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You may have heard that the website formerly known as Twitter has been purchased and is now X, a simply horrendous name in my opinion but then again I am not a billionaire so take my suggestions with a grain of salt. You may also know that we have historically shared our favorite tweets from […]
In an era of coaches, players and personnel always looking to what is “next”, Devin Mockobee was a unicorn. Five years at one university in the climate of what college football currently is, just is no longer the norm. So, Thank you, Devin Mockobee, for being you, for being a Boilermaker. In his five years, […]
It was a very light week for Purdue basketball last week. While most of the top teams in the country were playing in showcase events, Purdue played just once in a Friday afternoon blowout of lowly Eastern Illinois. That is the beauty of having your showcase event so early. That meant Purdue stays No. 1 […]
I’m always loathe to call for someone to lose their job. No matter what you think of someone’s job performance, they are a human being. They’ve got loved ones, they’ve got friends, they’ve got family. But the sad reality is that sometimes someone has to lose their job. In the case of Purdue football, who […]
Purdue volleyball stumbled slightly down the stretch, losing matches to Oregon, Wisconsin, and Minnesota to finish 15-5 in conference play, but after Saturday’s win over Indiana in Mackey Arena the program knows it will be home for at least two more matches in the NCAA Tournament. After spening most of the season in the top […]
Just three years ago Purdue football went to Bloomington and defeated Indiana 30-16 to clinch the Big Ten West and earn an appearance in the Big Ten Championship game. That capped a two year stretch where the Boilermakers were 17-8 in the previous 25 games. A pair of those losses in 2022 to Penn State […]
Going into this game against the undefeated Hoosiers it was clear that Purdue needed a miracle to win. What that miracle would be though I couldn’t say. I spoke with a couple other media members as the game was preparing to kickoff and the idea of “strange things” happening in Bucket games was brought up. […]
Whelp folks, this is it, the final football game of the season. There have been highs, and plenty of lows, this season. None of us expected Purdue to clean up this season and somehow find their way to the CFP but I’m not sure that we expected a two win season. It’s been a trudge. […]
The Purdue Boilermakers dominated following a bit of a sluggish start to a 109-62 dismantling of the the Panthers from Eastern Illinois. In front of another sold out crowd inside Mackey Arena, the Boilers ran another near perfect example of offensive efficiency. Let’s jump into this victory in more detail by going ‘By the Numbers.’ […]
Purdue’s Rebounding continues to shine At one point in the first half, Purdue had 9 turnovers and was still winning the possession battle. That’s because it had an 18-3 edge on the glass. That advantage was stretched even further when Oscar Cluff gobbled up two more offensive rebounds on back to back possessions to start […]
Purdue fans poured into Mackey Arena on Friday morning for a noon tipoff against an overmatched Eastern Illinois Panthers squad. This wasn’t a team that was going to seriously challenge Purdue, but it was a good game to have following the Bahamas MTE and prior to the upcoming start of Big Ten season against Rutgers […]
In what will be part one of a two event double header for a number of Purdue fans, the men’s basketball team will return to Mackey Arena to face the Panthers of Eastern Illinois. Purdue is returning home from a successful trip to the Bahamas where they defeated a tough Memphis team and a top […]
Final game of the season and that means it’s the final time to make predictions for the staff. I feel like we all know who everyone is going to pick here unless someone is stubborn and just refuses to pick Indiana for the sake of never picking Indiana. Let’s take a look shall we? Ledman […]
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Hammer and Rails, and an even happier black and old gold Friday tomorrow! If you’re a Purdue fan, you’re plate is going to be full with action tomorrow as Purdue basketball gets the day kicked off with a noon tip-off before the entree of the night, a […]
By now, you have seen the insane +39 by Zach Edey in the Grizzlies win last night. Other than that being absolutely insane, it has come out that Zach Edey actually made history with that +39. Impressive to say the least. Zach Edey had a late start to the season as he came back from […]
We had to close the polls early this week with the Thanksgiving holiday because as Kim Kardashian once famously said, no one wants to work anymore. I know I don’t want to. So rather than putting these out on Friday or Saturday as usual you can use this as something to read between the Thanksgiving […]
Ryan and I are back in your ears on this lovely Thanksgiving day. It’s incredibly cold in West Lafayette so if you’re doing a turkey trot this morning like I am I hope you’re bundled up and ready to go. Gotta get that time down so you can get back inside and sit near the […]
Well folks, this is it. The final game of the season for Purdue football. It’s a relief but also frustrating. Purdue has only won two games and I just don’t see how they get to three wins with just IU remaining in front of them. The folks at Crimson Quarry were kind enough to come […]
Another year, another undefeated non-conference season? In recent years Purdue has done an incredible job building a solid NCAA Tournament profile with difficult non-conference schedules. The Boilermakers have now won five consecutive early season tournaments and they are 47-3 in their last 50 regular season non-conference games. That’s an almost unheard of run, especially when […]
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. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Purdue football, mercifully, has just one game left this season and it is of course against […]
We are one week further in the men’s college basketball season and Purdue remains ranked the same as it was in both the pre-season AP Poll and last week’s poll: #1. The Boilermakers used a 2-0 performance in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship against Memphis and #15 Texas Tech to remain on top. The victory […]
The year was 2023. Seems like a lifetime ago now given how far apart these two program seem to be. Purdue, led by Ryan Walters and Hudson Card lead a 4th quarter comeback to retain the Old Oaken Bucket for the 3rd straight year. Before last season, IU had not won the Bucket Game since […]
Purdue basketball headed to the Bahamas to play a pair of games. We knew Purdue would play Memphis and we assumed that Purdue would play Texas Tech. We thought one of the games would be easier than the other. We were right. It just turns out we were wrong about which game was going to […]
Purdue took the struggles and frustration from their slim victory against Memphis and came out looking every part of the number one team in the country. Texas Tech, a very well through of 15th ranked team in the country, led for only 1:03 and that includes the brief point just before the tidal wave that […]
With 9:28 left in the first half last night Texas Tech’s JT Toppin, a potential first round pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, scored on a tip-in to knot the score at 20-20. To that point, the Boilers an Red Raiders had played a pretty even game, as was expected for a game between a […]