The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, 'Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.'
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