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FIVE POINTS TO PONDER 1 2 3 4 5 Week 1, 2009. Last year, they eked out a three-point victory over Middle Tennessee at home. With experience at QB now and lots of starters back, one would hope for a better start. How sharp will Purdue be in its opener? The Boilermakers haven't started the season with a great performance since their throttling of Toledo in How ready is the defense? A unit already in flux under a new coaching staff has been dealt a much-unwelcomed difficulty with middle linebacker Dwayne Beckford's apparent loss. Considering Purdue's depth at linebacker — i.e. the lack thereof — he was one of the unit's most irreplaceable players. Who's kicking? It can't be a comforting feeling going into a season not knowing who your kicker is, but that's the position Purdue's in as Paul Griggs, Sam McCartney and maybe Thomas Meadows are all still trying to win the job. why we're seeing them (relative to others); and how much we'll be seeing them. Who's playing quarterback, when and why? We know who the quarterbacks are, but don't know when we'll see which; that matters is getting a win and getting out in one piece. — Brian Neubert PURDUE BOILERMAKERS ROSTER No. Name..........Pos. 1 Normondo Harris . CB 2 Frankie Williams.. CB 2 Jonathan Curry ... FB 3 Carlos Carvajal ... TE 4 O.J. Ross ........ WR 4 Taylor Richards .... .S 5 Antwon Higgs .... LB 6 Gary Bush ...... WR 7 E.J. Johnson ....... .S 7 Robert Gregory . . . RB 8 Raheem Mostert . WR 9 Anthony Brown... CB 9 Robert Marve.... .QB 10 Sean Robinson.... LB 11 Akeem Hunt ..... RB 12 Austin Appleby .. .QB 12 Tommie Thomas . WR 13 Erich Berzinskas . .QB 13 Antavian Edison . WR 14 Bilal Marshall.... .QB 15 Rob Henry ...... .QB 16 Dolapo Macarthy WR 17 Charles Torwudzo WR 17 Austin Parker.... .QB 18 Nnamdi Ezenwa .. LB 18 Cameron Posey .. WR 19 Caleb TerBush . . . .QB 19 Aloyis Gray ..... WR 20 Gavin Roberts .... RB 21 Ricardo Allen..... CB 22 Ishmael Aristide .. RB 23 Ralph Bolden..... RB 24 Akeem Shavers ... RB 25 Brandon Cottom.. RB 26 Antoine Lewis .... CB 27 Evan Feichter...... .S 28 Josh Johnson ..... CB 29 Chris Quinn....... .S 29 Jimmy Herman ... LB 30 Thomas Meadows .. K 31 Armstead Williams LB 32 Evan Pulliam . . . . . LB 33 Danny Anthrop .. WR 34 Max Charlot....... .S 35 Stephen Yang ..... CB 36 Zack Heiniger .... LB 37 Paul Griggs........ K 38 Landau Lang ..... CB 39 Joe Gilliam....... LB 40 Collin Link....... LB 40 Derek Jackson .... FB 41 Tylor Foster ...... RB 42 Andy Garcia...... LB 42 Cody Webster ..... P 43 Sam McCartney.... K 44 Landon Feichter ... .S 45 Will Lucas ....... LB 46 Kurt Freytag...... FB 47 Ruben Ibarra . . . . . LB 48 Jules Williams .... LB 50 Jesse Schmitt ..... LS 51 Justin Kitchens .. .OT 52 Henry Lorenzen ... C 53 John Bednar...... LS 54 Jack DeBoef ..... .OG 55 Brandon Taylor .. .DT 56 Eric McDaniel ... .OG 57 Robert Kugler ..... C 58 Robert Maci .. .LB/DE 59 Cody Davis...... .OG 60 Chuck Ayres..... .OT 61 Ryan Isaac ... DE/DT 63 Patrick Bade..... .OT 64 Kevin Pamphile OT/OG 66 Cameron Cermin .OG 67 Peters Drey...... .OG 69 Kendrick Adams . .DT 70 Jordan Roos ..... .OG 71 Devin Smith..... .OG 72 Jason King ...... .OG 73 J.J. Prince ....... .OT 75 Josh Davis....... .OT 76 Rick Schmeig...... C 77 Joey Warburg.... .OT 78 Trevor Foy ...... .OT 80 Zack Sigman .... WR 80 Kingsley Ike ..... .DE 81 Sterling Carter .... TE 82 Crosby Wright .... TE 83 B.J. Knauf ....... WR 84 Eric Mebane..... .DE 84 Justin Sinz ....... TE 85 Ryan Morris...... TE 86 Gabe Holmes ..... TE 87 Shane Mikesky... WR 88 Jordan Woods ... WR 89 Jalani Phillips.... .DE 90 Bruce Gaston .... .DT 91 Greg Latta....... .DE 92 Ryan Watson .... .DT 93 Kawann Short ... .DT 95 Will Schott ...... .DE 96 Ryan DeBusk . . . . .DE 97 Michael Rouse III .DT 99 Ryan Russell..... .DE Can Purdue stay healthy? All due respect to EKU, but consid- ering Purdue' s history in non-conference games like this, all EASTERN KENTUCKY 2012 SCHEDULE Date Sept. 1 @ Purdue Opponent Sept. 8 MOREHEAD STATE — Sept. 15 @ Coastal Carolina Sept. 22 JACKSONVILLE STATE — Sept. 29 @ Tennessee-Martin — Oct. 6 @ Tennessee State Oct. 13 AUSTIN PEAY Oct. 20 @ Tennesse Tech — Oct. 27 EASTERN ILLINOIS — Nov. 3 @ Southeast Missouri — Nov. 10 MURRAY STATE — — — — Result — STATISTICALLY SPEAKING Rank PURDUE (2011) Offense Rushing Passing Scoring Defense Rushing Passing Scoring 33 83 60 Rank 82 53 63 Rank 22 108 47 Rank 83 82 36 Averages 181.6 195.2 26.9 Averages 174.9 221.0 26.8 EASTERN KENTUCKY (2011) Offense Rushing Passing Scoring Defense Rushing Passing Scoring Averages 196.0 145.2 27.9 Averages 169.2 220.8 23.3 EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONELS ROSTER No. Name..........Pos. 2 Jared Sanders..... RB 3 Deshaun Sands ... RB 4 Anthony Brown... LB 5 Brooklyn Fox .... .DB 6 Ben De La Cruz .. .DB 7 Zavier Foster ..... RB 8 Tyrone Goard.... WR 9 Kyle Romano .... .QB 10 T.J. Pryor ....... .QB 11 Justin Bell....... .DB 12 Jared McClain ... .QB 13 Kiante Northington WR 14 Ben Lawler...... .QB 15 Devin Borders . . . WR 16 Deno Montgomery DB 17 LaJuan Smith..... LB 19 Luke Pray ......... K 20 J.J. Jude . . . . . . . . . . RB 21 Caleb Watkins .... FB 22 Matt Denham .... RB 23 Jeremiah Williams RB 24 Trey Thomas .... .DB 25 Chuck Wynn .... .DB 26 Jeff Glover....... WR 27 Stanley Absanon . .DB 28 Jeremy James ..... FB 29 Cejay Ceniza .... .DB 30 Tev'n Hamilton .. .DB 31 Christian Albertson DB 32 Theron Norman.. .DB 33 Jason Fergerson.. .DB 34 Brandon Stanley . .DB 35 Paul Ritter ...... .DB 36 Chris Owens .... .DB 37 Jordan Berry ...... P 38 Nathan Rawe . . . . WR 39 Dan Shepherd .... FB 40 Ryan Bonner .... . DL 41 Travis Taulbee .... LS 42 Jalan Jones ...... . DL 43 Ichiro Vance...... LB 44 Kevin Hamlin .... LB 45 Tyrelle Johnson ... LB 46 Taylor Speaks..... LS 47 Chris Kelly . . . . . . . LB 48 Khiry Maddox .... LB 49 Paul Henry....... TE 50 Justin Meredith . . . OL 51 Marquise Piton ... LB 52 O.J. Enabosi ...... OL 53 ShaQuille Prather . LB 54 TreyVon Neely .... LB 55 Angelo Villarreal . . DL 56 Courtney Prince . . DL 57 Colton Scurry ... . DL 58 Tyler Horn ....... LB 59 Everette Talbert ... LB 60 Chris Willis ...... OL 61 Landon Rasnick .. OL 62 Ryan Garretson . . . OL 63 Patrick Ford...... OL 64 Julio Geronimo ... OL 65 Caleb Hodgson ... TE 67 Austin Jaggers .... OL 68 Trey Shelton...... OL 70 Bryce Krebs ..... . DL 71 Damien Campbell . OL 72 Mo Vogel ........ OL 73 Anthony George .. LS 73 Josh Minor ....... OL 74 Dustin Crane . . . . . OL 75 Brett Eyckmans ... OL 76 Brandon Guy . . . . . OL 77 Jason Creeden .... OL 78 Travon Carter .... OL 79 Aaron Adams..... OL 80 Ja'Tyuan Landing WR 81 Shawn Shupperd . . DL 82 Matt Lengel ...... TE 83 Seth Dotson ..... WR 84 Ike Ariguzo ..... WR 85 Cameron Bailey.. WR 86 Nathan Watts..... TE 88 Austin Delpont .... K 89 Joel Brown ...... WR 90 Anthony Shoemaker DL 91 Floyd Coffey..... . DL 92 Nick Vicini ...... . DL 94 Caleb Coulliette.. . DL 95 Robert Knowles.. . DL 96 David Carter .... . DL 97 Avery Pitt ....... . DL 98 Ryan Smith...... . DL 99 Justin Adekoyau . . DL Out of 120 FCS schools Out of 120 FBS schools GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • volume 23, express 1 • 9

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