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volume 24, EX 2 • sept. 5, 2013 Inside | Indiana State preview 9-13 | Depth chart 15–16 Antoine Lewis feature 17–18 | NFL Boilers 26-27 Learning To Respond BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com is blunt, as Ricardo AllenHazell andusual.new staff Darrell his have nothing to do with the way Purdue players reacted in a blowout loss to Cincinnati in Week 1, how the Boilermakers hung their heads after being down only a touchdown heading into halftime, how they responded with what Hazell called "blank stares" when faced with a continued deficit. That was old Purdue. And Allen knows that it desperately needs to change for new Purdue to have a chance to be successful. "When we were in the game, we were in it. I feel like we were a tough football team and we were hard to beat. But then we kind of got back to some of our old things," Allen said of the 42-7 loss. "That's nothing against the new coaches. That's really on the players who have been here. It's a reflection of the old coaches we used to have. That's us as players. These coaches preach greatness every day. They push us. "You've got to build confidence. You've that allowed 73 points to Indiana in the season opener? And "adversity" isn't even defined by this group as what the ultimate result was in Cincinnati. It's allowing even a single touchdown. Or having a single turnover. Neither circumstance can be allowed to send players into a here-we-go-again spiral. To stop that from being the reaction, Hazell said it was key to first address that it was, Tom Campbell indeed, happening. The next This picture could be anything. I don't know what it is going to be. Maybe step may be more difficult: someone fumbling the ball. Maybe someone looking resilient. Stop looking at the scoreboard and, thus, becoming got to know that you can come back from what he called "paralyzed" and failing to "unthose tough predicaments. You've got to see lock your potential," he said. it happening. We've got to keep working. If we "We'll see when we get in that situation get down and get under, we have to rally as a again if we're every down again, 7-0, we'll team. We've got to fight against adversity." see how they'll respond," Hazell said. "But But how quickly will the Boilermakers I've got a good feeling right now ... that they be back in a tough situation? get it now. They understand they can't have Will they face any adversity this week that look on their face, and they have to be against FCS opponent Indiana State, one able to attack those problems and not wor- THE Numbers 8 43.0 Games Purdue has previously faced an FCS opponent, dating back to a win over Indiana State in 1990. Cody Webster's career punting average, ranking him third among active punters in the FBS behind Florida's Kyle Christy (44.0) and Houston's Richie Leone (43.1). Miles closer from Terre Haute to West Lafayette compared to Champaign to West Lafayette, making ISU the Boilermakers' nearest opponent. Weight in pounds that ISU's defensive line gives up to Purdue's offensive line. Points Purdue scored the last time in faced Indiana State in 2006, the second-highest point total in school annals in the past 65 years. 6.3 46.8 60 ry about that thing that's up in lights." Part of the solution could be players trying to play relaxed, staying positive and facilitating an encouraging environment on the sidelines, seniors Greg Latta and Allen said. Latta said he'd like his teammates to focus on each play as it comes — with no scoreboard-watching — and have members of each unit pick the others up. Allen thinks that's crucial, too, and points GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 2 • 1