He is credited with resuscitating the Boilermaker football program, bringing the roar back to Ross-Ade, and even coining the ubiquitous "Boiler Up." So it should come as no surprise that Joe Tiller inspired the larger-than-life legion known as the Jumboheroes. The date was November 18, 2000, and the Boilermakers had moments before clinched a Rose Bowl berth and Big Ten championship and kept the Old Oaken Bucket in West Lafayette for another year after beating Indiana 41-13. As he surveyed the Ross-Ade throng, an uncharacteristically emotional Joe Tiller gestured to his team and told the 65,000 celebrants: "These guys are my heroes." He was whisked away to address the assembled media, but as the fans frolicked on the field in the glare of the Jumbotron on that chilly November night, the Jumboheroes were born.