for many in Greater Lafayette Purdue football isn't just a fun thing to watch on a Saturday afternoon in the fall for these young men it's a tradition going back Generations we've been Purdue for a couple Generations now so I've been growing up with the team so I've been a fan my whole life and that's not changing now Purdue is expected to end the season dead last in the Big 10 but that's not killing the joy the excitement and the Hope right here at Ross a stadium we're projected to finish 18th in the big the new Big 10 um I'm not fine into that Isaac roig says he sees a bowl game in the boiler makers future both Isaac and Nathan say the optimism they feel comes from hope they have for Coach Walters and some of the new transfers on the team but at the end of the day Nathan's going to bring loyalty and positivity to the stands every season coming out not having fun hanging out with family is always good so it doesn't matter win or lose we have a good time and Isaac points out he and Nathan aren't alone Ross a brigade sold out within an hour for student tickets this year so that's that's shows the excitement that everyone has he jokes that the only thing that could make his love for the boiler makers falter is a loss at tomorrow's game but I don't I don't think Purdue is going to lose to Indiana State so we're we're we're in luck there Purdue takes on Indiana State right here at rosade Stadium at noon tomorrow Emily Slater Star City News Purdue University