WTF is the John Purdue club?

This reminds me of the bitch who reprimanded me for smoking at the Cocktail Party. What has happened to America?

And here I thought the BEEEEEEES’s “Bust their ass” followed by “Fight! Win! Drink! Get Naked!” was borderline. Nope, Purdue has moved that line. With an appendage that is neither a hand nor a foot.

We have told our doctor the same thing. "You look like you’ve gained weight." "I’m drinking heavily because it’s football season, Doc." "You shouldn’t." [MOMENT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE BOTH KNOW THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN] "So, your blood pressure looks fine."

It’s nice to know someone else goes through this. It’s no coincidence that “Autumn” rhymes with “cirrhosis.”

The JPC is the fundraising arm of the athletic department. They provide the money for the athletic scholarships. It’s the blue-haired crowd that sits during the game and stands during the band at halftime. (John Purdue was the original donor- gave the land and a wheelbarrow filled with cash to the state for the university, provided they named it after him. [\useless history lesson])

They tried drowning out the BITCH part with the train whistle, but the kids caught on and just delayed the chant until the whistle was done blowing. If Purdue had just ignored it, the students would have gotten bored and it would have gone away on its own, but since they now realize it gets under the admin’s skin, they won’t stop.

The kids have also figured out that by adding “IU SUCKS” to the end of any band ditty or cheer they don’t like, the administration will tell the band to stop playing that little tune.

The student section at Colorado morphed the “Rough em up, buffalos, go CU” into “Fuck em up, buffalos, go CU.” viva the student section in all its vulgar glory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqEOkI2MqE

The celebrating a first down really got under my skin when I made a road trip to Purdue back in my college days. I assume the chant couldn’t have gotten any worse, so adding Bitch is probably an improvement.

“Fourth, you are likely more irritated at turning your head to hear your name called every time Purdue gets a first time, but you will likely have to get used to it. "

You were rollin’ Orson, hotdogging it into the endzone when this happened: http://www.thewizofodds.com/.a/6a00e553e551d188340120a61f97e4970b-500wi

These poor kids are hard up, stressed out of their minds, and need to scream a little. Tell your children that’s just how life is going to be when they’re older. Bonus: they’ll be really quiet the entire car ride home.

And yes, first down cheers are lame, along with pom-poms and spelling out your school’s name in a cheer. Just yell and save all your dorky moments for between the third and fourth quarters.

Dear Mr. President,

  There are too many Purdue University students nowadays. Please eliminate three.

  P.S. I am not a crackpot.

(Also, you really shouldn’t celebrate first downs too much. They’re the least you should expect.) (Then again, it’s Purdue.) (So maybe they should.)

Unless you’re playing Ohio State. Damnit.

Virginia Tech’s red zone offense hasn’t been the same since the “Stick It In” cheer (featuring pelvic thrusts) was banned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6t9r4zrKOs

Big Jon- you are a poet and i will etch your musings into the highest watertower i can find.

been to a purdue for a game. the “breakfast club” was indeed impressive. most had not stopped drinking from the night before. respekt.

and if you are offended by the half curses of students of purdue, then you prob shouldn’t go to a psu, wisconsin, or osu game. their language makes sailors cringe.

I actually think Michigan State started this about 4 years ago. Which make sense.

So what I’m understanding is that Purdue donors don’t have the same rabid maniacal blood flowing through their veins that real fans have?

The South laughs at you. While watching teams ranging from WVU and Clemson to LSU and Miami I’ve seen plenty of 8 year olds flipping the bird and chanting “Bull Shit”.

That’s not allowed up there I’m guessing?

1. - Yup, but back then the Rick James Chapelle’s Show episode was still topical. I hate that chant now – not because of the profanity, but because it’s like Dirt Nasty’s suit: Bombed out and depleted.

@17 – I hate that chant, but I’m a UM guy. Also, I’ve been directed to your blog from MGo, you guys do a great job there. I’m happy there’s a respectable State blog out there now.

the bad news is that yes, ms. prissy mcpriggish, you have to hear the students say ‘bitch’ after every first down.

the good news is that they do this after the team gets a first down, so you only have to hear it 14-15 times per season.

I hope his kids attend school in Utah because I am pretty sure hearing “bitch” won’t be the worst thing they hear in the student section at a football game. “Bitch” would have been an upgrade compared to the names I had for the Red Raider defense last Saturday and I was sitted comfortably in my alumni seats.

The BEEEES students used to do “Bust Their Ass!” as the reply to the cheerleaders yelling DEE-FENSE, which was rhythmically as well as naughtily satisfying. But the Bust Their Ass part got to where it was drowning out the DEE-FENSE part, on teevee, so the nofunniks canceled it @ ‘84. That’s when a band member (just the one guy, at first) starting yelling Bust Their Ass! arhythmically after the Go Jackets! cheer, and it caught on.

