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This has been an incredibly fun series to write about. I have appreciated everyone’s comments and their own memories from each game. As I have gone back through these games my own memories from...

Before getting to the next game on the countdown I must offer congratulations to the Boilermaker softball and baseball teams. The softball team stayed a little bit longer than expected in the...

Today is a banner day for Off the Tracks. Today marks the 200th post since I started this blog just before the 2006 football season. In that time, I have seen my readership explode, became a member...

Before getting into the top 5 of the countdown I have a special addendum to yesterday’s entry on the baseball program. They are not the only story that has developed on the northwest side of...

The votes are officially in and today I can begin the countdown of the top 15 victories of the Joe Tiller Era. For those of you unfamiliar with Purdue football here is a quick recap. Joe Tiller is...

Like Wisconsin last week, we get a double dose of the Spartans on the countdown of the best wins of the Tiller Era. I honestly could have included a number of other games against Michigan State, as...

Today’s game on the countdown is the last game that received just three votes, but it is still significant because the win was the highest ranked opponent we have beaten at Ross-Ade Stadium under...

Some of you may have noticed there was a new article briefly up last night. Having returned from the vacation from hell I was greeted with the news that Scott Martin was leaving the Purdue...

I have been a Purdue season ticket holder for many years. I started going to games with my parents in 1988. I maintained season tickets with them until becoming a student in the fall of 1998. I got...

The final game that received just a single vote in our countdown was a bit of a surprise. Of the four choices that received a single vote this one, in my estimation, was clearly the best. I was...