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The following are our thoughts now, in the second week of February. Kyle Charters: ���Sharon Versyp���s Boilermakers likely played their way out of a Big Ten regular-season title with losses vs. Penn State and Michigan over the last week. There���s time to recover, but Purdue has current concerns; turnovers and defensive mental lapses being at the top of the list.��� Stacy Clardie: ���Reviews from fans on Darrell Hazell have been overwhelming positive. The line for autographs before the basketball game last weekend was long, and Hazell met each person with a handshake, a smile and kind words. Purdue dropped the ball not allowing him speak when he was introduced at the game, though. Still, let���s see how popular he stays once the season starts.��� Alan Karpick: ���The way Darrell Hazell handled the announcement of his 2013 recruiting class went a long way toward making it a positive week in Purdue sports after a difficult weekend for the basketball teams.��� Brian Neubert: ���It���s been a shock to the system for Purdue followers to see such mediGold & Black Illustrated is a publication of Boilers, Inc. ocrity from a Boilermaker 2605 Yeager Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906 team that���s won so much 765-237-5002 or 1-800-876-GOPU (4678) Twitter.com/GoldandBlackcom for the better part of the Fax: 765-497-2110 past decade, but it hap President/Publisher Alan Karpick 765-237-5078 pens. The hope now must Twitter.com/AlanKarpick be to end the season on AKarpick@GoldandBlack.com Editor Brian Neubert a positive note, get into BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com some form of postseason P ublications Coordinator Kyle Charters KCharters@GoldandBlack.com and finish up with some Staff Writer Stacy Clardie measure of momen SClardie@GoldandBlack.com P hotography/Cover Photo Tom Campbell tum heading into what���s Graphic Designer Gary Hoffman sure to be an interesting Advertising Sales Alan Karpick, Tait McKinney Subscriptions/Production: Evan Burlingame, Alex Posthauer, spring and what should Mike Rish, Evan Solgere, be a better 2013-14.��� Tyler Ochs Subscriptions@GoldandBlack.com Weekly Pic THE Numbers 6-2�� The average height of the football recruiting class of 2013, with the Tom Campbell tallest player (Matt Burke) at 6-foot-6 and Coach Darrell Hazell acknowledges athletic director Morgan Burke during a special the shortest (Keyante Green and Dalyn National Signing Day event held by the John Purdue Club in Mackey Arena on Feb. 6. About 800 enthusiastic Boilermaker fans attended the 90-minute event, includ- Dawkins) at 5-9. The average weight of ing several students, who enjoyed the 25-minute presentation by Hazell. the 2013 class. There are two players listed more than 300 pounds and seven listed less ���Tom Izzo didn���t slip on a banana pounds. peel and go to six Final Fours. He was than 200 The estimated number of seniors going to have a guy stay with (D.J. in the graduating Class of 2013 that Purdue will have to replace in Byrd). They did a good job of staying the recruiting Class of 2014. with him. He knows how important Prior to 2013, the last year Purdue inked five Byrd is to our team.��� players from the state of Coach Matt Painter following the loss to Michigan State Ohio in a recruiting class. Saturday, in which Byrd took only one shot. 217.5 19 2001 GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 21��� ������ 4