICISM AND 18 YARD GAIN. >> HE HAS OLYMPIC SPEED. THAT'S FAST. PROBABLY THE FASTEST GUY ON THE TEAM, GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIM AND BREEDLOVE. AGAIN, REVAMPED WIDE RECEIVER ROOM. THEY LOVE C.J. SMITH. GRAHAM HARRELL SAID SOMETIMES THEY ARE ONE-TRICK PONIES, BUT THEY'RE IMPROVED BY HIS ROUTE RUNNING AND BEING ABLE TO SEPARATE. >> MOCKOBEE, NOWHERE FOR HIM TO GO. ANTONIO STEVENS COMING FROM THE SAFETY POSITION. STEVENS HAS A TOUGH TASK, REPLACING THE HARD-HITTING KANE FROM A YEAR AGO. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WANTING FROM ANTONIO STEVENS THIS SEASON. THE 6 FOOT SENIOR OUT OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. >> LEADERSHIP, TOO, RIGHT? THAT SAFETY ROOM, PARTICULARLY, LAST YEAR HAD A TON OF LEADERSHIP. ANTONIO STEVENS, OLDER GUY, VETERAN GUY, HE HAS THE SIZE AT 6'2", 210. HE HAS EXPERIENCE. NOW, HE'S THE GUY. HE'S THE STARTER. HE'LL HAVE TO STEP UP. >> SECOND DOWN AND NINE. HUDSON CARD WON'T RUN AWAY FROM DAMARJHE LEWIS, 34, ABLE TO STEP INSIDE THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER AND COME UP WITH A QUARTERBACK SACK. THE SENIOR FROM GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. >> TAKE A LOOK HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THE PURDUE DEFENSE, THEY DROPPED A LOT. THEY REALLY ONLY RUSHED THREE GUYS. HUDSON CARD HAD TIME. WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE HIM FEEL THAT IN THE POCKET A LITTLE BIT. WHEN YOU'RE ONLY RUSHING THREE GUYS, LOOK AT IT THE COVERAGE. EVERY BLADE OF GRASS IS COVERED. AS GOOD AS THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS, YOU NEVER WANT TO GIVE UP A SACK TO A RUSH THREE LOOK. >> THIRD AND LONG FOR THE BOILERMAKERS, AND HUDSON CARD HAS A RECEIVER. THERE'S NOWHERE FOR HIM TO RUN ON THE NEAR SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. COMING UP DEFENSIVELY IN A HURRY WAS NYLAND GREEN, NUMBER 2, CREDITED WITH THE TACKLE. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HUDSON CARD. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE IS THIS GUY IS REALLY TALENTED. THE ARM TALENT IS TIER ONE. HIS MOBILITY HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND HAS EXCITED THIS COACHING STAFF SINCE HE STEPPED ON CAMPUS. SOME OF THE CREATIVITY AND THINGS HE DOES OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET, OFF SCHEDULE, AND ON THE RUN IS WHAT REALLY SEPARATES HIM AND MAKES HIM SPECIAL. THE KEY FOR HUDSON CARD, ONCE AGAIN, HE CAN MAKE ALL THE THROWS. HE CAN MAKE ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS. HE CAN PUT UP A TON OF POINTS. THIS GRAPHIC RIGHT HERE IS THE KEY. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WINS, IN THE LOSSES. A 15% COMPLETION PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE. THE KEY, TOUCHDOWN AND INTERCEPTION, 8-0 IN WINS, 4-7 IN LOSSES. AS I TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH HERE TO START THIS GAME, ROB, THE SACKS ARE KILLER. IT'S THE NEGATIVE PLAYS THAT HAVE REALLY HURT PURDUE. >> SO FAR THIS GAME, HUDSON CARD, 7 OF 10 PASSING, 116 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. RYAN BROWNE WORKING IN AS THE SECOND TEAM QUARTERBACK HERE. HIS SWING PASS OUT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FORMATION IS CAUGHT BY ELIJAH JACKSON, BUT HE WAS GOING NOWHERE QUICKLY. GOOD COVERAGE OUT THERE BY THE BAILER BOILERMAKER DEFENSE. BOTROS ALISANDRO, WE KNOW YOU CAN COVER. CAN YOU HIT? IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HEARD A HIT LIKE THAT. I LOVE IT. >> YOU JUMPED OUT OF YOUR SEAT, YOU WERE TO EXCITED THERE. >> I DID. >> ALISANDRO, THE JUNIOR FROM MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. SECOND DOWN AND 12. THIS TIME, THEY'LL HAND THE BALL TO ELIJAH JACKSON. AGAIN, HE HAS NOWHERE TO RUN. TRYING TO TURN THE CORNER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FORMATION, HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO OVER THERE. THEY QUICKLY CLOSED IT DOWN. CJ MADDEN ON THE TACKLE FOR THE PURDUE DEFENSE. >> WITH THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE, IT IS SIMPLE. THEY HAD SUCCESS ON THE LAST DRIVE BECAUSE THEY STAYED AHEAD OF THE STICKS. THEY WON FIRST AND SECOND DOWN. BUT THIS DRIVE HAS BEEN THE THEME OF THE DAY. THIRD AND 15, YOU LOSE TWO ON FIRST DOWN, THREE ON SECOND DOWN, THERE'S NOT PLAYS IN THE PLAYBOOK HERE TO REALLY SUCCEED. GOT TO WIN THE EARLY DOWNS. >> THIRD AND 15. >> AGAIN, BROWN CAN'T QUITE ANYONE OPEN. NOW, HE'S ON THE RUN. RYAN BROWNE FINALLY DELIVERS AND THAT BALL IS INCOMPLETE. A HARD HIT PUT ON DEFENSIVELY THERE BY THE CLOSING DEFENSIVE BACK, SMILEY BRADFORD. IT IS ANOTHER THREE AND OUT FOR THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. >> THAT'S ENCOURAGING. WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE YOUNGER GUYS. SMILEY BRADFORD, A FRESHMAN. SITTING IN THE ZONE COVERAGE. THIS HAS BEEN A POPULAR COVERAGE FOR THE PURDUE DEFENSE. DROPPING SEVEN, EIGHT GUYS WITH THE EYES ON THE BACKFIELD. THAT ALLOWED BRADFORD TO TRACK THE EYES OF BROWNE AND DELIVER A HIT. >> THREE THREE AND OUTS HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER FOR THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. IS THAT GOOD OFFENSE OR BETTER DEFENSE? >> THAT'S THE QUESTION. MAYBE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THIS, YOU KNOW, WALTERS TOLD US IN THE MEETINGS THIS WEEK, ONE OF THE EMPHASIS OF THIS SPRING HAS BEEN STARTING FAST. HE FELT THAT WAS AN ISSUE LAST YEAR. HE CHANGED THE PRACTICE SCHEDULE AROUND. LAST YEAR, THEY WERE GOING TO STRETCH AND THEN DO A WALK-THROUGH, DO SOME SPECIAL TEAMS. HE SAID IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GOT OUT THERE AND STARTED HITTING AND GETTING INTO TEAM DRILLS. HE SAID THIS YEAR, THEY STRETCH AND IMMEDIATELY GET INTO TEAM TO TRY TO EMPHASIZE THAT PHYSICALITY AND STARTING FAST. IT IS A SPRING GAME, SO I DON'T KNOW. IS THIS GOOD FOR THE O, FOR THE D? I DON'T KNOW. >> THE $11 MILLION QUESTION. >> BROOKE CAN TALK TO COACH WALTERS DOWN THERE. >> HUDSON CARD BACK TO LEAD THE FIRST TEAM O HERE ON THE BOILER UP TEAM. PLAY ACTION TO REGGIE LOVE. A THROW TO THE TIGHT END, MAX KLARE. >> I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF AT THE END OF THE SEASON, MAX KLARE HAS SOME ALL BIG TEN HONORS. I CAME TO CAMP LAST YEAR, AND AT THAT TIME HE WAS A FRESHMAN. I ASKED COACH WALTER, WHO IS THAT GUY, NUMBER 86? HE SAID, LISTEN, THIS GUY CAN BE REALLY SPECIAL. DEALT WITH SOME INJURIES, FULLY HEALTHY NOW. HE MIGHT BE THE BEST WEAPON THIS FALL. >> HE WAS INJURED IN THE ILLINOIS GAME A SEASON AGO AND JUST WAS NEVER RIGHT. SPEAKING OF MAX KLARE, ANOTHER CATCH FOR HIM. NYLAND GREEN WAS IN COVERAGE. HE WON'T BE CREDITED FOR THE FIRST DOWN. INSTEAD, THIRD DOWN AND ONE. >> YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE WITH THE TIGHT ENDS. SO HE CAN SEPARATE FOR HIS MAN COVERAGE, BUT YOU'LL SEE HIM SIT DOWN VERSE ZONE. SHALLOW ROUTE CAN LOOK TWO WAYS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE BOOKING, STAY ON THE RUN. IN ZONE, YOU WANT TO SIT THERE. WHAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING IS HUDSON CARD AND MAX KLARE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT'S THE KEY FOR THOSE PLAYS. HE DID GET TACKLED AT THIRD AND ONE, BUT SPRING GAME RULES. ONE YARD TO GO, THEY CALL IT A TOUCHDOWN OR MOVE THE CHAINS. >> TO AVOID SHORT YARDAGE COLLISIONS. JAKE IS CORRECT, IT IS TECHNICALLY A FIRST DOWN FOR THE OFFENSE. HUDSON CARD WANTS TO THROW ON THE RUN, ON HIS BACK FOOT. KLARE WAS TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM ANTONIO STEVENS, BUT IT IS INCOMPLETE. FIRST QUARTER HAS COME TO A CLOSE. BOILER UP IN THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE, LEADING HAMMER DOWN IN THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE, 7-0, THE SPRING GAME FROM PURDUE.> JULY RETURNS WITH A FANTASTIC 10K AND 5K RACES AND TAILGATE PARTY. SCAN THE QR CODE OR REGISTER RIGHT NOW AT BTN BIG TENK.COM. ROB, JAKE, AND BROOKE, WE WELCOME YOU TO PURDUE. TIME FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE SPRING GAME HERE ON BTN. WIDE RECEIVER ROOM LOOKS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO, JAKE BUTT. >> THERE'S TIBBS. WE'VE SEEN HIM MAKE SOME PLAYS. SEEN C.J. SMITH. WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME GUYS YOU'RE NOT SEEING TODAY. CAM BROWN IS A TRANSFER FROM UCLA, EXPERIENCED GUY, VETERAN PRESENCE IN THE ROOM. AND JAMAL EDRINE, NOT PLAYING, MIGHT BE THE WIDE RECEIVER ONE. >> CHASING CARD OUT OF THE POCKET FOR AN INCOMPLETE PASS. EDRINE, HAD HE BEEN HEALTHY, WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE RECEIVER OPTION. >> IT WAS AN INJURY BUG ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE PURDUE ROSTER. EDRINE TORE HIS ACL IN CAMP, FRESNO STATE GAME, AND I COULD FEEL THE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE COACH'S VOICE, KNOWING HOW BIG OF A LOSS THAT WAS. HE'S BEEN PRACTICING AND WORKING BACK. HE WILL BE HEALTHY COME FALL CAMP. BUT IT IS A SPRING GAME. IT'S SPRING BALL. