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Indiana and Purdue skid into March, tag decisions for Colts, high vs. low seeds! | Episode 276 - 3.3.26

March 4, 2026·1 hr 7 min·5 clips

Purdue, preseason number one, has lost four games at home and can't defend the three-point line.

The table is bare. That small missing-swag detail sets the mood, because Query and Schultz are relaxed, sponsor-aware, and happy to turn housekeeping into a bit. Rick is running behind. Bailey and Wood still gets the full read, from mortgage rates dipping below six percent to the south-side Indianapolis roots. Then the show wanders, in a good way. Hoagies and Hops, Chiliwater, and the Phillyopolis beer mention make the conversation feel like it is happening in a real sponsor room, not a sealed studio script. The best stretch starts sideways. A question about why an athlete would pick a school turns into Florida State, Florida, Miami, and the odd usefulness of college rankings. App State becomes the thing they keep poking at. They test its top-public-school claim, regional-university label, and low global ranking like two guys checking a trivia card at the bar. Nobody treats it as sacred. The jokes about Japan's version of Appalachian State and a fake NIL bankroll keep the sports brain loose before the bracket talk tightens up. Then the NCAA tournament pulls them back in. The real sports point is Indiana's bubble spot, with the tournament treated as both fixation and annual argument machine. The phrase itself trips them up. Soft bubble turns into a tiny courtroom, with one host meaning an uncompetitive field and the other hearing something that pops. That mismatch is the fun. A tossed-off analogy takes over the segment, with interruption, irritation, and the ease of people who have had this argument before. The landing is pure radio. A Barbasol aside about smooth skin slides back into the Bailey and Wood close, so the sports argument ends wrapped in self-mocking sponsor rhythm.

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A bracket-week sports talker that turns franchise-tag chatter into a grounded local argument.

Query and Schultz turn franchise-tag day and NCAA tournament chatter into a local sports argument that feels rooted in Indianapolis instead of floating above it.

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If you want franchise-tag chatter wrapped around an NCAA tournament bubble debate, start here.

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