Each week on Saturday I wake and hope that this long nightmare will soon come to an end. I hope to arrive at the stadium to find that we're playing "basketball on grass" with an engaging and endearing head coach on the sideline. I pray that our offensive coordinator runs a scheme that is current with today's spread philosophy seen throughout the college and pro games.
What I get is a team that can't seem to move the ball past the first yard marker more than 5 times a game. I see a head coach who seems more worried about ancillary issues like pep sessions, meeting rooms, and helmets. I see an offensive coordinator that runs a system that only Alabama (with 8 professional level talents starting on offense) seems to be able to succeed with. Worst of all I see a demoralized and dwindling group of "faithful" filling the stands.
Welcome to the future of Purdue Football.
On that high note, let's prepare for a game that we MIGHT be able to be competitive in at home this year. It has been so long since I saw a game where my team has been competitive in the fourth quarter that I'm not sure I would know what to do if we kept it close.
Since we're not going to have anyone attending that hasn't been to our tailgate this year, I'll spare all of the information about where to find us. At this point the best directions I can offer just follow the stink of failure emanating from Ross-Ade and then head northwest a little bit.
Saturday November 9, 2013
8:30 a.m. Depart for the Lot
8:45 a.m. Set Up
9:45 a.m. Food is up
11:30 a.m. Depart for the Stadium
Please see our newly launched site http://gethazellfired.blogspot.com/, which as of now has the same content as our head coach: none.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
A Buckeye is Just a Poisonous, Useless Nut
Before we get to the game information I want to remind everyone that we’re doing a canned food drive this week for the local food pantry. As we have discussed over the last two years we’re trying to use the Stone Cold organization to provide some service back to the community. Any non- perishable items are appreciated!
After a humiliating Homecoming loss to NIU and another pounding against Nebraska the Boilers went on the road and provided a much better result at MSU. After a bye week in which we were a 7.5 point underdog, they return to Ross-Ade Stadium this weekend to take on a tO$U team that has been rolling since Urban came to town. This will likely be another tough one for the Boilers but hopefully we can pull out a shocker much like the last two times tO$U visited us in West Lafayette.
We will be doing our ever popular make your own pizza tailgate this weekend. We’ll have all the toppings you will need to create a personal pie that is all your own! There will also be ingredients for salad if that is more to your tastes!
The weather projects to be cold, so we will plan to have some of the heating elements with us. As a reminder we do have stadium blankets that can be carried in but we need you to please make sure that they make it back to the tailgate after the game.
We will plan on meeting in the D lot on Saturday morning, hopefully near the Evans Scholars house where we have been for most games this season.
The D Lot can be found on the map on the right side of the blog. We have the large flagpole that extends to 20 feet and an ambulance so hopefully you will be able to locate us easily. We will be sporting either our custom flag, which can be seen to the right of this post, that sports our “Old School Boilermakers” or the upside down Purdue Football Flag. (Upside down obviously to indicate that our football program is in distress.)
Friday November 1, 2013
7:00 p.m. Eric and Paula Arrive
Saturday November 2, 2013
8:00 a.m. Depart for the W Lot
8:15 a.m. Arrive W lot/Set up Tailgate
11:15 a.m. Depart for Stadium
12:00 p.m. Kick Off
4:00 p.m. Post Game Tailgate
7:30 p.m. Harry's?
Eric and his parents will be departing from the house at 8:00 to ensure that we have two adjacent spots. If anyone else would like to meet at the house they are welcome to but it is not necessary. We have room to transport up to 7 people from the house in the ambulance and Element.
If you are driving separately and plan to arrive at the tailgate later we suggest that you park in one of the following locations: The Northwestern Avenue Garage (Grant and Northwestern), The University Street Garage(3rd and University), or the IM Gold Lot (Just off 3rd Street at McCutcheon.)
After a humiliating Homecoming loss to NIU and another pounding against Nebraska the Boilers went on the road and provided a much better result at MSU. After a bye week in which we were a 7.5 point underdog, they return to Ross-Ade Stadium this weekend to take on a tO$U team that has been rolling since Urban came to town. This will likely be another tough one for the Boilers but hopefully we can pull out a shocker much like the last two times tO$U visited us in West Lafayette.
We will be doing our ever popular make your own pizza tailgate this weekend. We’ll have all the toppings you will need to create a personal pie that is all your own! There will also be ingredients for salad if that is more to your tastes!
The weather projects to be cold, so we will plan to have some of the heating elements with us. As a reminder we do have stadium blankets that can be carried in but we need you to please make sure that they make it back to the tailgate after the game.
We will plan on meeting in the D lot on Saturday morning, hopefully near the Evans Scholars house where we have been for most games this season.
The D Lot can be found on the map on the right side of the blog. We have the large flagpole that extends to 20 feet and an ambulance so hopefully you will be able to locate us easily. We will be sporting either our custom flag, which can be seen to the right of this post, that sports our “Old School Boilermakers” or the upside down Purdue Football Flag. (Upside down obviously to indicate that our football program is in distress.)