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ACL IS FULLY HEALED BECAUSE THEY'LL DEPEND ON HIM IN THE SEASON. >> THIRD DOWN AND TEN FOR HUDSON CARD WHO REMAINS THE SIGNAL CALLER FOR THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. >> THE BALL IS CAUGHT. TIBBS WAS CLOSE TO MAKING A TACH. THEY'LL GIVE HIM A FIRST DOWN RECEPTION. TIBBS, SOPHOMORE FROM INDIANAPOLIS. THERE'S A LOOK AT JAMAL EDRINE. NUMBER 7 IN THE BLACK JERSEY. >> HE'S EXCITED TO BE MOVING AROUND. COACHES ARE EXCITED. I DID MY ACL THREE TIMES, MAN. THOSE ARE LONG, LONG MONTHS WHEN YOU CAN'T PLAY THE GAME YOU LOVE SO MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THE UPDATES THAT HE IS DOING WELL. I'M EXCITED TO SEE HIM FULLY HEALTHY. >> 12 YARD CATCH FOR TIBBS A MOMENT AGO FOR A FIRST DOWN. THIS BALL IS DROPPED. MAX KLARE, YOU DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN, DROPS THE BALL WIDE OPEN IN THE SLOT. >> WHAT I LIKE IS WHAT I'M SEEING FROM HUDSON CARD. HE'S REALLY DECISIVE, PARTICULARLY ON EARLY DOWNS. I KNOW IT WAS DROPPED BY MAX KLARE, BUT HE'S READ THE DEFENSE, TAKEN WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO HIM, IS GETTING THE BALL OUT ON TIME, FOR THE MOST PART SHOWED GOOD POCKET PRESENCE. HIS PROGRESSION MENTALLY HAS BEEN BIG THIS SEASON. >> SOWINSKI IN MOTION. THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS GIVEN CARD PLENTY OF TIME TO THROW THE FOOTBALL. KLARE DOESN'T DROP THIS ONE, THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. >> GOOD COMBINATION. PLENTY OF TIME AND A DECISIVE QUARTERBACK. MAX >> MAX KLARE, 6'4", 235 SOPHOMORE. BERGLUND, FIVE CATCHES A SEASON AGO. BIBER HAD A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BOILERMAKERS A SEASON AGO. CARD DELIVERS THIS TO DIXON-VEAL, THE SENIOR FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA. DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN TECHNICALLY, BUT SINCE IT'S A SPRING GAME, HE DOES. >> FEELS THE PRESSURE BACK SIDE. NICE BALL OUT THERE TO GET TO FOURTH AND SHORT, WHICH IN THE SPRING GAME, MOVES THE CHAINS. >> IF YOU'RE WITHIN A YARD OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKMARKER, YOU' GIVEN IT. IF IT ADVANCES TO THE ONE YARD TOUCHDOWN LINE, YOU'RE GIVEN THE TOUCHDOWN. IT IS TO AVOID COLLISIONS HERE. FIRST AND TEN. THIS TIME, REGGIE LOVE III HAS RUNNING ROOM ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE 20 YARD LINE. SHOULD PUT THEM IN THE RED ZONE AND RIGHT AT THE 20. REGGIE LOVE III, THE TRANSFER FROM ILLINOIS WITH A TEN YARD RUN. >> THE LINE MEN ARE PULLING RIGHT. EVERYBODY PULLS TO THEIR RIGHT. YOU HAVE 77, MOUSSA, GOING TO THE RIGHT, AND IT IS A MISDIRECTION. YOU'RE PITCHING WITH NO ONE OUT THERE BLOCKING BUT NO ONE IS OUT THERE TO STOP HIM EITHER. >> THIS PLAY IS GOING TO BE BLOWN DEAD. THIS PARTICULAR SNAP WAS OFF KILTER FROM THE WORD GO. RYAN WALTERS WAS TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE OFFICIALS TO TELL THEM TO STOP THE GAME BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE THE FORMATION PURDUE WAS IN. THIS DOESN'T COUNT. THE BEAUTY OF THE SPRING GAME. TELL THE OFFICIALS TO STOP, REC >> YEAH, THERE'S RULES IN THE SPRING GAME, BUT STAY ON YOUR TOES. ANYTHING CAN CHANGE. >> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. PURDUE IN THE RED ZONE, 72% IN EFFICIENCY. 45 RED ZONE ATTEMPTS. WITH THE BALL AT THE 20, THIS IS TECHNICALLY A RED ZONE TRIP FOR THE PURDUE OFFENSE. >> REGGIE LOVE III ON THE DELAY RUNNING INTO JENKINS FOR A GAIN OF ONE. >> RED ZONE FOCUS, ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS TO IMPROVE FOR PURDUE. 13th IN THE BIG TEN LAST YEAR. A BIG PIECE, AGAIN, IS THE MISTAKES. IT'S NOT ABOUT ADDING ANYTHING TO THE PLAYBOOK, IT'S ABOUT AVOIDING SACKS. IT'S ABOUT AVOIDING TURNOVERS. IT'S ABOUT AVOIDING NEGATIVE PLAYS. >> DEVIN MOCKOBEE TO THE RIGHT OF HUDSON CARD ON SECOND AND NINE. MOCKOBEE, THE SHORT GAIN. TO THE POINT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, JAKE, THE PURDUE FOLKS WOULD TELL YOU, THEIR INABILITY TO PUSH THE PILE IN SHORT YARDAGE SITUATIONS ALSO A BIG PROBLEM FOR THEM IN THE RED ZONE LAST YEAR. >> IT COMES BACK TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE. I WAS IN THE BOOTH FOR THE FRESNO STATE GAME. THERE WERE FOUR OR FIVE INSTANCES WHERE THEY TRIED TO RUN UP THE MIDDLE WITH MOCKOBEE AND GOT STUFFED. REMEMBER, THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE WASN'T DEEP. GUS HARTWIG WAS OUT. 6'4", 315 POUNDS IS THE AVERAGE. THAT'S A LOT OF BEEF IN THE KITCHEN. THEY'RE HOPING THEY CAN LEAN ON THAT TO PUSH THE POCKET THIS YEAR. >> 11th PLAY OF THIS DRIVE FOR THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE. CATCH IS MADE AROUND ABOUT THE 12 YARD LINE. PROVIDING COVERAGE, NYLAND GREEN. FOUR YARD RECEPTION FOR THE BOILERMAKERS. THAT WAS A TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA, MORRISSETTE. NYLAND GREEN, ALSO A TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA. FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FOR FREEHILL, WHO IS ONE FOR ONE IN THIS GAME. HE KNOCKED IN A 45 YARDER IN THE FIRST QUARTER. FREEHILL IS TWO FOR TWO. LAST YEAR, GOING 6 OF 11 ON THE SEASON. >> BEEN A GOOD START FOR CARD. A VETERAN GUY, BUT HE LOOKED SURE OF HIMSELF. HE'S TAKEN THE LEAP THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED IN YEAR TWO. YOU SEE HIM USING HIS LEGS WHICH IS MAYBE THE BEST PART THAT ALLOWS HIS GAME TO BE DYNAMIC. THE ABILITY TO THROW ON THE RUN, OFF PLATFORM. HE'S GOT ALL THE TALENT IN THE WORLD. GRAHAM HARRELL IS EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. >> WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. HE'S DOWNSTAIRS WITH BROOKE FLETCHER. >> HUDSON, LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE HAVING FUN. ADDED MUCH-NEEDED DEPTH TO THE OFFENSE. HOW MUCH FUN IS THAT FOR YOU TO GET THE GUYS GOING? >> IT IS AWESOME. FIRST OF ALL, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SPRING GAME HAS BEEN UNREAL. IT'S A BLESSING TO BE OUT THERE WITH THE GUYS. IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN. >> YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED DEPTH, ESPECIALLY UP FRONT. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOUR GAME, HAVING MORE PROTECTION? >> CREDIT TO THEM. WITHOUT THEM, A PLAY DOESN'T GET STARTED. SHOUT-OUT TO THE O-LINE. THEY'VE DONE GREAT SO FAR. WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PIECES THERE, AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. >> COMING OFF THE FIRST YEAR AS A STARTER, COMING INTO YEAR TWO, THAT WAS THE POINT OF EMPHASIS FOR YA? >> OBVIOUSLY, YEAR TWO, YOU START TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THE PLACE YOU'RE AT AND BUILD THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE TEAMMATES AND COACHES. BEING ANOTHER YEAR IN THE SYSTEM HAS HELPED A LOT. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BLESSING TO BE OUT HERE. >> WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS TEAM? I KNOW A LOT OF FANS ARE OUT TO SEE YOU GUYS. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS TEAM THIS FALL? >> YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE'LL TAKE IT DAY BY DAY. YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. FROM THERE, THINGS WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, HUDSON. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> GUYS, BACK TO YOU. >> MERRIWEATHER WITH THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE, PUSHING THE FOOTBALL TO THE 21 YARD LINE. A MOMENT AGO, YOU SAW A NICE TACKLE FOR LOSS BY BERGLUND. FRESHMAN FROM CARAMEL HIGH SCHOOL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. BERGLUND STARTED HIS CAREER AS A FREE SAFETY AND NOW MOVED TO AN INSIDE LINEBACKER POSITION. MARCOS DAVILA, THE TRUE FRESHMAN FROM TEXAS, QUARTERBACKING THE SECOND UNIT HERE. THIRD AND 14 FOR DAVILA. HE'S GOING TO GO UP TOP, TRY TO GO FOR IT ALL. THAT BALL IS CAUGHT. THAT'LL BE A FIRST DOWN, INTO PLUS TERRITORY. WHAT A CATCH ON THE RUN. THAT ON THE RECEIING EVIDENCE WAS HARRIS, A FRESHMAN OUT OF CINCINNATI. WHAT A CATCH FOR HARRIS. >> THIS WILL GET YOU EXCITED FOR THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK. IT IS ONE-ON-ONE COVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD, PRESS SO YOU KNOW IT IS MAN-TO-MAN. DAVILA IS A TRUE FRESHMAN. HARRIS IS A TRUE FRESHMAN. THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING THE CHEMISTRY AND SHOWING IT OFF THERE. EXCELLENT BALL BY DAVILA. >> THAT'S A 40 YARD RECEPTION FOR HARRIS. NOW, DAVILA WANTS TO GO UP TOP AGAIN. THIS BALL IS INCOMPLETE BUT A PENALTY MARKER WILL BE THROWN. UP THE FAR SIDELINE. ALISANDRO WAS IN COVERAGE. DAVILA WAS TRYING FOR A BIG HIT DOWN THE FAR SIDELINE. THIS WILL BE A PENALTY AGAINST THE DEFENSE. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE NUMBER 19. 15 YARD AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> SEE HIM GET CAUGHT UP, GRABBING THE HIP. HARRIS HAD HIS BEAT ONCE AGAIN. IT'S LIKE A SHOOTER IN BASKETBALL. ONCE YOU HIT A DEEP THREE, IT'S A HEAT CHECK. YOU GO RIGHT BACK TO IT. WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT DAVILA, THOUGH, IS FOR AN EARLY ENROLLEE, A TRUE FRESHMAN, HE SEEMS SURE OF HIMSELF. NOT PERFECT BUT HE IS HELPING GETTING GUYS LINED UP, KNOWS WHERE HE IS GOING PRE-SNAP, AND HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. >> HE LIKES SLINGING IT AROUND THE FIELD. THROWING ON THE RUN. THE BALL WAS DELIVERED ON TIME BUT IT'S INCOMPLETE, THROUGH THE HANDS OF THE INTENDED RECEIVER, GALLOWAY. A TRUE FRESHMAN FROM CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. >> HE WENT TO MY RIVAL HIGH SCHOOL. I WENT TO PICKERINGTON NORTH. HE WENT TO PICKERINGTON CENTRAL. HE HAD OFFERS FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ONE POINT, WAS COMMITTED TO LSU. HE'S GOT COLLEGE SIZE ALREADY. ANOTHER GUY THAT'S AN EARLY ENROLLEE AND SHOULD BE IN HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S A CATCH YOU HAVE TO MAKE AT THE BIG TEN LEVEL. >> FOUR-STAR RECRUIT OUT OF CHILLICOTHE, GALLOWAY, SEEING A LOT OF REPS BECAUSE OF INJURIES IN THE TIGHT END ROOM FOR THE BOILERMAKER OFFENSE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GALLOWAY, A LOT OF EARLY ENROLLEES FOR THE BOILERMAKER TEAM. >> A LOT SHOWING UP ALREADY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK. SAW HARRIS WITH A BIG CATCH. ALISANDRO, THEY GO BACK TO HIM. AGAIN, RYAN WALTERS, HIS SPECIALTY IS RECRUITING. HE HAD THE FIFTH BEST TRANSFER PORTAL CLASS, EIGHTH BEST INCOMING CLASS WHEN YOU INCLUDE RECRUITING AND TRANSFER PORTAL IN THE BIG TEN. THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG TALENT ON THIS ROSTER. A LOT OF REASONS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PURDUE. >> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE FOR DAVILA. THAT BALL IS CAUGHT RIGHT AT THE STICKS. THEY'LL PROBABLY CREDIT HIM WITH A FIRST DOWN. IF NOT, THEY'LL GIVE HIM THE SPRING RULES FIRST DOWN ON THE CATCH THERE BY ANDREW ATKINSON. >> YUP, I'VE SEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TAPE, KNOWS HOW TO CATCH THE BALL. FIRST SPRING GAME HERE IN THE STADIUM. HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A SHOT BY THE PURDUE DEFENSE. HE'LL COME DOWN WITH THAT AND GET IT CORRECTED. >> ADKISON WAS CREDITED FOR THE CATCH. THE BALL RESTING AT THE 13 YARD LINE. DAVILA TO THE NEAR SIDE CORNER, THAT IS INCOMPLETE, INTENDED FOR BRANCH. THAT SAILS WIDE AND OVER HIS HEAD. >> DAVILA IS PUTTING TOGETHER A NICE DRIVE. REMEMBER, THAT FIRST PLAY OF THIS DRIVE, HE FUMBLED THE SNAP, PUT THEM IN SECOND AND 16. YOU KNOW, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING END, ANOTHER THREE AND OUT. DAVILA HIT THE BIG-TIME THROW DOWN THE SIDELINE TO HARRIS. FOR A YOUNG GUY, HE LOOKS POISED, LOOKS COMPOSED. YOU CAN SEE WHY HE'S IN THAT COMPETITION. LOOKS LIKE HE MAY BE LEADING THAT BACKUP QUARTERBACK COMPETITION. >> YEAH, FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE HE IS THE NUMBER TWO QB RIGHT NOW ON THIS ROSTER. >> ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT THIS COVERAGE. YOU KNOW IT IS MAN-TO-MAN, PRESS ACROSS THE BOARD. >> WE HAVE A TIME-OUT HERE, I THINK, YEAH. TIME-OUT TAKEN BY THE OFFENSE, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY THE HAMMER DOWN TEAM ON YOUR SCORE BUG. TONIGHT, DON'T MISS MEN'S LACROSSE WHEN NUMBER FOUR MARYLAND HOSTS RUTGERS. COVERAGE BEGINS AT 7:00 EASTERN ONLY ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK AND THE FOX SPORTS APP. JAKE BUTT, I'LL TELL YA WHAT, YOU'RE ON TO SOMETHING WHEN YOU MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO THE TRUE FRESHMAN, DAVILA FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS, WHO THREW FOR 9,000 YARDS AS A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER, LOOKS LIKE HE IS THE SECOND TEAM QUARTERBACK, AT LEAST WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR TODAY. HE'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE. >> YOU KNOW, HAS ALL THE TALENT. 9,000 YARDS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT, RIGHT? HE CAN MAKE ALL THE THROWS. WHAT LIMITS YOUNG QUARTERBACKS IS THOSE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY BOOKS MIGHT ONLY BE TEN PAGES DEEP. HERE IN COLLEGE, THEY'RE 30, 40 PAGES DEEP. ONE PLAY CAN LOOK FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT WAYS. IT'S A LOT TO LEARN BEFORE YOU EVEN TALK ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND BEING ABLE TO PROCESS IT. YOU CAN SEE THE MAKINGS OF WHAT MAKES DAVILA SPECIAL. HE IS SURE OF HIMSELF PRE-SNAP. HE'S BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE BALL EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. >> DAVILA HAS MERRIWEATHER, THE FRESHMAN, NEXT TO HIM ON THIS SECOND DOWN PLAY. HE'LL FAKE TO MERRIWEATHER. INSIDE TUNNEL SCREEN BUT THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN FOR THE RECEIVER, HARRIS. A GAIN OF ONE YARD. THIRD DOWN COMING. >> NOT A LOT OF ROOM OVER THERE RUNNING THEBOUNDARY. THAT ONE DIDN'T IS A CHANCE TO GET GOING. HARRIS UP AT THE TOP, ONE-ON-ONE. THAT'S THE GO-TO GUY. THERE'S NOT A WAY FOR THE SAFETY TO MAKE A PLAY, ANTHONY BROWN. WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE LOOKED HARRIS' WAY. >> DAVILA IS LOOKING THAT DIRECTION, GOOD CALL, PARTNER, BUT INCOMPLETE. RODGERS -- ROGERS JR., HE WAS STARTING AT QUARTERBACK, AND IT BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN. ALSO BRINGS FREEHILL BACK ON THE FIELD TO ATTEMPT A FIELD GOAL. >> THIS LOOKS LIKE A GO BALL, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY IS IN ONE HIGH COVERAGE. THERE'S HELP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. HARRIS IS A YOUNG GUY, ONE OF THE EARLY ENROLLEE FRESHMAN. WHAT I WAS COACHED TO DO, THAT'S GOT TO BE AN OUTSIDE RELEASE. WHEN YOU RELEASE INSIDE T SAFETY IS THERE AND CAN GET IN THE ACTION. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO WORK. >> OUT OF THE HOLD OF BEOHNLEIN. PLACE KICKER FREEHILL SCORED FOR BOTH TEAMS. THREE FOR THREE IN FIELD GOAL DRIVES. >> THERE'S THE SAFETY ON THE HASH. DAVILA WANTS TO GO TO HIM ON THE GO BALL. AS SOON AS YOU RELEASE INSIDE, LOOK AT THIS, THE SAFETY IS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YARDS AWAY. YOU CAN GET INTO THE ACTION. DAVILA PUT THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. YOU'RE THROWING TO A SPOT DOWN HERE IN THE RED ZONE. BUT I BELIEVE HARRIS, AS A YOUNG, EARLY ENROLLEE FRESHMAN, HAS TO FIND A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE, ON THE OUTSIDE RELEASE. IF HE DID, THE BALL WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON TARGET. >> NUANCES OF LEARNING AS A FRESHMAN, ESPECIALLY HERE AT THE HIGH MAJOR BIG TEN LEVEL, THE POWER FIVE LEVEL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. >> IT'S THE LIFE OF A FRESHMAN. YOU MAKE A HECK OF A PLAY ON THIRD AND LONG, MOVE THE CHAINS, THEN DRAW A PASS INTERFERENCE. YOU HAVE THE CHEMISTRY AND THE MOMENTUM WITH YOUR QUARTERBACK AND CAN'T QUITE CONNECT TO FINISH THE DRIVE OFF. CLEARLY SHOWING SOME GREAT THINGS AND SHOWING SOME GREAT CHEMISTRY WITH DAVILA. >> HUDSON CARD FRESH OFF HIS INTERVIEW WITH BROOKE FLETCHER, RIGHT BACK ON THE FIELD AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK WITH THE ONES. TRIED AN INTERIOR RUN TO REGGIE LOVE III, GOING NOWHERE FAST. A THREE YARD LOSS. THERE YOU LOOK AT THE SCORING DRIVES FROM THE BOILERMAKERS. THAT'S THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE FOR THE BOILERMAKERS HERE TODAY. >> WORTH NOTING, 58 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS. THE OFFENSE PUT UP POINTS, BUT THAT WAS ONE PLAY THAT REALLY HURT THE ONE DEFENSE. AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE HERE, ONE MISTAKE THAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THIS PURDUE TEAM. WE SHOWED THE SCHEDULE EARLIER. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ROOM FOR ERROR WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING THE BETTER TEAMS ACROSS THE BIG TEN AND EVEN THE OUT OF CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS BRUTAL. >> SOWINSKI WAS THE RECEIVER ON THE TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION. REGGIE LOVE. STEVENS WAS THE FIRST TO TAG HIM DOWN AT THE 31 YARD LINE. DOESN'T LOOK -- LET'S SEE IF PURDUE IS GOING TO TAKE A TIME-OUT WITH THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE, IF THEY'LL JUMP INTO THE TWO-MINUTE DRILL, OR IF THEY'LL PLAY OUT THE STRING THE FINAL 60 SECONDS. >> I'D LOVE TO SEE IT. THAT'S ONE OF THE VALUES OF THE SPRING GAME, IS THE SITUATIONAL ASPECT OF FOOTBALL. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT COACH WALTERS IS GOING TO DO, SET IT UP AND FORCE THE SITUATION. >> YOU SEE COACH WALTERS TAKING THE LIBERTY OF MOVING THE FOOTBALL. AGAIN, ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF SPRING BALL. IF THE HEAD COACH WANTS TO MOVE THE FOOTBALL AHEAD A FEW YARDS, HE DOES AND NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE BALL IS AT THE 36 YARD LINE NOW, FIRST AND TEN. >> WHY NOT DO IT? FIRST AND TEN, 36 YARD LINE. TELL YOUR QUARTERBACK, THIS IS YOUR TWO-MINUTE DRILL. SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT. THE CLOCK IS RUNNING. >> YEAH, PROBLEM IS -- >> EVERYONE HAS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. >> CARD SLAPPED HIS HANDS TOGETHER, CALLED FOR THE FOOTBALL, THEN RECYCLED THE OFFENSE AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK, NOW UNDER 30 SECONDS. IT'LL BE A RUNNING PLAY AGAIN FOR REGGIE LOVE III. JENKINS WAS WAITING FOR HIM ON THE EDGE. PROBABLY A LOSS OF A YARD. LET'S SEE IF THAT'LL BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF. >> FIRST TIME WE CALLED KYBRAN JENKINS' NAME THERE. >> INDEED, LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF. THE BOILER UP, FIRST TEAM OFFENSE, LEADS THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE, HAMMER DOWN, 13-3. WE'VE REACHED HALFTIME AT ROSS-ADE STADIUM IN THE 2024 PURDUE SPRING GAME >>> HALFTIME AT ROSS-ADE STADIUM. BOILER UP, THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE, LEADS HAMMER DOWN, THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE, 13-3. AS WE GO DOWNSTAIRS AND CHECK IN WITH BROOKE FLETCHER, WHO IS STANDING BY WITH ALL-AMERICAN SAFETY DILLON THIENEMAN. >> YOU WERE PICKING UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. WHAT WAS THE FOCUS FOR YOU COMING INTO THE SPRING TO BUILD OFF WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO LAST SEASON? >> JUST ABOUT TO GET TECHNIQUE BACK UNDER MYSELF, GET BACK ON THE FIELD AND GET USED TO PLAYING AGAIN. YOU GET THE TIME OFF TO RECOVER, AND GETTING BACK OUT THERE IS ADAPTING BACK TO HOW WE ENDED LAST YEAR. >> THE DEFENSE AS A WHOLE WAS PLAYING REALLY WELL, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW FACES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SECONDARY. HOW IS THE COMMUNICATION THIS SPRING SPECIFICALLY HERE TODAY? >> TODAY, IT WAS A LITTLE ROCKY START IN THE BEGINNING BUT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT. THE NEW GUYS ARE PLAYING GREAT AT CORNER. WE'RE ABLE TO TALK, ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. WE'RE CLOSER AS A UNIT. THAT'LL HELP US IN THE LONG RUN. >> COACH KANE TOLD US HE'S CHALLENGED YOU TO TAKE ON A LEADERSHIP ROLE. HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU'VE GROWN IN THAT FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO? >> I THINK I'M MORE OF A LEADER ON DEFENSE, ABLE TO DIRECT. MAYBE TELL PEOPLE HOW TO PLAY CERTAIN THINGS, CERTAIN SITUATIONS, HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GO. KIND OF USING HOW I PLAYED LAST YEAR TO TRY TO HELP THE OTHER GUYS PLAY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> BROOKE FLETCHER, THANK YOU. 13-3. HALFTIME AT ROSS-ADE STADIUM >>> HALFTIME AT PURDUE'S ROSS-ADE STADIUM FOR THE SPRING GAME. ROB BLACKMAN AND JAKE BUTT WITH SIDELINE REPORTER BROOKE FLETCHER. LET'S LOOK AT THE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING FALL. INTERESTING NOTE, THE INDIANA STATE GAME WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 7th. THAT MEANT PURDUE WOULD HAVE ADD ITS BYE WEEK IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR. LUCKILY, PURDUE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH SIX OTHER SCHOOLS TO GET THAT CHANGED. NOW, INDIANA STATE WILL BE THE OPENER AUGUST 31st. TWO WEEKS TO PREP FOR NOTRE DAME. >> THAT'S A THEME OF THE SCHEDULE AS A WHOLE. CHALLENGES AHEAD. LIFE IN THE NEW BIG TEN WITH THE ADDITIONS OF THE FOUR TEAMS, NO MORE EAST AND WEST, IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE TOUGH. YOU HAVE NOTRE DAME AND OREGON STATE OUT OF CONFERENCE BEFORE. