Brett is joined in the first hour by James Boyd, who covers the Indianapolis Colts for The Athletic! Brett and James discuss the injury to the thumb of Jonathan Taylor that is going to require him to miss several weeks worth of games. We hear from James about how this injury surfaced and the decision to get it operated on. Brett also talks to James about the current state of the Colts team and how legit their playoff hunt is. We also get his opinion on how important this weekend's upcoming game against the Tennessee Titans is. All that and more with James Boyd in Hour 1! Also in the first hour, the NBA In-Season Tournament bracket is set, Purdue dominates Texas Southern last night, but without showboating against their opponent. All that and more!

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Brett is joined in the second hour of today's show by Derek Decker, who you heard all summer with the TinCaps and is now a member of our sister station WOWO, to discuss the IU Football Head Coaching search. Derek has been keeping a close eye on the situation down in Bloomington and keeping track of the latest word on what's happening with IU in their search for the next Head Coach of their Football Team. Also in the second hour, we replay our conversation that Brett had with Head Coach of the Bishop Luers Knights football team, Coach Kyle Lindsay.

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Brett is joined in the first hour of the show today by Jon Coffman, head coach of the Purdue Fort Wayne Men's Basketball Team! Brett and Coach Coffman recap a long trip for the team out to Arizona as well as San Francisco before turning their attention to opening Horizon League play tomorrow night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum against conference foe Green Bay. We hear about what Coach Coffman is looking for from his team this season as league play is about to get underway. Also in the first hour, Jonathan Taylor is going to miss a few weeks for the Colts with a thumb injury, Indiana has hired a search firm for the head football coaching search, and more! 

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Brett is joined by the Head Coach of the Bishop Luers Knights football team, Kyle Lindsay, in Hour #2 today! Coach Lindsay joins Brett to talk about their 40-3 win over North Posey in the 2A State Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium over the weekend. Also in the hour, Brett asks what are the non negotiables for our listeners when it comes to the new head coaching search within Indiana Football. Also, we play Tuesday Time Capsule Trivia with one of our listeners competing against Brett for a large pizza from Pizza Hut! 

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In the first hour of today's show, Brett is joined by Zach Osterman who is on the Indiana Hoosiers beat for the Indy Star! Zach joins Brett today after breaking the news yesterday that Tom Allen is out of the Indiana Football Program as their head coach. The two discuss what led to the firing of Tom Allen, as well as look ahead to any potential hires that the program could be looking at. Also in the first hour, we have State Championship football teams to give our congratulations to, Mastodons Basketball kicks off Horizon League play this week, and more! 

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Brett is joined in the second hour by IU Hoosiers Broadcasting Hall-of-Famer for our weekly segment of "Fifteen Minutes with Fisch!" The two talk about the firing of Head Coach Tom Allen out of the Indiana Football program, as well as the Men's Basketball Team looking better in their win over Harvard over the weekend. Brett is also joined in the second hour by Kurt Tippmann, the head coach of the Snider Panthers football team, to discuss their 33-6 State Championship win over Decatur Central! All that and more in Hour 2! 

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In the first Sports Rush with Brett Rump of the week today, Brett is coming to you live from San Francisco! Brett is traveling with the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Men's Basketball Team as they'll be taking on the San Francisco Dons tomorrow evening on the road! But, the show must go on! In the first hour of today's Rush, Brett talks to TinCaps Team President Mike Nutter about their Holiday Fireworks Event that is taking place at Parkview Field tomorrow evening as part of the Downtown Fort Wayne Christmas Lighting Event! We also hear from Mike Nutter about the upgrades to the ballpark that are taking place over the off-season, including a brand new turf field as well as an update to the front steps! Lastly the two discuss the unfortunate passing of someone that Mike knew personally, Padres Chairman Peter Seidler. And some breaking news today, Shaquille Leonard has been officially waived by the Indianapolis Colts! All that and more in Hour 1 of The Sports Rush! 

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In the second hour of today's Sports Rush, we bring your our weekly segment of "Fifteen Minutes with Fisch"! The segment normally happens on 5:20PM every Monday, but because Brett was traveling on the road with 'Dons and because we didn't have a show yesterday as we made way for Purdue Men's Basketball taking on Gonzaga, we bring to you a conversation between "The Coach" Shannon Griffith, and Indiana Hoosiers Broadcasting Hall-of-Famer, Don Fischer yesterday! The two discussed Indiana's Basketball loss to the UCONN Huskies, the current state of the Hoosiers Football team as they'll be taking on Purdue this coming weekend for the Old Oaken Bucket, and more! Also in the second hour, we play Tuesday Time Capsule Trivia between Brett and a listener, Brett discusses Shaquille Leonard being waived again, and more! 

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Happy Thursday! This will be our last Sports Rush for this week as we are carrying the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Men's Basketball game against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks tomorrow afternoon. But, for today, Brett comes to you live on The Sports Rush from Phoenix, Arizona! In the first hour, Brett is joined by the Head Coach of the PFW Women's Basketball Team, Maria Marchesano! Maria joins Brett to discuss their overtime win last night against Southern Illinois in overtime, as well as preview their next exciting matchup which will be against Catilin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's squad. Also in the first hour, Brett is joined by Greg Rakestraw of the ISC Sports Network as well as the Colts Postgame show in order to discuss the Semi-State matchups in High School Football this weekend, some Horizon League Basketball discussion, as well as the current state of the Indianapolis Colts as they are 5-5 in their bye week. 

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Brett is joined on the road in Phoenix, Arizona in Hour 2 by Zach Osterman, who covers the Indiana Hoosiers for the Indy Star! Zach and Brett preview tonight's Men's Basketball game for the Hoosiers as they'll be taking on a familiar foe to Brett, Wright State out of the Horizon League. The two preview tonight's matchup between the two teams, talk about how important the loss of star scorer Trey Calvin is tonight for Wright State, and also preview the next game that the Hoosiers will have against one of the top basketball programs in the nation, the UCONN Huskies. Also in the second hour, Brett is joined by Eric "Doot" Dutkiewicz from Parkview Sports Medicine to preview our area high school football teams and their Semi-State matchups this weekend! 

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