What's For Breakfast?

I can cleary recall my first real interaction with a Breakfast Clubber. I was a junior in high school and my family and I were tailgating with close family friends from home. My friend and her family had just moved from California, so my parents, both Purdue alums, and myself wanted to show them what Big Ten football is all about. Not to mention my favorite part, tailgating. While enjoying our grilled goodies and refreshments we were greeted by a rather large guy dress up in a Winnie the Poo costume that looked like it had been borrowed from his 6 year old sister. Our visitor went up to my gorgeous blonde friend and stuttered, "Christopher Robin is a piece of s**T!" Needless to say she did not apply here. Totally kidding. But as a junior in high school I was a little overwhelmed with this whole idea of waking up at 6 to go to the bars in a crazy costume. Now that I am a student at Purdue I love the crazy tradition! I didn't realize how long students have been "clubbin" before games. According to an article in the Exponent, the tradition of Breakfast Club has been around for 30 years!
Living in a sorority I get to see what a lot of my older sisters create to wear early Saturday mornings. I have seen everything from a box of crayons, to a bouquet of flowers, to the Purdue Cheerleading Squad! My so far favorite theme that my house participated in took place after the famous DG house fire. All of the older girls dressed up as fire fighters, and our football buddies dressed up as dalmations!
One thing I find really ammusing is the more and more alcohol consumed the more into character the breakfast clubber becomes. I once saw Shaggy give Scooby Doo a Scooby snack before going into the game. Or one time as I was exiting my house, three guys who looked like walked out of the Village People's YMCA, started directing traffic.
Even though it seems like mass chaos, there is something special about this tradition. For me it makes turning 21 even more exciting, so I can take part in these festivities. And with Halloween coming up I have gotten many great ideas!! Thank you Clubbers!