About to head out to West Lafayette. I haven't been this excited since about to play #3 MSU. We all know how that turned out!

Let's go!!! BTFUUUU!!!!

I feel optimistic about the game this week and am looking forward to seeing the Boilers take the field against a worthy opponent and see how our horses match up.

A set of questions to get us focused on the game that lies ahead. ND comes to town on Saturday, what do you think...

1. Who wins the opening coin toss (P or ND)?
2. What will be Purdue's first offensive play (run or pass)?
3. Final score of the game?

Here are my answers and why.

1. Purdue - we leverage our engineering / mathematics department to will the coin our way. Purdue chooses "heads", wins the toss, elects to take the ball, and uses the Offense to set the tone for the game.
2. Purdue will screen pass and pick up 7.5 yards. Will use the quick passes to open the running lanes (Mock or Bush to get over 100 yards).
3. Purdue 28 ND 17 Purdue's passing will be more accurate than what ND has seen to date, wears out their D.

What do you think?

I don't usually place bets but since Hard Rock is legal in Florida, I am opening an account and taking Purdue in this contest. I didnt check the OU.

From Goldman Sachs CEO…🤔.

From a few of the policies the equate to 0.2%. And what were those policies….

Let’s get the fact checkers begin.

No, this is not an article from the satire site The Babylon Bee.

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday officially designated the Electoral College vote count and certification as a special national security event, putting the U.S. Secret Service in charge of security surrounding the process.


If you're thinking what I'm thinking, in the aftermath of the July assassination attempt against Donald Trump, the Secret Service — "one of the elite law enforcement agencies in the world" — presently has a self-inflicted, less-than-stellar image.

So, what's the deal? Why this, now?

The move comes in response to the 2021 count, which saw a mob storm the Capitol to try to head off the count that certified President Biden as the winner over former President Donald Trump.
The vote counting joins other major events such as the national nominating conventions, presidential inaugurations and the president’s annual State of the Union address. But this is the first time the Electoral College counting and certification has been designated.

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Curious, isn't it? It strikes me as a political move, made to remind the country of the so-called January 6, 2021 "insurrection" by Trump loyalists. Nah, the Biden-Harris administration would never do that, right?

Like hell they wouldn't.

Eric Ranaghan, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Dignitary Protective Division, milked it for all it was worth.

The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with our federal, state, and local partners are committed to developing and implementing a comprehensive and integrated security plan to ensure the safety and security of this event and its participants.

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The agency said Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also requested the move. Of course, she did.

The January 6 Congressional Committee that investigated the assault on the U.S. Capitol previously recommended the designation for future vote counts.

"Until January 6th, 2021, the joint session of Congress for counting electoral votes was not understood to pose the same types of security risks as other major events on Capitol Hill,” the committee said in its final report. “Given what occurred in 2021, Congress and the Executive Branch should work together to designate the joint session of Congress occurring on January 6th as a National Special Security Event."

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Incidentally, as I'm sure you remember, if you sat through Tuesday's presidential debate, Kamala Harris absurdly called the January 6 assault "the worst attack on Democracy since the Civil War."

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Yeah, no. In addition, the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor also comes to mind as making Harris sound like a politicizing fool.

Meanwhile, What's Going on With the Trump Assassination Investigation?​

As the Secret Service's internal affairs division continues to investigate how a 20-year-old gunman was able to fire eight rounds from a rooftop near where Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, the agency has placed at least five agents on leave.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to confirm the agents were placed on leave, saying he would not comment on a personnel matter. But he said the service's "mission assurance review is progressing, and we are examining the processes, procedures and factors that led to this operational failure."
He added that the Secret Service "holds our personnel to the highest professional standards, and any identified and substantiated violations of policy will be investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility for potential disciplinary action."

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In addition, as we reported, an SS official was "encouraged to retire" on Tuesday, nearly two months after the assassination attempt.

The official, Assistant Director Michael Plati of the agency's Office of Protective Operations, led the section in control of planning for the protection of Trump, President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. JD Vance, and others, and is ending his tenure there this Friday, his 27th anniversary at the agency.

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The Secret Service responded in a statement Tuesday that Plati "was not asked to resign or retire by anyone," adding: "This was a personal decision that he has made and we thank him for his 27 years of dedicated service to the federal government."

Sure it was.

The Bottom Line​

Come January 6, 2025, Americans across the fruited plain can rest assured that the U.S. Secret Service will rise to the occasion and protect the Electoral College vote count and certification of the 2024 presidential election results from (pick one or more) an "insurrection," an "assault on democracy," or the "worst attack on democracy since the Civil War."

What a bummer. Two of the most exciting incoming players and both are out again this week for ND. There has to be some real concern here long term now for these guys. Speedsters with bad wheels.

anybody know why? He's at Texas State and they are rolling over AZ state. McCloud was at James Madison last year and granted he's been everywhere in his college career, but the dude seems to be a play maker.

Any word on how they will be this year? They are a whole new team so I suspect it’s a rebuilding year. I saw they just lost their starting LG for the year and relying on a walkon transfer who followed his OL coach from wisky. But otherwise it’s mostly transfers with 13 following the coaching staff from JMU.

Watching the Weather Channel's future extrapolations for Hurricane Francine's progress--- what can any of you ATMS scholars located near Purdue tell me about the weather for Saturday afternoon?

Purdue volleyball will face a strong test this weekend in Dallas.

