Quotes From Coach Day's Post Game Press Conference vs. Purdue
11/9/2025 10:19:00 AM | Football
On his conversations with Julian after making a mistake:
“I think he probably wants to go in the other direction on the sideline when something like that happens, but he has to learn from those and he will. Julian's a quick learner.”
On Bo Jackson and having an explosive run game:
“That has been an emphasis point. As you guys know we have talked about that. I think the short yardage, where there was a free guy in the hole and he (Bo Jackson) brought his own blocker, that kind of reminded me of Quinshon Judkins last year. That was a good step in the right direction for him. I thought we got better today because I thought we had more opportunities to run. These are young backs that we have to continue to give the opportunity to grow. I think we will see it on the film and get better from this game.”
On their approach to the game:
"We try to figure out how we are going to attack each game and what we are trying to get done. You could see that the emphasis on this game was to try to get the backs some carries, establish the run and continue to work on that. Carnell was unavailable, that certainly changed things quickly on what we had planned, but for Jeremiah to still have the impact he did, not having Carnell on that side of the ball just speaks volumes to what he does and just how impactful he is. It goes without saying. When you don’t have Carnell out there it is a little different and it does change things a little bit. To see Max get some plays, Brandon have an impact on the game and then the running backs did their deal ? we always want to score as many points as we can, but we also need to continue to improve in certain areas and that was certainly an emphasis point in this game.”
On Max Klare being back at Purdue and playing against his brother:
“Yeah, he was excited to come back and play. He has a lot of respect for this place, he loves this place. A lot of the guys he played with and obviously his brother is on the team, so I know it meant a lot to him to play this game, get a win and play well. I thought he played well in the game.”
On the inconsistencies at right guard, his evaluation of the position and if Joshua Padilla will be out long term:
“We don’t think it will be long term. We are hoping to get him back next week. He didn’t make the trip, so we knew he would be out. We will continue to look at it next week, but if he is not back next week then he should be back in two weeks. It is one of those things we are going to continue to look at. I agree with you because I watched it and saw it. Then, there were some other things that were good. We need to grade out a champion here and that’s for everybody. That's what the expectation is. We will continue to look at it. I don’t know how many snaps Gabe VanSickle or Ethan Onianwa got in there today, but we are going to keep swinging at this thing and make sure that in the end we have the best guys on the field.”
