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Central Indiana Sports Central (Aug. 20, 2025; Podcast 2.3.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Tuesday was a big day in Central Indiana Sports, and we have all the details for you today on Central Indiana Sports Central.
• 0:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Colts have named a quarterback, and I spoke to Sam Frick of A-N-E-C Sports about Shane Stichens' decision.
• 0:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Pacers have assigned Rick Carlisle to a long-term deal.
• 0:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I spoke to Michelle Garmin at the Tipton Tribune, and I would call later about
• 0:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: What she called good news.
• 0:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: The fever continued to have bad injury news with Sophie cutting him now out for the season.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll get details on that from our fever guy John Robertson.
• 0:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Notre Dame also made a quarterback decision and I talked to Ryan Robinson about that.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Michelle German, the second day, did a double-header covering high school sports in this first week of the season.
• 1:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: She has details from Elwood Hamilton Heights, Tennis, and Elwood LaPelle volleyball.
• 1:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Here we sit to the central Indiana Sports Report, with your host, Greg Mendel.
• 1:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, Central Indian sports fans.
• 1:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: I am your host, Greg Mendel.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just told you everything that's coming up.
• 1:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not going to repeat all of that.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: What I am going to do is ask you to do us a huge favor.
• 1:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Central Indian sports central is way too good of a podcast to not be getting thousands of eyeballs every morning.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Please do us a huge favor and let everybody know that we're out here doing this every day that we release it.
• 1:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: sometime before nine a.m.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: usually before five a.m.
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: every morning.
• 1:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Talking cults, Pacers fever, IU Purdue, Indie car, and of course high school sports.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: And your central Indian sports update begins now.
• 2:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back to the podcast Sam Frick of A and E C sports up in the North East corner of Indiana.
• 2:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: I was not expecting to lead this podcast with this today, but
• 2:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Daniel Jones era is among the same.
• 2:21
  [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, and it's led to a very divisive dialogue in terms of fans of the colds, non-fans of the colds, football fans in general.
• 2:29
  [SPEAKER_05]: I think I can agree on both sides of the picture.
• 2:31
  [SPEAKER_05]: On one hand, you look at the cold situation.
• 2:33
  [SPEAKER_05]: Yes, there's a lot of frustration on fans who believe, yeah, Anthony Richardson's the franchise guy, right?
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_05]: There's a lot of frustration and every point they're making very bad.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_05]: On the other hand, and some people have already stated this early on, there is a sense of optimism in terms of what the colds could look like in a
• 2:50
  [SPEAKER_05]: in a no-pressure situation.
• 2:51
  [SPEAKER_05]: Now, there's a sense of direction where the colds are going.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_05]: Maybe there's a sense of, hey, we're finally cleaning room, we're finally cleaning house.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_05]: Now here's an opportunity for the colds to really look ahead to the future and see what they can do from there.
• 3:04
  [SPEAKER_05]: Maybe get the choppy block on, on first power, but either way, no matter how you slice it with the situation of the colds, it has certainly been a very divisive day among colds fans.
• 3:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm completely against all of this.
• 3:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think if you draft a guy that high and he's that young, you just go with him.
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: But like you said, you could make the argument that this could lead to a better, twenty twenty five.
• 3:28
  [SPEAKER_05]: Daniel Jones, a lot of it's been a hinge on the play calling of Shane Stike in the colds offense.
• 3:33
  [SPEAKER_05]: I mean, Daniel Jones when when he's consistent, like he was at times in twenty twenty two, he can be a respectable quarterback, maybe not the best quarterback in the universe.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_05]: It can be pretty respectable.
• 3:44
  [SPEAKER_05]: in his own right, but again, with the quotes, even though they have town around him, especially why you're seever in and running back, a lot of his been at hinge on consistency from him, a reliability from him, can the players trust Daniel Jones around him, and more importantly, can the play calling execute its plan?
• 4:02
  [SPEAKER_05]: That's to be the key to the quotes, and I'm very curious now to see where they go with Jones from here, because the quotes have went through a lot of quarter of Ants over the past seven years or so.
• 4:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, we could just name them and we did on our special edition of the culture report that'll be out a little later Wednesday.
• 4:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Sam, it'll be interesting to see also what they do on Saturday against the Bengals in the final preseason game at quarterback.
• 4:27
  [SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be a, it's going to be kind of a trial run to get things ready for the Miami Dolphids game.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_05]: So now we're going to have a kind of the preview of what's to come for week one.