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR WHEN PURDUE OPENS UP BIG TEN PLAY. IT'S THE BATTLE OF THE YEAR TWO COACHES. RYAN WALTERS AT PURDUE. MATT RULE AT NEBRASKA. LUKE FICKELL UP THERE AT WISCONSIN. EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS FEELS THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD THIS YEAR. WE'LL GET TO FIND OUT WHO DOES THAT. THE BACK HALF OF THIS SCHEDULE, ROB, TOUGH, TOUGH. NO INTRODUCTION FOR OREGON, OHIO STATE, PENN STATE. NORTHWESTERN HAS THE NUMBER ONE RETURNING PRODUCTION ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. PHENOMENAL JOB. THAT'S A TEAM TO WATCH OUT FOR. MICHIGAN STATE NEW HEAD COACH JONATHAN SMITH. CIGNETTI AT INDIANA, THEY FEEL THEY'LL BE IMPROVED. THE FLOOR OF THE BIG TEN HAS BEEN ELEVATED. THE CEILING HAS BEEN ELEVATED. IT IS GOING TO BE A FUN SEASON. >> TWO YEARS AGO, PURDUE WAS THE BIG TEN WEST DIVISION CHAMPION. NO LONGER EAST AND WEST DIVISIONS IN THE >>> HALFTIME AT THE PURDUE SPRING GAME WHERE THE BOILER UP TEAM LEADS THE HAMMER DOWN TEAM, 13-3. ROB BLACKMAN HERE WITH FORMER MICHIGAN ALL-AMERICAN JAKE BUTT. WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US HERE ON A SUNNY SATURDAY IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JAKE, YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE FIRST 30 MINUTES? >> WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SIZE, THE DEPTH, THE COMPETITIVENESS, PARTICULARLY IN THE TRENCHES, WAS GOING TO BE IMPROVED. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, PARTICULARLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB PROTECTING. CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE HUDSON CARD HAS TAKEN THE STEP. HE FEELS POISED, SURE OF HIMSELF. HE IS KICK TO GET THE BALL OUT AND HAS BEEN ACCURATE. THIS PURDUE TEAM TURNED OVER THEIR ROSTER, BUT THEY'LL NEED HUDSON CARD TO PLAY TO HIS POTENTIAL IF THEY WANT TO COMPETE IN THE SCHEDULE. >> BROOKE FLETCHER STANDING BY WITH DEVIN MOCKOBEE. >> YOU'RE COMING OFF AN INCREDIBLE SEASON. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF EMPHASIS THIS SPRING? >> MORE EMPHASIS ON THE DISCIPLINE ASPECT OF COMPETITIVE, TOUGHNESS, ASK DISCIPLINE. COMING IN EVERY DAY, DOING OUR JOB AND HOW WE'RE COACHED TO DO IT. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST EMPHASIS TO THIS SPRING, TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP AND GET GUYS IN THE POSITIONS THEY NEED TO BE IN. >> ALONGSIDE REGGIE LOVE, WHAT DOES HE BRING TO THE BACKFIELD? >> REALLY STRONG AND HARD RUNNER. HE'LL BE VERY GOOD FOR US, SPLITTING UP THE WORKLOAD BETWEEN US. I LIKE HIM SO FAR. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> BROOKE FLETCHER FROM EARLIER WITH DEVIN MOCKOBEE WHO LED THE TEAM IN RUSHING EACH OF THE LAST TWO SEASONS FOR THE BOILERMAKERS. WE BEGIN THE THIRD QUARTER. BY THE WAY, A LITTLE NOTE, A CHANGE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. IT'LL BE A RUNNING CLOCK IN THE THIRD QUARTER HERE FOR THESE TEAMS, AS ELIJAH JACKSON HAS A FIRST DOWN RUN. WE'RE UNDER WAY IN QUARTER THREE. ONLY TIME THE CLOCK WILL STOP IS FOR A CHANGE OF POSSESSION. RYAN BROWNE QUARTERBACKING RIGHT NOW FOR THE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE. ELIJAH JACKSON, THE FORMER WALK-ON, THE RUNNING BACK FROM INDIANAPOLIS. BROWNE HAS ALL KINDS OF TIME AND NOW WILL SPRINT TO HIS RIGHT. THAT BALL IS DELIVERED BUT IT IS INCOMPLETE, JUST A BIT BEHIND FURTNEY, WHO MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF LAST YEAR ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS FOR THE BOILERMAKERS. >> Jake: LOOK AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT IS HARRIS, RUNNING A CURL ROUTE. YOU HAVE A FLAT ROUTE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO STEP UP AND PUT THAT ON THE INSIDE SHOULDER OF HARRIS, HE COULD HAVE DELIVERED A STRIKE. IT IS A WIDE THROW. >> Rob: GOOD NEWS FOR BROWNE, HE HAD ALL KINDS OF TIME TO SURVEY THE FIELD. THAT BALL IS FUMBLED. FORCE FUMBLE BY OJATA. WE TALKED ABOUT HIM EARLIER IN THE DAY. DIVISION III TRANSFER WITH THE FORCE FUMBLE THERE. OFFENSIVELY, THOUGH, RECOVERED BY JADEN BALL. >> Jake: GREAT DAY. HE HAD THE SACK EARLIER. LOOK, HE'S TOO FAST. THEY HAD GUYS PULLING AROUND TO TRY TO GET HIM, BUT OJATA WAS FULL SPEED AHEAD, DIDN'T EVEN GET TOUCHED, AND FORCED THE FUMBLE. >> Rob: THREE TIMES A FIRST TIME ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMER AT THE DIVISION III LEVEL AT FRANKLIN COLLEGE. THIRD AND LONG FOR BROWNE WHO HAS HIS MAN. QUICK COVERAGE DEFENSIVELY BY TURNER-MUHAMMAD. GAIN OF 13. >> ANOTHER FRESHMAN STEPPING UP. YOU HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROTECTION. OFFENSIVE LINE, CLEAN POCKET. THAT ALLOWS BROWNE TO STEP UP. AGAIN, THAT'S JESSE WATSON, EARLY ENROLLEE FRESHMAN, WINNING LATE AGAINST TURNER-MUHAMMAD. >> Rob: TURNER-MUHAMMAD MISSED LAST YEAR WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY. WAS ON THE INJURY REPORT WEEK ONE AND NEVER GOT RIGHT. TRANSFERRED AFTER FOUR YEARS AT STANFORD. HE JUST COULD NEVER GET HEALTHY ENOUGH TO GET ON THE FIELD LAST YEAR. TURNER-MUHAMMAD, THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT HE CAN BRING TO THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY HERE IN 2024. PURDUE DOES PUNT THE BALL AWAY IN THEORY. FOURTH AND TWO. OFFENSIVE UNIT BE TAKE OVER AT THE 15, THEIR OWN 15 WITH A FIRST DOWN AND TEN. COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A MORE PERFECT DAY. 60s AND A LITTLE BREEZE HERE IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. DEFENSIVELY, ONE THING PURDUE IS EXCITED ABOUT IS JENKINS MOVING FROM A RUSH END TO MIDDLE LINEBACKER POSITION. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT. HUDSON CARD WILL STAY IN THE GAME WITH A FIRST TEAM O. CARD PLAYING WITH THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE HERE INTO THE THIRD QUARTER. HOW ABOUT KYDRAN JENKINS, INSIDE LINEBACKER, JAKE BUTT. >> Jake: THERE HE IS PPURSUING. HE JOINS THE TOP OF THE CONFERENCE IN SACKS, TACKLES FOR LOSSES, QB HURRIES, QB HITS. MOVE HIM OFF THE BALL. NUMBER 4 IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN. PART OF THAT, IT WORKS TWO WAYS. THEY HAD DEPTH AT THE EDGE THAT THEY LIKED, BUT KYDRAN JENKINS ISN'T BIG OR LONG OR FAST ENOUGH TO PLAY ON THE EDGE AT THE NFL LEVEL. NOW, THE INSIDE, HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE AN NFL LINEBACKER. ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS IS OFF THE BALL, HE'S IN POSITION TO MAKE MORE PLAYS. IF YOU HAVE A GREAT EDGE RUSHER, YOU RUN AWAY FROM THEM. NOW, AS YOU SEE HIM WALK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HE CAN RUSH FROM THE OFF-BALL POSITION. BUT HE IS IN POSITION TO MAKE MORE PLAYS. >> Rob: NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE PURDUE WILL TAKE A TIME-OUT. >> Referee: NUMBER 1, FIVE YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN. >> Rob: DELAY OF GAME AGAINST THE PURDUE OFFENSE. DEFENSIVE COACHERS WOULD TELL YOU JENKINS IS STILL LINING UP AT RUSH END ON PASSING SITUATIONS, JUST WON'T THERE BE ALL THE TIME. >> Jake: AS THEY SHOULD. FIRST IN PRESSURES, FIRST IN KNOCKDOWNS, THIRD IN SACKS AND TFLs. I MEAN, THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE. HE'S KIND OF THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE. HE GIVES FLEXIBILITY AND FLUIDITY TO USE HIM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. WHEREVER HE IS ON THE FIELD, THEY'LL MAKE PLAYS. >> Rob: TWICE, ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION, JENKINS. HUDSON CARD WILL TUCK AND RUN. HELDT WAS CHARGING FROM ONE SIDE, JENKINS FROM THE OTHER. SHORT RUN BY THE QUARTERBACK, HUDSON CARD, COVERING SIX YARDS. >> Jake: WILL HELDT AS THE EDGE RUSHER AND ANOTHER TRANSFER, C.J. MADDEN, THEY LIKE THE GUYS OFF THE EDGE, PART OF THE REASON YOU CAN MOVE JENKINS OFF THE BALL TO THE INSIDE LINEBACKER POSITION. >> Rob: THIRD AND 15 FOR THE CARD IN THE FIRST STRING OFFENSE. CARD STEPS UP IN THE POCKET, PEEKS BEHIND, AND SEES NO ONE IS OPEN. HE'LL THROW THE BALL AWAY. WE MENTIONED EARLY IN THE BROADCAST, JAKE, ABOUT A NUMBER OF TRANSFERS FOR PURDUE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. DEFENSIVELY, THEY HAVE GOTTEN SOME GOOD ONES. >> Jake: REVAMPED, RELOADED, LED BY NYLAND GREEN, THE FORMER FIVE STAR OUT OF GEORGIA. YOU SEE A COUPLE GEORGIA GUYS COMING ON THIS ROSTER. THINK ABOUT THAT. THESE ARE GUYS THAT HAVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE THAT RYAN WALTERS WAS ABLE TO SELL ON HIS VISION HERE. KYNDRICH BREEDLOVE PLAYING DEFENSIVE BACK FOR DEION SANDERS. WE'VE SEEN OJATA STEP UP AND MAKE PLAYS OFF THE EDGE. AGAIN, THEY COMPLETELY TURNED THIS ROSTER OVER FROM 60 TOTAL GUYS LAST YEAR TO 100, AND THEY'VE ADDED NOT JUST ANYBODY BUT SOME SERIOUS CONTRIBUTORS. >> Rob: LOOK AT THE PLAYERS COMING FROM GEORGIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. THE ONE THING THAT PSYCHS PURDUE FANS ABOUT THOSE GUYS, THEY HAVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. THEY UNDERSTAND WINNING. >> Jake: YES. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. IT'S HARD TO GET ON THE FIELD FOR GEORGIA WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING GUYS INTO THE NFL YEAR-OVER-YEAR. IT'S NOT A KNOCK ON THESE GUYS. BUT RYAN WALTERS WAS ABLE TO SELL THEM TO SAY, LISTEN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A STAR ON OUR DEFENSE. RYAN WALTERS HAS BEEN THE COORDINATOR OF A NUMBER ONE DEFENSE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HE CAN SELL THAT TO THESE GUYS. IMMEDIATELY, YOU ELEVATE THE TALENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL. >> NOW QUARTERBACKING THE SECOND TEAM UNIT IS BENNETT MEREDITH. MERRIWEATHER TRIES TO PUSH TO THE MARKER, RIGHT AT THE FIRST DOWN STICKS. THAT'LL BE A FIRST DOWN. MEREDITH, SOPHOMORE FROM HOOVER, ALABAMA, STARTED THE NORTHWESTERN GAME LAST SEASON IN THE ABSENCE OF HUDSON CARD. FIRST TIME TODAY WE'VE SEEN THE QUARTERBACK MEREDITH. TRANSFERRING IN LAST SEASON FROM ARIZONA STATE. PLAYED IN SEVEN GAMES FOR THE BOILERMAKERS, BUT, AGAIN, THE ONLY START WAS THE GAME IN EVANSTON LATE IN THE SEASON. MERRIWEATHER AGAIN, BREAKING THROUGH TACKLES, INSIDE OF THE TEN AND TOUCHDOWN. JAHEIM MERRIWEATHER, THE FRESHMAN FROM JACKSON, TENNESSEE, 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. >> Jake: FLAG BACK ON THE PLAY. >> Reporter: PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. >> Jake: TWO GUYS MOVING AT THE SAME TIME. ILLEGAL MOTION. THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING INSIDE ZONE TO LEFT. HERE COMES THE TIGHT END, BANG. STICKS IT. YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE OPEN UP. GALLOWAY HITS CJ MADDEN. YOU CAN DRIVE A BUS THROUGH THAT. NICE SIGHT TO SEE FOR JAHEIM MERRIWEATHER, THE TRUE FRESHMAN. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THE WAY BACK. >> Rob: ALL THE EFFORT RUNNING THROUGH THE ARM TACKLES. FOR THE FRESHMAN MERRIWEATHER, DOESN'T COUNT. >> Jake: TWO GUYS MOVED IN PRE-SNAP. >> Rob: THAT'LL MOVE THE BALL BACK TO THE 45 YARD LINE. DID YOU SEE ANYONE MOVING THERE? >> Jake: NO. >> Rob: IT'S THE SPRING GAME, JAKE. >> Jake: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Rob: THE OFFICIALS MAY BE IN SPRING FORM, AS WELL. NOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER PENALTY, THIS ONE COMING FROM THE BACK JUDGES. DELAY OF GAME. >> Referee: OFFENSE, 18. FIVE YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Rob: BACK-TO-BACK PENALTIES FOR THE SECOND TEAM O. FELT LIKE THEY WERE OFF TO A GOOD START HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND YOU THEY'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. RYAN WALTERS SAYS, KEEP THE BALL AT THE 45. THAT'S WHAT PURDUE WILL DO. AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING UP SOME RULES AS WE GO. THE BEAUTY OF THE SPRING GAME. MEREDITH'S THROW, THE BALL IS INCOMPLETE. TRYING TO FIND THE BACK END OF THE BACKFIELD. ACTUALLY THREW THE BALL BEHIND HIS INTENDED RECEIVER. THAT IS THE RED SHIRT FRESHMAN, CHRISTIAN WOMACK. DOWNSTAIRS TO BROOKE FLETCHER. SHE'S WITH THE ILLINOIS TRANSFER, REGGIE LOVE. >> Brooke: I'M HERE WITH REGGIE NOW. REGGIE, I MEAN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST GAME WITH THE BOILERMAKERS HERE, BUT YOU'RE, LIKE, PICKING UP RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. >> DEFINITELY. IT'S FUN. YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET OUT HERE WITH THE GUYS, FINALLY PUT ON A BLACK AND GOLD UNIFORM, IT FEELS GOOD. >> Brooke: YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH BIG TEN PLAY, COMING FROM ILLINOIS HERE. HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S MADE THE TRANSITION EASIER FOR YOU? >> IT'S MADE IT VERY EASY BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT PRACTICE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT TEAMS WE'RE PLAYING ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. PLAYING IN THE BIG TEN, STANDING IN THE BIG TEN, I'M AT A NEW PLACE NOW. >> Brooke: WHAT CAN YOU TELL PURDUE FANS THEY'RE GETTING IN REGGIE LOVE AS A RUNNING BACK? >> I THINK EVERY SATURDAY, YOU'LL SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS ENERGETIC, WANTING TO BRING THE TEAM ALONG, GO OUT AND MAKE PLAYS, DEFINITELY. >> Brooke: THANK YOU, REGGIE. >> THANK YOU. >> Rob: BROOKE, THANK YOU. THE LAST RECEPTION A MOMENT AGO, RYAN SHACKLEFORD FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. LOOKING FOR BEN FURTNEY OVER THE MIDDLE, INCOMPLETE. >> Jake: LITTLE DETAILS CAN MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCE. REMEMBER, I TALKED ABOUT HOW HUDSON CARD HAS LOOKED CONFIDENT AND SURE, FOOTWORK IS ON TIME. EVEN MARCOS DAVILA LOOKED CONFIDENT. WATCH MEREDITH'S FEET RIGHT HERE. HE HAD HIS TIGHT END, FURTNEY, COMING ACROSS. LOOK AT THIS. SEE HOW HE'S MOVING AND COULDN'T FITE GET FULLY SET? HE DIDN'T GET HIS WHOLE BODY THROUGH THERE. ALMOST LIKE HE FELT THE PRESSURE. HE HAD THE TIME, IF HE COULD HAVE STEPPED UP. HE HAD A WIDE OPEN TIGHT END COMING ACROSS THE MIDDLE. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUDSON CARD, YOUR STARTER, AND MEREDITH, A GUY TRYING TO WORK BACK INTO THE ROTATION. >> Rob: ALSO HARASSING THE PASS, STRICKLAND ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE FROM INDIANAPOLIS. A BACKUP D-LINEMAN PROVIDING PRESSURE. ALSO IN THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER POSITION, WE SAW JOEY SUMLIN. HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER BOILERMAKER, IF THE NAME IS FAMILIAR TO YOU. WILL THIS BE -- THIS IS DAVILA NOW QUARTERBACKING FOR THE FIRST TEAM O. I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT HE MIGHT BE RULED DOWN AS A SACK IN THE END ZONE. KARLAFTIS WAS BRINGING THE HEAT. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IT IS SIMPLY AN INCOMPLETE PASS. >> Jake: HE'S DONE THIS A FEW TIMES. THIS HAS BEEN THE GO-TO BLITZ, A LINEBACKER PLUG. KARLAFTIS IS A BIG, PHYSICAL GUY. IT RUNS IN HIS FAMILY. YOU KNOW GEORGE KARLAFTIS, SUPER BOWL CHAMP. ELIJAH JACKSON, I BELIEVE, THE RUNNING BACK, A DIFFERENCE IN SIZE. JACKSON IS 185. KARLAFTIS, 240. YOU HAVE TO BRING ALL YOUR BODY, THE HIPS TO SLOW HIM DOWN. >> Rob: THE THROW, HEELS ON THE LINE, AND THERE IS JACKSON ON THE RECEPTION. >> Jake: AGAIN, JUST LOOK AT THE FEET RIGHT HERE. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT -- THIS ISN'T GOING TO MAKE HIGHLIGHT TAPE. IT'S A CHECKDOWN. WATCH HIS FEET, HOW THEY'RE PLANTED. HE'S NOT RUSHED. RIGHT HERE. FEET PLANTED. BANG, PUT IT OUT TO YOUR RUNNING BACK. SURE OF HIMSELF. AGAIN, GET THE BALL OUT. YOU'RE BACKED UP. AVOID THE MISTAKES. GOOD STUFF BY THE FRESHMAN. >> Rob: THIRD DOWN AND SIX, WE'LL CALL IT, FOR THE FIRST TEAM O, QUARTERBACKED BY THE FRESHMAN DAVILA. THERE'S A CATCH FOR MORRISSETTE, THE SOPHOMORE FROM STONE MOUNTAIN, MISSOURI. >> Jake: WHERE'D HE COME FROM? GEORGIA. WHY NOT, RIGHT? ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT THE POCKET PRESENCE AND ACCURATE STRIKE. YOU KNOW, GOING FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO THE COLLEGE LEVEL, THOSE WINDOWS ARE TIGHTER. THAT'S A TIGHT WINDOW. TIGHT WINDOW. DAVILA GETS IT OUT THERE. A REALLY NICE BALL TO MORRISSENNE WHO IS FAST, MAN. HE HAS THE GEORGIA SPEED, AS THEY SAY. >> Rob: 6'1", 200 POUND SOPHOMORE IS MORRISSETTE. DAVILA WANTS TO THROW AGAIN. RIGHT, LEFT, COMING BACK TO HIS RIGHT, AND THE BALL IS INCOMPLETE, A LITTLE TOO LOW FOR TIBBS. COULDN'T PULL IT OFF HIS SHOESTRINGS. >> Jake: TIBBS, IT LOOKED LIKE A BUSTED COVERAGE OR RUNNING A PICK PLAY, A CROSSER. TIBBS HAS HIS HAND UP BECAUSE HE IS WIDE, WIDE OPEN. A LOT OF MAN COVERAGE IN THIS DEFENSE. THAT'S JUST A CLASSIC PICK PLAY. ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYS TO BEAT MAN COVERAGE. THEY DID IT THERE. REALLY, THAT TIME, BEEN TALKING ABOUT HIS FEET, IT COMES BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS. MARCOS DAVILA, HIS FEET WEREN'T SET SO HE COULDN'T GET HIS WHOLE BODY INTO THAT THROWING MOTION. THAT'S WHY IT ENDED UP SHORT. >> Rob: PENALTY CALLED AGAINST THE PURDUE OFFENSE. EVEN IF TIBBS WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH THE RECEPTION, IT WOULDN'T HAVE COUNTED. FIRST DOWN AND A LONG WAY TO GO NOW FOR THE PURDUE OFFENSIVE UNIT. AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE BUT WITH THE FRESHMAN, DAVILA. THROWING AN INTERCEPTION. WILL HELDT, DROPPING BACK INTO COVERAGE. NOT ONLY A PICK BUT IT'LL BE A PICK SIX, AS WELL. INTERCEPTION RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN. BOILERMAKER DEFENSE IS ON THE SCOREBOARD. >> Jake: WELL, THIS IS TOUGH ON ANY QUARTERBACK, PARTICULARLY A YOUNG QUARTERBACK. WILL HELDT, LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. HE'S ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HAS BEEN COMING OFF THE EDGE. YOU BLITZ KARLAFTIS, ALLOWING HELP TO DROP INTO COVERAGE. THAT'S READING THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WILL HELDT, IT'S IMPORTANT AS AN EDGE RUSHER, HIS LENGTH. LOOK AT THE LONG ARMS, HELPED HIM GET THE INTERCEPTION THERE. THIS GUY IS A TRUE SOPHOMORE. NICE PLAY. YOU LOVE TO SCORE AS A DEFENSIVE PLAYER. >> Rob: 6'6", 250 POUNDS. LAST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN, 12 TACKLES. NOW, A 23 YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE YOUNG MAN FROM CARAMEL, INDIANA, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. PICK SIX FOR THAT GUY, WILL HELDT. >> Jake: MOST IMPORTANTLY, GREAT HAIR. PHENOMENAL HAIR. WE NEED A MARKETING DEAL ASAP. >> Rob: WHEN WE VISITED WITH THE COACHES EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THEY JUST RAVED ABOUT WILL HELDT AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO THIS DEFENSE. >> Jake: I REMEMBER, SO THERE WERE TWO GUYS THAT WERE FRESHMEN LAST YEAR WHEN I SHOWED UP TO WATCH PRACTICE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIGHT END. THEN WILL HELDT WAS THIS SIZE AS A TRUE FRESHMAN. I SAID, WHO THAT? 6'6", 250. HIS ARMS GOT TO BE 34, 35 INCHES LONG. WHEN GUYS HAVE THAT MUCH LENGTH, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET IN THERE, CAN'T BLOCK HIM. HE'S A GUY TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON GOING FORWARD. HE COULD BE A STANDOUT PLAYER FOR THIS PURDUE DEFENSE. >> Rob: RYAN BROWNE IS THE QUARTERBACK, HANDING IT TO JACKSON, UP AHEAD AND NEAR THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. ACTUALLY, DOWN AT THE 30. NO TACKLE, JUST A TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 30 YARD LINE. RYAN BROWNE IS RUNNING WITH THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE. DAVILA WITH A CHANCE TO DO SOME FIRST TEAM REPS A MOMENT AGO. NOW, RYAN BROWNE, A CHANCE FOR SOME FIRST TEAM REPS WITH THE OFFENSE. MOST OF THE FIRST TEAMERS IN THE SKILL POSITIONS REMAINING ON THE FIELD FOR PURDUE WITH THE OFFENSIVE UNIT. NOT ALL BUT MOST. IT'LL BE A PENALTY AGAINST THE OFFENSE LOOKS LIKE. