Thanks for the content. We attended 5 games this year including Easter Sunday regional finals. Purdue alum 1995. Wife alum 1996 Daughter class of 2026 Father alum 1970 Son class of 2029 Brother alum 2001

I grew up in West Lafayette as well. My grandpa saw Mount, my dad and uncles saw Big Dog, and I’ve seen everything from roughly 2007-08 and onwards. I had never shed an adult tear over a basketball game, until the end of the Elite 8 game. I thought of all the highs, the lows, the injuries, the letdowns. The relief of getting the monkey off our backs. The excitement of what might come next. Most of all, I thought of everyone who wasn’t with us anymore to see it finally happen. And I cried.

Great video! I come from a big family of sports fans on both sides. Whenever the whole family got together, politics and religion were never discussed. The main topic was BIG 10 athletics. Half the family was Purdue and sadly, the other half was IU and a small sprinkle of MSU. Purdue's first Final Four w/ Rick Mount in 1969, I was a junior in high school. I graduated from Purdue in 1974. In 1980, all my fellow Purdue alumni teachers I worked with got together to watch Purdue vs. UCLA. My only regret is that my uncle passed and did not get to see the 2023-24 Purdue Team. Like your dad and grandpa, my uncle instilled the love of Purdue in me. During the TN game, my sister dropped the news on me that her grandson (my grand nephew) will be going to Purdue this fall. I am so excited and can't wait for him to become a a Boiler!

@matthewbyrn

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Loved hearing your story. Congratulations to your grand nephew!

Great video! It was amazing to be in State Farm Stadium for the F4, Boiler Nation truly took over the city!

@JTH-hm8ew

22 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It only took 44 years to reach another Final Four!

Nice story mate. Nice Family. Huge amount of footage. Well edited. Very nice to Watch. I’m so jelous 😊

Also a class of 22 grad, never missed a game. Always wondered who those astronauts were😉 Truly was a special season, we’ll stand alone at the top eventually!

@matthewbyrn

Ай бұрын

Yes we will! Boiler Up!

@JTH-hm8ew

22 күн бұрын

Boiler up is a mediocre slogan for an historical mediocre program. By the way my favorite program is top three all time in all time NCAA history and holds the NCAA record for most Final Four appearances and plays in a majestic elite arena unlike Purdue. I am a spoiled NCAA basketball fan unlike Purdue fans.

@matthewgraber6930

15 күн бұрын

@@JTH-hm8ew the fact that you felt the need to ramble like this to me on a Purdue KZread page screams high levels of insecurity for your team.

@matthewgraber6930

15 күн бұрын

@@JTH-hm8ew wow and I wasn’t the only fan you spat at. Get a life

Great vid man! The FIRST Purdue life of video I’ve seen where it wasn’t centered on heartbreak!

@JTH-hm8ew

22 күн бұрын

This makes me feel appreciative of being a fan of Elite North Carolina! I could never imagine what it is like to cheer for a program like Purdue.

I am one Purdue's biggest fan my family is alums I went 2 games this past season then before 4 games but Boiler Up Hammer Down and also BOO IU

Awesome content. I was able to travel and be at every tournament game, Purdue families are special. Nothing better than enjoying wins with multiple generations of Boilermakers!

Boiler up! I got to go to Phoenix with my dad, great experience!

@JTH-hm8ew

22 күн бұрын

A mediocre slogan for an historical mediocre program.

I'm so thankful to have been able to make the trip to Phoenix!! I've got a hotel reserved for San Antonio, just in case..... Let's go Boilers!

i always wondered who the astronauts were! you were always on the jumbotron lmao

Nicely done. Thanks Matthew.

Great job!!

ROFL I am thankful that my team plays in the most majestic arena in NCAA basketball unlike the arena that Purdue plays in.

Great video

nice work!

Nice story but Fred Schaus was not the coach for Purdue in the 1980 final four. It was Lee Rose. In 1969 it was George King as coach.

LOVE IT

here before it blows up