• 4:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: So we're going to have been a Richard sent it all on the preseason.
• 4:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: It'll be interesting to see what happens once again.
• 4:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Sam joined us for a special edition of the culture report that will be out at about nine a.m.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And please tune in for that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We were also joined by my console Will Rutherford and Michelle Garmin tune in.
• 4:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks Sam.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_05]: Yep.
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: And now I welcome in our fever guys, John Robertson and Michelle Garmin of the Tipton Tribune and L. Wood Colleater to talk about the latest news.
• 5:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: John coming into the season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We were so excited.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We were predicting a fever championship.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to sell out every game.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: It was going to be so much fun every night of the fieldhouse.
• 5:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it just hasn't turned out that way.
• 5:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: The latest news, of course, Sophie cutting him out for the season.
• 5:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's just been a series of unfortunate events for the fever.
• 5:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: The season has gone about.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Luck wise as badly as it could overcoming the adversity.
• 5:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: I feel like the team has really done a pretty good job to still be in a playoff hunt considering how many people we've lost.
• 5:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: But losing Sophie for the season is not optimal and I am doubtful for the playoff run at this point.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_04]: If they make the playoffs, they're either not going to be able to do much once they get there.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_04]: Even if Caitlin
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  [SPEAKER_04]: returns and, you know, I saw something on X or Twitter today that said, with Sophie, if Sophie misses her overseas and will they even try to have Caitlyn return?
• 6:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: John's been saying it all along, he doesn't think she's coming back.
• 6:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I said there's a non-zero chance.
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: I said there's a non-zero chance that we got her on the bench for the season.
• 6:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I think she comes back, but I just think it's just it's going to be too much to overcome because even if they can do well with the starters that they're going to lack depth and then we're back to last year where Caitlin has to play like every single minute and after and on injury come back, I don't see it.
• 6:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: We'll see what happens.
• 6:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: I just think it's one of those things where you have to say this season has gone, not the way we wanted, but friendly reminder, Michael Jordan, Miss most of his second season ever, and I feel like he turned out pretty okay.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So we can look to the left.
• 6:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: Right.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: I think the fever going to be very highly motivated next season.
• 6:58
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I want to say, as long as the lockout doesn't ruin the league, I think the fever going to be on a mission.
• 7:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: I think they're going to have names.
• 7:08
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I think their calendars are going to be starred when they play certain teams or certain players.
• 7:14
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I think they're going to be highly motivated.
• 7:16
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I think all people have done has made a main degree.
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: John Michelle and I were joined by Sam Frick of ANEC sports up in Fort Wayne, and my cut soul to talk about the latest bad news for the fever, and also John at the end of the podcast, which is coming out this afternoon, teased Saturday's regular fever report, which he's going to talk about his latest conspiracy about the WNBA, and I'm all for it, John.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we'll see how that one goes over.
• 7:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: People either think I'm a genius or insane or maybe both.
• 7:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: We all know that you're both.
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: All right.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_04]: I'm looking forward to Saturday and hearing more about to Dr. Spursy.
• 8:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Joining me now on the Riverside app is one of our college football twins, Ryan Robinson is a huge Notre Dame fan and is here to talk about
• 8:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus Freeman has chosen a quarterback, Ryan.
• 8:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, he has and he's gone with CJ Carr, who most of us who follow the program closely like Eric and I do kind of thought that would be the decision in the end.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, look at the landscape of football.
• 8:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: You have with the transfer portal, you can't over commit too early.
• 8:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: And in my opinion, I think that's what's happening with some of these programs.
• 8:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: can you mention you had a good good spring game so did CJ car so did Angelie but I think Angelie saw the writing on the wall and that's why he decided to hit the portal and he now if you didn't see that he just got announced yesterday he's the starter at Syracuse so he's gonna be a starting quarterback in a big conference so we knew he could play but I think he felt CJ car was gonna end up getting the nod this fall but you know like I said
• 9:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: with the portal.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: You got to keep your your roster intact as much as you can and protect it.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: When you look at death level at Notre Dame, it's pretty much two people.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: It was CJ car and it was Kenny Minchi.
• 9:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: So you got a couple other quarterbacks on the roster.
• 9:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: It was pretty much the two main campaign this whole spring and summer.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And I always thought the picture be CJ car.
