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a 400-plus-page book Hazell gives to all more than at this point last season when, his coaches and players in the fall, Hazell ultimately, students purchased 6,792 heard about the fire at Heavilon Hall in total season tickets, including 4,805 VIP 1894. Cards. Four days after the building was Burke and Nancy Cross planned dedicated, there was an much of Hazell's early inexplosion that essentially troduction schedule, rollFuture Schedules leveled it. ing him out to certain au2013 Purdue president diences in what Burke said TBA James A. Smart vowed to Aug. 31 at Cincinnati was the "right sequence." TBA rebuild the building "one Sept. 7 INDIANA STATE "I think that worked," Sept. 14 NOTRE DAME 8 p.m. brick higher." Burke said during an interSept. 21 at Wisconsin TBA view last month. Sept. 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Noon ticket sales up With Hazell joining Oct. 5 BYE As of mid-May, pub- Oct. 12 NEBRASKA Matt Painter, Sharon VerTBA lic season ticket sales and Oct. 19 at Michigan State TBA syp and Dave Shondell on new season ticket sales Oct. 26 BYE the Coaches' Caravan tour are up from the total from Nov. 2 OHIO STATE this spring and summer — TBA last season, and student Nov. 9 IOWA TBA it starts Thursday and runs TBA season tickets are already Nov. 16 at Penn State through the end of the July. TBA ahead of the pace from last Nov. 23 ILLINOIS TBA Eyeing The Talent year at this time, according Nov. 30 at Indiana After watching the to Tom Schott, Purdue's as2014 Boilermakers for 15 pracsociate athletic director for Aug. 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN TBA tices in the spring, coorcommunications. Sept. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN TBA dinators John Shoop and As of May 17, Purdue Sept. 13 at Notre Dame TBA Greg Hudson often liked had sold 23,100 sea- Sept. 20 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TBA what they saw from an efson tickets to the public, Sept. 27 IOWA TBA fort point of view. up from 20,880 from all Oct. 4 at Illinois TBA But they also got a of 2012. So far in 2013, Oct. 11 MICHIGAN STATE TBA TBA taste of Purdue's talent levPurdue has sold 5,406 new Oct. 18 at Minnesota el, and it left them knowseason tickets, compared Oct. 25 BYE Nov. 1 at Nebraska TBA ing it'd have to improve. to 1,641 in 2012. TBA "It's not where we Student interest is up Nov. 8 WISCONSIN need to be as a Big Ten early, too, with 1,251 sea- Nov. 15 BYE TBA football team," said Hudson tickets sold through Nov. 22 NORTHWESTERN Nov. 29 at Indiana TBA son, Purdue's defensive coMay 17. That's about 232 satisfied. That's the good thing. Our wideouts, they had some practices where they made some plays, but we also know they've got to make some real big plays. We have a slogan, 'Plays gain yards, but players score touchdowns.'" Assistant Salaries On Rise Tom Campbell Offensive coordinator John Shoop is the Big Ten's 10thhighest paid assistant coach, according to a study by the Detroit Free Press. ordinator. "We have some talented guys who have to use that talent every snap every second. Like coach says, 'A players need to get As.' If you're an 'A' player right now, you better get an 'A.' A 'B 'is a failure." A full evaluation of Purdue's defense, however, was hurt in the spring by injuries. By the spring game, threefourths of the secondary was out, as was a projected starting linebacker, defensive tackle and defensive end. The offense was far healthier, but Shoop's assessment of talent was nearly the same. At wide receiver, in particular, where the Boilers have few proven players, Shoop feels a few need to step up. "We're OK, but we've got to get better," he said of Purdue's talent in general. "The players we have know they have to get better. They work hard at their craft. I don't think anybody at any position is A study by the Detroit Free Press finds that assistant coach salaries in the Big Ten on the rise, with Purdue one of the leaders in the increase. Eight of 10 schools — Northwestern, being a private institution, and Penn State, due to state law, are not required I've got service, yes I do ... Trent B Johnson, Agent 249 E State Street West Lafayette, IN 47906 Bus: 765-743-9595 trentismyagent.com And I am ready to prove it. Call me for your insurance needs and see how it feels to be on a #1 team. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. CALL ME TODAY. ® P097275.2 State Farm, Home Office, Bloomington, IL GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 30 • 18