Greetings fellow Boilermakers and welcome to Purdue Football 2018! We are very excited to see if Coach Brohm and the team can build on last year's success and keep Purdue Football at least relevant in the Big Ten West.
It's a bit of an odd situation starting the season on a Thursday, especially since it comes against a Big Ten opponent. (I didn't look it up but I can't remember us opening against a Big Ten opponent......EVER.) Northwestern comes in with some questions, especially at QB after losing their starter to a knee injury in their bowl game, but Pat Fitzgerald has built a solid program and I expect them to be potent on the offensive side of the ball.
Given that Northwestern bills themselves as "Chicago's Big Ten Team" (good luck finding anyone that buys into that,) we will be having a Chicago Themed menu. For the deep dish fans I'm sorry to report that we'll just be having some Chicago Style hot dogs and Chicago brewed beer.
I'm sure that you have all seen the photos and are aware that we have upgraded our tailgating ambulance. We've moved into the late 90's (from the 1983 version we had previously.) The bay is slightly larger, but the storage space is going to be a bit different than you are used to, there is no drop down bar for example. We have had it painted but additional decorations and adornments will take some additional time to secure. (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217168732121363&set=pb.1561920488.-2207520000.1535364191.&type=3&theater)
We will be parked in the same location as last year, the W Lot across from Slater just west of the track and field stadium. We will still have our normal flagpole set up and the big yellow tent. We should be pretty easy to find if you kind of know where to look. The map on the right side of the blog should help and as always I will "drop a pin" on the Stone Cold Facebook page.
Thursday August 30, 2018
4:15 p.m. Depart the house
4:45 p.m. Tailgate up and Ready
7:15 p.m. Tailgate Breakdown
7:30 p.m. Depart for Stadium
8:00 p.m. Kickoff
Monday, August 27, 2018
Saturday, October 21, 2017
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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
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
Monday, September 18, 2017
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
Sunday, September 17, 2017
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.
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
$55 for the season
Let's Play Some Football!!
Friday September 22, 2017
6:00 p.m. Dinner/Drinks on Campus
There is no definite plan but most likely Paula and I will be coming into town on Friday and will try to make it over to campus for dinner. Honestly, I'm not sure what will happen or if we'll even make it into town that early but I wanted to put it out as a possibility.
Saturday September 23, 2017
11:15 a.m. Meet at SCTC Lodge
11:30 a.m. Tailgate Set Up
1:00 p.m. Kraut Balls Served
2:00 p.m. Brats Ready
3:00 p.m. Tailgate Teardown
3:15 p.m. Depart for Staduim
4:00 p.m. Kickoff
8:30 p.m. Return to SCTC Lodge
Quick note, this year I'm adding food prep times as we are trying to make sure that the tailgate is broken down in time for everyone to make the pregame ceremonies in the stadium. I ask that you please respect that and try not to show up at the last minute.
Post game everyone is invited back to SCTC Lodge for cards, beers, etc.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Game 1: Ohio U
Welcome to a new era of Purdue football! We have a new coach, new lights, beer served in stadium, and hopefully some better results. We're also playing on a Friday night for the first time, something I'm not super pleased about. I said before the season that I wasn't taking time off from work to tailgate for this game........luckily I quit my job and have this Friday off!
I normally try and tailor our tailgate food theme to the opponent but frankly the most famous food in Ohio is a Buckeye and I'm not interested in glorifying tO$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 $60.
We will be parking in the W Lot across from Slater Center again this year. The great news is that the AAMB will be returning to their traditional pregame concert at Slater! The "211 Session" was another of our former coach's bright ideas and I'm glad it left with him! You'll find a map on the right side of this blog that will guide you to the W lot.
Friday September 8, 2017
3:30 pm Meet at SCTC Lodge
3:45 pm Depart for W Lot
4:00 pm Tailgate Set Up
6:00 pm Food Ready
7:15 pm Depart for Stadium
8:00 pm Kickoff
I normally try and tailor our tailgate food theme to the opponent but frankly the most famous food in Ohio is a Buckeye and I'm not interested in glorifying tO$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
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Basketball Homecoming 2017
I’m very happy that all of you
have decided to join us for the Twelfth Annual Purdue Basketball Homecoming,
brought to you by The Stone Cold Tailgating Club. I’m so glad that all of you can be a part of
what now a standing tradition! It’s a
great chance for us to get together and see each other after the long layoff
after the dismal football season
Saturday January 21, 2017
10:30 a.m. Meet at 1814 Vinton
11:00 a.m. Depart for Game
12:00 p.m. Tip Off
2:30 p.m. Return to the house for Lunch
7:00 p.m. Latest Return
to the Harry's
The 12:00 tipoff makes any pregame activity at Harry's pretty much impossible since they don't open until 11:00. Anybody that wants to get to the house early is welcome, we'll have the bar open.
My plan is to return to the house for late lunch after the game. We'll head back out to Harry's sometime in the early afternoon, no later than 7:00. My parent's have said they do not mind ferrying us back to campus to Harry's.
Sunday January 22, 2017
We will have breakfast at the house before sending everyone on their way back home.
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