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Staff Update Although nothing is official, and likely won���t be ���til Monday at the earliest, Purdue���s defensive staff under Hazell is starting to come together. Jon Heacock, the defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach at Kent State, has an of- fer from Hazell to join his staff at Purdue, likely as defensive line coach. Marcus Freeman, the linebackers coach at KSU, is also expected to come to West Lafayette. Perhaps another name to keep an eye on is Jim Heacock, the former defensive coordinator at Ohio State. Jim Heacock, Big Ten Standings (Final) Legends Division Team Big Ten/Pct. Division/Pct. Overall/Pct. Nebraska! 7-1/.8755-0/1.000 10-4/.714 Michigan 6-2/.7504-1/.800 8-5/.615 Northwestern 5-3/.6253-2/.600 10-3/.769 Michigan State 3-5/.375 1-4/.200 7-6/.538 Minnesota 2-6/.2500-5/.000 6-7/.5462 Iowa 2-6/.2502-3/.400 4-8/.333 Leaders Division Team Big Ten/Pct. Division/Pct. Overall/Pct. Ohio State*! 8-0/1.000 5-0/1.000 12-0/1.000 Penn State* 6-2/.667 4-1/.800 8-4/.667 Wisconsin# 4-4/.5003-2/.600 8-6/.571 PURDUE 3-5/.3752-3/.400 6-7/.462 Indiana 2-6/.2501-4/.200 4-8/.333 Illinois 0-8/.0000-5/.000 2-10/.167 * Ineligible for postseason play ! Division winner # Big Ten Champions Big Ten Bowl Results Rose: No. 6 Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 Capital One: No. 7 Georgia 45, No. 16 Nebraska 31 Outback: No. 10 South Carolina 33, No. 18 Michigan 28 Gator: No. 20 Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20 Buffalo Wild Wings: Michigan State 17, TCU 16 Meineke Car Care: Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31 Heart of Dallas: Oklahoma State 58, PURDUE 14 Jon���s brother, could come out of retirement �����he did so after not being retained by Urban Meyer at OSU �����to come to Purdue. On offense, various media have reported that Virginia Tech wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman will take a job at Purdue, presumably in the same capacity. Staff announcements at Purdue will likely be released after Kent State���s bowl game on Sunday. Post-OSU Notes R Oklahoma State was a 17-point favorite. R Purdue���s 58-14 defeat was the second-worst loss (44-point spread) that a Big Ten team has ever suffered in a bowl game. The worst was the 2000 Alamo Bowl when Nebraska, then of the Big 12, beat Northwestern 66-17 (49 points). Last season, Michigan State lost 49-7 to Alabama (42 points) and Michigan lost to Mississippi State 52-14 (38 points) on New Year���s Day, games that also ranked as two of the worst bowl defeats in the Big Ten. R Purdue���s defeat was the worst of any team in the post season since Tulsa defeated Bowling Green 63-7 in the Brann captures football media mania title Matt Brann has won the 2012 football portion of the Media Mania competition after another strong outing for the Big Ten���s bowl week. For his success this fall, Brann has earned the Golden Typewriter. Mike Cleff of News Channel 18 was the winner for the bowl week after correctly picking six of the seven games for 27 points. Kevin Keckler, Clayton Duffy and Rob Blackman all earned 27 points as well, but Cleff won the tiebreaker of total points in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Matt Brann, Gold and Black Alumnus (26/182) Kevin Keckler, Gold and Black Alumnus (27/177) Kyle Charters, Gold and Black (26/173) Greg Rakestraw, 1070thefan.com (26/172) Mike Cleff, News Channel 18 (27/171) Jon Speaker, Guest Fan (24/169) Clayton Duffy, JPVideoPro.com (27/168) Nate Barrett, Purdue Sports Network (26/168) Mike Carmin, Journal and Courier (19/168) Alan Karpick, Gold and Black (26/167) Brandan Alford, Gold and Black Student Staff (23/163) Joe McConnell, Purdue Sports Radio Network (18/163) Stacy Clardie, Gold and Black (19/162) Brian Neubert, Gold and Black (14/160) Pete DiPrimio, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (26/156) Craig Graham, Underwood Agency (26/156) Pete Quinn, Purdue Sports Radio Network (26/154) Rob Blackman, Purdue Sports Radio Network (27/152) Orlando Itin, Guest Fan (16/145) Suzy Kull, Guest Fan (15/133) Kelly Kitchel, Purdue Sports Radio Network (6/131) GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 16��� ������ 18