I'm 61 , graduated in 78 w/ the highest temperature in my class.
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80! Not a Purdue graduate but have great respect for the school for its combination of great sports and great academics. Moved to Lafayette in Dec 1969 and said I would stay till Purdue went to the Rose Bowl again. Still here, and I wear a 2001 Rose Bowl watch. Don't think we have to wait 34 years for the next Rose Bowl!
Boiler UP!!! Go Boilers! Hail Purdue!
Boiler UP!!! Go Boilers! Hail Purdue!
geez, you must get frustrated with all us geezers
wow small world. 43yrs old here. HHS grad 92. Purdue grad 98. I remember your father. Very nice man.
That is because most other Forums don't have a team worth following their entire life
your bouts seem to be more regular than others ... carry on ...
Yaaaaaaeeeeeesssss!
I only know the Chappelle version of Lil Jon.
Approaching 51. Went to high school between Indy and Bloomington. Black and Gold was not popular but I’m big enough that it didn’t lead to too much trouble. Coached a little AAU when my daughter was playing but prefer coaching local youth teams. No travel. It’s fun to see them learn how a team sport really works. I only coach basketball now.
This is a good board. Lots of people with their heads on relatively straight.
. Coached a little AAU when my daughter was playing but prefer coaching local youth teams. No travel. It’s fun to see them learn how a team sport really works. I only coach basketball now.This is a good board. Lots of people with their heads on relatively straight.
45, Class of '95.
Parents graduated from Purdue ('68 and '69) and originally from West Point, IN, lots of family connections with Purdue. I was raised in Dearborn, MI (my dad was an engineer for Ford). I knew where I would be attending college from about the time I was nine years old, attended Purdue Basketball Camp many a time, and bleed OLD gold and black.
For those on this thread with Harrison High connections, I am friends with the Dirksen family (met Joel when we were freshmen and living in the since-demolished Fowler Courts).
Parents graduated from Purdue ('68 and '69) and originally from West Point, IN, lots of family connections with Purdue. I was raised in Dearborn, MI (my dad was an engineer for Ford). I knew where I would be attending college from about the time I was nine years old, attended Purdue Basketball Camp many a time, and bleed OLD gold and black.
For those on this thread with Harrison High connections, I am friends with the Dirksen family (met Joel when we were freshmen and living in the since-demolished Fowler Courts).
Jan Conner, Jean/Rob Ambrose territory?Approaching 51. Went to high school between Indy and Bloomington. Black and Gold was not popular but I’m big enough that it didn’t lead to too much trouble
This is a good board. Lots of people with their heads on relatively straight.
Yeah, we have had some fun over the years. And his parents are the salt of the Earth.
I think he was the kid who's parents were really upset when he went from ET to HHS because he LOVED basketball but they knew he wouldn't make the team ...
I'm not familiar with the basketball aspect, but he was an excellent linebacker for the HHS Raiders!
45. Class of ‘95. BSIE.
I really wish you grouped the ages from 36-45 versus from 45-54 so I wouldn’t be grouped with the old guys.
I really wish you grouped the ages from 36-45 versus from 45-54 so I wouldn’t be grouped with the old guys.
You should relish the opp ... wisdom is hard to find these days.
48, another Gen X'er so I have seen some things (with Purdue basketball). A real fan since '79 after kicking a hole in the drywall of our house after Purdue lost to IU in the NIT Finals. Growing up in southern Indiana toughens you up as a Purdue fan.
69 for a couple more months. Central Illinoisan at Purdue '66 - '70.
Down on the Johnson county / Brown county line. Those names don’t trip my memory.
76- Didn’t graduate from Purdue, attended the extension in Fort Wayne 59 - 62, been a fan, bleeding black and gold ever since.
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56. BSIM in 1983. Fan since I was about 16. Originally a Region Rat, but moved the family to Hendricks County in 1993 and been here since. Unfortunately I still have steel particles and steel mill pollution in my lungs. Hoping for the best. Being a Grandpa is the best.
I remember when Purdue Pete had a paper machete head
I turn 34 next week. Grew up cheering for IU and Butler because of family ties. My brother in law is Danny Allen and played when Thad was just an assistant and they were really bad. (My cousins are getting closer age to play college hoops. The daughter is 17 and is on the Norway national team with dual citizenship. She is 6'2, so that helps. The younger cousin is 15 and he is about 6'3 and has been playing point guard for a few age groups higher for a while now. He will probably end up 6'6-6'8. He has been going to the Butler camps for a while. He has excellent handles and shooting for his size). I still used to love going to their games as a kid and meeting the players and coaches, though I don't remember any of them in particular. As for IU, I was a fan because my dads first wife ended up marrying Todd Leary's father. I became a Purdue fan because me and my three siblings all went to Purdue. Great school, great people, and a great fanbase. I am very happy with the state of the school and the athletics. Everything seems to be going in the right direction and it's a great time to be a Boiler.
Make a lot of memories in life and keep them close. In the end it's all we really have from the past.
Not even going there!! True Southern Ladies just don't discuss such things....But BeachinSteve and I graduated the same year as Boilermakers...
69 till the end of Feb. Started at the Ft.Wayne campus in 66. It was a one building campus. HS in Fayette Co. BSME74, retired in 2003 from Naval Air Systems Command.
..or they only follow when the team wins to their expectations...to hell with quality of people, academics, clean programs AND winning a lotThat is because most other Forums don't have a team worth following their entire life