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE NUMBER 55. FIVE YARD PENALTY. SECOND DOWN. >> Rob: FROM A DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT, A LOT OF FIRST TEAMERS REMAINING OUT THERE, INCLUDING JENKINS AT THE MIDDLE BACKER POSITION. IT'S NOT ALL ONES VERSUS ONES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT IS LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. BROWNE WANTS TO GO UP TOP. COULDN'T COME UP WITH A CATCH. ALISANDRO, AT THE LAST SECOND, ABLE TO STRIP THE FOOTBALL AWAY. >> Jake: SO THIS IS THE RISK AND REWARD OF THE RYAN WALTERS DEFENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO GET UP THERE, AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO PLAY PRESS MAN COVERAGE. THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR GUYS ON AN ISLAND WITH A ONE-HIGH SAFETY. THAT PUTS STRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY. ALISANDRO WILL CRACK THE ROTATION. YOU KNOW THIENEMAN AND BROWNE. THE SECONDARY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF. >> Rob: THAT BALL IS SEVERELY UNDERTHROWN. SOWINSKI, WHO CAUGHT THE TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST QUARTER, MAY HAVE GOTTEN HIMSELF TRIPPED UP AND TANGLED UP WITH A DEFENDER AS HE WAS TRYING TO RUN ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE FORMATION. >> Jake: DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JENKINS. NUMBER 4? >> Rob: HE TAGGED THE THROWING ELBOW OF BROWN, JENKINS THERE. >> Jake: TOUGH MATCHUP AGAIN. MERRIWEATHER, WELCOME TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MOMENT. YOU KNOW HOW TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AS A FRESHMAN, BUT CAN YOU BLOCK THE BIG ONES LIKE KYDRAN JENKINS? >> Rob: OUR EXPERTS DISCUSS EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE CONFERENCE ON "B1G TODAY." WEEKDAYS AT NOON EASTERN, ONLY ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. JAKE BUTT KNOWS ABOUT THAT, TALKING BIG TEN FOOTBALL ON A REGULAR BASIS ON THE NOONTIME SLOT. A LOT OF THINGS TO LIKE ABOUT THIS UPCOMING BIG TEN SEASON, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, JAKE? OBVIOUSLY, MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT, THE ADDITION OF FOUR NEW, HIGH-QUALITY FOOTBALL PROGRAMS. >> Jake: I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS SEASON. YOU HAVE THE NEW FOUR COMING IN. OREGON HAS A ROSTER THAT CAN COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. USC, EXCITED TO SEE THEIR YOUNG QUARTERBACK, MOSS. UCLA HAS A NEW COACH, FOSTER. WASHINGTON, OF COURSE, MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME. THEY GOT JEDD FISCH. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW COACHES IN THE BIG TEN BOTH IN YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, READY TO ELEVATE THEIR PROGRAMS. IT IS GOING TO BE A COMPETITIVE YEAR. THERE IS NO MORE HIDING IN THE SCHEDULE. NO MORE EAST AND WEST. IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD ON GOOD. MAY THE BEST MAN WIN. >> Rob: NEW QUARTERBACK FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, WE'RE SEEING CHRISTIAN GELOV FROM INDIANA. FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO QUARTERBACK HERE LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE SPRING GAME. HANDS THE BALL TO CHRISTIAN WOMACK, WHO STOPPED AT THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. GOOD LOOK AT GELOV, WEARING NUMBER 17 THERE IN THE YELLOW UNIFORM. THE GOLD UNI. GELOV WILL ATTEMPT HIS FIRST PASS OF THE GAME, AND IT'S CAUGHT ON THE LEFT PERIMETER BY BRANCH, WHO PUSHES THE BALL TO THE 40 YARD LINE. IT'LL BE A GAIN OF FIVE, MAYBE FOUR, CLOSER TO FOUR. CALL IT SECOND DOWN AND -- MAYBE THIRD DOWN AND FIVE, BEG YOUR PARDON. INTO THE FINAL 35 SECONDS OF THE THIRD QUARTER. GAME CLOCK AT 32. THEY'LL NEED TO RUN ANOTHER PLAY BEFORE THE TIME IS EXPIRED. SHACKLEFORD, THE MOTION MAN. CATCH IS MADE. THAT SHOULD BE THE FINAL PLAY HERE OF QUARTER NUMBER THREE. THE THIRD QUARTER DOMINATED BY THE DEFENSE. SPECIFICALLY, WILL HELDT, THE SOPHOMORE FROM -- WELL, HOLD ON. THEY'RE GOING TO STOP THE CLOCK OR LET IT RUN OUT? THE CLOCK HAS RUN OUT ON QUARTER THREE. AGAIN, WILL HELDT, THE STAR OF THE THIRD QUARTER, PICK SIX FOR THE SOPHOMORE FROM CARAMEL, INDIANA. >>> 13-10. BOILER UP LEADS HAMMER DOWN AS WE HEAD TO THE START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. WE CHECK IN WITH BROOKE FLETCHER WHO IS WITH YANNI KARLAFTIS. >> Brooke: THERE'S A LOT OF NEW AND YOUNG FACES ON THE DEFENSE. YOU FEEL LIKE A VETERAN. HOW HAS THIS ADJUSTMENT BEFORE FEW I DON'T? BEEN FOR YOU? >> IT'S BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT. I DIDN'T VIEW HIMSELF AS A VETERAN, BUT HAVING GUYS LOOK AT ME AS A LEADER HAS FELT GOOD AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO VIEW MYSELF AS A VETERAN. >> Brooke: HOW HAS THAT PUSHED YOU IN WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO ON THE FIELD? >> I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE RELY ON ME. I LIKE BEING A LEADER, SO IT'S BEEN GOOD. >> Brooke: I KNOW YOU'RE A BIG BASKETBALL GUY. YOU LOVE FOOTBALL BUT YOU LOVE BASKETBALL. BOILERMAKERS MADE IT TO THE FINAL. HOW HAS THAT BEEN A MOTIVATOR FOR YOU AND THIS TEAM? >> THE BASKETBALL GUYS HAVE BEEN A MOTIVATOR FOR THE CAMPUS. THEY GIVE US MOTIVATION TO DO SOMETHING GREAT, ALSO. >> Brooke: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YANNI. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. >> Rob: TIBBS ON THAT LAST RECEPTION FOR THE BOILERMAKERS, A FIRST DOWN CATCH AS DAVILA IS AGAIN QUARTERBACKING WITH THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE. YANNI KARLAFTIS, QUITE A STORY. PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ACROSS THE STREET FROM ROSS-ADE STADIUM AT WEST LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL BUT ONLY PLAYED ONE GAME BECAUSE OF INJURY. SHOWED UP TO PURDUE AS A FREE SAFETY, AND NOW HE IS A STARTING INSIDE LINEBACKER. >> Jake: KEVIN KANI MENTIONED HIM A NUMBER OF TIMES THIS SPRING, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, ABOUT A GUY THAT'S REALLY STEPPED UP IN KIND OF HIS FIRST YEAR, GETTING EXPERIENCE AT THAT LINEBACKER POSITION LAST YEAR. NOW, HE'S JUST LIKE COACH WALTERS, JUST LIKE THIS TEAM, YEAR TWO, HE UNDERSTANDS THE INTRICACIES AND IS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP. >> Rob: DAVILA LOOKING TO THE LEFT HAS HIS MAN. IT'S ANOTHER CATCH FOR THE FRESHMAN, JESSE WATSON. DAVILA, A FRESHMAN, SEEMS TO LOOK THE WAY OF WATSON A WHOLE BUNCH. THOSE GUYS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMBINATION EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS. SEVEN YARD RECEPTION FOR WATSON. >> Jake: IT'S WORTH NOTING. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS RYAN WALTERS DOES, WHICH MAKES HIM SPECIAL, IS HIS RECRUITING. 4-8 IS A DISAPPOINTING YEAR, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM TIME. HE IS BRINGING IN TALENT. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE TRANSFER PORTAL. THERE'S A BUNCH OF YOUNG TALENT THAT'S BEEN MAKING PLAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL TODAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S VOLATILE IN THE SHORT TERM, AS IS ANYTHING, BUT LONG TERM, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TALENT HE IS BRINGING IN. >> Rob: BLITZ WAS COMING OFF THE EDGE. JACKSON WAS THE OPEN RECEIVER COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. THAT THROW AND CATCH IS MADE. WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. IT'LL BE THIRD DOWN AND -- I SHOULD SAY, FOURTH DOWN AND TWO OR SO. WELL, ONE THING THAT HELPS, JAKE BUTT, IS WHEN YOU CAN KEEP ALL YOUR COACHES ON THE STAFF FROM YEAR TO YEAR. >> Jake: REALLY HELPS BUT IT IS ALSO NECESSARY. WHEN IT'S ALL NEW YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO, THE MORE CONTINUITY YOU CAN HAVE IS IMPORTANT. YOU WALK ON CAMPUS, AND COACH WALTERS WAS TELLING US, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO LEARN THE NAMES OF YOUR STAFF, THE NAMES OF YOUR PLAYERS, THE NAMES OF THE SUPPORT STAFF. THAT'S MENTAL ENERGY. THAT'S MENTAL ENERGY. NOW, YEAR TWO, THERE'S BEEN CONTINUITY. THERE'S BEEN CONTINUITY ON THE ROSTER, AS WELL. ALL THOSE LITTLE DETAILS ARE HANDLED NOW. NOW, YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE BIGGER DETAILS, THE INTRICACIES OF THE PLAYBOOK. THAT'S WHERE THE BIG IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD COME. >> SETH DEGY GOES TO MARSHALL. THE TIGHT ENDS COACH, SSINZ, FRM PURDUE, SO IT WAS A NATURAL MOVE. 12:38 REMAINS IN THE GAME. BOILER UP HAS BEEN THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE TODAY. LEADING HAMMER DOWN, THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE. 13-10. ONES PLAYED AGAINST THE ONES. TWOS AGAINST THE TWOS. BENNETT MEREDITH BACK IN QUARTERBACKING THE SECOND TEAM UNIT. THAT PLAY IS GOING NOWHERE FAST. IT WAS SNIFFED OUT IMMEDIATELY BY D.J. ALLEN, THE FRESHMAN RUSH END WHO HAD THE RUNNING BACK GRASPED FOR A MOMENT, SLIPS OUT OF HIS HANDS. THREE YARD RUN. D.J. ALLEN, TRUE FRESHMAN FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. SEE THERE NUMBER 12. GETTING SOME RUN HERE WITH THAT DEFENSIVE UNIT. ANOTHER ONE OF THE TRUE FRESHMAN THAT CAME TO CAMPUS MIDYEAR FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER. >> Jake: THE SUN IS SHINING. THEY'RE PLAYING SOME GREAT MUSIC IN THE STADIUM. WE HAVE PADS CRACKING. >> Rob: CHRISTIAN WOMACK ON THE LAST CARRY. YEAH, TOUGH TO BEAT A SATURDAY LIKE THIS ONE IN MID-APRIL HERE IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. >> Jake: LONG WINTERS OUT HERE IN THE MIDWEST. >> Rob: THERE'S ANOTHER TACKLE FOR LOSS BY THE YOUNG MAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES, JIREH OJATA. COMING UP, NITTANY LIONS TAKE THE FIELD FOR THE BLUE/WHITE GAME. PENN STATE SPRING FOOTBALL KICKS OFF NEXT ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK AND THE FOX SPORTS APP. THEY'LL FLIP THE FIELD HERE. AFTER PURDUE COULD NOT CONVERT ON THE THIRD DOWN. 11:20 TO GO. >> Jake: TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AGAIN. THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE HAD THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE TRAVEL WHEN YOU'RE ADDING TEAMS IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON AND OREGON, BUT THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. THEIR ONLY WEST COAST TRIP COMES AGAINST OREGON STATE IN AN OUT OF CONFERENCE MATCHUP. