Bring on the petty.
After a six-year hiatus, Notre Dame and Purdue are slated to renew their longstanding football rivalry in South Bend on Saturday. The Indiana schools have played 84 games against each other since 1896, but none since 2014.
One literally large part of that rivalry will be notably absent — the Purdue Big Bass Drum. Notre Dame won't allow it.
So why exactly can't Purdue bang its drum?
The Fighting Irish didn't explicitly ban the drum that Purdue touts as the "world's largest" from Notre Dame Stadium premises.