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GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 5 31 A BOILERMAKER? Adam Replogle couldn't figure this out. A cream and crimson fami- ly — he and brother Tyler had finished their Indiana football careers, while Mike was still playing there — had been infil- trated at Christmas by gold and black. Of course, the reason was simple: Youngest brother Jake hadn't followed in his brothers' footsteps, choosing to play football at Purdue. "It's pretty IU decked out," Adam said of the Replogle household in Centerville, Ohio. "We've been going to games since my older brother (Tyler) was there, so back in '07. We have all our jerseys up; it's pretty IU-heavy. "It was weird when Jake committed to Purdue. That first Christmas, my parents gave each other some Purdue gear, and at first you're kind of taken aback, like 'Wait, what is that stuff doing here?' But then it's like 'Oh yeah, Jake's going there.' " It might have been equally odd for Jake, perhaps even more so. Starting in middle school, he regularly attended his older brothers' games in Bloom- ington, and became an IU fan. The first time Kevin Wolthausen, Purdue's defensive line coach under Danny Hope, showed up at Centerville High School on a recruiting visit, Jake was wearing Hoosier gear. "I was in my advisory (class) one morning," Jake said, "and of course I was wearing IU stuff — every other day, I had an IU shirt on — and Coach Wolthausen came and talked to me. He made sure to give me crap about that. It was funny." Still, their "great" conversation led to an offer, which Replogle accept- ed. Even after Hope was fired that December, Replogle felt good about Purdue, especially after Darrell Hazell, who had also offered while at Kent State, became the next Boilermaker coach. A few years later, the Christmas Day shock has worn off. When the Replogle parents attended the spring game in April, they did so in their Boilermaker attire, clothing they've accumulated in the last couple years. "Purdue is a great school," dad Tom Replogle said. "Jake loves it here, and for your children, that's all you want, a place that's supportive. It's been a great fit." — Kyle Charters Tom Campbell Jake Replogle played the last two seasons against older brother Mike, a special teamer for Indiana. They posed for a picture last season, after the Hoo- siers beat the Boilermakers in Bloomington. be the biggest — and I was always kind of m i d d l e - o f - t h e - p a c k . I was always kind of laughed at, told how little I'd be, called the little guy, and then in high school I hit a growth spurt luckily. "I was fortunate to have that, and now I'm the tallest in the family — not the big- gest— but the tall- est, which I'm happy about." But the incidents shaped Replogle. Mild-mannered away from the field, he knows where to find the aggression he needs to play on Satur- days. "I always tell him 'Jake, you play better when you're mad,'" Tom said. "He kind of cranks it into another gear." Jake will try to do so more consistently as a junior. Purdue has him playing the three tech- nique tackle, where he can fight against inte- rior linemen, but it'll shift him outside, too, part of a big package that the Boilermak- ers could use against heavily run-oriented teams. When end Evan Panfil missed a week of spring drills with