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Purdue Has Been Around Longer Than the NCAA — Why Are They Called the Boilermakers?
The first Boilermaker mascot wasn’t as people-pleasing as Pete. The first Purdue mascot, the Boilermaker Special, was a ...
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Should the bison return as IU’s mascot? Fans have opinions
Throughout the years that IU has remained mascot-less, students, faculty and fans have consistently advocated for a return of ...
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Purdue Pete wins Tribune mascot challenge
Purdue fans rallied (or created some voting bots) to lift the Boilermakers mascot to a rousing victory in the online contest. Pete received more than 5 million votes and grabbed 74% of the responses.
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A brief history of Evansville’s frightening mascot, ‘Ace Purple’
While Purdue Pete, Friar Dom, and the Saint Louis Billiken get plenty of credit for being the creepiest, most disconcerting symbols of collegiate athletics, ‘Ace Purple’, the mascot of Ohio ...
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Purdue Traditions
Boilermaker Special The locomotive design of Purdue’s official mascot celebrates the university’s renowned ... leader at St. James Lutheran Church and School in Lafayette. Purdue Pete What started as ...