Inside Indiana Sports Breakfast with Kent Sterling

Weeks of great Covid/injury news ends, but there are still 10 reasons for optimism on this Optimism Wednesday!  Seven reasons the Colts will win Saturday - and three that they will win the AFC South!  Only one reason for optimism the Hoosiers will win tonight, but it is a BIG one!

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Darius Leonard became the third Colts to be named AFC DPOW four times! Beating the Cardinals requires slowing down quarterback Kyler Murray! Colts can still win AFC South.  

Indiana hosts Northern Kentucky tonight and hopes to get offense right!  

Pacers not competitive against depleted Miami!

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Jonathan Taylor chases history. Michael Pittman and Christian Kirk are statistical doppelgängers!  Darius Leonard is a one-of-a-kind second rounder!  

Cardinals TE Zach Ertz exceptional, and the Colts are exceptionally poor against tight ends.   

Indiana Pacers play the Heat on TNT tonight.   

Lance Stephenson BACK in the NBA!   

Sports book recommendations!

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Colts recipe for victory very similar to previous challenges.  Run the football, stop the run, maintain gap discipline, and don't overthink! What separates the Chicago Bears from an organization like the Colts?  Last night's Bears loss showed everything!    

Can Kevin Pritchard fix what is broken with the Pacers?  His trades say yes - and so do his drafts (well, all but one of them)!

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New England Patriots lost, so Bill Belichick will continue to re-litigate all the ways he didn't deserve to lose.  Jonathan Taylor is among five NFL players named early to the Pro Bowl.  Taylor needs an impressive number of rushing yards in the three games remaining in the season to eclipse the all-time record.  What do the Colts need to do to be the #1 overall seed in the AFC?  Is that even possible?

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Colts now atop the wild card teams, but must keep winning or the fall could be quick and painful.  Is there a player in the NFL more valuable to his team than Jonathan Taylor is to the Colts?  What the Colts do very well matches up with what the Cardinals do poorly.  

Say a prayer for Ryan and Emma Kelly today.

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Shouts of "Run the damn ball!" could be heard all over Indy tonight, so Jonathan Taylor did - all the way to victory over Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots!  Darius Leonard, Matthew Adams, EJ Speed, and Taylor earned fans love and game balls!  So the Colts are now the top seed and wild cards, and if the Steelers can beat the Titans tomorrow - the AFC South will be up for grabs!  

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Indiana can play some defense, but will have to clean up a lot offensively to contend in the Big 10 - especially Xavier Johnson!  Hoosiers will likely finish the calendar year 11-2 in Mike Woodson's first season.

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A Colts starter is questionable with an illness and a Patriots weapon is downgraded to OUT! Bill Belichick is under .500 as a head coach without Tom Brady as his starter! Carson Wentz trade has been a thing of beauty so far, hasn't it? Indiana needs to hit 3s and hold onto the ball against Notre Dame, and Butler wants to slow the game against Purdue to a snail's pace in the final Crossroads Classic!

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Colts winning relies upon Jonathan Taylor running wild tomorrow night! Ryan Kelly expected to play! Belichick lists NINE Patriots as questionable!  Pacers get win - and I want Caris LeVert kept!  Greed killing Crossroads Classic - final celebration tomorrow.  James Hinchcliffe to NBC as IndyCar analyst - can he be as honest as Paul Tracy?

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