Purdue's Hope places high importance in Notre Dame game

[ndyeater]

From WNDU.com



He may have lost the game, but Purdue coach Danny Hope has fond memories of the Boilers thrilling battle with Notre Dame two years ago in West Lafayette.

Hope was in Goshen on Thursday night meeting with the Purdue Club of Elkhart County. He talked about the importance of the rivalry game with Notre Dame, which dates back to 1896.

Like the game two years ago, this year's October 1st battle will be a night game. The last one was won by the Irish in the final minute when Jimmy Clausen connected with Kyle Rudolph for the go ahead score.

"I thought it was one of the greatest football atmospheres I had ever been around," Hope explained Thursday. "I thought it was exceptional. We're looking forward to bringing Notre Dame back to Ross Ade this year and repeating that great college football experience."

The two teams have played 82 times, the most of any Irish opponent other than Navy. In fact, they haven't missed playing a game since the end of World War II.

"It's a great rivalry," Hope says. "The Notre Dame game is one of the great games on our schedule. Two BCS football teams that battle it out every year with a lot of emotion, pride on the line. I think it's a shot in the arm for Indiana football in general."

Notre Dame holds the all-time edge in the series at 54-26-2, including victories in four of the last five meetings.


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[BeauBenken]

From WNDU.com



He may have lost the game, but Purdue coach Danny Hope has fond memories of the Boilers thrilling battle with Notre Dame two years ago in West Lafayette.

Hope was in Goshen on Thursday night meeting with the Purdue Club of Elkhart County. He talked about the importance of the rivalry game with Notre Dame, which dates back to 1896. ...

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I put importance in beating them as well.

 

[ndyeater]

Agreed...I love that we have a rival from Indiana....I wish we would play the hoosiers at least once tho

 

[IrishLax]

Purdue and BC are such funny games to me because their fan bases are so rapidly anti-ND.... but most ND fans are quite "meh" towards them. At best, Purdue is our #3 Rival... but I'd probably vote them all the way down at #5.

Should be a nice *** kicking this year. I seriously doubt that they score more than one offensive TD.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Luckily for Purdue, Wake Forest has narrowly edged them out as the weakest team on our schedule.

Grats, Boilermakers!

 

[BeauBenken]

Kerrigan is gone. They have no shot.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Is Rob Marve going to be healthy? If so he has skills.

 

[ndyeater]

I dont know guys something about a night game at purdue makes me nervous...lets not underestimate

 

[IrishLax]

Is Rob Marve going to be healthy? If so he has skills.

His "skills" last year in our game weren't terribly impressive.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

His "skills" last year in our game weren't terribly impressive.

True, but it was his first start at Purdue and it was a road game.

 

[TerryTate]

Worst place I've ever visited for a game.

 

[NankerPhelge]

Worst place I've ever visited for a game.

Me too. It felt like I was watching the game in a trashy trailer park. "Boiler Up," indeed. Such a creative cheer, and then those morons had to be prompted by their Jumbotron so they could even remember those two words. Without that giant cue card, I'm sure it would have been a mish-mash of "Hell, Yeah!," and "Hee Haw!" and "Hey, give me back my swill!," and "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

A friend of mine manages Legends out on the campus. He told me the only time they have ever had to call the police was when a bunch of lunatic, hillbillly, Purdue fans went nuts in there after they played here 3 or 4 years ago.

My youngest brother went there. Poor sap.

 

[Rocket89]

To put it bluntly:

Purdue in modern times does not beat good Notre Dame teams.

Notre Dame, by any measure, should win at least 8 or 9 games in 2011, if not more.

Purdue hasn't beaten what could be considered a good Irish team since 1974 when the Boilers beat 10-2 Notre Dame.

Throughout over almost 100 years of the rivalry, Purdue has beaten about three or four other really good Irish teams.

It's pretty simple, if ND isn't good...Purdue has a decent chance to win. If not, they will lose.

Since the aforementioned 1974 game, Purdue has beaten Irish teams that totaled the following wins in those years ND lost:

3, 6, 5, 5, 7, 5, 7, 5, 7.

 

[Riddickulous]

To put it bluntly:

Purdue in modern times does not beat good Notre Dame teams.

Notre Dame, by any measure, should win at least 8 or 9 games in 2011, if not more.

Correct.

Lou Holtz was 11-0 versus Purdue, all 11 of them blowout victories.

 

[irishfan]

Purdue and BC are such funny games to me because their fan bases are so rapidly anti-ND.... but most ND fans are quite "meh" towards them. At best, Purdue is our #3 Rival... but I'd probably vote them all the way down at #5.

Should be a nice *** kicking this year. I seriously doubt that they score more than one offensive TD.

If you're from Mass, BC ranks pretty high up lol. Probably goes USC, Mich, BC for me, and they would probably edge out Michigan if not for the fact that the last two years Mich games have gone so horribly.

 

[Domina Nostra]

The teams I hate to lose to most are:

1) Michigan
2) USC
3) Ohio State
4) Alabama
5) Miami
6) BC, Navy, and Michigan State

I am also starting to hate Oklahoma and Stanford.

 

[MacIrish75]

Living in Indiana, Purdue is a must win game. Not only is it a game ND should always win, it is a game I personally need the Irish to win so that I can keep my sanity. Purdue fans generally keep it pretty close to the vest...this is to say, they know they suck.

But, oooooooooh Sweet Jesus. If they beat ND, they come out of the woodwork and I get to see Purdue swag everywhere.

Notre Dame is the pure 'chest thumper' game for a lot of teams. Being a Hoosier native, this is one I can't afford to lose.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Living in Indiana, Purdue is a must win game. Not only is it a game ND should always win, it is a game I personally need the Irish to win so that I can keep my sanity. Purdue fans generally keep it pretty close to the vest...this is to say, they know they suck.

But, oooooooooh Sweet Jesus. If they beat ND, they come out of the woodwork and I get to see Purdue swag everywhere.

Notre Dame is the pure 'chest thumper' game for a lot of teams. Being a Hoosier native, this is one I can't afford to lose.

I'm with you Mac.

I HATE Purdue. Let me phrase that a little better, I effing HATE them. There is literally not one thing I like about Purdue. I don't care if John Wooden went there, I hate them.

"Boiler Up" is the WORST cheer in collegiate sports. Nothing will make your ears bleed more.

Purdue Pete is the spawn of Satan. I want to take that hammer he is holding and bash his face in.

Purdue ranks right behind USC and Michigan for me. We must beat them every year.

 

[irish1958]

The hot dogs at Ross-Ade stadium are the worst in Division I football.

 

[ACamp1900]

I dont know guys something about a night game at purdue makes me nervous...lets not underestimate

this

 

[Rack Em]

"Boiler Up" just sounds like "Boner Up"

I liked Purdue when I went for the 09 game. Probably because somebody gave me a prime rib sandwich at a Purdue tailgate...

 

[IrishandColts]

HATE HATE HATE PURDUE

 

[Rocket89]

this

It matters not. Night game or no night game.

Notre Dame should be very good, Purdue will not be. Zero precedent for the Boilers to win, no matter how dark the sky is.

Also, we went there two years ago at night with a worse team, and Purdue was better then.

We owned them for much of the first half, and still won the game with half our team injured. We let so many games slip away under Weis, and that was not one of them. That's telling.

 

[beryirish]

Is Rob Marve going to be healthy? If so he has skills.

He got skillz. He can dive/flip into the end zone in the 4th quarter when his team is down 20-5. 2 picks and a 4 sacks too during the game.

 

[ndyeater]

^^^^HAHAHA