First-year Purdue coach called his predecessor a friend this week. They'll stand on opposite sidelines, another feeling Odom ...

Perhaps it’s a reflection of the modern landscape of college football, but Ryan Walters doesn’t actually have that much inside information about Purdue, the program he coached for the past two seasons ...

Ryan Walters came to Washington with a reputation and a recipe for defensive success. Five-down defensive fronts. Heavy doses of man-to-man coverage. Lots of Cover 2 when playing zone defense. Those ...

Some might be bothered if they knew the successor to Ryan Walters to lead Purdue football was his friend. Barry Odom acknowledged his connection to Walters on Monday; even texting with his predecessor ...

Barry Odom and Ryan Walters will always be connected in the annals of Purdue football. Odom would not have gotten the head coaching job with the Boilermakers had his predecessor Walters not flopped so ...

When Purdue coach Barry Odom walks onto the field Saturday in Seattle, he'll see some familiar faces. Sure, he may chat with Washington defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, a longtime friend who spent ...