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Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Class is in session. With the Purdue men’s basketball team all put together for next season and expectations sky high, it’s time to review what homework these guys will need to do in the offseason. We will have assignments for all returning players before getting to the ones who will be joining the Boilermakers for the first time. Keep an … [Read more...] about 2025-2026 Purdue Men’s Basketball Offseason Homework

Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Who is where and who is what? There are so many more questions than there are answers coming out of the 2025 Spring football showcase. Who knows if half the players who played in that game will be on the roster come the start of the 2025 football season. Here at Hammer and Rails we are going to do … [Read more...] about Purdue Football 2025 Post-Spring Position Group Assessments

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images This is an almost impossible task. In the age of the Transfer Portal, wide receivers come and go. It is almost like a bad college relationship; they are committed for about four months and if it doesn’t turn out their way, they make their way back to free agency, or the transfer portal. Such is like in college athletics now, and … [Read more...] about Purdue Football: Post-Spring Ball Wide Recievers

Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images After a solid freshman campaign, the guard from Massachusetts will look to make to take the next step as a sophomore. Purdue Basketball Offseason Homework: CJ Cox In our first homework assignment of the offseason, we will focus on one of the Purdue starters in freshman CJ Cox. Although CJ closed as a Purdue starter, it took some time to get … [Read more...] about Purdue Basketball Offseason Homework: CJ Cox

Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images Plus, for some reason, Donnie Hale! Purdue football and basketball have been busy while Ryan and I have been relaxing and trying to enjoy a time that isn’t a two times a week mandatory podcast time. It would be nice if we could just sit back and relax for a bit. Unfortunately, (but actually fortunately if you’re a Purdue fan) head coaches … [Read more...] about Boiler Alert – Transfer Portal Updates for Men’s Basketball and Football