Monday Night Memories: Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium's 100 Greatest Games
In today’s issue of Monday Night Memories, author Cory Palm discusses his new book on Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium’s 100 greatest games with Nate Barrett and Alan Karpick. Palm talks about how the list was made, why he included wins and losses, and the role of great individual performances in making the list.
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Over its century in existence, Ross-Ade Stadium hosted thousands of memorable moments. Here are the 100 greatest games from the stadium’s first 100 years. Go inside Ross-Ade as Purdue clinches the 1929 Big Ten Championship and Bob Griese plays a perfect game against top-ranked Notre Dame in 1965. Relive Drew Brees leading the Boilermakers on a dream-come-true Rose Bowl season in 2000 and a former walk-on quarterback sinking #3 Michigan State with an epic passing performance.
From Jack Mollenkopf to Jim Young, Tiller Time to the Brohm Squad, Rod Woodson’s epic Old Oaken Bucket battle to the Tyler Trent game, author and Purdue alum gathers the moments in Ross-Ade when legends were made.
The book is available on Amazon.com and locally at University Book Store and Barnes and Noble.
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