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THE CONFERENCE PRIORITIZED WAS CONSIDERING THE DISTANCE AND THE TIME ZONES THAT YOU'D HAVE TO TRAVEL EVERY YEAR, THE MAXIMUM TIMES A TEAM WOULD TRAVEL OUT WEST WOULD BE ONCE. YOU HAVE PROTECTED MATCHUPS, LIKE OHIO STATE WILL ALWAYS PLAY MICHIGAN. OREGON AND WASHINGTON WILL BE RIVALS, SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT SCHEDULE EVERY YEAR. USC AND UCLA OBVIOUSLY ARE RIVALS. AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN EASY SCHEDULE AT ALL, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT TRAVEL COULD BE, I THINK THE CONFERENCE DID A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING THINGS FAIR AND REASONABLE. >> Rob: PURDUE'S PROTECTED RIVALS, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS, SO THEY'LL ALWAYS APPEAR ON THE PURDUE SCHEDULE IN FOOTBALL. RYAN BROWNE BACK AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION HERE FOR THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSIVE UNIT. THAT HAS BEEN FURTNEY WITH A RECEPTION. NO TACKLING FOR THE FIRST TEAMERS, JUST TWO-HAND TOUCH. EIGHT YARD CATCH FOR FURTNEY, SPECIAL TEAMS STANDOUT. >> Jake: HE HAS BEEN OPEN A FEW TIMES TODAY, JUST HASN'T QUITE BEEN ABLE TO REEL IT IN. I'M ALWAYS CELEBRATING THE TIGHT ENDS CATCHING A PASS. >> Rob: ESPECIALLY A GUY LIKE FURTNEY WHO RARELY SEES THE BALL IN THE REGULAR SEASON. HE MAKES HIS HAY ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS. MERRIWEATHER HAS A SHORT DOWN EVEN IF IT IS A BIT SHY. THE MODIFIED RULES GIVE THE OFFENSE THE FIRST DOWN. THAT O-LINE FOR PURDUE, LOOK AT THAT. THE SIZE OF THESE YOUNG MEN A BIG, DRASTIC CHANGE FROM A YEAR AGO. >> Jake: NIGHT AND DAY. 6'4", 300 POUNDS IS BIG TEN FOOTBALL. ALL OFFENSIVE LINEMEN BETWEEN 6'2" AND 6'7". THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO WITH THREE DIFFERENT UNITS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING. A GOOD MIX OF YOUNG GUYS AND VETERANS. THAT'LL BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR THIS PURDUE TEAM COME FALL. >> Reporter: >> Rob: BROWNE WILL THROW THIS AWAY. A COUPLE GUYS INJURED. MARCUS BROWN. GRIFFIN, WHO WAS INJURED AFTER PLAYING IN A COUPLE GAMES. 305 FOR GRIFFIN. THEN ANOTHER TRANSFER WILL FIT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE ONCE HEALTHY. YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS DEPTH. >> GRAHAM HARRELL, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, SAID THEY HAD GUYS ON SNAP COUNTS. THE END OF THE SEASON WAS LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER A PUZZLE PIECE. THIS GUY CAN PLAY 20 SNAPS HERE, THIS GUY CAN PLAY 30 HERE. IT WAS A CHALLENGE. >> Rob: LOOKING AT THE RECEIVER FURTNEY, AND IT'S INTERCEPTED. STEPPING IN DEFENSIVELY WAS ROGERS JR. THE OFFICIAL TIP PROBABLY CAME FROM TURNER-MUHAMMAD, THE SECOND TAKE AWAY FROM THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE. >> Jake: TALKED ABOUT THE YOUNG TALENT. ROGERS, A SOPHOMORE. IT LOOKED LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO HIT FURTNEY THERE, BUT NICE JOB RETRACING AND NOT GIVING UP ON THE PLAY BY NUMBER 7. TURNER-MUHAMMAD AND ROGERS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, ABLE TO GET AN INTERCEPTION OFF THE REBOUND. >> Rob: ROGERS, FOUR STARTS LAST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN CORNER, DESPITE THE FACT HE SHOWED UP ON CAMPUS AS A WIDE RECEIVER. FIRST COUPLE WEEKS WITH PURDUE, HE WAS PLAYING WIDEOUT. GOT MOVED TO THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL BECAUSE OF NECESSITY. ENDED UP IN THE STARTING LINEUP LATE IN THE YEAR. NOW, AN INTERCEPTION FOR DERRICK ROGERS JR. >> Jake: THEY SAY WHEN YOU GO FROM WIDE RECEIVER TO THE DEFENSIVE BACK ROOM, IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CATCH. ROGERS IS SAYING, HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. THAT WAS A HECK OF A CATCH, GOING THROUGH TRAFFIC. LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TIPPED A LITTLE BIT. NICE JOB BY THE SOPHOMORE. >> Rob: SOPHOMORE FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA, DERRICK ROGERS JR. TWO TAKE AWAYS FOR THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE. ONE OF THEM A PICK SIX FROM WILL HELDT. THAT WAS IN THE THIRD QUARTER. NOW, THIS INTERCEPTION FROM DERRICK ROGERS JR. WE'RE DOWN TO LESS THAN EIGHT MINUTES REMAINING IN THE PURDUE SPRING GAME. A REMINDER, PENN STATE'S SPRING GAME, THE BLUE/WHITE GAME, COMING UP NEXT ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK. >> Jake: PENN STATE PLAYING. OHIO STATE HAD THEIR SPRING GAME, AS WELL. OHIO STATE HAS A QUARTERBACK BATTLE. BUNCH OF NEW PIECES. JEREMIAH SMITH, NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY, AT WIDE RECEIVER. PENN STATE WITH NEW PIECES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. >> Rob: WILSON. THIS PASS IS BROKEN UP AS HE TRIED TO FIND ONE IN THE TIGHT WINDOW. JAXON MULL. TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS. >> Jake: HOW DID THEY GET THAT NAME? THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON BEHIND A NAME. I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW THEY GET THE NAME. >> Rob: I'LL HAVE TO GOOGLE THAT ONE BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. WOMACK THIS TIME HAS ALWAYS KINDS OF RUNNING ROOM. TO THE NEAR SIDELINE HE GOES. GETS HIS LEGS CUT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. STERLING SMITH, A SOPHOMORE FROM INDIANAPOLIS, TRANSFERRED FROM HOLY CROSS, TEN YARD RUN. A FIRST DOWN. >> Jake: ALL THE EXPLOSIVE RUNS HAVE COME FROM THAT INSIDE ZONE THAT ENDS UP GETTING BOUNCED. THERE'S BEEN THREE OR FOUR INSTANCES TODAY WHERE THE DEFENSIVE FRONT FOR PURDUE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY'VE GIVEN UP CONTAINMENT. TWO PRACTICES AFTER THE SPRING GAME TO GET IT CORRECTED. >> Rob: IN AND OUT OF THE HANDS. BOY, THAT WAS LOFTED NICELY BUT IT COULDN'T BE PULLED IN THERE BY THE RUNNING BACK COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD IN WOMACK. INTERESTING THERE, JAKE. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE JAKE WILSON STEPPING UP INTO THE POCKET WITH A TOUCH PASS HERE. YOU SAID SOMETHING I FOUND ODD. THE SPRING GAME, WHEN OVER TODAY, PURDUE HAS TWO PRACTICES LEFT ON THE SPRING SCHEDULE. >> Jake: I LOVE THAT. WHEN COACH HARBAUGH GOT TO MICHIGAN, HE DID THE SAME THING. I HAD NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS AN OPTION. I THINK THE REASON IS, YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY A GAME STRUCTURE HERE. YOU'LL HAVE SITUATIONS, AND USUALLY THAT'S THE END OF SPRING. NOW, YOU GET TO WATCH THE TAPE AND MAKE THE CORRECTIONS. >> Rob: WILSON HAS A WIDE OPEN RECEIVER, AND THAT'LL PUT THIS TEAM INSIDE THE TEN YARD LINE. JAKE WILSON, A RED SHIRT FRESHMAN, WHO DOESN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MUCH, DELIVERS ONE ON TARGET TO TAYVION GALLOWAY, A FELLOW FRESHMAN. >> Jake: IT WAS THE RED SHONE IN THE FIRST HALF WHERE HE HAD ONE THROWN HIS WAY AND DROPPED IT. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY COMES HIS WAY. A CATCH, BIG-BODY TIGHT END, MOVE THE CHAINS, GET IN SCORING POSITION. >> Reporter: >> Rob: GALLOWAY WITH A CATCH. THE SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR, TRYING TO SCORE LATE. THAT WAS A QUARTERBACK KEEP ALL THE WAY AND THERE WAS NO RUNNING ROOM. HEARD MADE THE TACKLE. NEW FACES LATE IN THE GAME, MEMBERS OF THE TWOS AND THE THREES GETTING SOME RUN LATE IN THE SPRING GAME. >> Jake: BACK TO THE TWO PRACTICES, THOUGH. AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET IN THIS GAME STRUCTURE, THIS SCRIMMAGE STRUCTURE, THINGS COME UP THAT MAY NOT COME UP IN PRACTICE. USUALLY, THAT'S THE FINAL PRACTICE OF SPRING BALL SO YOU DON'T GET TO WORK ON IT UNTIL CAMP. HAVING THE EXTRA TWO PRACTICE IT IS A WISE MOVE BY COACH WALTERS. >> Rob: JAKE WILSON HAS A BALL NEARLY PICKED OFF. ALMOST HIT THE RECEIVER, THEN IT FLIPPED THROUGH THE HANDS OF THE DB THERE IN COVERAGE, SMILEY BRADFORD. INCOMPLETE THROW. >> Jake: BRADFORD ALMOST HAD A 95 YARD TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE. >> Rob: BREAKING ON THE BALL. BRADFORD, THE FRESHMAN. >> Jake: WATCH THE INSTINCTS. HE HAS THE EYES IN THE BACKFIELD, SEES THE TIGHT END. ALMOST RUNNING A TIGHT END SCREEN TO GALLOWAY. HE PLAYS FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND, IN POSITION. ONLY THING HE IS MISSING IS THE PLAY. WOULD HAVE HAD A TOUCHDOWN. >> Rob: THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE SIX. THAT'S HIGH AND INCOMPLETE TO -- TOO HIGH FOR THE INTENDED RECEIVER FOR THE BOILERMAKERS, ANDREW ADKISON. FOURTH AND GOAL FROM THE SIX. >> Jake: WILLIAMS IN COVERAGE, ANOTHER SOPHOMORE. SMILEY BRADFORD, TRUE FRESHMAN. >> Rob: ALL KINDS OF YOUNG FACES NOW ON THIS ROSS-ADE STADIUM PLAYING SURFACE. WE'RE DOWN TO JUST OVER THREE MINUTES TO GO IN THE PURDUE SPRING GAME. WILSON ON FOURTH AND GOAL WILL LET IT FLY. HE HAS HIS MAN, AND THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN. HOW ABOUT JAKE WILSON STEPPING IN AND THROWING A DART TO SHACKLE L FORD, THE RED SHIRT FRESHMAN FROM OHIO. A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE SECOND TEAM O. >> Jake: YOU PLAY SUCH GOOD DEFENSE, YOU STOP THEM ON FIRST, SECOND, THIRD DOWN. ALL YOU NEED IS TO PLAY ONE MORE GOOD SNAP ON FOURTH DOWN. THIS LOOKED LIKE A BUSTED COVERAGE DOWN THERE IN THE RED ZONE. