What does boiler up mean

I think to add some mystique to your university and program, you need something a phrase that connects fans together like the afore mentioned. After the jump here are some cheers that I think that would work wonderfully at Purdue. Heck, even the players' practice shorts has the phrase "Play Hard" on them. I'm surprised we haven't incorporated that chant before. Just think if we had this going before starting lineups or before the 2nd half began with one side of Mackey was chanting "Time to Please tell me that wouldn't get you fired up.

Purdue prides itself on defense, that's what everybody says that we are relentless and in your face and are tough on D. Not that we usually need to be hyped up on defense but seriously how bad would that be again if one side of Mackey was chanting "Defense" and the other side was chanting "lives here".

That would be our calling card, and I think that would be an amazing chant. I think this is an intriguing cheer because I think it brings two generations of Boiler fans together PreTiller and Post Tiller.

I assume "Hammer Down" was a cheer used back in the day and we all know "Boiler Up! What about that widely held view that those early teams actually used burly Boilermakers from the local railroad shops? West Lafayette's Monon railroad shops were not built until , several years after the name was already in use. One fact that may have contributed to public acceptance of the Boilermaker nickname is that Purdue's engineering students pursued a hands-on education, often working directly with the tools.

From to , they kept a fully operational steam locomotive, The Schenectady, on hand for research. Real boilermakers and blacksmiths would have felt right at home in this university lab. Become a Boilermaker. Learn how to join our membership. And who are the Tennessee mascots? In fact, from to , Purdue's engineering department kept a fully operational steam locomotive, The Schenectady, on-hand for research. The university's working-class approach earned its students - and its football team - monikers in the local press such as rail splitters, blacksmiths, foundry molders and, yes, pumpkin shuckers.

There were even jokes that the football team recruited players from among workers at the rail yard just off campus. In , Purdue's football team put a beating on its rivals at the liberal arts Wabash College in nearby Crawfordsville, Indiana. Today, Purdue's official mascot is a mini-locomotive known as the Boilermaker Special. Besides the locomotive, there's Purdue Pete, who shows up at the games and revs up the crowd in ways a train engine simply