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Purdue Football Depth Chart Review: Notre Dame – Offense
I’m not sure I need to say much about this performance, or rather, I’m not sure there is much to say that doesn’t boil down to Notre Dame having significantly better talent across the board. Still, the difference between an estimated 40-million-dollar roster and a 20-million-dollar roster is most noticeable on the offensive and defensive […]
2026 Purdue Football Game 4: Purdue (1-3, 0-1) vs. Illinois (2-2, 0-1)
This is a game that Purdue could win…right? Illinois just fired their defensive coordinator because the defense was bad. Must be nice. But clearly Illinois isn’t meeting the expectations that the staff and the fans had for them coming into the season. So, maybe Purdue has a shot? The Purdue offense has talent that can […]
Hammer and Readers Rails Reacts Survey: Will Purdue Football Win Another Game?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. I really hate having to ask this question. I do. I want to be able to go to Purdue football games and enjoy the game and […]
Boiler Alert: 33 Minutes Ranting About Purdue Football
Purdue football is not in a good place. You know this. I know this. Anyone who is even a casual fan of the sport knows this. So, what is the athletic department doing? What has the athletic department done? What should the athletic department do? Ryan and I get into all of that in this […]
This Whistlestop Tour: Week 4 of Big Ten Football
Is there hope for Purdue going forward? The Boilers are now through four of the six promised games in the renewed Notre Dame series and so far it has performed significantly better in South Bend than in West Lafayette. That’s sad, really. Danny Hope and Darrell Hazell all fared better against the Irish than the […]
Purdue: 10 Notre Dame 49 | Quick Wrap & Quick Thoughts: Kevin Kane Was A Bad Hire. Now It Is Time For Barry Odom To Admit It Was
Quick Wrap This was the most likely of outcomes given what has transpired through the first three weeks of the season. Notre Dame is the much more talented team and it is painfully obvious they are a better coached team from top to bottom. The Boilers had flashed an improved offense through the first several […]
How to Watch Purdue (1-2) vs. #3 Notre Dame (3-0) & Fan Discussion
Purdue and Notre Dame. An old rivalry rekindled today as the Fighting Irish look to keep rolling following a 3-0 start to the season while Purdue is trying to find something, anything, to hang their hat on after a 1-2 start to the 2026 season. It’s not the start Purdue’s fans were hoping for but […]
Hammer and Rails Reader React Results: Gimme Fuel Gimme Fire (Kane) Gimme That Which I Desire!
The results of this week’s survey are not going to suprise anyone. They are not groundbreaking. However, the lopsided nature of the results should be an eye opener to anyone and everyone in the Purdue athletics department and those specifically in the football office. I’m not gonna belabor the point but I’ll just add…yikes. Let […]
Purdue Football (1-2) vs. #3 Notre Dame (3-0): Staff Predictions
Well folks, this is the biggest game for Purdue football so far this season. Really seems like we’ve been saying that every week now. But really, it’s been true. It continues to be true this week as well. One day more until Purdue faces Notre Dame. Let’s see what the staff thinks shall we? Ledman […]
Purdue basketball: Pressing player questions (Bigs edition)
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Week 4 Big Ten Preview
My apologies for not getting the preview up last week. My Friday was blown apart because my dad ended up in the emergency room late Thursday night before he was transported to Indy for emergency surgery to remove a huge blood clot on his lungs that was stressing his heart. Dad came through incredibly well […]
Know Your Enemy: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
With the game against the Fighting Irish fast approaching Patrick Sullivan from One Foot Down stopped by to answer my questions, some serious and some not so serious, about Saturday’s game. Enjoy! Given the recent emergence of IU as a football power, have you noticed a drop in ND football fans as those fans chase […]
Boiler Alert! Predicting Purdue Football vs. Notre Dame
With Ryan out on sick leave, due to a lost voice, I step up and carry this entire episode on my back. Don’t worry, I can ramble with the best of them. It will be a shorter episode though as when you’re just one guy there’s only so much I can say. However, I want […]
Staff Roundtable: How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Purdue Defense?
Things aren’t looking great for the Purdue defense. Kevin Kane is drawing ire just about every day on every corner of the Purdue internet. Yes, there’s a Purdue internet. So I asked the staff if Kane was the problem or if the players are the issue. Here are their responses. Ledman: I really just think […]
Purdue basketball: Pressing player questions (Guard edition)
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Opening Odds: Purdue (1-2) vs. #3 Notre Dame (3-0)
A 1-2 start is likely the worst case scenario for a Purdue Boilermaker program looking to shift the perception of what their football program looks like. Following a breakdown in the late stages and overtime to Wake Forest, Purdue followed that up with arguably one of the worst performances on defense in the program’s history. […]
Purdue Football Depth Chart Review: UCLA – Defense
I’m not sure what to say. Barry Odom has built a career on turning around defenses. I was confident he’d be able to put something together in his second year at Purdue, and I was wrong in that assumption. I know defensive coordinator Kevin Kane is getting all the heat, and rightfully so, but there’s […]
Hammer and Rails Reacts Survey: That’s Gotta be Kane!
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Purdue football is in the midst of a two game losing streak. There’s plenty of blame to go around. The offense played well against UCLA but […]
Purdue Football Depth Chart Review: UCLA – Offense
Ryan Browne has been a revelation thus far. Barry Odom put his trust in the returning signal caller, and he continues to play like one of the better quarterbacks in the Big 10 early in the season. The late-night kick and gleam from the lights reflecting off the empty Rose Bowl bleachers didn’t stop him […]
2026 Purdue Football Game 4: Purdue (1-2) vs. #3 Notre Dame (3-0)
Purdue is now 1-2 on the season and so it’s of course time for an easy game to get things back on track. Right? Oh wait, what’s that? We are playing #3 Notre Dame? Oh, great, this should be fun. Yes, that’s right the Fighting Irish are making their way to Ross-Ade Stadium to play […]
Boiler Alert! Grading the Offense and Defense From the UCLA Loss
Ryan and I are back with you and on this week’s episode we do things a little bit differently than in the past. Instead of going through the game and discussing the highs and the lows we broke the podcast down into two sections. In the first section we talk about the performance of the […]
The Whistlestop Tour: Week 3 of Big Ten Football
In week 2 the Big Ten really struggled. Week 3 was better. UCLA and USC already have a conference win and lead the Big Ten (a phrase I cannot believe I have to say in the Year of Our Lord 2026). It would have been funnier if both had lost, because then Rutgers and Purdue […]
Purdue 38 UCLA 52: Trouble Bruin?
We are in season 3 of the Big Ten money grab that was adding four teams from the west coast and that means Purdue, a team that is located in the Eastern time zone, had to start a game at 11:07 PM ET. I know I took an afternoon nap in order to stay up […]
Purdue 38 – UCLA 52: Purdue Defense Fails To Show Up
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How to Watch Purdue (1-1) at UCLA (2-0) & Fan Discussion
The 2026 Purdue football season is off to a fast start here. After falling in double overtime to Wake Forest last week Purdue hits the road for the first time this season. They are in sunny California to take on the Bruins who sit at 2-0. This game is the latest kickoff for the Boilermakers […]
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