• 9:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: He's a more conventional quarterback, but
• 9:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's great.
• 9:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think we have a really solid backup with that mention.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: And with all the expectations coming into this season, I think a lot is riding on car shoulders.
• 9:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, that's an understatement.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: There's a, there's a ton riding on his shoulders with all the returning people on both sides of the ball.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: And look, car took, I think once and out last year, I think he took a knee in West Lafayette at that Purdue game.
• 10:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, but he's quite capable.
• 10:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: I look for him to do good things.
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: He's going to be more your conventional quarterback.
• 10:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: He's able to scramble, but he can really throw the ball downfield with accuracy.
• 10:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much Ryan appreciate it and listen to Eric and Ryan Robinson on this week's College Football Report where they picked all the conference champions and their surprises, all the playoff teams and it was a lot of fun.
• 10:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: So go check that out.
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: And back with this, again, to talk some high school sports is Tipton Tribune, an Lwood Colleter sports editor, Michelle Garmin.
• 10:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Michelle, you did another double header tonight.
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Some tennis and some volleyball.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Looks like the Lwood Panther tennis team might be pretty good.
• 10:52
  [SPEAKER_04]: Well, they're still really young.
• 10:55
  [SPEAKER_04]: They'd be Hamilton Heights tonight for a one.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_04]: It was a good win for a young Lwood team.
• 11:01
  [SPEAKER_04]: Heights is kind of young too.
• 11:03
  [SPEAKER_04]: But yeah, for Elwood, it was a great win.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: They're only lost with it.
• 11:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: Number one singles, and Liam Cannon played a nice.
• 11:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: It was two and four.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: The first match off the court was the twins, the Colin, and Colin Leaver.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: At number one doubles for Elwood, and they were really dominant.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: They controlled their match from start finish.
• 11:23
  [SPEAKER_04]: Jackson Gordon would have three singles.
• 11:25
  [SPEAKER_04]: I think maybe what most fun matches was the two doubles, because it went three sets.
• 11:31
  [SPEAKER_04]: Elwood came out and was
• 11:33
  [SPEAKER_04]: height, six on the first set, height, one on the second set, and then the two, and then L was Braxton Bailey in the Schmidt.
• 11:42
  [SPEAKER_04]: I can't think of his first name right now, but they call him Tina.
• 11:44
  [SPEAKER_04]: That's why I can't think of his first name, because that's all you hear.
• 11:48
  [SPEAKER_04]: And so they won the first six to three, and it was really fun.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I want to give a real quick shout out for Braxton Bailey, so he's alone senior for L was
• 11:58
  [SPEAKER_04]: But I would tell him John, John, Kelly, although it's how much I've enjoyed watching them see and improvement, the Braxton Daily's made from his freshman season to his senior season.
• 12:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: I even told the young man that today through these ups.
• 12:12
  [SPEAKER_04]: It's really nice when you can see a player, you can see marketed improvement each and every year that they've bled.
• 12:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely, that's what it's all about.
• 12:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: And nice bounce back win for LePel and volleyball against Elwood, but seems like Elwood volleyball team might have something as well.
• 12:30
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, Elwood volleyball team is going to be one as it'll get better as they gain experience.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_04]: They lost Kendris Oli at the export in the middle for them last year.
• 12:39
  [SPEAKER_04]: They're a team that's going to be building the manager LePel had over Elwood.
• 12:45
  [SPEAKER_04]: Was it a replay there?
• 12:46
  [SPEAKER_04]: season opener.
• 12:47
  [SPEAKER_04]: season opener is kind of nice because you get out of the way.
• 12:50
  [SPEAKER_04]: We'll tell you how that out of the way.
• 12:52
  [SPEAKER_04]: L was enough.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_04]: Um, and others are back in action tonight on Wednesday tonight.
• 12:58
  [SPEAKER_04]: They're out in the sense of the neighborhood's trek central on Thursday and the late Trojans get a big win as well.
• 13:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: Um, Tuesday night may be Taylor from read one.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_04]: So, uh, that's really nice.
• 13:10
  [SPEAKER_04]: We're, they're second year coach over there and, uh,
• 13:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: and you will be there on Thursday and hopefully we'll get another report on that one.
• 13:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much to Sam, John, Ryan, and Michelle for helping out with today's Central Indiana Sports Central.
• 13:29
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• 13:30
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• 13:44
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• 13:53
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