Friday November 1, 2013
7:00 p.m. Eric and Paula Arrive
Saturday November 2, 2013
8:00 a.m. Depart for the W Lot
8:15 a.m. Arrive W lot/Set up Tailgate
11:15 a.m. Depart for Stadium
12:00 p.m. Kick Off
4:00 p.m. Post Game Tailgate
7:30 p.m. Harry's?
Eric and his parents will be departing from the house at 8:00 to ensure that we have two adjacent spots. If anyone else would like to meet at the house they are welcome to but it is not necessary. We have room to transport up to 7 people from the house in the ambulance and Element.
If you are driving separately and plan to arrive at the tailgate later we suggest that you park in one of the following locations: The Northwestern Avenue Garage (Grant and Northwestern), The University Street Garage(3rd and University), or the IM Gold Lot (Just off 3rd Street at McCutcheon.)
Thursday, October 10, 2013
The "N" is for Knowledge
The Red Horde invades West Lafayette for the first time in Big Ten competition this weekend. Nebraska's fans are known to travel in bunches so I fully expect to see half of our stadium decked out in red this weekend. Never the less, we will be hoping that the coaching staff and players have "found something" in their bye week so we can send those 'huskers back to their cornfield with a loss!
It will be a nice day this weekend with temps projected in the mid-70's and sunny. Just the kind of "all American" day we would want for our "All-American" menu of burgers, fries, and American craft brewed beer.
It will be a small crowd this weekend, only 7 of us tailgating, so I'll skip the usual spiel on where to find us.
If anyone is interested in donating we will be collecting new and gently used coats for "Coats for Kids" at the tailgate.
8:15 Arrive D Lot
11:30 Depart for Game
12:00 Kickoff
We will "post game" tailgate at the ambulance as well to let the traffic die down a little bit.
It will be a nice day this weekend with temps projected in the mid-70's and sunny. Just the kind of "all American" day we would want for our "All-American" menu of burgers, fries, and American craft brewed beer.
It will be a small crowd this weekend, only 7 of us tailgating, so I'll skip the usual spiel on where to find us.
If anyone is interested in donating we will be collecting new and gently used coats for "Coats for Kids" at the tailgate.
Saturday October 12, 2013
8:00 Depart the House8:15 Arrive D Lot
11:30 Depart for Game
12:00 Kickoff
We will "post game" tailgate at the ambulance as well to let the traffic die down a little bit.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Homecoming Charity Event
Eric's itinerary for Homecoming weekend is below, but first we bring you a message from the organizer of our first Charity Event of 2013.
Guest Blogger Vincent the Pooch sitting in for Master this week. Thank goodness he can type for me as I still have not developed opposable thumbs and hunting and pecking with my nose would take forever!
First let me say big thanks to Master and Paula for adopting me several years ago. I mean I’m a good lookin’ pooch so I probably would have been OK but having a nice home is the best, much better than shelter life!
There are still a lot of dogs and cats out there for whom the animal shelter is their home. This week the Stone Cold Tailgating Club reaches out to those animals by asking for donations for the Almost Home Animal Shelter in Lafayette. Any help is greatly appreciated! Just bring your donation to the tailgate and Master will handle the rest.
For the animals
- 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
Cleaning Items
- Household bleach and laundry detergent
- Sponges, scrub brushes, gloves, spray bottles, dustpans with brushes and other cleaning supplies
- Anti-bacterial hand sanitizer Air freshener
Homecoming 2013
Oktoberfest 2013
The splat you heard last week
emanating from north of the “cheddar curtain” was the sound of the budding
hopes that Purdue’s football team gave all of us against Notre Dame falling
flat. After what can only be described
as a “MAC Level” effort in Madison we return home for the annual Homecoming
game against defending MAC champ Northern Illinois.
I need not remind anyone that the
last time the NIU Huskies came calling in West Lafayette they left with a
dignity robbing win against the Boilermakers.
Let’s all hope that the team rises to the occasion behind our “cheers
that tell the tale!”
We will be celebrating our annual
Oktoberfest tailgate this week, which is always a fan favorite. We will have potato salad, brats, and of
course ‘kraut balls.
This will also be our first charity event of the year, we will be collecting for the "Almost Home" animal rescue in Lafayette, IN. Just bring a cash or "in kind" donation as listed below and the SCTC administration will do the rest.
This will also be our first charity event of the year, we will be collecting for the "Almost Home" animal rescue in Lafayette, IN. Just bring a cash or "in kind" donation as listed below and the SCTC administration will do the rest.
For those of you that have not
been to a tailgate this season please note that we have moved!!! We are now in the D Lot up next to the
stadium (map to the right.)
We have the large flagpole that extends to 20 feet and an
ambulance but what we have found is that having an ambulance is not all that
unique in the D Lot. Ours is the one that is NOT painted black and gold.
Friday September 27, 2013
My parents will be home all day on
Friday so feel free to arrive any time after 12:00 if you’re staying at the
Stone Cold Lodge 1814. Paula is also
planning to be there on Thursday night and will be working from “The Lodge” on Friday.
