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The Purdue Report with Jake Dunn: The Future (298.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to the Purdue Report with Jake Dunn every Wednesday on the Central Indian Esports Report, a day early this week because of the news of Kevin Savage, the third, joining the Purdue Basketball Program and Matt Painter, and 2027-28.
• 0:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Jake and I will be back next Wednesday unless there's breaking news between now and then, of course, we'll be back earlier.
• 0:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome Purdue fans to the Central Indian sports report for this week's Purdue report with Jake Dunn.
• 0:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Jake, we're doing the Purdue report a day or two early this week because there is big news.
• 0:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Purdue was able to land in only 2027 point guard at Kevin Savage Jr.
• 0:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: So it's another massive recruiting win for Matt Painter and Company.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and that's back to back blue ship commitments in this 20-27 class.
• 1:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: So Purdue's got their staple in a week center in Isaiah Hill, and then now got themselves in a lead point guard here in Kevin Savage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So one of the strongest recruiting foundations that like Matt Painter is probably ever assembled.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Kevin Savage, as we'll get into here is a highly rated guide.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you choose that Purdue is consistently winning battles for these national level talent type of guys,
• 1:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: which has never happened.
• 1:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Not under G&KD, not under Matt Painter, this is unprecedented for Purdue basketball, I think.
• 1:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Think so, we've seen Purdue, maybe done this way back off of guys that they would normally otherwise, really, really be after, but they've been able to go after some of these higher great guys while still making sure that they align with Purdue's philosophy and everything Matt Painter's philosophy.
• 1:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's been great to see Purdue have some more success here on the recruiting trail.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think a big piece of that credit goes to PJ Thompson.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: PJ Thompson and Savage had a high relationship here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that was a really, really strong pull for Kevin Savage to commit to Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: PJ stayed involved after good games and bad games and they were able to build a strong relationship outside of just basketball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: players like Savage that commit to Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They know Matt Painter's not going anywhere in time soon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They kind of know what's expected from the program.
• 2:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: And bringing in guys like Carson Edwards, Jade and I, you bring Smith, you know, Purdue has become not just a place for, you know, big man like a decade ago, Purdue is known for, you know, be at a kind of a kind of a big man you so to speak.
• 2:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: We're now, Purdue still is known for that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But also, you know, it is known for having really
• 2:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, I love how Matt Pateron and P.J.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thompson have been able to adapt to, you know, the snail makes obviously a brain Smith was in the lead guard over Meyer as the certainly potential to be in the lead guard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So it's Luke Earl and now so just Kevin Savage, that's a three or four highly regarded point guards here in the three consecutive recruiting classes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so it's pretty certainly becoming kind of a destination for a for guards kind of like
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  [SPEAKER_00]: know it is for for big minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, he's the first one to be a top 50 recruit of all of those point guards.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe of any point guard they've ever had is my guess.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's ranked 28th on ESPN 36th on 24 seven following the signing of Isaiah Hill last month.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Who is ranked 10th on ESPN 12th on rivals?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So
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  [SPEAKER_01]: to solid 40 get top 40 guys, most services think to top 30 guys and again, that's never happened to Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Speaking of team ranking, so I know it's still fairly early in the 227 recruiting process, but 24 seven sports has Purdue ranked third as a team rivals and slash on three because now the eighth merge day up Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: ranked first in the recruiting team rankings.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, previously having a lot of success, you're all in the recruiting trail.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we could see another guy between added here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the five and five rule that the NCAA has now passed is certainly kind of throwing a wrench into things here where players, instead of four or five years to play for, they now have five years to play five.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, since we eliminated red shirts,
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure taking a little bit of pressure off of the high school recruiting ranks, but it's kind of down to Duke and Purdue for a kid named Kager Knipple, a Connor Knipple, the start shooting guard for the Schrewell Hornets.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His younger brother was that basically between Duke and Purdue, ultimately committed to Duke a couple of weeks ago, being able to get high profile guys like that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: another kid from Minnesota, they am a midner who is pretty highly ranked, it's kind of the same forward spot as a skater-knipple.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Pretty normal like to be on guys really early and like kaker-knipple they were there on him early, but on men dirt he's kind of kind of a new development here and down normally if produced late to the party then they don't have a great shot of
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That doesn't matter as much anymore.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're able to get it on guys late or maybe not late later than they normally would.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And still have a good shot of laying in them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So we'll see how that plays out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But just two men class really might be all they need.
