(0:00-15:14) Greg Rakestraw joins JMV to preview the Colts game against the Falcons on Sunday, and he also recaps their win over the Steelers. Greg highlights some standouts of the game. Greg recaps some smaller college matchups, and IU basketball. He also recaps Purdue’s basketball weekend, and what he expects from them the rest of the season. Greg and JMV talk about the importance of playing well in March, but also how important it is to play well in general. Greg previews Butler basketball, and how they have fell into obscurity due to not airing games on Indy radio stations. 

(15:42-40:00) Brad Spielberger of Pro Football Focus joins the show to talk about how the Colts performed on Saturday, and what he thought about their offensive line. He talks about Gardner Minshew and how he performed, what Minshew did that worked well, and how he performed in the pocket. He also previews the game against the Falcons, and where the Bengals stand in the playoff picture. 

(40:01-57:38) Rob Blackman of Purdue joins the show to talk to JMV about Purdue’s success this season. He delves into the schedule, and how they have risen to the challenge of some of the most difficult teams early on in the season. He compares them to previous seasons where Purdue played lesser teams early on in previous season, and how the players compare now to the teams then. They also talk about the streaming difficulties of watching Purdue, and if Matt Painter likes the Coach’s show he does. 

(57:39-1:18:52) Noah Eagle joins JMV to talk about some upcoming games that he is calling. He tells JMV what it was like to call the Purdue vs. Arizona game on Saturday, and how well traveled some of Arizona’s fans were. He talks about the depth of Purdue. He talks about how he prepares for a game, especially one on Nickelodean. He gives some details on the history of the Nick NFL broadcasts, and how he got into doing them. He talks about when slime will come, and how he was ready for slime to be dumped on him. Eagle was on the call for the Minnesota vs. Colts game last year, and he talks about what that was like. 

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