Friday 8/16: Football Friday! Matt Taylor/Greg Rakestraw weigh in on Colts/Cardinals + Ryan Ruocco talks Fever & WNBA All-Star Game!

The Wake Up Call w/KB & Andy

00:00 – 20:13 – Colts/Cardinals practice was rainy and Kevin saw something he’s never seen at training camp, thoughts on 11-on-11, starters will not play in the preseason game, Pacers schedule thoughts, nine nationally televised games, the toughest stretches on the schedule

20:14 – 28:10 – MORNING CHECKDOWN

28:11 – 43:33 – Lin Dunn book club rejoiner, Justin Simmons signs with the Falcons and the Colts continue to stay pat at safety, the lack of addressing the secondary from a year ago, guys who have stepped up and taken a step back, Andy dunks on the new Matt Damon/Casey Affleck movie, the Pacers home opener falling in the middle of Colts/Texans is not ideal for anyone

43:34 – 1:17:17 – ISC’s Greg Rakestraw joins us and tells us the high school nugget he told Kevin at Colts camp yesterday, will Jim Irsay join him in the booth?, Andy tries to stump Rake on a Facebook Marketplace framed jersey, his Colts thoughts out at training camp: position battles, what he’s looking for in Saturday’s preseason game, will guys like Nick Cross and AD Mitchell be excluded from playing as well, high school nuggets ahead of the football season, 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, RG3 and Sam Ponder reportedly out at ESPN, Notre Dame swimming gets suspended for next year for creating their own sportsbook, Morning Checkdown

1:17:18 – 1:28:08– Kevin weighs in on the Pacers schedule, Andy notes the Pacers play a lot of playoff teams out of the gate, weddings during football season decorum

1:28:09 – 1:32:20 Kevin and Andy disagree on Laiatu Latu playing time and if it matters he starts

1:32:21 – 1:57:17 – Colts announcer Matt Taylor joins us and is mad he’ll be in Cincinnati when the Reds are out of town, the lack of starters on Saturday, wide receiver depth, where are the position battles still happening on the roster, he pulls out his Don Fischer impression for a Jason Bean request from a listener, will Jim Irsay say anything notable, Morning Checkdown

1:57:18 – 2:11:07 - Caitlin Clark and if anything has surprised him about her, how does the Clark effect change how he approaches calling a game, the WNBA All-Star Game coming to Indy in 2025, what’s a bucket list item he hasn’t called yet?, WNBA standings and the Fever’s playoff chances,

2:11:08 – 2:18:12 - POP QUIZ

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