It is a very chilly Friday afternoon and a snowstorm is headed towards West Lafayette, but that doesn’t mean Hammer & Rails is without some HAWT PRESS CONFERENCE action today across multiple sports.
Naturally, football news is on the backburner witht he season being long over. Indiana’s recent national championship (words that I honestly never thought I would type, ever) also dampen the excitement about football. Still, Barry Odom spoke with the media today on where Purdue is in the transfer portal
and how the 2026 edition of Boilermaker football is coming together.
On Saturday Purdue returns home from the west coachw ith a huge matchup against Illinois. This is the first game this season agaisnt one of the other major contenders for the league title, and after falling at UCLA on Tuesday the Boilers cannot afford to drop a second straight game. Here is what Matt Painter and Trey Kaufman-Renn had to say in advance of the game.
Matt Painter
Trey Kaufman-Renn
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