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74 GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATE VOLUME 26, ISSUE 3 "M y fondest memories are two-fold: One, seeing an estimated 40,000 fans at the pep rally and two, watching the fighter planes come in over the Rose Bowl with Purdue bla- zoned in the end zone as our team took the field. "As an AD, you have to remember it is never as good or bad as it looks. Also, you have to remind yourself that your ultimate responsibil- ity is to create an environment for these young kids to grow as people. We want to win every contest because we are competitive people by nature but helping young people pick them- selves up after a tough loss is part of our job and that was the job that year. "I am not a good loser and so trying to main- tain a professional approach to things during the heat of the battle is something (wife) Kate has always had to help me with." Morgan Burke, Athletic Director West Lafayette "W hen it comes to the game itself, my thoughts are of reaching down to brush the perfectly manicured turf for the first time. And looking up at the F15 flyover during the National Anthem. To this day, those memories still give me goose bumps. And like a kid after his first roll- er-coaster ride, I want to go back and do it all over again. "Photographing the Rose Bowl was different than any of the hundreds of other Purdue football games I have shot in my career. The light was bet- ter, the background was, well, does it get any better than having 100,000 people in the Rose Bowl stadium as a backdrop? Even the Purdue uniforms helped take everything to a different level. The guys in the equipment room even came up with new 'P' logos for each helmet; a single long-stemmed rose adorned each side of Purdue's gold helmets. And their pants reflected so much light it looked as if they were made out of real gold. "Add when that golden California sunlight hit the players, well, each image looked like you could only do it justice by making a giant Fathead poster out of it. I was afraid I was going to blow through my entire allotment of Fuji film in the first quarter. Film? Wow, I guess it was that long ago." Tom Campbell Gold and Black Illustrated photographer 1997-current West Lafayette "W hen the fans were rushing the field after we beat IU to clinch the Rose Bowl bid, it came full circle for me. My high school coach. Tom Padjen, and his dad, who we called 'Grand- pa Padjen,' were running towards me. Here's Grandpa, who was near 80 years old, rushing the field, falling, running some more, and then falling again and getting put on the shoulders of Purdue students. There it was, my family, my high school coach's family, everyone who I loved right there for a great moment, but it still makes me laugh thinking Grandpa might have been more excited than we were." Chris Clopton, Defensive back JPC Assistant Director West Lafayette "I t plays in my mind like I am watching it in slow motion, as Craig Terrill burst through and blocked the field goal attempt at Wisconsin with his armpit. In the next five seconds, I showed that I was as fast as Ashante Woodyard (who returned it for a game-winning touchdown), as I ran with him down the sideline. I was one of the first people on the pile in the south end zone. What a moment. I never thought the Michigan game could be topped, but it was." Travis Dorsch, Kicker Sports Psychologist, Utah State University Logan, Utah "I remember feeling like we were on stage as a program. We had arrived as