There are no set plans for the night, we’ll
probably just hang out at the house and catch up. I am thinking about opening up the poker
table for games.
Saturday September 28, 2013
8:00 a.m. Depart for the D Lot
8:30 a.m. Tailgate Begins
11:30 a.m. Leave for Game
12:00 p.m. Kickoff
6:00 p.m. Dinner at 1814 Vinton
Eric and his parents will be
departing from the house at 8:00 to ensure that we have two adjacent
spots. If anyone else would like to meet
at the house they are welcome to but it is not necessary. We have room to transport up to 7 people from
the house in the ambulance and Element.
We will plan to eat at the house
as there will be such a large group and securing a spot on campus would be
nearly impossible. Mom will have dinner
out and ready shortly after we return from the game.
Plans for Saturday night are fluid;
we can do what everyone feels like doing.
We can stay at the house for games or head to campus to brave the bars,
we’ll just play it by ear.
Sunday September 29, 2013
No specific plans for Sunday other
than nursing various degrees of a “hangover.” Breakfast will be out at the house probably around 10 a.m.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Game 2: Welcome Reversible
Jackets
After a lackluster effort in the home opener I know we are
all hoping to see a better effort from the home team this weekend. Let’s hope
that the Boilers are ready for primetime with the Irish coming to town for a late kickoff on Saturday night! ND is coming in off of a
tough loss in Ann Arbor so I expect them to come in looking to blow out the
Boilermakers to regain their momentum.
While I know the Boilers are not playing great, this is a
rivalry game and I hope to see them respond.
I’ll be there to cheer them on to victory!
I also ask everyone (including myself) to stay positive and
cheer for our boys and ignore the typical “subway alumni” that will be sure to
be sitting all around us. Remember that
these are the answers to the majority of the questions we’ll want to ask this
weekend:
- No, I’ve never been inside any of the academic buildings at ND; wait, there’s actually a school called Notre Dame?
- I’m not sure what all the words to the fight song are but I love that thunder part.
- I don’t know the words to the Alma Mater, what does that mean anyway?
- Yes, I do believe that it is every Catholic’s duty to root for ND.
- Of course I have an IU basketball shirt at home, why do you ask?
We were trying to find an anti-Irish theme to go with this
weekend but since English and Irish food is exactly the same there was no point
in an English theme. We decided to go with
a Mexican Fiesta theme for the tailgate.
We’ll have pork or chicken tacos, all the salsa you can eat, margaritas,
and of course Mexican beer.
We found the D Lot to be excellent last week; thus far I
feel that we made the right decision moving up the hill. Finding us will be a little more difficult
than usual as there are at least six other tailgates with ambulances up in the
D Lot. The easiest way to find us is to
look for the “Double” tailgate since we have the Element and the Ambulance side
by side. We will have a green tent and a
Purdue tent and of course our unique tailgating flag as seen in the margin of
the blog.
The Athletic’s Office has designated this as “gold and
black” game in order to try and give the stadium a unified look. If you have ever seen the “white out” on TV
or in person at Penn
State
The chart below shows the sections as demarked by the University
and the chart below tells you what section you are in. The SCTC season tickets are in a gold section
which means I’m going to have to forgo my usual “Section 120” jersey. (I’m not sure how I’m going to find my
section now, but I guess I will manage.)
Saturday September 14, 2013
2:00 p.m. Depart for the W Lot
2:45 p.m. Arrive D Lot / Set Up
4:30 p.m. Tacos
ready
7:30 p.m. Tailgate
Breakdown
8:00 p.m. Kickoff
For anybody wanting
to make it easier to find the tailgate please meet at 1814 Vinton by 1:45 on
Saturday afternoon to ride over with the Ambulance and Element. We have room to take approximately 6 people with us.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Game 1: Indiana State
Welcome back Boilermaker fans to beautiful West Lafayette,
IN for another season of Purdue Football.
I would also remind everyone that this will be our 10th
season for the Stone Cold Tailgating Club!
The boys laid an egg last week, so we will have to see how things go against I-AA Indiana State this weekend.
8:00 a.m. Depart for the D Lot
8:30 a.m. Arrive D lot/Set up Tailgate
11:30 a.m. Depart for Stadium
12:00 p.m. Kick Off
The boys laid an egg last week, so we will have to see how things go against I-AA Indiana State this weekend.
We are moving to the D lot this year and this is the first
game it would be best if you met us at the house so we could go together to the
lot.
We have the large flagpole that extends to 20 feet and an
ambulance so hopefully you will be able to locate us easily. We will be sporting our custom flag this year
which sports our “Old School Boilermakers” motif similar to our cups.
Saturday September 7, 2013
8:00 a.m. Depart for the D Lot
8:30 a.m. Arrive D lot/Set up Tailgate
11:30 a.m. Depart for Stadium
12:00 p.m. Kick Off
I am allowing us some extra time to get settled into our
spot this week because we just don’t know what the process is going to be like.
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