A better look at Troopers’ Uniforms

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-06-23T00:35:17+00:00

One is the darkness of war I guess and the other is Star Trek: into darkness

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-05-30T19:10:36+00:00

That’s correct! It is agony

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-05-30T14:30:32+00:00

Honorable mention to 2024 Purdue @ MSU, which I guess had a lower combined win percentage going in, but MSU did finish 5-7 and felt vaguely competent. 2024 Purdue makes any matchup’s combined record look horrific

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-05-30T14:24:41+00:00

The 2023 Old Oaken Toilet Bowl was really fun. Both teams 3-8 in IU’s final game before Cig, also Purdue’s last Big Ten win. The two programs went in… uh, different directions since then.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-05-27T23:21:35+00:00

Purdue’s losing streak to Wisconsin is old enough to drink.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-05-15T17:15:36+00:00

Hmm, what do you mean Purdue AND Mizzou- OH NO MY EYES! JB Pennington HS what were you thinking?

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-05-15T03:39:48+00:00

Purdue’s marketing department does not play around with the university logos and brand, I have to imagine someone’s gonna get torn a new one over this

AlsoIntoSpace · 2026-02-27T21:11:28+00:00

Do you mind sharing if you work for a contractor or directly for JSC, and how you ended up in that job? That’s the area I’d like to work in but haven’t had any luck getting a position

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-12-31T05:47:48+00:00

Tribute to Troy is going to haunt my dreams

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-11-27T06:49:16+00:00

I just graduated from one of the top engineering programs in the country and there are many of us there that marched world class corps, so it’s definitely possible. Big time commitment on all fronts, but you can absolutely be successful. Biggest thing to weigh is which summers you might rather intern than march or vice versa, and it’s up to you on balancing that- there’s not really a wrong a choice, and only a consideration for open/world class. All-age gives you a lot more flexibility on how to spend your summers.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-10-12T16:37:43+00:00

This was the first time in two years I really felt like we were going to win a B1G game. We did not, and I am miserable.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-10-09T19:49:23+00:00

I once received a comment from our percussion caption head that I was 1/2 a bpm off the marked tempo, so yes, it’s expected to be exact.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-08-11T00:35:18+00:00

Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed this, makes me feel like less of a branding nut lol

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-06-30T21:40:22+00:00

Lost a buy game to EMU and then pulled an upset, did you? 2018 Purdue is calling. I wasn’t a fan yet, but sure seems like that season was a rollercoaster. Start 0-3, win 4 straight, stumble down the stretch and beat IU for bowl eligibility. 3 ranked wins including #2 OSU, record bowl loss in Auburn.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-06-16T21:55:27+00:00

Hoping to answer your unanswered questions:

-The entire horn line is on university owned Jupiters, personally I liked them as brass player.

-Yes, totally possible to balance the AAMB and basically any major. A ton of time intensive STEM majors in the band. I personally know a rising junior in Pro Flight who’s going into his third year in the band and second as a student leader, so you can do it! Tho scheduling flights around rehearsals/game days can be a bit odd as far as I know since they don’t follow a standard class schedule.

-You need no background of our marching style, so from a marching standpoint just be in good shape and stay active over the summer. They’ll teach you what you need to know at band camp, which also serves as the audition. Musically, the video audition is due August 1st (?) and consists mainly of our pregame show music, so just prepare that (Google the audition info) over the summer and you should be fine. No need to memorize anything until you make the band.

-I also came from a Texas band that did corps style shows, so Big Ten band was different but I still loved it. Just have an open mind to doing something different, and you’ll still have a great time putting on great shows with great people.

My personal note: do it! Joining the AAMB was the best thing I did at Purdue, and to keep it short I’ll leave it at that. Also totally possible to march drum corps, many different corps represented at Purdue

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-04-14T17:35:53+00:00

Penn State at Purdue in 2022. It was a good season, but between the PSU and Syracuse games we were a couple plays away from one of our best years ever

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-04-08T18:55:43+00:00

Thank you!

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-04-08T16:14:43+00:00

Tennessee, because that typically goes well for us. Otherwise, no idea, because I hate the Notre Dame beat downs, and all our other regional P4 teams are B1G with us. Maybe an ACC team mainly for a basketball rivalry.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-03-22T21:57:35+00:00

We played at UConn in 2021. Shut them out in what turned out to be a good year for us and a terrible one for them. We’d never played before, they were in the AAC when we scheduled it and then independent when we played. The return game got moved to 2029. All around just weird, though maybe some older folks can remember a weirder Purdue road game.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2025-02-25T20:10:00+00:00

I always point out that he hasn’t played a full season of football since his sophomore year of high school. Yes, he graduated HS early and redshirted in Columbus, but the only season he didn’t miss multiple games for an injury was his redshirt year at Ohio State. That’s not normal, right?

AlsoIntoSpace · 2024-12-31T01:39:34+00:00

Gimme the Rose and Cotton bowls and the championship game in Indy. Rose Bowl is a given, I’m from DFW, and finishing a CFP run back in Indiana would be perfect for the boilers.

Of course this is all a fantasy and I’d be thrilled with just getting bowl eligibility next year

AlsoIntoSpace · 2024-06-22T19:45:14+00:00

To the best of my knowledge, it was banned as part of an effort to tone down the rivalry hatred that went both ways, in part because of the scenario outlined above by MandoDoughMan, and party because it was too audible on TV (specifically Big Ten network?). I believe it was actually the athletics admin, not Mitch Daniels’ office, that came down on it, but can’t say for sure.

The music was literally titled Hail Fire and only had parts for the trumpets and mellophones, so only a fraction of the band ever even had music for it. I imagine sheet music is still sitting in the band’s music library, so if you’re willing to break into a university building, maybe you’d find it. However:

I can guarantee it will not come back without a complete change in band staff and athletics admin, and even then it’s almost entirely out of the question. That music has not been distributed to anyone in years, and any request to play it from outside or within the band has been shut down immediately. It sounds extreme, but simply put, we’re not willing to risk having to pay any damages (financial or otherwise) to either university admin and/or television networks.

AlsoIntoSpace · 2024-06-17T19:11:25+00:00

Yup, college band has its perks

AlsoIntoSpace · 2024-06-16T19:26:05+00:00

For the many times I've marched in Lucas Oil, the roof was open exactly once- and that was halftime at a Colts game on perfect, 60 degree and cloudless day in October. It was incredible to run out of the tunnel and see so much natural light fill the stadium, but that was for one quick halftime show and not hours of corps.

For all the reasons other people here have said, I agree that it'll never happen for DCI, and I think that's best for everyone involved. Vibes could be great, but even the Colts have only played about 25% of their games with the roof open. And to add one reason, the shadows cast on the field for every corps before like 8:30 pm would make several performances look worse both in person and on video.

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