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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After allowing 206 yards of offense in the first quarter last Saturday, the Purdue football team held Penn State to 254 for the rest of the game.
Head coach Jeff Brohm acknowledged that the Boilermakers got more creative as the game wore on, and he was pleased with the results.
"We showed more looks," Brohm said. "We disguised better. We walked guys up and showed all-out blitzes and sometimes brought it and sometimes kicked out of it, and that has to happen. I think when we did that, we got them on their heels.
"You try to play what you think will work, and they were just marching right down the field. That wasn't working, so that's why we started mixing things up a little bit more. I liked what we did and how our guys played hard in the second half."
Next up for the Boilermakers (1-4, 0-2 Big Ten) is a Homecoming date with Maryland (3-2, 1-1) on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon, and the game will be televised by BTN.
Freshman defensive end George Karlaftis continues to excel. He ranks among the Big Ten leaders with eight tackles for loss and four sacks.
"George has been outstanding and he has been a standout player on the defensive side of the ball," Brohm said. "He's played a lot of snaps. He goes extremely hard. He works hard. He gives great effort. He studies it. He practices hard. You can coach him, and he will listen and adjust. If we could have 11 Georges, we would be sitting pretty good."
The Boilermakers, who are averaging 53,724 fans per game this season (their most since 2008), are expecting another boilered-up crowd against the Terrapins.
"Our crowd has been outstanding and we appreciate all the support," Brohm said. "They have given us everything they can, and they have done a tremendous job.
"We have to do our part. I think our players understand, we come home and play in front of our home crowd, we have to take some pride in it. It's got to mean something to us. We have to be willing to put in the work in order to try to go out and compete and get better. We know it's not going to be easy and we're going to have to fight through it, but that's what has to happen. That's what I want to see. I want to see some fight in our guys. I want to see our guys play hard, and I want to see some guys that want to win when they take the field for all the support our fans have given us."
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After allowing 206 yards of offense in the first quarter last Saturday, the Purdue football team held Penn State to 254 for the rest of the game.
Head coach Jeff Brohm acknowledged that the Boilermakers got more creative as the game wore on, and he was pleased with the results.
"We showed more looks," Brohm said. "We disguised better. We walked guys up and showed all-out blitzes and sometimes brought it and sometimes kicked out of it, and that has to happen. I think when we did that, we got them on their heels.
"You try to play what you think will work, and they were just marching right down the field. That wasn't working, so that's why we started mixing things up a little bit more. I liked what we did and how our guys played hard in the second half."
Next up for the Boilermakers (1-4, 0-2 Big Ten) is a Homecoming date with Maryland (3-2, 1-1) on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon, and the game will be televised by BTN.
Freshman defensive end George Karlaftis continues to excel. He ranks among the Big Ten leaders with eight tackles for loss and four sacks.
"George has been outstanding and he has been a standout player on the defensive side of the ball," Brohm said. "He's played a lot of snaps. He goes extremely hard. He works hard. He gives great effort. He studies it. He practices hard. You can coach him, and he will listen and adjust. If we could have 11 Georges, we would be sitting pretty good."
The Boilermakers, who are averaging 53,724 fans per game this season (their most since 2008), are expecting another boilered-up crowd against the Terrapins.
"Our crowd has been outstanding and we appreciate all the support," Brohm said. "They have given us everything they can, and they have done a tremendous job.
"We have to do our part. I think our players understand, we come home and play in front of our home crowd, we have to take some pride in it. It's got to mean something to us. We have to be willing to put in the work in order to try to go out and compete and get better. We know it's not going to be easy and we're going to have to fight through it, but that's what has to happen. That's what I want to see. I want to see some fight in our guys. I want to see our guys play hard, and I want to see some guys that want to win when they take the field for all the support our fans have given us."