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they can't get enough of it. Not say-
ing the previous guys weren't like
that. But we are seeing a change, and
the guys who we have, they grind.
"I like to say our guys right now,
they're striving for their PhD, which is
'poor, hungry and driven,' and that's
how they're working."
Players will stay in Carlisle's pro-
gram until late February when 6 a.m.
workouts begin which will last two
weeks. Then it's time for spring foot-
ball practice.
"We've got to get everybody
beating to the same drum and it
starts with our winter conditioning
program so that when we get into
6 a.m.s, when we hand the team off
to the head coach and the coaching
staff, the guys are hard," Carlisle said.
"The guys are in the proper mind-
set to not only endure what they're
going to go through at 6 a.m.s but
smash it. That's what we want."
PRICE BREAK FOR STUDENTS
Student attendance at football
games could get a boost with a new
program for tickets.
The "Boarding Pass" will replace
the VIP Card for 2015-16 and guaran-
tees a ticket to every home football
game. There also are opportunities for
tickets for men's basketball, women's
basketball and volleyball matches but
those aren't guaranteed without mem-
bership to those student sections.
The pass will be $99, well below
the VIP Card's $250.
The first 1,000 students to pur-
chase the Boarding Pass receive a free
membership to the Ross-Ade Brigade.
Hazell is picking up the cost of those
$15 membership fees, according to a
release from the school last week.
Purdue's 2015 home schedule
includes games against Indiana
State, Virginia Tech, Bowling Green,
Minnesota, Nebraska,
Illinois and Indiana.
FACING WAKE
Monday, Purdue
announced a home-
and-home series with
Wake Forest.
Under the agree-
ment, Purdue will host
the Deacons on Sept.
12, 2026 and travel
there on either Sept. 2
or 4, 2027.
Purdue holds a 4-1
series edge all-time.
NEW HOST
Purdue will hold it
"Golden Pete Awards
Show" in April and
add another former
football player to the
list of hosts.
After Rosevelt
Colvin and Stuart
Schweigert earned the honor the
first two years, Akin Ayodele will
represent the sport in 2015. He'll be
paired with former women's basket-
ball player and current Indiana Fever
coach Stephanie White.
The show begins at 7 p.m. at
Loeb Playhouse and will honor ath-
letes in several categories.
BY THE NUMBERS
Even with struggling football
programs, some Big Ten schools
ranked among the country's top 25
athletic departments in terms of do-
nations in 2014.
Michigan, which finished 5-7,
was second in the country with $54.6
million in donations, according to
figures obtained by the Detroit Free
Press from a survey by the Council
for Aid to Education. Schools weren't
required to submit total number of
donations, but Michigan led in that
category with 24,730 gifts.
Purdue's athletic department was
No. 25 with $17.5 million in donations.
That was the sixth-highest among Big
Ten programs, according to the paper.
Wisconsin was ninth nationally,
Iowa was 13th, Illinois was 16th and
Nebraska was 19th.
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