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE WITH THEM. WATCH THAT. YUP, YOU'RE RUNNING AN OUT AND UP THERE BY SHACKLEFORD. ENDED UP KIND OF WORKING LIKE A PICK PLAY THAT ALLOWED HIM TO GET WIDE OPEN. >> Rob: SECOND TEAM OFFENSIVE UNIT, BACKUP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS, COME UP WITH A SCORE. REMEMBER, THEY'RE PLAYING WITH A FIRST TEAM DEFENSE, SO THAT MAKES THE SCORE 17-13 THANKS TO THAT DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN EARLIER IN THE HALF. LOOK AT THAT LIST OF HIGHLY TOUTED INCOMERS HERE FOR THE BOILERMAKERS, JAKE. QUITE A LIST. >> Jake: SHOOT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE SAFETY POSITION THERE AT THE TOP, TWO FOUR-STARS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THIS SECONDARY AT PURDUE. AGAIN, RYAN WALTERS, THAT IS WHAT HE WAS KNOWN FOR. THAT IS -- YOU GO BACK TO ILLINOIS, DEVIN WITHERSPOON, NUMBER SIX BOOK OVERALL TO THE SEAHAWKS, I BELIEVE. BROWN WITH THE EAGLES. YOU KNOW, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF PRODUCING, RECRUITING, DEVELOPING ELITE SECONDARY PLAY. WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A NUMBER OF THE GUYS TODAY. YOU KNOW, THIENEMAN. BREEDLOVE. GREEN, STAR TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA. RETURN MARKEVIOUS BROWN. COUPLE MORE WE HIGHLIGHTED TODAY THAT MADE PLAYS. THERE'S A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT FOR THIS PURDUE FOOTBALL TEAM. >> Rob: THE CLOCK IS RUNNING, DOWN TO 90 SECONDS AND COUNTING IN THIS FOURTH QUARTER. RYAN WALTERS, THE HEAD COACH OF THE BOILERMAKERS, DOES NOT SEEM ANXIOUS TO BRING THE OFFENSIVE TEAM BACK ONTO THE FIELD. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE IF, INDEED, THEY TAKE ANY MORE SNAPS. LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL JOG OUT HERE WITH A LITTLE OVER A MINUTE REMAINING. MAYBE RUN A PLAY OR TWO. MIGHT JUST TAKE A KNEE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. VICTORY FORMATION HERE. GELOV WILL BE THE QUARTERBACK TO TAKE THE KNEE. >> Jake: I MIGHT HAVE LIKED TO SEE A TWO-MINUTE DRILL. RYAN WALTERS SAID HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS TO KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY IN THE SPRING GAME. THAT'S THE BEST PLAY IN FOOTBALL, VICTORY FORMATION. >> Rob: FUNNY MOMENT FROM A MOMENT AGO. CLOCK STOPPED AT TWO MINUTES. RYAN WALTES LOOKED TO THE PRESS BOX AND GAVE THE, KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING SIGN. >> Jake: WE'RE HEALTHY, LET'S GO. >> Rob: READY TO PUT THE SPRING GAME IN THE BOOKS. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. THE TWO SIDES WILL MEET AT MIDFIELD TO SHAKE HANDS. THIS SPRING GAME WILL BE FINISHED WITH A PURDUE BOILERMAKERS HERE IN 2024. THE HAMMER DOWN GROUP, THE TEAM WITH THE FIRST TEAM DEFENSIVE PLAYERS, BEATS THE BOILER UP BALL CLUB, THE TEAM WITH THE FIRST TEAM OFFENSIVE UNIT, 17-13. DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN AIDING THE HAMMER DOWN GROUP ON A WILL HELDT PICK SIX IN THE THIRD QUARTER. WE'LL TALK TO RYAN WALTERS WHEN WE COME BACK TO ROSS-ADE STADIUM. TH >>> THAT'S A WRAP ON THE PURDUE SPRING GAME AS IT GOES FINAL. HAMMER DOWN BEATS BOILER UP, 17-13. LET'S SEE WHAT HEAD COACH RYAN WALTERS THOUGHT ABOUT HIS TEAM'S PERFORMANCE. HE'S DOWN ON THE FIELD WITH BROOKE FLETCHER. BROOKE? >> COACH, THIS WAS YOUR FIRST SPRING GAME AS A HEAD COACH. HOW WOULD YOU EVALUATE HOW IT WENT? >> YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT. I THOUGHT THE FAN SUPPORT WAS AWESOME. OBVIOUSLY, WE STAYED HEALTHY, THE MAIN KEY. YEAH, YOU KNOW, GREAT DAY FOR IT. THE WEATHER HELD OUT FOR US. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF ALL SPRING. IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND SHOWCASE WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN FRONT OF A CROWD. AT HOME IN ROSS-ADE. >> A LOT OF NEW FACES ON THE DEFENSE, BUT I THINK THEY SHOWED UP. WILL HELDT WITH A PICK SIX. WHAT'D YOU SEE FROM THEM HERE TODAY? >> YEAH, CONSISTENCY. YOU KNOW, WE GAVE UP ONE BIG PLAY ON THE BUSTED COVERAGE, SO YOU HATE TO SEE THAT. THE POINT OF EMPHASIS HAS BEEN ON NOT GIVING UP EXPLOSIVES. WHEN WE DO, WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN. I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT TODAY. >> HUDSON CARD WITH A LOT OF NEW PLAYMAKERS HERE ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. WHAT SORT OF CONFIDENCE DID YOU SEE WITH HIM UNDER CENTER? >> YEAH, SEEMS MORE CALM, HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING OFFENSIVELY. DOESN'T TAKE NEGATIVE PLAYS. HIS ATHLETICS, LEGS, ALSO ACCURATE AND GETS THE BALL TO THE RIGHT GUY. >> THANK YOU, COACH. >> THANK YOU. BOILER UP. >> BROOKE, THANK YOU. JAKE, INTERESTING, NO SURPRISE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS RYAN WALTERS TALKS ABOUT, THE BUSTED COVERAGE IN THE FIRST QUARTER. >> YUP, AND THAT WAS A POINT OF EMPHASIS. WHEN YOU'RE LAST IN THE BIG TEN? SCORING, IT'S AVOIDING GIVING UP THE BIG PLAYS. AFTER THAT, THEY KIND OF SETTLED IN AND MADE BIG PLAYS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING I NOTICED TODAY THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, MARCOS DAVILA. >> YEAH. >> HE LOOKED FOR AN EARLY ENROLLEE FRESHMAN, POISED, CONFIDENT. PUT THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR A GUY THAT SHOULD STILL BE IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE SHOULD BE GOING TO PROM IN A FEW WEEKS. TO COME OUT AND PLAY BIG TEN FOOTBALL. >> ONE GUY IMPRESSIVE ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL, WILL HELDT. HE HAD A PICK SIX AND IS WITH BROOKE FLETCHER. >> HE DID, ROB. I'M WITH HIM NOW. WILL, WALK ME THROUGH THE PLAY. WHAT WERE YOU SEEING? >> GETTING TO MY PASS DROP, I SEE THE HASH CLOSE THE SPACE, JUST TRYING TO READ THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES, DEVELOP THE ROUTES. I SEE THE BALL IN THE AIR, MAKE A PLAY AND SCORE A TD. >> YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THE BIG MOMENT. THE DEFENSE WAS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE OFFENSE. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL THIS TEAM IS PLAYING AT RIGHT NOW? >> YEAH, OVER THE LAST YEAR, JUST SLOWLY BUILDING CONFIDENCE, COMING TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN CLOSER THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN AND BUILDING TOGETHER. >> TWO MORE PRACTICES LEFT IN SPRING. HOW CAN YOU BUILD OFF WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO HERE TODAY? >> JUST CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR MENTAL SIDE OF THE GAME AND GET SMARTER EVERY DAY. DAILY DEPOSITS. >> THANK YOU, WILL. >> THANK YOU. >> BROOKE, THANK YOU. JAKE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER. IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING IN A SPRING GAME WHEN THE OFFENSE DOES SOMETHING WELL, YOU WONDER IF IT IS GOOD OFFENSE OR BAD DEFENSE AND VICE VERSA. WHAT DID YOU SEE HERE TODAY? >> THE NUMBER ONE THING, YOU DON'T WANT ONE SIDE TO BE COMPLETELY DOMINANT, RIGHT? YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE SIDE MAKE A PLAY AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE RESPOND. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW HERE TODAY. I THINK THERE WAS SOME GOOD, SOME BAD FROM BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, FROM THE ONES AND THE TWOS. IT WAS VALUABLE TO GET SOME OF THE YOUNG GUYS OUT THERE AND GET THOSE REPS, PUT IT ON TAPE. REALLY WHAT I NOTICED IS WHAT RYAN WALTERS TOLD US WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE, WAS THE SIZE, THE DEPTH, THE COMPETITION AT KEY PLACES. THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS TRANSFER PORTAL CLASS. WE SAW THAT SHOW UP WITH THE RECEIVERS, INCLUDING THE FRESHMEN AS INCOMERS. DIDN'T QUITE GET TO SEE NYLAND GREEN MAKE A TON OF PLACE, BUT HE SHOWED UP. YOU COULD SEE THE SPEED. THIS ROSTER LOOKS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. THE QUESTION IS, HOW FAR CAN THEY GO. >> WELL, HOW COMPETITIVE CAN THEY BE AGAINST WHAT IS GOING ON A DIFFICULT SCHEDULE FOR THE BOILERMAKERS? WE TAKE A LOOK AGAIN. OPENING WITH INDIANA STATE HERE AT HOME, HOME GAME WITH NOTRE DAME, THEN OUT WEST TO FACE OREGON STATE. >> KNOWING RYAN WALTERS, THE PERSON, COMPETITIVE HE IS, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR ANY EXCUSES. THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, YOU HAVE TWO MORE PRACTICES, YOU HAVE MAY, YOU HAVE JUNE, YOU HAVE JULY, AND THEN COME ALL, IT'S GO TIME. THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO IMPROVE THIS ROSTER, THIS TEAM. LOOK, YOU HAVE INDIANA STATE, A BYE WEEK, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING NOTRE DAME, OREGON STATE, NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN, THAT'S IN THE FRONT HALF. LOOK AT THE BACK HALF OF THE SCHEDULE. THAT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. AGAIN, IF THERE IS A LEADER THAT CAN DO IT, IF THERE IS A COACH THAT CAN DO IT, IT IS RYAN WALTERS. >> I WOULD SAY THIS, THE PURDUE TEAM CONTINUES TO GET HEALTHY THROUGH THE SUMMER, THE OFFSEASON, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WEAPONS WE DID NOT SEE TODAY THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP THIS GROUP IN THE FALL. >> ABSOLUTELY. MAYBE THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY, WILL HELDT, DOES HE HAVE THE BEST HAIR IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL? >> THAT'LL WRAP IT UP FROM WEST LAFAYETTE. >>> UP NEXT IS PENN STATE'S SPRING FOOTBALL. OUR DIRECTOR TODAY WAS DOUG BROWN. PRODUCER, GLENN HALLIS. FOR JAKE BUTT AND BROOKE FLETCHER, OUR BROADCAST CREW, I'M ROB BLACKMAN HOPING YOU ENJOYED THE PURDUE SPRING GAME HERE TODAY. WE SEND IT TO HAPPY VALLEY FOR MORE SPRING FOOTBALL NEXT ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.