The first thing to know about Purdue — the thing you pick up when watching a Boilermakers game on TV or in person — is it has two mascots: The official one — The Boilermaker Special, a train — and the other one, “Purdue Pete,” a buff dude in a hard hat with a helmet.
The second thing to know is Boilermakers get very upset if you don’t acknowledge both mascots and their superiority to all other mascots in the Big Ten. (As well as the buffness of the person inside the “Purdue Pete” suit.