High School friend was a Northwestern grad and was still living in Chicago when I moved there for work after graduating from PSU. She got primo Tix as a connected NW alum and we sat on bleacher right behind IU bench. Got to observe Bobby Knight up close. What a treat! When NW band showed up all wearing red sweaters with pillows underneath Knight roared with laughter at their creativity and humor!
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/856f84cb-7c41-49b3-b903-44ecab4185f2Ditto, and for any team that GLOV roots against.
Fixed it for you. The Quakers were my team while I was growing up. They were 78-6 during the Calhoun-Morse era.
My dad went to Temple so I grew up on Chaney basketball. When I was little, I asked about Penn State’s basketball team. Back then, both were in the A-10 together and my dad replied with ‘Penn State doesn’t have a basketball team’.
There is plenty of videos of me 18 years ago asking my little baby daughter if she had taken a Buckeye in her diaper. Oh, and my mom was a tri-delt at IU so I guess between the two of us we have the state of Indiana coveredVery sorry to hear about what happened to your grandfather, he held a very honorable position in life and you have huge reasons to be proud of him. My grandfather was a Chicago firefighter and was part of a 100+ year streak wherein our family had at least one person in the Chicago FD... all things that I’m proud of in turn.
Now to shift gears to some friendly trash talking
As mentioned above, my dad was a Purdue grad and thus raised us all to loathe ND — being in-state rivals who play each other in football every year with Purdue typically not faring well of course. I recall when my younger sisters were just learning to talk but not quite potty trained yet, he would teach them to let mommy and daddy know when they had made “Notre Dame pants”
@Connorpozlee I assume you have been to a game at Rupp? What’s it like? It’s right in the downtown, correct. I have been to numerous football venues, but once I retire would love to take in a few of the holy grails of college basketball-Rupp, Assembly Hall, Cameron, Fog Allen, Butler, Mackey Arena to name a few.
Do you remember back in early 70s when David Letterman did the weather on one of the Indy TV stations? He was unpredictable and hilarious.
No , I watched from South Bend TV for the IU and PU games. I knew he had done that though. I started watching 78-79 era same as PSU football.
I’ve been there a few times since I moved to Kentucky. It’s actually kind of a dump, but it is a cool experience. The player introductions are something to remember. Definitely worth doing and downtown Lexington is pretty cool.
I have been to 10 or so games. It’s interesting. If they don’t come out blowing the doors off of the opponent right away there is a great degree of tension in the building. There is almost a feeling of dread. If they do come out of the gate on fire, there is a collective sigh as opposed to euphoria about the start. Rupp is a large arena so it doesn’t have a very smothering feel to it.
