Shout out to the students.

[Tommaker]

No just for coming back for this game, but being there for EVERY game, being loud, making your presence known, and staying for the whole game. Now, when you graduate, make your fandom a life-long tradition and keep coming back to support your Alma Mater. Boiler UP!

 

[Cthreepo]

Agreed. Students have been great all year. Even though the rain of the Minnesota game.

 

[Matt Tiger]

It was great to see so many students there yesterday despite it being Thanksgiving weekend.Who says the Bucket Game needs to be moved to Indy in order to draw a crowd?.Over 61,000 fans were there yesterday.

 

[Riveting]

It was great to see so many students there yesterday despite it being Thanksgiving weekend.Who says the Bucket Game needs to be moved to Indy in order to draw a crowd?.Over 61,000 fans were there yesterday.

I said we need it to be at Lucas to avoid rain and to avoid a deluge of goose crap.

I bet we would draw more Boiler fans on average over two games at Lucas than over one at RA and one at GCA (Goose Crap Stadium).

 

[mk_peters]

I’m surprised Ross-Ade was full. IU couldn’t have brought many more than a friends and family type group, like 1500 tops.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

I said we need it to be at Lucas to avoid rain and to avoid a deluge of goose crap.

I bet we would draw more Boiler fans on average over two games at Lucas than over one at RA and one at GCA (Goose Crap Stadium).

I mentioned earlier this week that we play at RA every other year and at Lucas when it is supposed to be at “the Rock”. That way we avoid the geese.

We would have to fill Lucas, because IU fans are staying home watching Notre Dame.

Avoid the rain? It has rained during September and October games at RA many times. We moving all home games to Lucas?

 

[Wolegib]

Ross aid is the place for Purdue to play. End of story! You don’t spend all that money to upgrade the stadium and then move the bucket game to Indy just because it’s indoors! Football is an outdoor sport!

 

[Riveting]

I mentioned earlier this week that we play at RA every other year and at Lucas when it is supposed to be at “the Rock”. That way we avoid the geese.

We would have to fill Lucas, because IU fans are staying home watching Notre Dame.

Avoid the rain? It has rained during September and October games at RA many times. We moving all home games to Lucas?

No, of course we cannot move all games from RA. The suggestion is simply to move the one game on TG weekend when the students are home, many of them in Indy.

It is not realistic to think that IU would agree to to your suggestion.

 

[Riveting]

Ross aid is the place for Purdue to play. End of story! You don’t spend all that money to upgrade the stadium and then move the bucket game to Indy just because it’s indoors! Football is an outdoor sport!

You seem obsessed at times with finding an "end of story" to make you comfortable in keeping your mind closed.

Sort of like embracing the mindless "just win, baby" cliche as you were saying yesterday. End of story on that too, right?

 

[Woodsa]

There is another solution. Since we are an engineering school, we could develop either a permanent or temporary dome like ability over Ross Ade.

It wouldn't have to be fully enclosed but something that blocks the rain.

 

[Hausta01]

Or play every other year at Lucas Oil... instead of Gloomington

 

[Jbigler1986]

No, of course we cannot move all games from RA. The suggestion is simply to move the one game on TG weekend when the students are home, many of them in Indy.

It is not realistic to think that IU would agree to to your suggestion.

If you can't drive an hour to go to West Lafayette to watch Purdue play, then you probably wouldn't watch them anywhere.

 

[Riveting]

If you can't drive an hour to go to West Lafayette to watch Purdue play, then you probably wouldn't watch them anywhere.

You might if you could sit inside, out of the weather - and safe from goose crap.

 

[FirstDownB]

There is another solution. Since we are an engineering school, we could develop either a permanent or temporary dome like ability over Ross Ade.

It wouldn't have to be fully enclosed but something that blocks the rain.

Or a rain repelling force field!!!

 

[C-Paranoia]

I’m surprised Ross-Ade was full. IU couldn’t have brought many more than a friends and family type group, like 1500 tops.

I don't know, they weren't concentrated but early in the game they did some cheering and they seemed fairly densely intermixed. I'd guess at least 5k.

 

[mk_peters]

I'd guess at least 5k.