Purdue volleyball will face a strong test this weekend in Dallas.

Boiler Upload gets you primed for #Purdue’s rivalry showdown with how to watch, betting odds, weather forecast and more ahead of the game.

Goals from Kayla Budish and Lauren Omholt give Purdue women's soccer its first Big Ten win since October 31, 2021.

Goals from Kayla Budish and Lauren Omholt give Purdue women's soccer its first Big Ten win since October 31, 2021.

Players say the bye week should afford Purdue a mental advantage Saturday against the Irish.

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I've always felt that we need a businessman with experience as the best person to run this country because it's become more of a "business" every day.

The best thing in my opinion about Trump was/is he's a businessman who makes major decisions every day which a President must make running this country. He's been responsible for payrolls, taxes, wages, construction, facility improvements, etc. He employes black, white, oriental, Hispanic, and yes even women.

What, asked as an honest question, has Kammi ever done that honestly qualifies her to run a root beer stand, let alone this great and bountiful country.

I'll be interested in hearing from her supporters making their honest opinions as to what qualifies her to run America and to keep us out of wars which Trump did for four years in office, which if that were the only thing he did would have been great.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Even NYC liberals know that CNN isn’t unbiased.

SIAP, but I have to trot out one of the greatest Irish tantrums of all time---from a ND student *journalist* after Purdue beat Notre Dame 23-21 in Ross-Ade in September 1999. It originally appeared in the ND student paper. (Full disclosure, I believe I read somewhere that the author later apologized, for what it's worth):

They're not ND
Erin Piroutek

I don't want to talk about the game. I don't want to rehash botched calls, questionable play-calling, or stupid mistakes. I don't want to think about the "if-only's." It's too painful. Let me mourn in peace.

Still, the trip to West Lafayette was a valuable learning experience. It made me thoroughly appreciate being a Domer.

The corn should have been my first clue that something was amiss. We took the first exit that said Purdue, anticipating the sight of the stadium ready to accommodate screaming Irish fans. Instead, we found ... corn. For several miles we drove on a two-lane road winding through cornfield upon cornfield.

Thanks to backed-up traffic, we had several hours to appreciate the corn.

Finally we made it to campus ("I thought I'd seen ugly buildings before — but now I realize I was wrong," said my roommate) and into the stadium.

But the reasons to count my blessings had just begun. Anytime there are more cheerleaders than football players, well, there's something inherently wrong. You may think I'm kidding. But I'm dead serious.

Start with the 10 girls and 10 guys, who I assume were the varsity cheerleaders. Add 10 more of each who I think were the JV cheerleaders. That's 40. Then consider the 16 flag girls and eight baton twirlers. We're up to 64. But that's not all. Count the 32 pom girls, even though I couldn't quite discern their purpose, and that brings us to a grand total of 96 cheerleaders.

And you might think there's nothing wrong with this. Spirit is good, right? Well, maybe I could excuse it if there was any spirit in the Purdue stadium. But there wasn't.

Our 12 cheerleaders are able to make the entire stadium resonate with the sounds of "We are Notre Dame." The Purdue stadium resonated with ... random noise every once in awhile when Purdue had a good play.

After an entire game in Ross-Ade Stadium, with the Purdue fans just two rows behind me, I have no idea what their fight song sounds like. They never sang it. I think the band played it every so often, but I'm not even sure about that, since we couldn't really hear the band.

Maybe we're spoiled, since when our band plays the sound resonates through campus. Even in the broadcast of the Michigan game, the Irish band could be heard loud and clear in the Big House. But I don't think it's too much to ask for a band to at least play loud enough that those sitting in the stadium can hear it. It's not like the sounds of the crowd were drowning it out.

Even the individual fans were a disappointment. The ubiquitous presence of "The Shirt" confused and befuddled them. One fan sneered, "What, did they give those shirts out for free or something?" I guess the concept of Irish unity is too much for them to grasp. Understandable I guess, since Boilermaker unity is nonexistent.

As we were heading back to our car, a Purdue student shouted insults at us from his dorm window. At this point, someone who would attack two girls while hiding in the safety of his dorm didn't even surprise me.

We walked away with our heads held high. After all, we are ND. And we don't have to spend the rest of our college careers at Purdue.

Taken from Boiled Sports

Boiler Upload chats with Tyler James of InsideNDSports ahead of Purdue’s matchup with Notre Dame in this week’s Behind Enemy Lines.

quite interesting link -


A second link, but don't miss the one above. Could all the independents lied?

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I just saw a pic of Mason with other Dukie's and I'm realizing that if they are successful it's going to be "natural" to not like him too much. I'm happy he's getting paid and thrilled that he gets a shot at being more involved offensively than he was here. (maybe)
But I can't help but think that he's trashed his legacy with a lot of fans (or will in time) as far as his place in the winningest class of all time (Boilers).
And that seems like a real shame. I don't think for a minute that the coaches and players will do that, they clearly don't with others that have already taken that path.
But we fans aren't so charitable or accepting I think.
Myself, he's been one of my favorite blue collar Boilers of all time. With him choosing to play elsewhere, does that take some shine off??? Time will tell.
But I expect a few curse outs Mason's way if he has a decent season.
JMO

I noticed that David Bell was cut. I had high hopes for him.

I saw Charlie Jones caught a pass.

George Karlaftis looked like he had a pretty good day.

How about others?