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.