(00:00-25:00) – Query & Company opens on a Hump Day Wednesday with Jake Query, Jimmy Cook, and producer Eddie Garrison shifting their focus to the big game on Friday night between Notre Dame and Indiana. They discuss how under the radar Notre Dame has been treated and highlight what should concern Indiana ahead of Friday’s game.

(25:00-36:12) – There is a video circulating on Twitter/X with a very upset Colts fan suggesting he will spray paint the Peyton Manning statue if Chris Ballard is still employed by the team in January. Jake and Jimmy react to the video and debate Ballard’s future.

(36:12-46:28) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake and Eddie highlighting some news in racing with Conor Daly signing with Juncos Hollinger Racing today for the 2025 NTT IndyCar season and Sergio Perez being out with Red Bull in Formula One.  

(46:28-1:10:45) – Matt Verderame from Sports Illustrated makes an appearance on Query & Company this week to share his thoughts on the Anthony Richardson experiment, what the Jim Irsay needs to do with Chris Ballard after the season, explains what Ballard should be doing this offseason if he is retained as the GM, and assesses if this is the year that Josh Allen knocks the door down and defeats Kansas City in the postseason.

(1:10:45-1:25:05) – Jake and Jimmy take a piece of their conversation from Matt Verderame when he brought up Andrew Luck. They both agree that the Luck excuse can no longer be applied and should not have applied for a couple seasons now.

(1:25:05-1:36:39) – Hour two of the program concludes with Jake presenting his thought on what the Colts should consider doing with Anthony Richardson. He has Jimmy and Eddie share their thoughts on his suggestion.

(1:36:39-2:01:01) – Former IU quarterback, Chris Dittoe, joins Query & Company to share his thoughts on how the season has gone for the Hoosiers in year number one underneath Curt Cignetti. He admits that he notices similarities between Bill Mallory and Curt Cignetti as coaches and thinks that the maturity of Kurtis Rourke has helped this team grow over the course of the season.

(2:01:01-2:11:43) – Casey Vallier from the Colts Radio Network joins the show to highlight some of the things he learned today from media availability, reveals what he wants to see during the final three games of the season for Indianapolis, notes Laiatu Latu as one of the players he will be watching in the final stretch of games, and explains how Shane Steichen can get Anthony Richardson into a rhythm as a passer early in the game.

(2:11:43-2:23:51) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and Jake thanking all the people for inviting him to the long-standing tradition of people getting together that used to work at the IndyStar like Robin Miller used to do.

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