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"Believe me, I'm going to stay positive and bounce around and have fun and enjoy it. I've got one of the best jobs in the world. You better buy season tickets now. When we're pushing people around, you'll wish you did." said. "The offensive line. You know that with Coach (Kirk) Ferentz being the great offensive line coach that he was and still is, his hands are all over the way they play. They're really good up front, they've really got a group of tight ends who are all over the place and when they can run routes and flex out, it Defensive coordinator Greg Hudson createsmatchup problems. And were playing," he said. "It wasn't the same kind of game, but we did have some different personnel groupings in the Ohio State game to try to get some guys on the perimeter and I think we did Tom Campbell Defensive coordinator Greg Hudson says Purdue has plenty to look at after Ohio State blitzed the some. But players make decisions on who plays, not coaches. There's Boilermakers for 640 yards of offense. some great competition, but than they were last." guys are just going to keep fight- boy we really want some guys to Shoop says the line will be ing and getting as low as they can stand up and say 'I need 60 plays' challenged by the Hawkeyes. and under their pads." and not rotate as much." "Every week in this league Why The Expansion? there's some tough draws, and Scouting The Hawkeyes After playing only 17 offenwe have another tough draw Iowa's offense doesn't offer this week," he said. "We need to sive players against the Spartans, much flash. be stronger, we need to put four the Boilermakers expanded the The Hawkeyes like to use a hands on these defensive linemen personnel groupings vs. Ohio zone running scheme and throw as much as we can and double State. safe play-action passes to their The results were the same: tight ends and wide receivers. team them. (Brandon) Cottom has to keep bringing his own blocker Purdue was shut out in each. But Hudson says the effecBut against the Buckeyes, tiveness of Iowa's offense starts in a little bit and move the pile. But it's hard to do against Iowa. This is Shoop sent 24 players onto the the front. as stout of a front seven as there is field. "Those guys in that three"It was a different in the Ohio point stance first of all," Hudson in the country, it really is, so these State game, so different guys Iowa always has skill where you go 'Where did these guys come from?' And they have a big back that you better wrap up on. "It's typical. I've seen it for the 12 or 13 years they've been doing this. It'll be fun to match up against. It's Big Ten football, throwback. It'll be fun." j ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 9 • 19