My dad ( a chemical eng grad) took me to my first game when I was 12.....been watching hoping ever since 55 years now...watching Mount play and Big Dog were great , but this group is my favorite, praying they find the final four . How about you ?
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I match you. I was 10 in 1969 and remember those names and all the success they had. Be 65 in June, so if I can still do math I think that's 55.My dad ( a chemical eng grad) took me to my first game when I was 12.....been watching hoping ever since 55 years now...watching Mount play and Big Dog were great , but this group is my favorite, praying they find the final four . How about you ?
Use to see Joe Barry walk by my apartment all the time would say hello , lived by the Stabilizer.....it was tough making it to class if it was Friday.I've been a Purdue fan for as long as I can remember. My dad grew up in Lafayette and graduated from Purdue. I remember my brother and me going up for a weekend to stay with my older brother and walking around campus. Fell in love with the university back then. I remember waiting for the Sunday paper to read up on all things Purdue. That would have been around 1976.
My brother lived next to Joe Barry Carroll (sp?) so by proxy I'd say that was my favorite team. But the truth is, I like each new team as they are all uniquely special in some way. I think the key is to make memories with loved ones to enjoy the time God gives you. And thank God daily for being a Boiler!
My dad ( a chemical eng grad) took me to my first game when I was 12.....been watching hoping ever since 55 years now...watching Mount play and Big Dog were great , but this group is my favorite, praying they find the final four . How about you ?
I still loved it when they'd pull out the old tuba commercial from time to time.Been watching since 1979 when I was 8. Most games were on WRTV Channel 4 (I think). If not they were on the radio. I kept a notebook and recorded the stats live as the game unfolded. The Farm Bureau pregame " attic" tuba commercial is a formative memory in my life. The 1980 - 1984 teams made me fall in love with basketball - those seniors won the conference in 1984. 1987-88 may be my all time favorite team, although the Painter teams of the past 5 years have been darn fun to watch.
I got a stress fracture in my foot walking to class on the un-shoveled ice fields of side walks (do they still not clear the sidewalks?) and would get taped in the mornings in the training room. Got to be there with JBC several times and always remember that. He didn't talk much but was a nice guy. Was 79, my only year on campus and that team was crazy good. Our seats were 4 rows from the top and I would watch that roof sometimes, to see if it might be moving a bit, from the noise.Use to see Joe Barry walk by my apartment all the time would say hello , lived by the Stabilizer.....it was tough making it to class if it was Friday.
been a fan since 74, my Frosh yrI have been all about Purdue since I was around 4 years old in 1980. My dad went there and I graduated in 98. Unfortunately university of iowa got to my son by him living in iowa for a year at age 5. They bought my wallet too with academic scholarships as this is his freshman year there. Fortunately his two younger brothers i am keeping firmly in a Purdue hold. We are going to the game today so for me, today is just a lot of fun.
I started listening on the radio when I was 8. I listened to a lot of games in secret under the covers when I was supposed to be sleeping.My dad ( a chemical eng grad) took me to my first game when I was 12.....been watching hoping ever since 55 years now...watching Mount play and Big Dog were great , but this group is my favorite, praying they find the final four . How about you ?
God bless the Stabilizer- Kool Ray and the Polaroidz made for an unforgettable experience 😎Use to see Joe Barry walk by my apartment all the time would say hello , lived by the Stabilizer.....it was tough making it to class if it was Friday.
My first game as a sophomore was in the field house , it’s last year , a fraternity brother was on that team . my favorite team is every Purdue team. Although I did get tickets to the first game in Mackey and that Mount, Keller and Herm Gilliam team does have a special place in my memoryGod bless the Stabilizer- Kool Ray and the Polaroidz made for an unforgettable experience 😎
Under the covers , me too 🤣I started listening on the radio when I was 8. I listened to a lot of games in secret under the covers when I was supposed to be sleeping.
I am 55 now and don't remember ever missing a game via radio or TV or stream, even when I was overseas for 9 years.
One of my favorite memories was 1990...Scheffler's senior year. I manged to barely scrape up enough money to buy a ticket. I didn't have a car or a pot to piss in, but I made it to a lot of games.
This particular game, I was hitch hiking from old highway 52 near Morris Bryant. An older dude picked me up, asked where I was going and I told him Mackey. He said "Me too, you can tell me how to get there."
We get there and he has a courtside pass. He was there to scout Steve Scheffler...his name was Bill Musselman. He got me into the arena for free and I sat with him behind the bench!
My most vivid memory from that game is Scheffler and another Boiler trapping a guy in the corner and Scheffler was screaming "Wooooooo, woooooo!" right in the ball handler's face. Turnover.
My favorite team? Every team, every year.
I watched my first game in 1955. This is the best team we have ever had.My dad ( a chemical eng grad) took me to my first game when I was 12.....been watching hoping ever since 55 years now...watching Mount play and Big Dog were great , but this group is my favorite, praying they find the final four . How about you ?
Same for me, as far as the first game that I clearly recall was the '88 loss to K State in the tournament.I started paying serious attention in the late 80s when I was in middle school. First game I clearly recall is the Sweet 16 loss to Kansas State in 1988. I didn't have cable as a kid, so the only games I saw were the Raycom broadcasts on WANE TV in Fort Wayne. The first game I attended was Michigan @ Mackey in '94, my senior year in hs. Purdue lost that game but won the B1G with Big Dog and made the Elie Eight. Favorite team is probably 1998, my senior year at Purdue, if only because that was the only time I've had season tickets. Chad Austin, Brad Miller, Jaraan Cornell, Mike Robinson, Brian Cardinal. Alan Eldridge was the point guard.
The Purdue women were really good in thst era, too, despite frequent coaching turnover. Won the national championship in '99 under Carolyn Peck. Linn Dunn actually lives about 20 minutes from me now in rural NW Tennessee.
AJH made a pretty big transformation throughout his career as well. Never had a lot of motor especially in HS, but really made big gains at Purdue.I've been a fan since 2003 so over 20 years.
My favorite team was the core 4's freshman year/RD and AJH junior year. That year thanks to RD, the team finally turned the corner from the horrific RJ two years. Painter probably gets fired if that team doesn't turn it around.
Painter owes a small percentage of every check to RD imo. Without him Purdue would not be what it is today.