Inside Indiana Sports Breakfast with Kent Sterling

Jeff Saturday may need to coach AND run the ball for the Colts as Taylor and Jackson nurse injuries.  Lot of subplots in this game against the Raiders.  

Quenton Nelson mulls his role in Frank Reich's demise as coach.  

Saturday expresses loyalty to the Colts and Indianapolis in a way I buy into!  

Rick Carlisle's late technical hurts Pacers chance at upset after Mathurin gets buckets!  

Indiana hosts Bethune Cookman tonight as Mike Woodson nets two recruits in the 2023 class!

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Jeff Saturday knows who he is, and told his players today. They liked what they heard. He told the media too, and when they doubted him, he looked them in the eye and told them again. 

What was learned - Saturday as coach came together very early Monday morning after the Patriots game, is not part of a plan to tank, and Saturday knows might suck as a coach. Saturday has four days to help has staff get the Colts ready for Vegas. 

Jonathan Taylor - limited today!

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Saturday is going to need Reggie Wayne to help get the roster on board with this change in leadership and culture.  Raiders are a perfect opponent for the Colts in Saturday's first week.  

Jim Irsay did nothing wrong by passing over experienced coaches in favor of who he feels is a great leader.  That is the way life works!  

Pacers welcome the Denver Nuggets to Gainbridge Fieldhouse - can Myles Turner get busy in consecutive games?  

Purdue rolls over Milwaukee!  Balance of youth and experience will make them a tough out in the Big 10!

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Jeff Saturday has chosen Parks Frazier as the play caller for Sunday, and guess what - he's never done that either!  

Mike Matheny was chosen as a manager without experience by the St. Louis Cardinals, and they went to the playoffs his first four years, including one World Series.  

There is a lot of good to this decision - potentially!

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Jeff Saturday has great confidence in his ability to lead, and he should.  Coaching in the NFL is a little different though.  We get to discover whether he can be an NFL head coach right along with him.  

Jim Irsay expressed great confidence in Chris Ballard, but Ballard was still prickly about the media calling out a lack of weapons at receiver.  Normally self assured, last night he looked more like a hostage than a general manager.  

Indiana Butler, and the Pacers got wins last night - all led by their bigs!

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Frank Reich is going to keep fighting to fix problems, and will likely cause more problems.  Sam Ehlinger is not the only target of blame, but he's one of them.  Offensive line ineptitude led the Colts to fail on all 124 first down conversion, and the Colts and Patriots combined for fewer total yards than in any previous Colts game EVER!  

Hoosiers and Butler open their seasons tonight - and the Pacers host the Pelicans in a quest to reach .500!  

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Colts gained 43 yards on 38 pass plays. Reich and Ehlinger are easy targets for blame, but who on the offense shouldn't be blamed?  

Matt Pryor was replaced by Will Fries, but why did he start?  

The ways this game was embarrassing are endless, but the defense played hard and well - starting with Grover Stewart and DeForest Buckner!

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Jonathan Taylor needs to trick his ankle into pain free explosiveness for three hours Sunday if the Colts are going to beat the turnover prone Patriots.  

Patriots are very generous with the ball, but like to take it back too.  Bill Belichick just an ordinary coach now.  

Hoosiers beat St. Francis, but Xavier Johnson back to driving fans crazy.  

IU hosts Penn State tomorrow and the payoff for a moneyline bet on Penn State is reasonable!

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Jonathan Taylor says he will use "tricks of the trade" to try to be ready Sunday against Patriots.  

Gus Bradley says Shaquille Leonard is improving physically AND in his grasp of the defense.  

Bill Belichick was a genius as long as Tom Brady was his quarterback.  With anyone else - including Mac Jones, not so much.  Can you name the Patriots leading rusher and receiver?    

Indiana Basketball tonight, and the time has come for Xavier Johnson to play for the Hoosiers instead of his own glory.

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Ehlinger vs. Zappe follows Manning vs. Brady in Colts - Patriots rivalry?  Bill Belichick mediocre without Brady just as other coaches have been without hall of fame quarterbacks.  

Colts have a history of succeeding with QBs from Tennessee - is the next starter for the Colts another Volunteer?  

Indiana Basketball battles St. Francis tonight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall behind a pay wall!

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