14 GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED
BY STACY CLARDIE
SClardie@GoldandBlack.com
T
here may not have been a bet-
ter way to end training camp.
At least for Purdue's of-
fense.
With the first-team line and Aus-
tin Appleby running the show in the
jersey scrimmage, the Boilermakers
mounted an 11-play drive that fin-
ished with a touchdown. But it was
more how Purdue did it than that it
simply did.
Early in the drive, center Robert
Kugler approached Appleby.
"Hey, let's go. Put it on us," the
fifth-year senior captain said.
The running backs echoed the
statement.
That was all Appleby needed to
hear.
On run-pass option plays, he most
often turned and handed off, and the
line and the backs converted two
third downs and a fourth down on
the series on running plays. Apple-
by mixed in the pass, too, as he saw
the defense creeping in. Popped it
quickly for a couple receiver screens,
a dump-off to a back against a blitz.
Then an emphatic finish — in the
textbook example of what coordi-
Riding High
More mature,
focused Purdue
team expects results
Tom Campbell
The strength of Purdue's offense
should be its offensive line, consid-
ering its littered with multiple-year
starters and is a group that's grown
into a nasty, high-standard unit.
