Stone Cold Tailgating Club Charity Event - Homecoming

Vincent the Pooch here to talk to you about the SCTC charity event for the weekend.  First a big shout out to Master for translating and typing up this blog post for me!  It’s so frustrating but I accept that not all humans speak dog; thank goodness that Master can translate.  (Thanks for nothing Google translate!) 

I'm really happy for you humans as it appears that things have changed on that big green lawn that I'm not allowed to pee on; it no longer smells like defeat and sadness every time I go near it.  This weekend I hope that you'll spread some of that happiness as the Stone Cold Tailgating Club will be collecting donations for the dogs and cats that live at the Almost Home Animal Shelter in Lafayette.  My kind and I would greatly appreciate your assistance in the form of any donations. 

The Almost Home humans will accept both cash and "in kind" donations.  A list of donation items can be found below:

• Dog and cat treats. No colored biscuits, please.
• Cat and pocket pet litter. Any brand, clay, corncob or paper litter only, please. We do not use scoopable litter. Special Kitty Cat Litter from Wal-Mart is great!
• Esbilac, KMR and puppy and kitten nursing bottles and nipples
• Advantage or Frontline topical flea preventatives
• Dog toys. Kong toys, hard rubber bones (Nylabone, etc.), tennis balls, rope bones
• Cat toys. Balls with bells, catnip toys, fur mice, etc. Nothing with strings, please.
• Food and water bowls, all sizes (metal only; no plastic bowls please)
• Pet carriers and cages, all sizes
• Rabbit pellets and alfalfa hay
• Hamster food and treats
• Peanut butter
• Heating pads
• Chew sticks, exercise balls, wheels, and small cardboard boxes for pocket pets
• Towels, blankets or rugs, any size, new or used

Game 2: Homecoming

Holy cow, this is unbelievable, for the first time in a long time (2004?) I am excited and optimistic about Purdue Boilermaker Football!!  Coach Brohm and his staff have resurrected a belief in our ability to win that has been missing for a long time; possibly since Joe Tiller's first four seasons.  I expected innovative, fun, and high scoring offense but I honestly had no idea that Brohm was bringing a defensive scheme with him from WKU.  Purdue absolutely dominated a Missouri offense that is projected to be the best in the SEC East.

I hope everyone is as excited as me and is looking forward to not only competing against Michigan but having a real shot at winning!  Michigan comes in with a very high ranking and Captain Insano as their coach but they have a little secret behind that ranking: they can't score on offense.  Michigan has scored a total of 8 TD's all season and only 5 of those have been scored on offense.  I really think that if Purdue can put up a couple of early TD's we could see a close one as Michigan (or scUM if you prefer) has scored 42% of their points in the kicking game, they just aren't designed to play from behind.  Look, I love Captain Insano's intensity and love of rivalry but his offense is built to control the clock and not to put points on the board.

We will be preparing for our titanic homecoming tilt with our favorite tailgate of the year: Oktoberfest!  Break out those Lederhosen, Drindl's, and steins because we're doing this Bavarian style.  We'll have Sue's world famous Kraut Balls, Brats, and German Potato Salad, and pretzels to nosh on pregame.  We'll also have a cooler full of Bavaria's finest Marzen brews.

We will be set up in the W lot, you should be able to find the map to the lot on the right hand side of the blog.  I will also drop a "pin" on Saturday and will share that link on my personal facebook page as well as on the Stone Cold Tailgating Club facebook page.  For first timers we tailgate out of the back of a 1983 Econoline Ambulance and will have a flagpole with two flags on it.  An image of the flags can also be found on the right side of the blog, the top will be an American flag and the bottom is our custom "Old School Boilermakers" flag with an image of the old smokestack from the physical plant that used to be in the middle of campus.  (If you have no idea what smokestack I'm talking about you're young enough that I'll want to see ID when you get to the tailgate before you get into the beer.)

As most of you know The Stone Cold Tailgating Club is just that, a club.  We do not ask that you bring anything to the tailgate, all food and drink are provided.  The tailgating dues are as follows:

$12 for Adults per game
$6 for Kids per game
$55 for the season

Let's Play Some Football!!

Friday September 22, 2017
6:00 p.m.     Dinner/Drinks on Campus

There is no definite plan but most likely Paula and I will be coming into town on Friday and will try to make it over to campus for dinner.  Honestly, I'm not sure what will happen or if we'll even make it into town that early but I wanted to put it out as a possibility.

Saturday September 23, 2017
11:15 a.m.     Meet at SCTC Lodge
11:30 a.m.     Tailgate Set Up
1:00 p.m.       Kraut Balls Served
2:00 p.m.       Brats Ready
3:00 p.m.       Tailgate Teardown
3:15 p.m.       Depart for Staduim
4:00 p.m.       Kickoff
8:30 p.m.       Return to SCTC Lodge

Quick note, this year I'm adding food prep times as we are trying to make sure that the tailgate is broken down in time for everyone to make the pregame ceremonies in the stadium.  I ask that you please respect that and try not to show up at the last minute.

Post game everyone is invited back to SCTC Lodge for cards, beers, etc.

Game 1: Ohio U

Welcome to a new era of Purdue football!  We have a new coach, new lights, beer served in stadium, and hopefully some better results.  We're also playing on a Friday night for the first time, something I'm not super pleased about.  I said before the season that I wasn't taking time off from work to tailgate for this game........luckily I quit my job and have this Friday off!

I normally try and tailor our tailgate food theme to the opponent but frankly the most famous food in Ohio is a Buckeye and I'm not interested in glorifying tO$U like everyone else in the state of Ohio!  We will be doing a low country boil for our meal on Friday night, for those of you with shell fish allergies we will be making a batch without shrimp.  We will have beer and cocktail fixings as usual as well.

As most of you know we do the tailgating club with the price of $12 per person per game.  That covers all of your food and drink for the day.  If you would like to pay for the full season the cost is $60.

We will be parking in the W Lot across from Slater Center again this year.  The great news is that the AAMB will be returning to their traditional pregame concert at Slater!  The "211 Session" was another of our former coach's bright ideas and I'm glad it left with him!  You'll find a map on the right side of this blog that will guide you to the W lot.

Friday September 8, 2017
3:30 pm     Meet at SCTC Lodge
3:45 pm     Depart for W Lot
4:00 pm     Tailgate Set Up
6:00 pm     Food Ready
7:15 pm     Depart for Stadium
8:00 pm     Kickoff