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- LB: What 6,250 calories a day looks like for Purdue linebacker Charles Correa.

- Top Betting/Intel Takeaways - Purdue's running game is framed as the most important unit-level fix for Barry Odom's second year because last year's offense left Ryan Brown in too many obvious passing situations. - Host says Purdue ranked near the bottom of the Big Ten in rushing despite having Devin Mockobee before injury forced his retirement, making RB/OL improvement central to the 2026 win-total case. - Better rushing efficiency would help three areas at once: keep Purdue's defense off the field, reduce pressure on Ryan Brown, and open play-action/option looks where Brown is more comfortable. - Antonio Harris is viewed as the incumbent RB1 after taking over when Mockobee went down, but the episode expects a deeper committee rather than one back carrying the offense.

- Top Betting/Intel Takeaways - Host believes Purdue's linebacker corps will be the best position group on the team in Barry Odom's second year. - Kevin Kane returns as defensive coordinator, and the base plan was described as a 3-4 built around four linebackers, with one LB sometimes functioning as a hybrid DB/coverage piece. - Purdue's defense is not projected as a top-half Big Ten unit, but the host expects improvement because the linebacker room is more talented and better suited to Kane's attack-first style. - Turnovers are the key market-relevance point: Purdue's offense is expected to be run-heavy and clock-control, so the defense needs linebacker-created disruption to give the offense shorter fields.

- The group, guided by assistant coach Jake Coach Trump , brings back seven from last season to go along with three transfer portal additions and three true freshmen. "The value that was brought to the room, in terms of [ Elo Modozie ], [ Keyshawn Burgos ] and...

- Ian Jeffries played in every game in his first season as a Boilermaker, starting six times and racking up 20 tackles.

- Competing in a conference that has produced the last three national champions, Ryan Browne noted the difference as he enters his second season as Purdue’s starting quarterback. “In the Big Ten, you’re going to win games in the trenches,” said Browne.

- A move of high significance in the offseason, head coach Barry Odom welcomed Kevin Coach Kane back to West Lafayette to be the program's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. “Coach Odom was the reason I came all the way out here, and I fell in love with West...