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Frankie Williams said. "I
don't know what their
situation is and I don't
want to think he's not
playing, then have him
come out and play."
Purdue's offense,
meanwhile, will see
vaguely familiar looks
from a Central Michi-
gan defense designed
with the Spartans in
mind, though Enos
has switched from a
standard 4-3 align-
ment to more 4-2-5
sets, Livingston said,
due to difficulties
finding ideal linebackers.
As Michigan State would
— particularly against a Purdue
team that just rolled over West-
ern Michigan on the ground
while doing little to show much
of a downfield passing threat —
Central Michigan will probably
scheme to stop the run above all
else, daring the Boilermakers to
throw vertically.
"They're going to try to load
the box," Purdue coach Darrell Ha-
zell said. "They don't play as much
man-to-man on the outside as
Michigan State does or as Western
Michigan did last week, but they
will try to put the two safeties
down low in the box and
probably play off a little
bit with the corners."
The Boilermakers
will also have to con
-
tend up front with some
menacing tackles, no-
tably senior Leterrius
Walton, one of the de-
fensive linemen Hazell
said he'd like to "tire out"
before trying to throw
downfield.
Central Michigan's
secondary is considered
vulnerable; that didn't
stop its pass defense
from intercepting FCS
Chattanooga four times
this past weekend.
Hazell thought his
team showed some new
-
found mental toughness
in responding to adverse
situations against West-
ern Michigan.
Against Central
Michigan, it might take
more toughness, of
the physical variety, to win what
might be a Big Ten-type game.
"Central Michigan and MAC
schools in general get a lot of
good, hard-nosed Midwestern
kids that are just tough football
players," Robinson said. "They're
just a big, strong, physical group
of guys and I don't think the score
of that (Chattanooga) game re-
ally reflects how good their team
can be.
"It's going to take our best to
win."
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OPPONENT NEWSSTAND
CMUChippewas.com: Central Michigan game notes
CMUChippewas.com: Game preview: CMU at Purdue
TheMorningSun.com: Central Michigan coach Dan Enos calls wide receiver Titus Davis
"day-to-day" with knee injury
TheMorningSun.com: Central Michigan shows impressive fortitude in rallying, but Davis
injury casts shadow over win
TheMorningSun.com: Central Michigan overcomes 16-point deficit to defeat Chattanooga
in season opener
ChipewaCountry.com: Mostert leading Boilermakers on offense; Annesse defensive player of week
Text is linked to live corresponding story
Central Michigan University
Michigan transfer Thomas Rawls rumbled to 123 yards against Chattanooga last
weekend, nearly 90 of them in the decisive second half of the Chippewas' 20-16
Week 1 victory.
Central Michigan University
Fifth-year coach Dan Enos has built Central Michigan with
his former job at Michigan State in mind: A physical defense
intent on stopping the run and a run-based offense.
