Josh Aune's interception with 44 seconds left at the Minnesota 13-yard line after a disputed penalty on Purdue gave the beleaguered Gophers defense a big lift and preserved a 34-31 victory over the Boilermakers on Friday night.

Construction swirled around Jeff Brohm a year ago at this time, as the coach opened his first fall camp at Purdue.

WEST LAFAYETTE - On the day Jeff Brohm opened his second fall camp at Purdue, the coach announced that eight players will represent the team as captains.

Here are five burning questions the Boilers will work to answer over the next few weeks:

WEST LAFAYETTE - Purdue picked up a pair of intriguing prospects Monday night that should help both sides of the ball.

There are two ways to look at Purdue’s linebacker room.

If Brohm is going to get closer to the record-setting offensive standard he set at Western Kentucky, the receivers are the most critical position group.

Purdue’s running backs were arguably the deepest and most talented of the Boilermakers’ position groups last year. This year, they’ll be the same thing — only a year older and (possibly) healthier.

At 6 a.m. on the morning of junior college signing day, an unfamiliar number flashed across Kai Higgins’ cell phone screen.

One of the most important stretches of Purdue’s 2017-18 season will occur well before the first game is even played.

WEST LAFAYETTE – With Jake Replogle graduating from Purdue, the Boilermakers have a major hole to fill on the defensive line – a massive 6-foot-5, 290-pound hole.

Former Creighton assistant coach Steve Lutz joined the Purdue basketball staff as an assistant coach, Boilermakers coach Matt Painter announced Thursday.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue added more young depth at wide receiver on Wednesday.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Before she became a finalist for Indiana’s Miss Basketball, before she was named a Max Preps All-American and well before she led Homestead to a state championship, Karissa McLaughlin was the little girl shooting hoops in the corner of the gym.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Ask anyone from Crown Point about Sasha Stefanovic and you’re bound to get the same answer.

As the leadoff batter on Purdue’s baseball team, it’s Evan Warden’s job to get on base by any means necessary. So when a 90-mph fastball is barreling toward the batter’s box, the Kokomo native isn’t afraid to trade a bruise for a base.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue center Isaac Haas said he planned to go through the NBA Draft process in the immediate aftermath of the Boilermakers’ season-ending loss to Kansas.

Not even a minute into Purdue’s spring football game, running back Tario Fuller took the handoff and showed some of the flair new coach Jeff Brohm will bring to Purdue.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue junior Vincent Edwards announced Friday that he's declaring for the NBA Draft. However, he will not hire an agent, leaving the door open that he could return for his senior season.

After five weeks and 14 practices, it’s time for new Purdue coach Jeff Brohm to lead the Boilermakers onto the field at Ross-Ade Stadium for the first time during the annual spring game.

Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Kawann Short has plenty on his mind these days — his ongoing contract negotiations, his drive to win a Super Bowl, his motivation to return to the Pro Bowl.

WEST LAFAYETTE — After 14 practices leading up to Purdue’s spring game on Saturday, new Purdue coach Jeff Brohm has determined that his best position group is probably the running backs.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue sophomore Caleb Swanigan will enter his name into the NBA Draft for the second straight year without an agent, he announced Wednesday on a Fort Wayne hip hop podcast.

As one Homestead High School grad considers leaving Purdue, another announced that she is coming.

At the start of spring football, the quarterbacks were in a meeting room when their position coach Brian Brohm came to redshirt freshman signal caller Jared Sparks with an interesting idea.

Purdue’s biggest hitter and its smaller player collided Wednesday with an unexpected result.

When new football coach Jeff Brohm was hired at Purdue, he promised a wide-open passing attack that features the quarterback. But when it comes to his record-setting offense, there’s another position group that will play a major role in that production.

Everyone agrees. Caleb Swanigan is an All-American.