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Nord recovering from back "(Those teams) come in like it's erything to win for. We can just go in surgery. just another bowl game and find all there and swing all night — everybody That's meant Higgins the negatives about it. The team that doubts us already. Who cares?" j has evolved into an interis happy to be there, that wants to go im "everything," he said. prove something, that's He's trying to balance the team that you're coaching receivers — the scared about." job he was hired for — as Though Purdue well as quarterbacks as well opened as 18-point as head-coaching duties. underdogs against Higgins said he's been Oklahoma State, the shop the impressed with the way players didn't seem FOLLETT'S PURDUE BOOKSTORES the players have handled too worried. the challenge. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON They say playing "The kids begin to take with a nothing-to-lose ownership of the process attitude is one reason because they know I can't they were able to qualTom Campbell be there for them full time," Junior cornerback Ricardo Allen says Purdue likes the underdog role. Good thing: The ify for a bowl after fallhe said. "The quarterbacks Boilermakers aren't favored against Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. ing to 3-6. do a little bit more, the re"I feel like when we Purdue's offensive numbers jumped put our backs against the ceivers do a little bit more, and they help. They say, 'Hey, coach, this play looks good.' against Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, reaching wall and we didn't have … The more ownership they take, the less at least 398 yards in each game and aver- anywhere else to go, all we they're going to give up. So that's what aging 31 points in the three wins. did was fight our way out," Simply rallying to win those games junior cornerback Ricardo we're trying to do." Higgins will be a bit more present for will help Purdue in the bowl, Higgins said. Allen said. "When nobody "Now the kids know how to re- believed in us and everythe actual bowl game. Instead of coaching spond," Higgins said. "I've been to a body left us alone, we came from the box, which he's done throughout his two seasons at Purdue, he'll be on the bowl game the last seven years and I back and made everybody sidelines. He said it helps a head coach to know when you have a motivated team believers. be on the field to control time manage- that wants to go to the bowl game and "This whole year when ment and make other decisions, and he'll is happy to be in the bowl game and we went down to 3-6 and /FollettsPurdueBookstores wants to prove something, they do a everybody was like, 'We call plays from the field. What he'd been calling from the box lot better than if you have a team that won't make it to a bowl Follett's Purdue Bookstores certainly seemed to be working for the thinks, 'Man, we should be in a better game,' we had nothing to Boiler | Purdue West | Black & Gold Mine | follettspurdue.com Boilermakers in the final three games of bowl game.' lose. We have nothing to the season. lose, and we've got ev- BOILER UP! for the best selection of apparel and gifts 4/C Black & White For Black background, there is a white border around it. GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 14 • 11