Purdue 35 NU 17 (7-2)

Gutted out a nice Homecoming win yesterday. The game was a little tense, especially when NU went up 17-14 in the third quarter!

The Bond 007 tailgate went great, pictures posted soon!

Game 9 - Homecoming

Homecoming:

The smell of fall is in the air, the Mildcats are coming to town, it’s time for homecoming in West Lafayette! It will be great seeing everyone back in West Lafayette for this year’s game, though it’s really kind of late in the year for homecoming.

As everyone now knows, our Homecoming tailgates have taken on themes in recent years. This trend continues this year when we bring the espionage and intrigue of a James Bond movie to tailgating; welcome to Homecoming ‘007 style! (Get it, Homecoming 2007, shortened to ‘007.)

Unfortunately we were unable to secure rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn this year so we’re out at the Hampton on US-26 west of I-65. Each person will need to bring a check made out to Paula Wlos to pay for the rooms in the amount of $99.07. This is the per person lodging cost for the entire weekend. Those of you staying only one night are being split across rooms; you will receive an e-mail concerning what you owe. The rooms will be in Brendan Less and Grady Wick's names Paula would like for you to coordinate with your "room captain" to pick up your keys.

If you are not staying with us, but plan to meet us at the tailgate on Saturday, we are in a new location in the W lot. The W is a JPC lot, so you will need to park in the IM lot and walk up towards the stadium to reach us. (See the area across from Slayter Hill on the map below.) We’ll have one Purdue tent, the hearse, and the Purdue flag shown below on a 20 foot pole.

Friday October 26, 2007
7:30 p.m. Dinner at Don Pablos in Lafayette

We have dinner reservations for 12 at Don Pablos in Lafayette at 7:30. I figured this would be a good spot since it is close to the hotel and is casual enough that we shouldn’t offend too many people.


Saturday October 27, 2007
7:45 a.m. Drivers meet
8:15 a.m. Tailgate Party Begins
11:30 a.m. Depart for Stadium
12:00 p.m. Game Time

Paula and Eric will be heading over early to set things up for the tailgate. There are 2 open seats if you want to head over with us, first come, first serve.

I do not believe that there is a hotel shuttle but you can check at the front desk when we arrive on Friday. I would suggest that everyone arrange carpools for Saturday so that we minimize the number of sober drivers needed.

Sunday October 28, 2007
There are no set plans for Sunday, but if people are up to it we might want to head over to Reihle Brothers for brunch.

Menu

On Her Magesty's Self Service English Muffin Pizzas
Hand made mini pizzas with an English muffin crust

From Russia With Love Gulash
A classic Eastern Europe stew

Octopussy Salad
A creamy seafood salad served on crackers

Goldfingers
Cream filled dessert

Live and Let Die for Chocolate Cookies

Tomorrow’s Hangovers Never Die Cocktails
Various Champagne Cocktails
Stoli Raspberry and Sprite
White Cranberry and Stoli Raspberry

Parking Map

Hotel Information
Hampton Inn Lafayette
3941 State Road 26 East, Lafayette, Indiana, USA 47905
Tel: +1-765-447-1600 Fax: +1-765-449-9963

Room 1 (King Bed)
Paula
Eric


Room 2 (2 Double Beds)
Dawn
Brendan
Andy (Fri)
Brian (Fri)
Greg (Sat)


Room 3 (2 Double Beds)
Anna
Grady
Joel
Julie
Keith

Purdue 31 Iowa 6 (6-2)

The Indianapolis Star described the effort of the Boilers as "workman like" and I can't think of a more apt description. Purdue was solid in all aspects of the game and took care of business against an Iowa team that really doesn't look that good. Their offense is BAD, but they still have a good defense and it was nice to see us move the ball against a decent D.

We're now bowl eligible - I'm sure that Dorien Bryant just signaled for a fair catch on the Bowl Bid.

Next week is Homecoming - the informaiton should be up in a few days.

Game 8 - Iowa Hawkeyes

Hawk for lunch!

I don’t use the phrase “must win” very often but if I think that this game defines a “must win.” For those of you that missed it, we’ve apparently begun our now annual October death spiral. If we can’t get this ship turned around and win out in October then we’ll likely enter November looking up at IU in the standings for goodness sake! In order to avoid the death spiral continuing I expect everyone to be on top of their cheering game!

Since they have to be at a wedding on Homecoming weekend Chris and Eileen Saam have decided to make Iowa their own personal homecoming! Grady and Anna Wick didn’t want them to feel alone so they too will be heading down from Chicago. So basically we all get two homecomings this year!

We will plan on meeting in the W lot on Saturday morning, likely towards the front of the lot. The W lot is indicated in green on the map below.

For those of you parking in the IM lot it is only a 5 minute walk to the W lot, just think of us being on the way to the stadium! We have the large flagpole that extends to 20 feet, so hopefully you will be able to locate us easily.


Saturday October 20, 2007
8:30 a.m. Meet at the BP on Yeager Road
9:00 a.m. Tailgate Begins
11:30 a.m. Depart for Stadium
12:00 p.m. Kick Off

As usual everyone is invited to come back post game to wind down while traffic thins out.

Menu
“Hawk” sandwiches (OK, it’s really chicken)
Corn Salad
Potato Salad
Baked Beans

Parking Map

Purdue 21 scUM 48 (5-2)

Ouch.

I was wrong by the way, I said the last time we won in AA was during the Reagan Administration when it was actually more like the Johnson Administration.

See you next weekend.

Purdue 7 OSU 23 (5-1)

First time I have had to post about a loss, but really it was a total beat down. I'm telling you what, the D did it's job through the second half keeping OSU to field goals but the O was completely dominated.

Purdue heads to their house of horrors next week, Michigan. I don't think we've won there since the Reagan administration and yesterday gave no indication that we're going to be competitive, but that's why they play the games!