1). The pony
2). The trip w/ 'Lil Polock to play in the Tangerine Bowl - met my first wife in the Elbo Room on that trip. I shoulda stuck to playing rugby....

Cherry Blossom Festival road trips! It was always a surprise when Purdue would let us rent another University van.

Nationals at Cal Berkley

Beating the other Limeys at IU

Off-field: "Touring" RFK stadium at 4 AM with Catfish during the Cherry Blosson Festival weekend. One of us was sober; thanks Cat!

72' Big Ten Tourney

Too many... The van ride to Michigan State.

Forging Mick Savage's signature every weekend to get approval for vans. Also, shedding blood, with Big Tony, Harseface, Aerosmith, Skoog, Specatar Man

Nationals Santa Barbara

Jim "Jethro" Berry's El Flamo.

Playing w/ bros Tony, Joe & Dirt

Winning Indiana Collegiate Cup
Hosting Big Ten
Midwest Championships
Party at Lafayette Armory

Big Ten wins and several us selected for Indiana Select and then Mid-West Select Side.

Beating IU any and every time we beat IU

Navy seal rugger at Mardi Gras
attempting to

Holding the Midwest Trophy

Beach Parties in the middle of winter and playing @ IU in the Mud and Snow

Returning to finish school in January 1970 and having other teams I called agree to a match with PRFC when they knew we didn't have a team yet!...then finding so many experienced Ruggers at first meeting in the old field house.

The great pig roast fire of 1995

1) My first visit to a rugby party with my friend mel meadows at Tony M. house, looking in the windows, seeing what was going on, and deciding

High scorer at Big 10 Tour.
Beating Notre Dame after a night in Chicago. J.C. Penny walk through with Catfish.Big Ten Tour. at Mich.St.

Beating Wisconsin by that half-frozen lake in Madison. Waking up the next morning with Bronx snoring in my ear - I'm still in therapy.....

Big10 Tourney - Ohio State. Forgot the year.

The 1991 Big Ten tournament.

waking up on the floor of my dorm room the day AFTER my first game, hungover and still covered in mud in my uniform. My roomate said, "I got to try this!" He only lasted two practices.

too many

My sister ( a spectator) broke her nose and got 2 black eyes when she got hit in the face by an out of bounds kick.

Road trip to Madison in 83, stopping in chicago to party on way back

• The moment I remember most was my first game and we were playing the University of Notre Dame. We tackled a ND player, a scrum was formed, and unfortunately, his head was kicked and it partially split like a watermelon.
• I enjoyed the camaraderie and the parties after the game the most.

Any party at the rugby house at Purdue.

Driniing 10 gallons of water playing IU in a muddy field

We went down to Southern Illinois University for their All Fool's Tournament. We fought hard through four matches and ended up winning the tournament beating out Northern Iowa, I think. It came time to present trophies at the party. First place through third got longhorn steer mounts. In retrospect people appeared to be visibly pissed off with our victory. So before everyone got over their losses and settled back into their beer drinking modes. Our team President/Captain, Keg (Jason Pullara) accepted the largest set of horns, (roughly five feet worth). When Keg was finished giving his appreciation, I grabbed the horns. Acting as if I were about to do something awfully idiotic and shameful, I jumped up on the chair. To the immediate dismay and apprehension of Keg and Couch Vaughn, I raised the horns into the air. Looking into the crowd of our fellow drunk and seemingly aggravated ruggers, it felt as though the entire place was going to erupt into a massive brawl with the Purdue team fighting to escape the beating of a lifetime. I then, on behalf of our team, announced how glad we were for the hosting/presenting team for putting together such a great tournament and party. I also regrettably announced how badly these horns were going to hurt my girlfriend. The place erupted into a wild cheer and we escaped with nothing more than a hangover. It was a great trip that started off with a team gut check and ended up solidifying my reasons for playing the sport. I just wanted to thank all who played with me through the years and express my love for the friendships that endure.

-Cheers

Elephant walk and beer slides at Big Ten party.

way too many to list

Winning Big Ten Tournament at home in fall of '91. 6-4 win over Iowa in the final. The 2nd penalty kick to put us up was actually a penalty against us - Catfish was biting a guy in a maul... after the Iowa player threw the 2nd retaliatory punch (all in clear view of the ref) he reversed the penalty. Nabil Laham slotted the kick and we hung on for the win...