ROTFLMFAO

 

[Tommaker]

I don't know, they weren't concentrated but early in the game they did some cheering and they seemed fairly densely intermixed. I'd guess at least 5k.

I think there are a LOT of "house divided" fans. We have a gal in our tailgate that graduated IU, but her husband and both daughters graduated from Purdue. She had her IU shirt on under all of her Purdue stuff and she was pulling for Purdue for a "warmer bowl." The guy next to our tailgate was an IU grad, but both his sons go to Purdue (he noted he's spent more money on Purdue than he ever did at IU, so he might as well cheer for them).

 

[Cthreepo]

There were more IU fans at the game Saturday then what usually shows up in Gloomington. No bird crap to avoid!

 

[Purdue 95]

Probably ~2500 or so IU fans, I’d estimate. There was a very small contingent seated in the SE corner, below the Marching 100, which I never realized is a literal name for their band. I’ve seen bigger HS bands, but I digress. Aside from that small cluster of fans, there were others mingled in amongst the Purdue faithful. I assume it was mostly the divided household sorts, where everybody felt sorry for the family black sheep and dragged them along to the game.

 

[JHetfield99]

Ross aid is the place for Purdue to play. End of story! You don’t spend all that money to upgrade the stadium and then move the bucket game to Indy just because it’s indoors! Football is an outdoor sport!

+eleventy billion.

Mitch is right about a lot, he couldn't be more wrong about moving the Bucket to Indy, at least the WLaf end of the cycle.

 

[JHetfield99]

I think there are a LOT of "house divided" fans. We have a gal in our tailgate that graduated IU, but her husband and both daughters graduated from Purdue. She had her IU shirt on under all of her Purdue stuff and she was pulling for Purdue for a "warmer bowl." The guy next to our tailgate was an IU grad, but both his sons go to Purdue (he noted he's spent more money on Purdue than he ever did at IU, so he might as well cheer for them).

You're a smart man

 

[Tommaker]

You're a smart man

No, but I play one on sports message boards. And at some point in my life I've slept at a Holiday Inn Express!

 

[Riveting]

+eleventy billion.

Mitch is right about a lot, he couldn't be more wrong about moving the Bucket to Indy, at least the WLaf end of the cycle.

Ok, but wait until it rains next year at GCS.

 

[Hausta01]

Ok, but wait until it rains next year at GCS.

That will just clean off the bleachers

 

[Riveting]

That will just clean off the bleachers

I hope that is all it does, and does not impact our pass-oriented offense...

 

[SIBoiler2]

That will just clean off the bleachers

He said "rain" not "monsoon".

 

[New Pal Boiler]

I hope that is all it does, and does not impact our pass-oriented offense...

LOS is already booked the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving with 6 state championship football games.

 

[Riveting]

LOS is already booked the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving with 6 state championship football games.

Details that can be worked out.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Details that can be worked out.

With all the warmups and post game festivities, those games go from noon to 9:30 or 10 both days and aren’t moving.

I guess you could play the bucket game on Thanksgiving day opposite the egg bowl.

 

[Riveting]

With all the warmups and post game festivities, those games go from noon to 9:30 or 10 both days and aren’t moving.

I guess you could play the bucket game on Thanksgiving day opposite the egg bowl.

Unless the contract is permanent, those games can be moved, such as to the empty college stadiums on that weekend - RA, GCS, Ball State, etc. With the exception of GCS, those stadiums are better than where the high schools typically play until they get to Lucas Oil.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Unless the contract is permanent, those games can be moved, such as to the empty college stadiums on that weekend - RA, GCS, Ball State, etc. With the exception of GCS, those stadiums are better than where the high schools typically play until they get to Lucas Oil.

Well that has been the deal with the irsays since 1984, so yeah it’s pretty much permanent. It’s not moving out of Indy.

 

[Riveting]

Well that has been the deal with the irsays since 1984, so yeah it’s pretty much permanent. It’s not moving out of Indy.

Irsay is not the owner.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Irsay is not the owner.

The Colts, aka Jim Irsay, did fund $100 million of the LOS cost, and the City of Indianapolis has a stake in it as well. And the IHSAA is based in Indy. They’re not going to send one of their signature events to Bloomington, West Lafayette, or Muncie. Just isn’t happening.