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When you launched a couple of Wiffle homers on a 90-degree day then came inside with your friends and plowed through about a half-dozen of these bastards ... nobody tells you at the time but that’s actually about as good as life gets.
Chris Fowler reflects on the most powerful and emotional game he's ever called:
"It was a game between Purdue and Ohio State. There was a young cancer patient named Tyler Trent, a superfan who had essentially been adopted by the team.
He battled cancer courageously and was in very bad shape. His dying wish was to see them win that game. They were massive underdogs.
Somehow, they got him out of bed and into the car to make it to the game. He was just hanging on, man. It was one of those magical nights.
It would have been a corny movie if it had been on film. They blast Ohio State, and it's a party. They wheel Tyler through the end zone to the locker room to wait for the team after the victory.
It was just an incredibly powerful emotion, and I was barely keeping it together. I said, 'Every Boilermaker would say, "Tyler, this one's for you."'
It's my favorite game I've ever called because it went way beyond sports."
Brian Burhenn was diagnosed with ALS in 2022.
"I thought maybe I had a year left."
Since then, he has seen son George run out of the tunnel at Purdue and score a TD.
Next, Brian wants to see George get drafted.
The story of a father and son.
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Remember how Gen X used to get shit on all the time because we were lazy and entitled and didn’t win a world war? Fast forward a few decades and we’re looking like fucking rock stars now, man.
At this point, college sports may as well just change the rules so you can keep playing as long as you’re getting a degree.
“Johnson under center, he’s a triple PhD in linguistics, chemistry, and gender studies. At age 38, Clemson now his 13th school since his freshman year …”