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Purdue Claws Back But Falls to Wake Forest in Double Overtime 38-36
Both Wake Forest and Purdue came into this game with something to prove. Wake Forest needed to show that last year’s 9 win season wasn’t a fluke and that they can build a sustainable program that’s a tough out each and every week. Purdue needed to show that they were a team that could win […]
How to Watch Purdue (1-0) vs. Wake Forest (1-0) & Fan Discussion
The 2026 Purdue football season is off to a fast start here. After going 1-0 with a win last week against the Sycamores, Purdue now sees Wake Forest come to town. The Demon Deacons are also 1-0 this season with a win against Akron in the books. This is the first real test for both […]
Hammer and Rails Readers React Results: Purdue Football Expectations After Week 1
Less than 24 hours away from Purdue’s week two game against Wake Forest it’s time for a final look back at Purdue’s week 1 game against Indiana State. This week I asked you all to tell me if Purdue’s performance against the Sycamores changed your expectations for the rest of the season. It seemed like […]
Purdue Football: Wake Forest Roster Review – Offense
Quarterback Gio Lopez – 6’0”, 220 – 4th Year – N.C. A&T/S. Alabama/UNC Week 1 Stats vs Akron – 21/32, 350 yards, 3 TDs, 7 Rushes, 39 Yards Strength: Veteran signal caller with 1,464 career snaps under his belt. He’s careful with the ball, with a career interception rate of 1.8%. He’s mobile in the […]
Big Ten Week 2 Preview
After last week’s rather vanilla week where no one in the conference really played anyone of note, this week we see some of the marquee non-conference games involving Big Ten teams. Most of the league has a power conference opponent that serves as both a good test and an excuse to brag about conference supremacy. […]
Know Your Enemy! The Wake Forest Demon Deacons
With the game against Wake Forst fast approaching I reached out to Adam Bridgers from Blogger So Dear to learn more about the Demon Deacons and try to get some insight before the two teams face off on Saturday. Adam also sent me some questions which I answered so be sure to head over there […]
Boiler Alert! A TRO for TKR & A Look at Wake Forest
Ryan and I are back and we look at the legal issues going on with TKR’s attempt to return to college. I couldn’t help but think about a song from Avenue Q when the lawsuit was filed. For those that don’t know, Avenue Q is a puppet musical, yep you read that right, about a […]
Purdue Depth Chart Review: Indiana State – Offense
After a long weekend of college football, chores, and unbearable heat, it’s time to do a quick review of Purdue’s performance on Friday night before I dive into the crucial upcoming Wake Forest game. The opener against the Sycamores started slow, with Purdue’s inability to score touchdowns in the redzone keeping the FCS in the […]
Hammer and Rails Readers Reacts Survey – Post-Indiana State Expectations
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 now sits at 1-0 on the season and they are currently preparing for the game against Wake Forest. Before the team kicks off this weekend, […]
Xs and Ohs! Purdue and Indiana State Edition
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 […]
2026 Purdue Football Game 2: Purdue (1-0) vs. Wake Forest (1-0)
Purdue and Wake Forest both came away with victories in their week 1 games. Wake Forest was a winner 38-16 over Akron. This will be your home to get all the information on the game two matchup between the Boilermakers and the Demon Deacons. You can already find the opening odds that were published Sunday […]
Boiler Alert! Purdue Leaf(s) The Trees In the Dust
Purdue went full Biff Tannen on the Indiana State Sycamores on Friday night and just straight up told them to make like a tree and get out of here. If you don’t get that reference I’ve included the clip for you and I beg you to go watch Back to the Future. It’s just simply […]
The Whistlestop Tour: Week 1 of Big Ten Football
This the week was not a week where the Big Ten covered itself in glory. The league was involved in the two largest upsets of the opening weekend with UMass beating Rutgers and Western Michigan stunning Michigan in the Big House (more on that later). We have some actual data now on every team in […]
Purdue 44 Indiana State 19: Forest Fire
It has been written many times on this site and said many times on the Boiler Alert podcast: you don’t learn anything positive when playing an FCS team. It is obvious that negatives can be revealed in these games, but generally, these week 1 matchups should be all about getting into the swing of the […]
Purdue 44, Indiana State 19: Travis Post-Game Thoughts
It’s a new season, and Purdue football is undefeated. The 10-game losing streak is no more and we’re on the happy side of .500 after winning a third straight season opener. That’s about all you can say about this one. The first half was… dull, to say the least, as the Boielrs led just 16-6 […]
Purdue 44 Indiana St. 19: Post Game Media
The Purdue Boilermakers started their 2026 campaign a bit uneven in the first half against the Indiana State Sycamores, but they certainly showed a bit of what they are capable of at the start of the second half. In that third quarter, Purdue got two straight three and out stops on defense and turned that […]
Purdue 44 – Indiana State 19: Choping Down the Sycamores
Last year in their first game of the season Purdue struggled to run the ball against a Ball State squad that they eventually beat 31-0. In this game Purdue needed to show the fans what they were capable of. In the first half, after 30 minutes of football Purdue went into the locker room up […]
How to Watch Purdue (0-0) vs. Indiana State (0-1) & Fan Discussion
The 2026 Purdue football season is here. Let’s wash the taste of the 2025 season out of out mouths with what we hope will be a commanding performance against the Sycamores of Indiana State. On the call for the game tonight will be Purdue football legend Ryan Kerrigan. It will be his first time in […]
Hammer and Rails Readers Reacts: Where Are We Watching Purdue vs. Indiana State?
We are just about 4 hours away from the kickoff of the first Purdue football game of the 2026 season. The 2025 season is in the rearview window and that’s not us anymore. We don’t need to worry about that team or those guys because this team is not that team and we are not […]
Purdue Football: Position Group Grades – Offense
Kyle and I planned to break down the opening depth chart today, but Coach Odom didn’t cooperate. We’ll all see the depth chart unveiled together on the field Friday when Purdue takes the field. Instead, we’re going to give preseason grades for each position group as a whole. There are some iron-clad locks on the […]
Purdue Volleyball Weekly Recap 9/4
Welcome back to a new season of Purdue volleyball, everyone! This season, we will be giving weekly check ins on the Boilermaker Volleyball squad as coach Dave Shondell and company look to continue its tradition of winning and break through in the post season. In week 1 of the regular season, we saw several headlines […]
Purdue (0-0) vs. Indiana State (0-1) Staff Predictions
With the Purdue football team taking the field this Friday we are moving up our prediction post to Thursday instead of it’s normal Friday position. Ledman (0-0): This is a game that Purdue has to win, should win, and will win. I’m confident in saying that. What I wanted to know was how often these […]
Week 1 Big Ten Preview
Big Ten football is back this week! Yes, technically it started last week with USC blowing out San Jose State during week 0, but USC is not really in the Big Ten and hopefully one day very soon they will go back to the Pac-12 where they belong (at least in all other sports, because […]
#14 Purdue Volleyball Sweeps Defending Champion #12 Texas A&M 3-0 in Mackey Arena
Nothing was going to stop the Purdue volleyball team last night. Not the oppressive West Lafayette heat (with a feels like around 97 most of the day), not a start time that was an hour or so beyond the scheduled time, and certainly not a Texas A&M squad that came in as the reigning national […]
Boiler Alert! Purdue versus Indiana State Predictions
Since Purdue football is playing one day earlier than normal Ryan and I decided to hop on the mics one day earlier than normal. Before we jumped into the upcoming game against the Sycamores we talked about the latest (non)update on the TKR case. We also discuss a change to the Big Ten football replay […]
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