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Purdue plans to complete Friday practice and most meetings at home, then reach Los Angeles Friday afternoon for the 11 p.m. Eastern UCLA kickoff. Barry Odom is front-loading preparation and using the final 48 hours for game readiness. The team now practices Sunday and takes Monday off; he linked that change to academics and getting the team back together sooner after games.

Odom identified screen-blocking technique as a correction after Purdue's latest 50-yard penalty total, specifically discussing a crackback call on Xavier. He wants the staff to teach positioning and technique differently in that situation. The penalty issue is an execution problem under review, not evidence of a changed offensive scheme.

Odom said Antonio Harris starts on every Purdue special-teams unit and remains available to step into the running-back role when called. That establishes a meaningful multi-unit depth role, but the interview does not announce a larger offensive workload or a change at starting running back.

Odom said Purdue considered going for two after its first-overtime touchdown but chose the extra point, partly because he felt only moderately confident in available calls against the opponent's tight-red-zone defense. That explains the prior game's situational decision; it is not a commitment to kick in every future late-game or overtime situation.