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Purdue Football is Literally Being Sucked Into The Earth

Related Topics: Mackey Arena, Ross–Ade Stadium

This past summer a broken water main from the Football Performance Facility Construction flooded Holloway Gym and Mackey Arena, necessitating both facilities to replace the playing floor in each. After the last two days, that is not the only football-related flood on Purdue’s campus:

Nvr a good start 2 a Monday, main line broke over the wknd w booster pump running. A turf managers worst nightmare. pic.twitter.com/RIKUVqwuOm

— Purdue Sports Turf (@PUSportsTurf) October 3, 2016

Heres the little guy that caused all the mess. Stress on the pipe caused a clean break.