Game 4: Nebraska

Remember boys and girls, then "N" stands for knowledge at Nebraska......

We will welcome Nebraska into Ross-Aide Stadium for a Saturday night tilt under the lights.  This would be a great win for the Boilermakers, a way to make the statement that we truly are not a bottom feeder program any longer.

We'll have a larger party this week as we celebrate our annual "guys weekend."  (We know, it's not really a guy's weekend anymore, it's more of an idea than a mandate.)  We will have a lot of people in town that we don't see regularly and we look forward to a good time to be had by all.  We will be doing our "Make Your Own Pizza" tailgate with a multitude of drink options.

We're going to be set up in the W Lot (see the maps on the right side of the blog,) I don't think anyone will have a tough time finding us.  We will have our flags up as usual and the Ambulance is pretty easy to spot.

We will be gathering in town on Friday night to do a night out at Harry's.  Paula usually plans a costumed bar crawl in Chicago for Halloween but since we're going to be in Lafayette this year I thought we would move the party to Harry's.  We always try to do a theme for our costume nights and this year's is: 1997.  That's right, we're dressing as our selves circa 1997.  (Greg, I know you still have an Alamo Bowl t-shirt hanging around.)

Friday October 27, 2017
7:00 p.m.     Meet at SCTC Lodge
8:00 p.m.     Harry's

Since the game time has been moved to a night game on Saturday we'll be doing our "Halloween" celebration on Friday night.  We'll be heading out to the bars in a group costume, but it's a theme that's pretty easy to meet: Dress as Yourself circa 1997.

I have no idea what we'll be doing for dinner, but we'll probably just grab something on campus

Saturday October 28, 2017
10:00 a.m.   Pancake Breakfast
1:30 p.m.     Meet at SCTC Lodge
1:45 p.m.     Depart for Campus
2:00 p.m.     Set up Tailgate
3:00 p.m.     Food Set Up
6:15 p.m.     Full Teardown
6:45 p.m.     Depart for Stadium
7:30 p.m.     Kickoff

With the late start I'm going to want to do a full teardown of the tailgate before we head into the stadium.  We will have some tailgate games to help pass the time.

Game 3: Minnesota

It is a bittersweet game this weekend, the university will be recognizing the 20th anniversary of the 1997 team, but unfortunately Coach Tiller’s passing will hang over the celebrations. Coach Tiller meant so much to Purdue and I expect to see him honored appropriately. The teams will be wearing patches in his honor and Purdue will be wearing the true “old gold” helmets from 1997.

Minnesota comes to town riding high on rowing their boat the PJ Fleck way. Just remember that he kept saying he was interested in Purdue and then declined the interview because he thought better jobs would be available. Nobody says our football program is unworthy but us!  (Minnesota by the way was not the job he thought he would get, he thought Oregon was going to come calling.) I want the Boilers to beat up on his smug butt on Saturday!

We are doing burgers and fries for the tailgate. We won’t have just any burgers though, we will be having Minnesota Juicy Lucy burgers, they’re cheeseburgers with the cheese on the inside!  I look forward to seeing you in the W Lot!

Saturday October 7, 2017
11:15 Meet At Vinton
11:45  Tailgate set up
1:15   Burgers and Fries ready
2:45   Depart for Stadium
3:30  Kickoff