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GoldandBlack.com Saturday Simulcast: Purdue Portal musings and spring football

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GoldandBlack.com Saturday Simulcast, April 5, 2025 edition, will touch on what else? Purdue Portal talk with basketball expert Brian Neubert and host Alan Karpick, what will coach Matt Painter’s team look like in 2025-26 and much more. Then Karpick and GoldandBlack.com football guru Tom Dienhart sift through happenings with coach Barry Odom’s squad as it enters the home stretch of spring ball. An action-packed show brought to you by the good folks at Boilerhouse Prime Restaurant and the fabulous Union Club Hotel. 

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Purdue football analysis from Tom Dienhart

  • Two of the biggest concerns: quarterback and receiver.
  • None of the quarterbacks have really been impressive. Evans Cuba of Washington State has upside but doesn’t value the ball. He has a ways to go and needs to mature. Malachi Singleton Arkansas could be a good No. 2. He can be trusted. EJ Colson from UCF? Jury is out.

Bennett Meredith could be the No. 2 man now. Just don’t know if he’ll be given a fair shot. He may leave, but where would he go? He could be the No. 3 man here.

At this momemt, Singleton looks like the most trustworthy, so he could be a de facto No. 1.

That brings us to the topic of portal QB: If Purdue imports one–and I think it will–it likely would need to part way with two scholarships QBs now on the roster. That would open money room for the staff to pay upwards of $1 million for a portal QB. And that’s probably what it would take to get a starting caliber guy–or ballyhooed prospect.

A name to watch: South Carolina’s Air Noland, a former four-star recruit who transferred to the Gamecocks from Ohio State.

  • There are no alpha wideouts on the roster. And there also aren’t a lot of game snaps. This is a pretty inexperienced group.

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