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BEREA, Ohio -- Amid the pain and frustration that coach Hue Jackson feels with the?Cleveland Browns?0-10 start rests a bit of unshakeable bravado.Jackson let a bit of that out on Thursday when he discussed losing games to people who are friends of his.They better enjoy it now because it is not going to be like this very long, Jackson said, I promise you that.That statement came amid a fair amount of reflection, as Jackson discussed the difficulty of being winless in 10 games. He said he wakes up at night wondering, What am I doing? and added that losing is killing all of us in the organization.But he was steadfast that if the Browns turn things around in the future, this season will have been worth it.I promise you I will look back at this year and I will probably laugh about it at some point, Jackson said. Right now I cant. I cant stomach it.Right now the Browns are the subject of discussion and jokes: discussion about whether they will be the first team since the 2008 Lions to go winless, discussion about when the first win might arrive, and jokes about their perceived sad-sack persona and the constant losing that has infected the team.This season likely will mark the 12th in 14 years and the sixth season in a row the Browns will finish last in the AFC North.I do not like losing, Jackson said. Never have, never will, and I am struggling with it now. I will be the first to tell you that.Jackson is well-aware that his team is off to the worst in the Browns 66 years of existence.On Monday, VP of football operations Sashi Brown said the future remains bright and the front office will use the same process in the upcoming draft as last.Were not planning on 0-16. Thatd be very disappointing for all of us, Brown said. But at the same time were not focused on wins and losses. Were focused on really the core things that over a period of time will help us be successful.Jackson said he stands by Brown, that the two work well together and that Brown was viewing the season from a different lens -- the one held by a man in charge of finding the players for the short and long term, as opposed to the coach who worries about only the next game.Sashi is as competitive as anybody I know, and we are all trying to win, Jackson said. I dont know any other way to do this, me personally. With the team, that is all we ever talk about. I dont care what the situation is here as far as what anyone thinks about talent, these things, the elements or any of it. I am always trying to win.Brown had other statements that brought context to his wins and losses remark, including: A lot of [what we do is] validated by winning. We understand that thats what were here to do -- win. In time were confident we will do that.Jackson was steadfast.I dont want anyone to have the message that we dont want to win or that we are not working to win or that we are not trying to win because that is not the case at all, he said. I would feel really disappointed if anybody felt that way -- players, anybody -- because this business is too hard not to go out there to try to do that each and every week.Jackson also understands that people can question Browns credentials to pick players. Before this season, he had mainly worked as a lawyer on team issues and with the salary cap.Owner Jimmy Haslam surprisingly promoted Brown to vice president of football operations on the day of last seasons finale, a move that indicates the decision had been in place for some time. Haslam set up his organization so Brown would be in charge of player acquisition and Jackson would be in charge of coaching the team on the field. Both Brown and Jackson report to the owner.I feel very comfortable about what we are going to do in the future, Jackson said. I know sitting here today we are being judged, and that is OK and I get it. At the same time, you have to start someplace, and this is our starting point.As the team prepares to face quarterback?Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers, there has been much discussion on how the Browns did not draft Roethlisberger in 2004, even though he was from Ohio and played at Miami of Ohio. Instead, he went to a division rival and has gone on to win 20 of 22 games when hes been on the field against the Browns.I wasnt here when they made the mistake of not drafting him, obviously, left tackle Joe Thomas said. It would have been great if we did.Jackson knows that until the quarterback position is solved, the Browns will be in a quagmire.I would hope to tell you guys that is why I am here, he said. I came here with that thought in mind -- that we are going to solve this quarterback issue that has been here. Is the guy on our roster now? We are going to find that out. Is the guy somewhere else? We are going to find that out, too.That is the beautiful part of it, of trying to solve that and I think we will. Until we solve that, I am sure like many of you guys feel, we will not be what we want to be. Custom New York Mets Jerseys . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). Tom Seaver Mets Jersey . Westbrook has missed 27 games since having a procedure on Dec. 27 to deal with swelling in his injured right knee — the third operation on the knee in nine months. http://www.metssale.com/mets-noah-syndergaard-jersey/ . 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But Ill tell you this, this football team got better in the last six weeks. I believe that with every fiber of my body.Purdue (3-9, 1-8 Big Ten) certainly played better against its biggest rival than it did the previous six weeks -- all losses, all by at least 13 points.In the previous five games, the Boilermakers had been outscored 128-27 in the second half.This time, they erased a 17-16 deficit with a 31-yard TD pass from David Blough to DeAngelo Yancey early in the third quarter. The 2-point conversion attempt failed, but the Boilermakers kept the lead until Indianas Devine Redding powered in from 1 yard out with 4:59 left to make it 26-22.Purdues last real chance fizzled when Blough was picked off in the end zone on fourth-and-14 from the Hoosiers 27-yard line with 1:06 to go.We didnt get the wins that we wanted, but its like Coach Parker said, we gritted our teeth, we came in ready to work, we didnt make any excusess, senior defensive lineman Jake Replogle said.ddddddddddddI cant say enough for what Coach Parkers done. The motivation that hes brought day in and day out. Im proud of what weve done in the past six weeks.It may not look good on paper.Purdue finished the season with a seven-game losing streak and could not thwart the Hoosiers from hoisting the prized trophy for a fourth consecutive year. The only other time Indiana won four straight in the series came from 1944-47.Inside the locker room and across the field, though, there were noticeable changes.I was very impressed with his leadership skills, Indiana coach Kevin Wilson said. I had a lot of respect for him before they arrived. Hes done a great job and were very, very fortunate and very, very happy to win that game.While the future of the Boilermakers program remains uncertain, there has been plenty of speculation about the next coach, much of it focusing on Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck.But Purdues players, coaches and even Parker believed they proved something in these last six weeks.I said were going to have fun, were going to run around, were going to make it about the players, Parker said. When I lay my head down tonight and we walk off and get a chance to reflect, I would hope those guys say thats what we did.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 . ' ' '