Our season was never in jeopardy, ... Rebecca is a graduate assistant. She said some things out of context and with emotion. She said some things that she regrets.

There was just some missing paperwork that had not been done. That has since been clarified. I know this makes everyone look bad.

Rich has helped us tremendously. I think over the next year or so you're going to see great improvements in our field and Dr. McDuffie is directly responsible for that.

We certainly don't want to embarrass Dr. McDuffie,

Joel did a great job as a graduate assistant here and has gone on to cut his teeth in the coaching profession. He's a detail guy with a lot of energy, and we're thrilled to have him back at Purdue.

We used to have a GA (graduate assistant) sit up there with binoculars and stare at signals — 'I think I got it.' Well, he never got it.