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cepts, not just plays. He���s trying to make us understand football,��� Appleby said. ���The terminology is definitely advanced. It���s the NFL. Once we get a chance to know that and make that transition, things are going to run smoothly.��� Moving to attack Not that the offensive players are the only ones learning a new system. So are the defensive guys, and they���re liking what they see so far. ���It���s really fun. You���re allowed to play more and you have more freedom to do stuff. It allows you to play aggressive,��� safety Landon Feichter said. ���If it���s aggressive now, I���m looking forward to what it���s going to be like after three weeks of practices.��� Coordinator Greg Hudson joked that the system can���t be too difficult because he has to remember it. He said the degree of difficulty of the system ���probably equates to my GPA in college. It���s not that high.��� But it will try to be swarming and attacking. Cornerback Ricardo Allen said players are expected to touch the ballcarrier on every play in practice. That kind of expectation is just one instance of the premi- Tom Campbell Senior Rob Henry, largely thought of as a Wildcat quarterback entering this spring, has been impressive with his accuracy in the most recent practices. um placed on conditioning. Hudson wants all 11 players to get to the ball quickly, saying it���s usually the second or third player who gets the football. ���Every play is penetrating and every play is making somebody go sideways and not straight downfield,��� Allen said. Dual role Though Raheem Mostert has spent the first five spring practices at receiver, he���s playing the ���Z��� spot that also will showcase his running ability on handoffs, Shoop said. Mostert said he���ll play anywhere, but he feels more comfortable at receiver than in his first two seasons with the Boilermakers. He attributes that to the new playbook. ���The playbook last year, I don���t know how to describe it. It was easy but yet I still couldn���t understand,��� he said during the first week of practices. ���Basically they were going off what the other team does. As far as the new playbook, we���re not doing that. We���re just going off what we do and how we���re going to approach this. Who cares how the other team is lining up? We���re going to go in there and dominate. To see that, it���s crazy because last year we were basically going off Cover 2, which linebacker was doing what and we���d adjust to him. Now, we���re just going to go. ���This year���s offense is looking pretty good. They know I���m a key player and they want me to be at my best. They don���t care about anything else besides players being at their best.��� Mostert didn���t catch a pass during his first two seasons, and the team mostly utilized his explosiveness as a kick returner or by lining him up in the backfield. Mostert showed some physicality at both of those spots, breaking tackles when he didn���t just blow past people with his speed. He plans on that continuing to be a strength, especially now that he���s close to the coaches��� preferred weight of 190 pounds and stronger than ever. ���I���m lifting a lot more,��� he said. ���Just the other day, I was doing 285 (bench press) for five (reps) and I���ve never done that before. I guess it���s the adrenaline, I don���t know what that is. But when I step into that weight room, I feel like I���m getting bigger. My weight is gaining, which I like to see. ���The physical part of me, TWIN CITY DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM 650 Sagamore Parkway South Lafayette, IN 47905 See the 2013 Jeep Wrangler! 800-562-4581 twincitysuperstore.com GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 27��� ������ 25