Season tickets remain available
By Paul Trembacki
Sports Editor
The only way students who want to see Purdue play
Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium can do so is if
they purchase season tickets.
Roughly 500 season tickets remain reserved for
students. Fans who bought season tickets in 2000 still can renew season
tickets at www.purduesports.com by clicking on "Tickets" on the left
side of the page.
Season tickets for Purdue's six home games are
$72 for students, $154 for Purdue faculty or staff and $192 for the
public.
Beginning today, members of the John Purdue Club
can buy tickets to Saturday's game. Officials chose to open up sales
to the 9,000-member organization that provides funds for all athletic
scholarships and academic services for Purdue student-athletes.
"Since we closed off sales to John Purdue Club
members in early August we have fielded a steady stream of requests
for tickets," ticket manager George Ade said in a press release. "Based
on our calculations, we can save tickets for the students and also make
tickets available for club members."
John Purdue Club members can call (765) 494-3194
or (800) 49-SPORT to order tickets or stop by the Athletic Ticket Office
in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility on North University Drive.
The ticket office is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Poll position
Although the Boilers didn't play this weekend,
they still managed to move up in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll.
The Boilers were ranked No. 25 before they beat
Cincinnati 19-14 Sept. 2. They are now No. 24, one spot behind Notre
Dame, which dropped from No. 17 to No. 23 after a 27-10 loss at Nebraska.
In the Associated Press Poll, Purdue is No. 26
— 31 votes behind No. 25 Louisville.
Pro players
As the NFL began its season Sunday, there were
five Purdue players from last year's Boilermakers in uniform —
Drew Brees and Brandon Gorin of the San Diego Chargers, Matt Light of
the New England Patriots, Chukky Okobi of the Pittsburgh Steelers and
Vinny Sutherland of the San Francisco 49ers.
Sutherland, who was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons
in the fifth round of the NFL Draft in April, signed a free-agent deal
with San Francisco after being released by Atlanta in late August.
Offensive guard Ian Allen, who signed a free-agent
deal with Kansas City after the NFL Draft, did not make the final roster
for the Chiefs.
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