Just got my tickets for the Purdue game. Will be flying into Midway Friday with my 10yo son, renting a car, driving down to stay two nights at the Illini Union Hotel, and will be sitting in Section 128, Row 24. Best seats available, $81x2 after taxes and fees be damned. First time back to Champaign since I joined the military almost 12 years ago. I cannot wait, and if they clinch the West, the only sporting event I've attended in person that could compete with it for best of my life would be Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.
I went to almost every home game as a student circa 2004-2006, but I was never much into the tailgate scene and obviously haven't seen Grange Grove at all. Any recommendations (or invites!), bearing in mind my son's age?