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PRESENTS FOOtball: news and notes Big Ten Reveals New Slate BY KYLE CHARTERS AND STACY CLARDIE trip Purdue will make its firstpart to Nebraska in 2014, of a Big Ten schedule revamped due to conference realignment after the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. The Boilermakers will also travel to Indiana, making it two straight Old Oaken Bucket games in Bloomington; Purdue also plays at IU in 2013. The new schedule was released in mid-May following the annual spring meeting with Big Ten athletic directors and conference officials in Chicago. In its first season with the West Division in 2014, Purdue landed home games against fellow division members Iowa (Sept. 27) Wisconsin (Nov. 8) and Northwestern (Nov. 22) and will travel to play Illinois (Oct. 4), Minnesota (Oct. 18) and Nebraska (Nov. 1) inside its division. Its cross-division games are against Michigan State (Oct. 11) Link t purdu o 2012e's seaso statsn DID YOU KNOW? Purdue's Sept. 14 game vs. Notre Dame will be played under lights at Ross-Ade Stadium. The game is set for an 8 p.m. kickoff. It will be the eighth true night game (starting after 6 p.m.) in Ross-Ade Stadium's history, and 35th for the Boilers overall. Purdue's last home night game was two seasons ago vs. the Irish, a 38-10 loss. Central Michigan, which means we're going to Boilermaker coach said. Southern Illinois) do it better than it's ever been In a gathering of informaand a trip to Notre done before," the first-year tion for "The 'A' Players Manual," Dame. It's the last game against the Irish in the current contract, though Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke said he's trying to work to continue Tom Campbell the series with Notre Darrell Hazell makes sure to do plenty of research on each school Dame without takhe's coached. In gathering information about Purdue, he found a ing a break. story that produced his team's slogan for 2013. The Irish have tentative dates at Ross-Ade Stadium and at rival on Purdue's future schedules Indiana (Nov. 29). Purdue has byes on Oct. 25 through 2021, but there is no signed agreement. and Nov. 15. In 2016, the schedule will add 'one brick higher' an additional conference game, Darrell Hazell continues to and with Purdue slated to play revamp his Mollenkopf office. Indiana every year as a cross-diThe latest accessory: A brick. vision rival, the Boilermakers will It signifies the team's slogan play only two other teams from for 2013, which Hazell came up Kari Shoolbraid—Califon, N.J. the East Division each season. Junior, Engineering Purdue's non-conference with after doing research on Pur- Kari is the one of the eight members of the track & field team to earn academic All-Big Ten honors on the Spring 2012 semester. In schedule for 2014 includes three due's history. "It's 'One brick higher,' all, 48 Boilermaker spring 2012 athletes earned this distinction. home games (Western Michigan, GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 30 • 17