The More You Know.

Corn Nation….Blue Cross is on line 1. I think they just dropped your health insurance coverage. They said being a Nebraska fan is a preexisting condition.

That’s a cheer to be proud of? We should be more proud of our anarchic lack of coordinated cheering, singing, rioting, etc., they have in British footsoccerball. Really, 1-2-3-4-first-down-bitch took a lot of planning.

…would someone like to explain to me why that “behind the back pass” isn’t an illegal forward pass? I never knew you can throw the ball forward under handed.

Norman Conquest – I take it you have never been to a USC (e) game in Columbia. They have a recording that they play which says: “Another Gamecock”…………and then the fans yell: “First Down.” I, too, find that irritating but as you pointed out (about Purdue), it doesn’t happen too terribly often.

…never mind, with a little help from google, I answered my own question. Apparently, the rules on forward passes I was taught in high school are incorrect.

“A forward pass, is a forward pass, is a forward pass. It can be thrown overhand, underhand, one-handed, two-handed or between your legs.”

http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/intro/johnson.shtml

“The Exponent?” Seriously?

@21: I’ll go ahead and fully unlurk as a GT Marching Band geek (1995-2000), and feel proud that I may have been a part of the Bust Their Ass resurgence.

Despite what Fraternity Row says as they drunkely stumble for anti-band insults, marching bands historically have been the most active group when it comes to preserving traditions (Budweiser after 3rd Quarter), inventing chants (what else are you gonna do during those “1-and-everything-else” seasons), and generally pushing the boundaries of good taste in an organized way the student section (and their rum-and-Jack-Daniels aura) can’t do effectively.

“1…2…3….4…First Down, Bitch” is a box of kittens compared to what we’ve come up with, but they’re all one-shot-uses, as you might expect.

If that Purdue guy ever goes to a Georgia Tech home game, his brain might explode?

BUST THEIR ASS! FIGHT, WIN, DRINK, GET NAKED!

TO HELL WITH GEORGIA. PISS ON ’EM!

Good times, man, not for the virgin-eared.

@21

for awhile the reply to that same chant was “fuck ’em up” during the TAHNOOTAH years

@ 25 – i was waiting for someone to bring it up… and it’s “THAT’S ANOTHER, CAROLINA…” “FIRST DOWN”… and it’s not a recording… worst fucking crowd involvement cheer ever, but there are pockets of the student section that hold back from doing it because we should take more pride in ourselves…

and we make up for it when the entire stadium yell’s out “GO, FIGHT, WIN, KICK ASS” on kick offs…

Cocky Scar – Wow, they actually found someone to say it? From where we sat, I would swear it was a recording. And the students in front of us were doing both parts – and saying (shouting) the first part wrong. What is lamer IMO is the mechanical gamecock crowing sound.

I will say this – however. I am amazed at how nice the Gamecock fans are as we walk up to the stadium. Maybe it the SOS bond between us.

“Good times, man, not for the virgin-eared.”

So that’s why your stadium is always half full.

@hobeg8r – again i will say – i hate that fucking chant because it’s like lowering your standards and actually bringing the fat chick around to meet your friends after you bang it out… never something you should be proud of…

Yeah, the NCAA actually asked the school to cut down on the usage of the crowing… i think it is awesome, but i am partial… it does get the blood flowing and pumps up the crowd… They also blare it across campus (downtown columbia, state capital area) before 8:00 classes…

florida fans are good people… my buddy that went to UF actually directed me to this site, and i can attribute the loss of my work ethic to it and reading the comments

I can’t believe nobody has brought up that they are doing it wrong. According to Rep. Corrine Brown – its 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, dem Gator don’t take no jive. Just put Boiler in place of Gator. Corch Meyer should call Corch Hope to tell him.

#33,

I’ll admit I walked into that one.

As a Purdue fan and John Purdue Club member I’d like to say that not all JPC members have a stick up their ass. They started the first down cheer when I was a student back in 2000 and it kind of spread from there. At least we did it when we had Drew Brees.

MICHIGAN STATE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 4 YEARS!!!

I blame our tight-assed school administration for keeping it under wraps. Please don’t give the Boilers credit for coming up with something when they didn’t come up with it.

(This is like the “Death Valley” of midlevel Big Ten teams.)

The 1-2-3-4 First down chant started at Purdue in the late 90’s/2000ish… hate to break it to you. We were first…. bitch

#16

Purdue’s student section is about as rowdy as I’d imagine most school’s student sections.

Our alumni sections, though, have been known to tell cheering Boiler fans to “sit down so we can watch the game”…

Sadly, as a Boiler alum living in CA I can’t go back to many games, or I’d be working to change that culture. I can’t sit down watching a Purdue game on TV, I sure as hell won’t sit down in the stadium.

@11

LOL…Grandpa Simpson FTW!!!