Hammer And Rails: For Purdue Boilermakers Fans

Waddell's father played at Purdue, so when Coach Painter offered the Indiana native, it was a dream come true. Unfortunately injury derailed his already likely redshirt freshman season. But is the skinny kid from Carmel a potential star in the making? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey are here to discuss Purdue best football recruits of all time and then get into the big news. The news that will change all of college sports. USC and UCLA are coming to the Big Ten and college sports will never be the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NBA Draft night was quite the occasion for Jaden Ivey. He's now a Detroit Piston, a top-five pick, and Andrew and Casey discuss how being matched with Cade Cunningham fits with his game. Oh yeah, they talk about pizza, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Boilermaker has fallen too early. Ledman tries to make sense of the grief while doing the only thing we can now, keep telling the story of Caleb "Biggie" Swanigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It wasn't that long ago that Coach Painter and his Purdue Boilermakers seemed to be without a transfer. Until Casey discovered a sharp shooting guard out of Utah. Now, David Jenkins Jr. will be a Boiler and Purdue has probably finalized their roster. The boys give you all the details about the Utah transfer and how it helps formalize Purdue's roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The people have asked and the boys answer: who has the definitive chicken chicken sandwich? Then Ledman and Casey get into Caleb Furst, big man and Mr. Indiana of basketball and what happened his freshman year and what might happen in his second. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey have a good talk around sports movie nostalgia. What's your favorite child sports movie? After the break, they get into the gist, Ethan Morton. He's one of the boys favorites and he's gonna be needed to step into a new role and be a key cog in an offense lacking guard power. Can he do it and what makes him so special? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey have a little chuckle about Jon Rothstein and his bold IU prediction before discussing Purdue's starting four, Mason Gillis. Ledman has always been team Gillis while Casey has been something of a skeptic. Which do you agree with? Will Gillis's shooting be enough to keep him in the starting lineup or is Casey right to be skeptical? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did Coach Painter make a mistake or was this impossible to prepare for? Should Painter have made Hunter Jr. a priority from the start? Should he have offered Phinisee? Was this supposed to be Ivey's crowning team? What can Purdue do now? Is there anyone left? The portal has been unkind and Purdue's point guard issues will probably have to be solved by a pair of true freshman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey have chipmunks to talk about. Really. It's a movie. I think. Then they look up to where the tallest, biggest, most improved player in the Big Ten comes back for his third season after a revelatory sophomore campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey are back to tell you everything you might have missed from the NBA Combine where Jaden Ivey and Trevion Williams continued their two different paths to the NBA. The lottery talent Ivey measured and didn't do much else while the late second round big man measured and impressed NBA scouts in two scrimmages in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welp Purdue's offensive battle against the portal isn't going much better in football than it is basketball. Purdue loses a key defensive star and the next #1 wide receiver in waiting to academics. How will Coach Brohm's team overcome off season loss and how much does it matter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey stare at the open void at point guard as their starter decides to transfer to the in state Butler Bulldogs. Also the boys get Strange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey are back to discuss all the ailing issues of the NCAA before jumping into the crux of the matter, Brandon Newman's sophomore season. The shooter struggled early and then didn't find the court before having an end of season resurgence, but what can Coach Painter expect for the once sharp shooting, super athlete? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NIL, offseason, transfers, and everything else has been a little rough on the Purdue basketball program. Somehow, their senior point guard touches on every one of those topics and as of right now, his future is still uncertain. Will he back for a second senior season? More importantly, should he? Is it better for him and the program to part ways or is there redemption to be found from the all-time great Indiana high school point guard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey have some Boilers in the pros to preview. Karlaftis might have landed in the perfect spot. David Bell has the chance to be an impact rookie, and Horvath was a surprise late pick. Plus the guys tell you where they'd want to play in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey continue to break down Purdue's 21-22 basketball season. This week, they tackle the tough question of whether Ivey's absurd skill and athleticism was ultimately a let down or will his ability to represent the NBA for the next decade make up for two disappointing losses in March? With football season just ahead of us, if you'd like to sponsor the show, reach out to us @hammerandrails on twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The boys are back to discuss the open wound of NIL money and how the NCAA has probably made a mistake to regulate it. But they could just be bitter because Nijel Pack is gonna be a Hurricane and a whole lot richer and Purdue is left waiting to hear if Eric Hunter Jr. will return for their fifth season. They break down if the NCAA will ever be the same, if NIL needs changed, and if Hunter will possibly come back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey are back to recap and have the tough discussions about seniors whose career ended in disappointment. This time they delay their talks in sake of easter candy discussions before getting into the not so sweet finish to Sasha's final season as a Boilermaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Casey are back to discuss Purdue's 2021-22 season one player at a time. Their first review looks at the senior big man who started his career playing as a key bench contributor on an elite eight team, and finished as an All-American coming off the bench on a team that lost in heart breaking fashion in the Sweet Sixteen seed to a #15 seed. Casey in particular had a question for Ledman to try and fully digest Williams final season. Also, Ledman tells his college baseball story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices