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PRESENTS FOOTBALL: NEWS AND NOTES ond consecutive game for the Boilermakers, after suffering a severe back injury a few days be- fore Purdue's game at Iowa. A veteran of 32 years of Nord Nord might miss his sec- coaching, missed a practice, let alone a game, but the injury kept him from traveling to Iowa and might do the same to Illinois. "My had never Coach Danny Hope said of Nord traveling with the Boilermakers to Illinois. "He's not able to go to prac- gut feeling is Nord Might Miss Another Game Offensive coordinator Gary BY GOLD AND BLACK STAFF Lafayette for Purdue's victory at Iowa. In his place, wide receivers coach Patrick Higgins called the Boilermak- ers' offensive plays; he would do so again Sat- urday vs. the Illini. Quarterback Rob- (no)," ert Marve, who had his best game as a Boiler- maker in Purdue's 27- 24 win, liked the way Higgins situation. "He's a very orga- handled the tice or able to come to work. If that doesn't change pretty soon, I don't know if he'll be in position to travel or not. I don't know. We'll know toward the end of the week. quarterbacks' coach, suffered his back injury last Wednesday, leaving him briefly Nord, who is also Purdue's " ized and keeping him in West hospital- nized person," Marve said. "When he came in X, Y and Z was on the table for me and all the quarterbacks and this is what we're going to do and these are the plays we like in this situation. He was very vocal and very clear about it. Even the first time he came out, that day, he was ready for us. … He knows the system better than any- ordinator under Nord from 2000- 03, when the latter was the head coach at UTEP. Higgins, who now is handling Purdue's wide receiv- ers and quarterbacks in the same position meetings, says the Boil- ers are proceeding as best they can without one of their leaders. "We'll always prepare with (Gary) whether he's here or not," Higgins was an offensive co- Higgins said. "We'll send some stuff to him and get his input. Gary is the offensive coordinator, so we'll use that. But we'll go on the premise that the three of us (full- time staffers), the offensive staff as it is — Coach (Cornell) Jack- son, Coach (Shawn) Clark, Coach Nochta, Coach (Ryan) Crow and myself — we're going to sit down and put the game plan together. " Robert Marve and Patrick Higgins (left) seemed to have a connection during the Iowa game. Higgins, Purdue's wide receivers coach, called the plays against the Hawkeyes, due to Gary Nord's injury. Tom Campbell one. He did a great job of keeping me patient the whole game but at the same time he was putting me in situations to make plays. " Stephen Schultz—Mentor, Ohio Movement and Sports Science Stephen is one of nine men's cross-country runners to earn aca- demic All-Big Ten honors in the Spring 2011 semester. In all, 59 Boilermaker fall athletes earned this honor. GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 11 • 29 LINK TO PURDUE'S 2012 SEASON STATS