Inside Indiana Sports Breakfast with Kent Sterling

Hoosiers get big win against St. John's as Jordan Geronimo and Tamar Bates ball out!  Hard Knocks with Indianapolis Colts more Lifetime Movie than football show.  Injury report growing prior to huge game Sunday.  Butler out-talented and Pacers out-competed in defeats.

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Indiana was challenged but was undaunted in its win over a very aggressive Red Storm team.  Jordan Geronimo made some game-winning plays down the stretch in a game that felt like those the Hoosiers would have lost last year.

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Injury report has some surprises, but it's not all bad! Carson Wentz has played in Buffalo before - how did he do?  What can be learned from the wild card loss in Buffalo? Indiana Basketball will need to shoot better than 25% from deep to beat St. John's tonight at 9p!  Butler hosts the Fighting Izzos of Michigan State at 7p.  Will Jordan Bohannon ever be forced to retire from Iowa Basketball? What about Jalen Coleman-Lands?

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Optimism Wednesday - only positive vibes for the Colts today!  Beating the Bills is not just possible - it's going to happen - I think!  IU gets commitment from a coach's son who's is the gritty type Hoosiers fans hate Indiana to play against.  Hard Knocks starts tonight on HBO, and you know what to watch for!  Purdue's Caleb Furst looks like a perfect fit as Williams and Newman destroy Wright State.

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Colts @ Bills is shaping up to be near playoff game drama - at least on the Colts side - and there are plenty of good reasons to feel good about the Colts.  Big decisions tomorrow night! Will you watch the Pacers or Butler host Sparty?  Then will you watch the end of the Pacers game or IU host St. John's?  And then, are you going to watch the premiere episode of Hard Knocks featuring the Colts or the second half of the Indiana game?  I need two TV sets AND two sets of eyes!

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Recipe for Colts success fairly simply - Wentz needs to throw right-handed, and team must score 26.  HBO viewers like drama, so Hard Knocks will find Colts conflict.  It is not going to be a washed fluff piece.  When the Colts score 26, they win.  When they don't, they lose most of the time.  Pacers offense dries up in fourth quarter - lose to Knicks.  Wednesday night, we will learn about the Indiana Hoosiers and Butler Bulldogs.

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Jonathan Taylor is in elite company just 25 games into his pro career.  Taylor's productivity reminds me of an often told Michael Jordan joke - Who's the only person who can stop Jonathan Taylor?  Frank Reich!  To get to the playoffs, the Colts need to keep winning, but need help.  That help will come over the next three weeks as the AFC;'s elite all play against each other! Indiana Basketball's Trayce Jackson-Davis named Big 10 Player of the Week.  Pacers with a big game tonight at MSG.  Can Myles Turner light up the Knicks again?

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Colts beat an improving Jaguars team, but now the tough work begins if they want to make the playoffs.  Carson Wentz MUST stop throwing left-handed shovel passes! Pacers with a heat check game tonight against Knicks.  Butler and Indiana in FS1 doubleheader Wednesday.

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Dayo Odeyingbo and Kwity Paye get pressure - allow Colts to survive offensive collapse.  Carson Wentz continues to refuse to manage downside, but it didn't cost Colts today.  Matt Eberflus grew a pair with some late blitzes.  Back to 5-5 after a 4-1 start is about all fans could hope for.

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The only downside to the beat down the Hoosiers administered to Northern Illinois was the ridiculous officiating that dragged this blowout to over two and a quarter hours.

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