The Weekly Word is GoldandBlack.com's weekly, obviously, column covering Purdue football, basketball and recruiting, as well as college sports issues, the true meaning of life, or whatever other topics might come to mind in a given week.

When it comes to describing greatness, hyperbole comes easy.

With that in mind, I'm quite confident saying that I don't think I'll ever see anything like Caleb Swanigan ever again. That's my feeling at least as the former Purdue All-American is soon laid to rest at the age of just 25.

Swanigan wasn't at Purdue very long, but the legacy he left is rich.