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Voice of Purdue football to call last game after 46 years on radio

A Purdue legend will be calling his final game Saturday after years of doing what he loved.

Purdue broadcaster Joe McConnell will retire after Saturday’s game against Indiana after almost 47 years of broadcasting games. McConnell feels fortunate that he was able to live out his childhood dream and eventually get the opportunity to call games for his beloved Boilermakers.

“It will be bittersweet in a lot of ways,” McConnell said. “I was lucky enough in this lifetime to do the one thing I wanted to do all my life, and for me it’s a labor of love. I grew up a Boilermaker fan and grew up listening to John DeCamp, and at an early age I decided I wanted to do this for a living. I’ve kind of come full circle and have come back, and the last 15 years were spent in my old stomping grounds. I have a lot of mixed emotions for my last game.”