"Goon-Ball"(tm Dick Bennet) defensive teams. Rutgers twice, Wisc, Maryl, and NW.

How is Purdue's NCAA Tournament profile looking as we turn the page to January:

Apologies if this was posted elsewhere, but does anyone have a clip of Caleb's missed dunk versus Maryland. I was multitasking and sort of half saw it out of the corner of my eye. My first reaction was that even though he missed it, that's a positive development for Caleb. In high school and earlier in his Purdue career, we saw that he could be a more explosive finisher than he's been showing. I'd rather see him try to dunk everything and miss a few than regularly get his shot blocked.

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That the opening line for our bounce back game at home

Purdue’s first batch of official visitors in 2025 is set to hit campus tomorrow. A look at who will be in West Lafayette.

3 UNC
4 Purdue
6 Auburn
8 Louisville
10 OSU
11 Baylor
13 Alabama
15 Marquette
16 Butler
19 Duke
23 Illinois
26 Syracuse
28 Arizona
30 Virginia
32 Oregon
36 Wisconsin
37 Ga Tech
38 UConn
41 Kansas
43 Kentucky
46 Texas A&M
47 Creighton
48 Xavier
50 Wake Forest
53 Iowa St
54 WVU
57 Arizona State
58 Pitt
60 Rutgers
64 Iowa
66 Miss St
74 Houston
79 Clemson
81 Providence
86 Michigan
90 Va Tech
92 Michigan St
93 Notre Dame
95 Tennessee
96 Colorado
102 Washington
103 Miami (FL)
106 Northwestern
113 NC State
115 Depaul
116 UCLA
118 Cal
121 Indiana
122 Arkansas
124 Nebraska
127 TCU
130 Maryland
133 St Johns
138 Villanova
151 Oklahoma
154 Kansas St
165 Missouri
173 Seton Hall
178 LSU
180 SMU
184 FSU
197 Ole Miss
199 Florida
211 UCF
218 Texas
227 Georgia
239 Boston College
247 Utah
254 USC
255 Stanford
264 Minnesota
270 Cincinnati
271 Penn State
287 BYU
292 South Carolina
303 Vandy
306 Georgetown
317 Texas Tech

Akron defensive end transfer CJ Nunnally IV shared on X that he has added an offer from Purdue.

Nunnally is a two-time All-MAC defensive lineman over the last two years with the Zips after joining the program via Independence Community College prior to the 2023 season. During his time in the MAC, Nunnally has racked up 121 total tackles, 27 tackles for loss and 13.0 sacks, as well as three forced fumbles.

I truly hope they enjoyed this win, it might be 6 weeks before they get another one.

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Purdue cornerback Kyndrich Breedlove has withdrawn from the transfer portal and will remain in West Lafayette, as we had alluded to last week.

so much for Sumrall going there

Musk is exactly right. Manned fighter planes are now obsolete. Drone and missile technology has reached the point when any piloted aircraft can be easily taken out. The same is true of tanks. They are obsolete, right now. A Javelin fire-and-forget missile can be carried and fired by a single soldier. Ukraine reports a 94% kill rate with the first Javelin missile.

Smith goes for 1K, Loyer catches fire, and Purdue runs away in the second half for its first road win.

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