Thank You, JJ and E`Twaun, And Welcome Home.
Still, I had to pause and collect myself when the guys came out and I looked up to see hundreds of people waiting to talk to these guys, all because this site was able to organize and event to thank them for their time as Boilermakers. It was an incredible honor to be able to emcee this event and see so many Purdue fans come out to meet them. Thank you all for building this site into what it is today, and thank you, JJ and E'Twaun for taking time to come meet us all.
Credit is due to View Thru My Lens Photography for some of these photos.
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Due to having to work, I didn't get to go,
but that looks like it was a special night. Great to see E’Twaun and JJ get some serious playing time. Really pumped to see E’Twaun carving a role out and for KG to be taking JJ under his wing. JJ’s time will come. Great pictures!
Thanks again Travis.
It was overwhelming how many people stayed after and I definitely enjoyed the game. Smooge played A LOT and JJ had that nice dunk at the end. So all ended well. Thanks again for organizing this and allowing me and my 4 friends to attend the game for discount and the experience after.
I even got to go shoot around after the game on the court lol…..i air-balled my 3 #whitekidproblems
great times
especially fun with the E’twaun to JJ thunderdunk to cap the game. For those who weren’t there I should mention that CMP was in attendance as were Rob the Barbarian, Gallant, and I think T.J. (with maybe some other teamates I didn’t see as well),
But did anybody get a pic of that old vaguely Kofi Annan looking security guard that
1.) Stopped JJ from getting autographs right before several people (including yours truly) could get something signed and more importantly
2.) Picked (out of all people) Gallant out of the crowd to hassle? That dude needs to be shopped to no end, but I didn’t bring a camera and my phone is garbage so I couldn’t get a pic. The back and forth was a classic though.
And last but not least thanks to JaJuan, E’twaun, T’Mill, and the Pacers and Celtics organizations for allowing this to happen. Also the HnRites is section 209 who started a Boiler Up chant to end the game.
I couldn't go...
cause I live in Boston but massive props to you for being to pull this off. What kind of questions did everyone ask them? Did they say anything exciting?
Questions were alright...
Most questions were ones they’ve answered before. 1) What’s it like in the NBA? 2) Whats it like having KG and Pierce and Ray to look up to. 3) (Best one IMO) How do u compare CMP to Doc? They said CMP took it to another level haha 4) What was your big purchase with the new paycheck? Both said a car 5) How much pull do they have to bring Robbie to Boston? Obviously none
I had a chance to talk to Travis Carroll as we were leaving
I apologized for some of the comments he has received here and told him to keep being aggressive because it is paying off.
A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance
HammerAndRails, SBNation's Boilermaker Blog
Nice job there and nice job here
This was great to see even though I couldn’t attend.
by Beavis Beefcake on Jan 15, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Props to Travis
This was a great Idea I have season tickets to Pacers but could not attend my kid used them he said everyone there knew Purdue fans turned out.Great job just think if you used this power to help recruit imagine some Hs kid and hundreds of Purdue fans showed up hell we could get a 5 star anytime we wanted. But good job a nice thought.
Photos
I just posted all the photos I took from section 209 and the post-game Q&A over in a fan shot if anyone is interested. I know people were asking for anyone with photos to post, so I thought I would go ahead and do that.
Boiler Up! Hammer Down!
by JuJuan some Moore? on Jan 15, 2012 9:58 PM EST reply actions





