• 5:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: But could see a third edition here at the Ford spot.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Another target, Matt Painter and Company have is results in from Texas.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You think this affects that?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Purdue is known for a while that they're going to get
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think they've kind of backed off of him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Remember, this has probably been a few months a year now at this point, but Peru was after our guy named Chase Richardson.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It get from Texas and he e-committed to, I think I think it was Texas and he committed to it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was a school in Texas, he ended up committing to that Peru was after him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think Peru backing off of reselfs and backing off of Chase Richardson, I think they've known that they were gonna get Kevin Savage here for a while.
• 6:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: They haven't really been pursuing him as hard as they were before and what about Jason Gardner Jr. kind of the same thing Probably doesn't completely change things with him a local favorite of course some fishers, but Probably lessons the chance they land him now, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think so.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd would love to see a guy like him come in, but it's so hard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I guess now for coaches and even harder for fans.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I guess
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  [SPEAKER_00]: truly know it to expect on the recruiting trail because of the, because of this new five and five rule.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So I imagine that whenever the COVID rule is around, guys, like an air cutter, junior, Mason Gillis, you got guys like that Matt Painter, the season before they could have had their COVID year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He asked them, you know, hey, do you want to come back?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you do, you know, we'll keep a
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those guys who are, they still have two, I guess, this year, next year, and then potentially a fifth year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So maybe they'll start to do that a little bit earlier now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I'm not like sure what it's expect, but yeah, I would be surprised if they picked up a darker junior.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All know, he is a really good player.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And again, a local favorite of the central Indiana sports report.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Jake, you mentioned that recruiting is just so much different than it was just four or five years ago because of the NIL because of the transfer rules, but if we're looking at the potential 2728 roster, which we need to do, when you're talking about adding hill and savage.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: So,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Looking at this roster here, don't want to just look past this upcoming season, but this upcoming season is not a national championship type.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Run team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We don't suppose, but two years from now could be, and we're talking about a roster that would be anchored by CJ Cox and Jekari Harris, Jack Benter, Daniel Jacobson, and a bunch of new guys who
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: It looks like this incoming freshman class is gonna be one of the best they've ever had followed by another that should be one of the best they've ever had.
• 9:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, we hope that these rankings translate into Windows, Matt Painter, and the staff have been great at taking guys that weren't highly rated and turn them into wed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So if you can do the same thing with guys who are highly rated and have them kind of punch above their weight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So to speak, that would certainly build well for Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, I haven't seen your leadership at this point with, well, I guess, it's still be seniors.
• 9:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I guess you've seen your, and then 50 year or so, you've seen your guys like, like, car Harris, CJ Cox, David Jacobson, Jack Banner, you know, guys that are over like that.
• 9:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Hopefully we haven't seen them, had their potential yet, they're already really good.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, yeah, it makes me really excited for the upcoming season tier, and then, yeah, if
• 9:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: That doesn't know the thing that he's got to kind of factor right as guys like Isaiah Hill.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure he is, uh, you don't want him to get to the NBA as fast as he can so he may only be around for a year or two.
• 10:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: So it's kind of kind of hard to project that way, uh, as well, it's way harder to project now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Normally, a guy is 10th in his class.
• 10:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just assume he's going to the NBA the next year, but that is just not case anymore.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, because we we saw, uh,
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Projecting him, you know, towards the end of his high school career, to be a top and be a draft pick and be decided to say in college and so just so hard to project, but if all we're mire is in a guy too who, you know, he could go to the NBA here, especially if he has a very strong year this year.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: He could go to the NBA, I say, help you could go to the NBA.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure Dana Jacobson can have a spot in the NBA, especially if he develops the way that people think he will.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, it did have a lot of MBA talent here on the on this roster or future rosters and luckily teams that that if won the NCAA championship, they have a lot of MBA talent on their teams.
