In 1891, according to the Purdue University website: "Under accusations of recruiting athletes from boiler shops, the ...
Purdue University's mascot, the Boilermakers, originated from a newspaper taunt in 1891 after a football victory against ...
Purdue's 'Boilermakers' nickname was the butt of a joke that went viral during 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' this ...
Purdue's sports teams are named in honor of the big, burly "boilermakers" who worked on big, heavy metal boilers like those ...
What is a Boilermaker? What is Purdue's mascot? "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon tried to help this week, but didn't quite come up with an answer. Fallon and an "audience member" (a staff member ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — You might have seen "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon's good-natured ribbing of Purdue and its well-known moniker, the Boilermakers, from Wednesday night's show.
A skit from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon attempted to make Purdue's "Boilermakers" nickname the butt of the joke. But after a few rounds on social media, plenty of fans wearing gold and ...
For those only vaguely familiar with March Madness, seeing and hearing about Purdue may bring a couple of questions: What is a Boilermaker? What is Purdue's mascot? Fallon and an "audience member ...