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pianobuck46
pianobuck46
Yeah, and off the subject, Mike Gundy is shoving the football up Tom Herman's ass even as we speak. Not that he doesn't deserve it after August/September.
31-14 @the half.
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Wells4Heisman
Fifth Year Freshman
I'd be shocked if we don't win out, seems to be a trait of Urban's teams. Hopefully we can get the team to playoff form in time, if not I'd be happy with a Rose Bowl appearance/win.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Indianapolis Colts flying Purdue super-fan/cancer fighter Tyler Trent to Boilermakers’ bowl game
As he bravely fights what’s now been grown into a terminal form of bone cancer, Tyler Trent has served as an inspiration to millions of fans as a true Purdue super-fan. He’s also an inspiration to the Boilermakers team, as evidenced by their monumental upset of then-No. 2 Ohio State with Trent looking on from the sidelines.
In a first-person letter published earlier this week titled “As I face my last days, here is why I am grateful,” Trent wrote the following:
Though I am in hospice care and have to wake up every morning knowing that the day might be my last, I still have a choice to make: to make that day the best it can be. To make the most of whomever comes to visit, texts, tweets or calls me.
Yet, isn’t that a choice we all have every day? After all, nobody knows the amount of days we have left. Some could say we are all in hospice to a certain degree.
So why don’t we act like it? Where is your gratitude? This Christmas, what are you thankful for? I had to write my will recently, and I’m just thankful I can give my family Christmas presents, maybe even for one last time. Let’s not forget my doctors gave me three months to live almost two-and-a-half months ago. So why can’t we live grateful lives? Why can’t we make every day count like it’s the last?
Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...ighter-tyler-trent-to-boilermakers-bowl-game/
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MightbeaBuck
with hat in hand
I am a Buckeye fan, and Ohio State lost a game this year. One game. They are the third best team in the country for this season, as the polls will probably confirm later this week. But that's not important, not really.
We all remember Tyler Trent, the guy, the ultimate Boilermaker fan, who was dying of cancer. The Purdue football team, before the Boilermaker vs Buckeye game, promised Tyler the game ball. When that was announced, it seemed awkward, as the game ball is awarded by the winning team to the person they choose. They hadn't played the game yet, and with their own mediocre record, and with Ohio State's solid record, it seemed highly unlikely Purdue would be awarding the game ball to anyone.
So not only did the Purdue Boilermakers beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, they beat them bad. Mr. Tyler Trent got the game ball, the impossible game ball. Through the rest of the season I thought about that game, and those moments, and how important it was for that young man.
Tyler Trent, as the season went on, he was named honorary team captain for the Old Oaken Bucket game, he received the Sagamore of the Wabash (the highest honor for Indiana civilians.) Mr. Trent received Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award, given to college football's most inspirational individual or team.
There are dozens, if not hundreds of people, of writers, who know a lot more about Tyler Trent than me. You should read up about him. He accomplished more in this last year, much of which was bedridden, than most of us will do in our 70-80-90 year lifetimes.
On New Year's Day Ohio State played in and won the Rose Bowl. But that's not important, not really. Not on that day. What mattered more on that day is that Mr. Tyler Trent died. He lost his battle with cancer as he knew, as we all knew, he soon would.
I am a Buckeye fan, and Ohio State lost a game this year. One game. It was the best, the most eye-opening loss I've ever seen.
We all remember Tyler Trent, the guy, the ultimate Boilermaker fan, who was dying of cancer. The Purdue football team, before the Boilermaker vs Buckeye game, promised Tyler the game ball. When that was announced, it seemed awkward, as the game ball is awarded by the winning team to the person they choose. They hadn't played the game yet, and with their own mediocre record, and with Ohio State's solid record, it seemed highly unlikely Purdue would be awarding the game ball to anyone.
So not only did the Purdue Boilermakers beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, they beat them bad. Mr. Tyler Trent got the game ball, the impossible game ball. Through the rest of the season I thought about that game, and those moments, and how important it was for that young man.
Tyler Trent, as the season went on, he was named honorary team captain for the Old Oaken Bucket game, he received the Sagamore of the Wabash (the highest honor for Indiana civilians.) Mr. Trent received Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award, given to college football's most inspirational individual or team.
There are dozens, if not hundreds of people, of writers, who know a lot more about Tyler Trent than me. You should read up about him. He accomplished more in this last year, much of which was bedridden, than most of us will do in our 70-80-90 year lifetimes.
On New Year's Day Ohio State played in and won the Rose Bowl. But that's not important, not really. Not on that day. What mattered more on that day is that Mr. Tyler Trent died. He lost his battle with cancer as he knew, as we all knew, he soon would.
I am a Buckeye fan, and Ohio State lost a game this year. One game. It was the best, the most eye-opening loss I've ever seen.
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