• 11:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: So we forgot over my or when I was recounting that I don't know how.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, well, hopefully he's you still around hopefully doesn't jump to the MBA, but that is even count guys like like
• 11:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: who we haven't mentioned yet, but they would hopefully still be key parts of the team here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There's a real chance that Juan is incredible and is gone quickly too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Exactly, so it's nice to get, you know, highly, so after guys, you know, like the guys that we've over just mentioned, you know, but there's always a sad risk that they're so good that they, you know,
• 11:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: If and I always around when Carson Edwards was in college, yes, maybe he would have transferred away from Purdue, but maybe he also states his senior year and makes as much if not more money and final year college than being a second round pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Worked out well for Zach Edeen.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I am maybe it can work out well for guys on the current and future pretty rosters as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And have mentioned Raleigh Burgess who has some good stuff when we saw him last a couple of years ago
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Um, is an interesting guy to 611 can play some power for, can play some center.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Um, he's an interesting guy to.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I hope this, uh, this past season, uh, as we know, he read shirted.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So I hope that, uh, has been really helpful for, you know, from a development standpoint, uh, because yeah, to your point, he's a guy that is kind of going to get experience here at, uh, at multiple positions.
• 12:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, if people love his energy around the program,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I hope that's contagious and I so that's when Purdue places best basketball is when you know the whole team is bought in and when it's playing hard and hustling it, just playing playing pretty basketball.
• 13:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: Give me a really interesting to see this coming season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I know we're mostly talking about the future in 27, 28 and beyond, but be interested in seeing the upcoming season, what the cox Harris and Meyer back court looks like and
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  [SPEAKER_01]: what Daniel Jacobson looks like and I think this is going to be a fun season if not a championship level season.
• 13:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm sure there'll be ups and downs as there are every season, but certainly excited for this for this one and we don't want that that it's nice to have a season that doesn't have, you know, so high of expectations, you know, like we have had for the past and full of years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So obviously, we still think this team's going to be going to be going to be so excited to compete for a big championship.
• 13:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: But we're not expecting them to go on and win national championship.
• 13:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Like we did this past season, so nice to take a little bit of pressure off and excited to see what happens when you know what guys like go or mind are coming and you're kind of taking control of the team.
• 14:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll put the pressure on the Pacers this year instead, and then we'll move it back to Purdue after the Pacers win the championship this year.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yep, that would be, that would be awesome.
• 14:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, Purdue saw us three open spots for this coming recruiting class.
• 14:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't anticipate them, we'll use them all, but they could sign three more if they need to.
• 14:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: What's expected to happen going forward?
• 14:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think with the transfer portal nowadays, I think pretty is going to keep a spot or two open on their kind of scholarship sheet for guys that like came peers or like a mid-season transfer or mid year transfer, if you all know the same mid-season, but so yeah, I think they'll probably keep a spot or two open or have guys like Aaron Find who
• 14:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it started as a walk-on or maybe in a scholarship player, but it didn't necessarily get to play a ton.
• 15:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe spend it on some guys like that who put a lot of work into the program and just serve it.
• 15:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Like, maybe pre-assigns one more guy, this recruiting class, but yeah, it's hard to know, but I would expect them to keep one or two spots there, hoping on the team.
• 15:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure we'll hear from Matt Painter soon and he'll probably clarify things a little bit,
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Jake thinks so much for your time this morning and again we recorded a little early this week because of the breaking news we'll be back again next week and last there's more breaking news Jake and then we'll come back and do another Purdue Yeah, sounds good.
• 15:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's always good to have breaking news like this.
• 15:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: And, uh, real excited for for guys like I say and Kevin Savage, you know, the two a players.
• 15:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: I love love defense.
• 15:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, once you're basketball, so having a defensive anchor like I say, he'll
• 15:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: and a disruptor on defense like Kevin Savage makes you look excited for a future pre basketball.
• 16:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it won't be long Jake.
• 16:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to be talking about some Purdue football and I guess I probably shouldn't have expectations going into this season, but I'm starting to get a little bit of excitement about it.
• 16:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, I'm I'm excited to creep it up on us for sure.
• 16:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, well,
• 16:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: fault practices will be certain you're not too long.
• 16:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: So be here for a note and I think it's good to go with with log expectations because then you either were right and didn't have a whole lot of hope or the team really surprises you.
• 16:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I think it's probably the way to go this year but I think this this this Purdue team this transfer portal class and recruiting class that Paris brought in.
• 16:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think we got some potential to maybe get a big tin win and I'd be
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe we'll see a big tin winter too out of the steam.
• 16:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to go ahead and predict five winds may be even six, Jake.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Josh, I would love that.
• 17:08
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