Hammer And Rails

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images Purdue’s newest front office hire comes with strong ties to Barry Odom. On Thursday, the Purdue athletics department announced the hiring of a new football operations general manager. Former college standout Brandon Lee will take over as the general manager of personnel for the Boilermakers. Got our GM! A former player under … [Read more...] about Purdue Football: Meet New GM Brandon Lee

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Coach Odom has been a busy man. Coach Odom has added 27 players from the Transfer Portal in the past 30 days. 27! There is going to be a learning curve every off-season to learn the new players in this era in college football, but with the 27 portal players and the incoming high school class, it is going to be quite the … [Read more...] about Purdue Portal Additions, By Position

Photo by Howard Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images Here’s what the Boilermakers are looking at statistically as they return to the road in New Jersey. Rutgers University (8-7, 1-3 Big 10) - Kenpom #81 Basic Information Location: Piscataway, New Jersey Type of School: Public Land-Grant Research University Mascot: Sir Henry the Scarlet Knight Venue: Jersey Mike’s Arena … [Read more...] about Purdue Basketball: Rutgers By The Numbers

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Throwing my hat in the ring because I finally got to watch the whole thing. Yes, I know there’s a game tomorrow, but I finally got to watch the recent blowout the whole way through. Oh boy do I have some positive opinions (and general observations) following Purdue’s 79-61 home win over Northwestern. I think this is an important game … [Read more...] about Purdue Basketball: Just A Few More Northwestern Thoughts

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The Boilers will travel to the Trapezoid of Terror to take on a struggling team that still has two likely top-5 lottery picks in the upcoming NBA Draft Following an impressive victory at home against the Northwestern Wildcats, the Purdue Boilermakers will take to the road and head east to face the Rutgers Scarlett Knights. The trip to … [Read more...] about The Three Pointer: Purdue (11-4) vs. Rutgers (8-7)