THURSDAY, NOV. 29

Reached out to several recruits in Jeff Brohm's 2019 class and haven't heard back from a lot yet. Just wanted to gauge their reaction to the news.

Tennessee WR TJ Sheffield

"I had no doubt he would be staying because Purdue is a great place."

Texas DE Sulaiman Kpaka

"I’m pretty excited about the future and everything we have planned to do next year. I’m pretty excited knowing that the coaches that recruited me and coach Brohm will be there for the future to lead us and potentially have a chance to win a Big Ten championship in the next four years."

Ohio WR Mershawn Rice

"I knew he wasn’t leaving. Didn’t believe any of the rumors"

We'll include more as we get more of their comments.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28

From the I-can't-believe-this-is-happening-department, Trinity High School in Louisville has canceled classes for Thursday over Jeff Brohm not coming to coach the Cardinals. Remember, Brohm is a Trinity graduate.

From the school's website:

Trinity officials were notified by police of a threat against the school due to Jeff Brohm deciding to remain at Purdue.

While police investigate the threat classes are canceled and offices are closed on Thursday, Nov. 29.

The school and the police must take this seriously, but man, what has our society come to that threats are made over a football coach making a difficult decision. It's sad and sickening at the same time.

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If you're curious if Purdue has made its pitch to Jeff Brohm, it has.

It's our understanding that it happened Tuesday night.

The same three Purdue power brokers – president Mitch Daniels, board of trustees chairman Michael Berghoff and athletic director Mike Bobinski – who helped bring Brohm to West Lafayette two seasons ago made it clear about the university’s commitment to him and providing additional resources to the program.

That likely means an increase in salary for Brohm and probably for the assistants. It could also mean facility improvements happened quicker than expected. Everything is probably on the table.

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As of 3 p.m., nothing new to share. Carry on.

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Told Jeff Brohm still "struggling" with the decision.

As others have said, especially from the Louisville side, this isn't a one-man decision. This is a family decision and that includes those in West Lafayette and in Louisville.

For those of us on the outside, it seems like a no-brainer. But no one - other than a handful of people - truly understand Brohm's position trying to juggle the right and wrong answer here.

A positive - at least from the Purdue end - is that his representative remains in West Lafayette as of early this afternoon (12:45 p.m.). We reported that earlier this morning.

Advantage Boilers?:What does Purdue have that Louisville doesn't? For Brohm, quite a bit

Meanwhile ... in Kentucky:Louisville recruits hearing Jeff Brohm is making move to coach Cards

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I'm moving this up from where it was on the blog when I posted it Tuesday morning.

Dave Monnot III, an offensive lineman commitment from Joliet, Illinois, said Purdue coaches are scheduled to visit him Wednesday. What's unclear is the time and what coaches are coming.

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11:15 a.m. update.

Despite rumors of a team meeting, nothing is scheduled as of now. That's the latest.

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What we know as of 9:30 a.m.

Jeff Brohm is in West Lafayette. It's also our understanding that his agent/representative Shawn Friebert is with him.

Again, this is part of what was going to happen. Brohm met with Louisville on Tuesday, according to the reports out of Louisville and espn.com, and listened, which he was going to do because of all the factors involved.

Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski is in town, allowing Brohm the opportunity to discuss his situation face-to-face with his boss if he needs to.

This is probably coming to a resolution today. Still, most of the signs point to Brohm staying at Purdue when you look at the activity around the program.

More:Signs Jeff Brohm could stay at Purdue — and signs he's Louisville's next football coach

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Purdue assistant coaches are still conducting business as usual but may not mean a lot.

TUESDAY, NOV. 27

Cardinal Authority, part of 247sports.com, is reporting that Jeff Brohm and Louisville AD Vince Trya met Tuesday in Central Indiana.

This shouldn't come as a surprise. We all knew Louisville was going to reach out to Brohm and Brohm was going to listen. This was the next step after the end of the regular season. Brohm is going to think about it - and I'm confident he already has well before today - and come to a conclusion.

