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12, and the Boilermakers' weight-lifting starts
on Thursday, Jan. 15.
The grueling 6 a.m. conditioning begins
Feb. 23. There will be eight 6 a.m. sessions
leading into spring ball. March 10 is Purdue's
first spring ball practice, and the spring game
is April 18.
NEW LOOK
Purdue will wear an alternate uniform
in 2015, adding gray jerseys to its rotation of
black and white.
Hazell said there are no plans at this time
to do gray helmets, too, but he's eager to
show off the jerseys, especially considering
it's an option he'd wanted.
"We talked about it a long time ago, but
then we talked about putting it off until 2015,"
he said after the season.
In Gold and Black Illustrated's 2014 foot-
ball preview magazine, players designed
mock jerseys and generally liked the idea of
having a gray option.
ON THE MEND
Purdue will have a key couple pieces miss
some — if not all — of spring ball while recov-
ering from offseason surgeries.
Hazell said offensive tackles J.J. Prince
and Cameron Cermin had shoulder surgeries
after the season, and Prince could be in line
for a second on his opposite shoulder.
"It all depends on how quickly the oth-
er one heals," Hazell said of whether Prince
would do the second shoulder. "They didn't
want to take both arms away from him at one
time."
After David Hedelin moved into the start-
ing left tackle spot, Prince and Cermin largely
split reps at right tackle. Cermin started the
last two games when Prince played only, un-
officially, 10 snaps when the shoulders really
bothered him.
Receiver Danny Anthrop is recovering
from his ACL surgery, and Hazell said he's
hoping the big-play receiver is full go by the
beginning of June.
GOING FOR THE TITLE
Former Boilermaker linebacker and de-
fensive coordinator Brock Spack has led Illi-
nois State to the FCS national championship
game.
The seventh-ranked Redbirds (13-1) will
play No. 2 North Dakota State (14-1) in their
first trip to the title game Saturday in Frisco,
Texas.
Illinois State's offense used a potent com-
bo of former Indiana QB Tre Roberson and
running back Marshaun Coprich. Coprich,
a first-team All-American by the Associated
Press and Missouri Valley Offensive Player-of-
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