GO EAST, YOUNG MAN
verbally commiting to Purdue. He has a number of family connections to
Butterworth chose Penn State after
the Boilermakers but was persuaded to join the Nittany Lions following a visit to University Park.
mother used to live. There were the neighborhoods he roamed when he was a kid. Up ahead was Ross-Ade Stadium, where he and his grandfather would watch games, the same stadium
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s Penn State's team buses roared through downtown Lafayette en route to Purdue, Alex Butterworth looked out the window and saw his childhood whizzing by.
There was the street where his grand-
that he would tour years later as a Purdue recruit. "When we walked on the field, I re- membered coming here on my recruit- ing visit or even when I was 7 or 8 years old and I used to come out on the field with my grandpa," Butterworth said following the Nittany Lions' 34-9 victory over the Boilermakers on Nov. 3. "I could have been here today wearing a different jersey and been with a dif-