Most of the signs still point to Brohm staying, in my opinion, and based on conversations around Purdue and in the industry. Brohm hasn't sounded like a coach on the way out the last two weeks but he also hadn't talked to Louisville about the job.

You'll know if he's leaving. Follow the path when he left Western Kentucky. I was told well after the fact that if word leaked out he was going to Purdue before telling his team, Brohm wasn't going to make the move. I would expect the same thing this week if it comes to that.

While Purdue has set up visits with the recruits you see below, it's not a guarantee Brohm remains the program's coach. He still has to decide and make it known that he's staying, probably not for the recruits but for the fan base. How he goes about that will be interesting to follow.

Is that a press release from Purdue saying Brohm has a new contract? Or the fact that Louisville has moved on to other candidates provide enough evidence for everyone to be satisfied? Does Brohm - or someone in his inner circle - leak it to their favorite outlet?

Purdue feels good it will be able to keep Brohm and is prepared to make the necessary adjustments to bring him in line with the top 20, top 15 or possibly top 10 coaches in the country when it comes to salary and also up the assistant coaches pay.

So maybe a year from now, the only thing you have to worry about is the bowl game.

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Tennessee receiver TJ Sheffield is expecting to see assistant coach JaMarcus Shephard and Jeff Brohm on Thursday.

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Virginia tight end Kyle Bilodeau is expecting assistant coaches Anthony Poindexter and Mark Tommerdahl to watch his basketball game Friday.

Jeff Brohm is scheduled to make a home visit Dec. 11.

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Dave Monnot III, an offensive lineman commitment from Joliet, Illinois, said Purdue coaches are scheduled to visit him Wednesday.

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Blurb from the Detroit Free Press regarding Marvin Grant, a 2019 commitment who will play safety once he arrives at Purdue.

Grant committed to Purdue, but there are rumors that Jeff Brohm is in line for the Louisville job to replace the fired Bobby Petrino. He starred there as a quarterback.

(King coach Tyrone) Spencer said the members of the Purdue coaching staff have assured him they aren’t going anywhere, but if Louisville comes after Brohm hard can he really say no?

“They have a great recruiting class coming in, so we’ll see what happens,’’ Spencer said. “I know schools are coming in this week to talk to our players.’’

Grant was ranked as the 22nd-best safety in the country and eighth-best player in Michigan for the class of 2019.

MONDAY, NOV. 26

Business as usual.

If that means visiting his 2019 Purdue commitments, then Jeff Brohm is conducting normal business despite the swirling talk of the Louisville job consuming everyone's time and energy.

As we've written and said during the last 10 days or so, Brohm doesn't sound like a guy who's leaving but he's also left himself enough wiggle room to escape back home if the offer is right.

But no one has de-committed and the current players appear satisfied with what they're hearing.

If Brohm receives an offer from Louisville, expect Purdue to counter or the school may act on its own to avoid similar situations in the future.

Brohm didn't attend Monday's team meeting. We're told it was run by his brother, Greg, who also did the same thing last year. Greg also spoke at the weekly Gridiron Club in place of Jeff, who was scheduled to hit the road recruiting.

And that's what he did.

Jeff Brohm and special teams and tight ends coach Mark Tommerdahl were in the Austin, Texas area Monday afternoon/night visiting tight end Garrett Miller, who attends Round Rock High School.

Brohm and offensive line coach Dale Williams were scheduled to travel to Michigan and see offensive lineman commitment Spencer Holstege, but Monday's snowstorm in the area altered those plans. Brohm and Williams may travel to Grand Rapids this weekend.

Elsewhere

Defensive line coach Reggie Johnson is expected to see Grand Prairie Texas end Sulaiman Kpaka on Tuesday.

Williams is scheduled to visit offensive lineman Cam Craig, who attends Dublin Jerome in Ohio, on Friday.

Cornerbacks coach Derrick Jackson will see Nyles Beverly, who attends Nordonia in Ohio, on Wednesday. Beverly said Brohm will visit in December.

Purdue coaches are scheduled to visit West Lafayette defensive standout George Karlaftis on Thursday.

Ohio receiver Mershawn Rice is expecting a visit from Brohm and receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard later this week.