WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.105 >> MARCH MAD NETION WILL BRING BOTH THE BIG TEN AND HORIZON LEAGUE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TOURNAMENTS TO INDIANPOLIS AS 2 00:00:05.105 --> 00:00:11.544 WELL AS ANOTHER NCAA REGIONAL. THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THE INDY 500, ALL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROGER PENSKE. 3 00:00:11.544 --> 00:00:19.953 FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE PACERS -- THE LONG AWAITED RETURN OF VICTOR AND A PLAYOFF RUN AND OUT OF THE CULTURE AFTER 4 00:00:19.953 --> 00:00:25.525 NOT MAKING THE POSTSEASON. HERE NOW TO TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS AND MORE, OUR INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS REPORTER BILL 5 00:00:25.525 --> 00:00:28.962 BENNER. AS ALWAYS, WELCOME. >> THANKS, GERRY. >> HAPPY THE NEW YEAR. 6 00:00:28.962 --> 00:00:33.133 >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> 2019 WAS A BIG YEAR. LET'S LOOK BACK. I MENTIONED ROGER PENSKE. 7 00:00:33.133 --> 00:00:40.540 I THINK THE BIG STORY, SPORTS OR OTHERWISE, FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WAS THE NEWS THAT ROGER PENSKE, HIS GROUP, BUYING 8 00:00:40.540 --> 00:00:46.312 THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT. THAT'S AS BIG AS SPORTS NEWS AS 9 00:00:46.312 --> 00:00:51.885 WE'VE HAD PROBABLY SINCE THE COLTS OR THE NCAA MOVED TO INDIANAPOLIS. IT JUST WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT 10 00:00:51.885 --> 00:00:59.692 MOVING FORWARD AS WE GET INTO 2020, AND IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE, NO PUN INTENDED, STEPS ON THE GAS 11 00:00:59.692 --> 00:01:07.767 AND STARTS MAKING SIGNIFICANT MOVES TO BOTH THE PHYSICAL PLAN OF THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND TO THE IND DECAR 12 00:01:07.767 --> 00:01:15.308 SERIES IN GENERAL. >> WHAT IS YOUR FEEL, I GET THE KIND OF VIBE, THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS, EXECUTIVE HE IS, THAT IF 13 00:01:15.308 --> 00:01:19.846 THERE ARE MOVES TO BE MADE, HE'S GOING TO MAKE THEM, HE'S NOT GOING TO WAIT. >> NO, HE'S NOT GOING TO WAIT. 14 00:01:19.846 --> 00:01:28.521 THIS IS A GUY WHO'S BUILT HIS CAREER BY ATTENTION TO DETAIL, BY BEING THE BEST IN CLASS, AND I GUARANTEE HE WILL BRING THOSE 15 00:01:28.521 --> 00:01:34.828 SAME STANDARDS TO THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND INDYCAR. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT OTHER 16 00:01:34.828 --> 00:01:39.899 PROFESSIONAL FRANCHISES. FIRST THE COLTS, THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, A DISPINTING SEASON, I THINK, BY ANY MEASURE, 17 00:01:39.899 --> 00:01:46.573 DID NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. REACTION, AND THEN MAYBE WHAT THEY'RE THINKING GOING FORWARD. >> YOU KNOW, ONE THING I THINK 18 00:01:46.573 --> 00:01:52.979 WE'VE FORGOTTEN IS THAT ANDREW LUCK LEFT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED. AND I THINK WE GOT CAUGHT UP, 19 00:01:52.979 --> 00:02:00.553 THE COLTS OVERCAME THAT, GOT OFF TO THE 5-2 START, BUT THEN I THINK REALITY SET IN A LITTLE BIT. 20 00:02:00.553 --> 00:02:09.229 THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH JACOBY, THEY'VE GOT OTHER UPGRADES TO MAKE. I THINK THE OFFENSIVE LINE, THE 21 00:02:09.229 --> 00:02:15.034 RUNNING GAME HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, THE DEFENSE HAS NOT COME ALONG, SO MR. BALLARD 22 00:02:15.034 --> 00:02:22.308 HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM AS HE LOOKS AT THE DRAFT FREE AGENCY. >> LET'S LOOK AT THE PACERS. 23 00:02:22.308 --> 00:02:28.581 A LOT OF ANTICIPATION FOR VICTOR RETURNING, THE FIRST HALF, THE 2019 PORTION OF THE SEASON, VERY ENCOURAGING, VERY POSITIVE. 24 00:02:28.581 --> 00:02:33.453 WHAT WILL WE LOOK AT GOING FORWARD THERE? >> THEY'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THREE SEASONS. 25 00:02:33.453 --> 00:02:41.394 WITHOUT VICTOR, THE TRANSITION PERIOD WHEN VICTOR COMES BACK AND WHEN HE'S READY TO GO FULL GOR, FULL BORE, I THINK THAT 26 00:02:41.394 --> 00:02:49.469 HOW HE FITS INTO THE SUCCESSFUL MIX, A TEAM THAT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED IT SEFS AS A SY 27 00:02:49.469 --> 00:02:56.476 GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM, BUT IT WILL START WITH VICTOR BECAUSE VICTOR, AS MUCH AS HE'S DONE INDIVIDUALLY, HE'S VERY TEAM 28 00:02:56.476 --> 00:03:03.950 ORIENTED SO I THINK HE WILL NOT TRY TO COME IN AND BE THE VICTOR OF OLD, HE'LL TRY TO BE THE VICTOR THAT FITS INTO THIS 29 00:03:03.950 --> 00:03:09.489 INDIVIDUAL TEAM. >> THE TWO STATE INSTITUTIONS, I.U. AND PURDUE, I.U. FOOTBALL, IN A BOWL GAME FOR THE FIRST 30 00:03:09.489 --> 00:03:15.828 TIME IN A LONG TIME, AND THE RETIREMENT OF FRED GLASS, WHAT WILL FRED'S LEGACY BE, HOW WILL HE BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS TENURE 31 00:03:15.828 --> 00:03:23.136 AT I.U.? >> CERTAINLY MAJOR UPGRADES IN FACILITY, THE LAST OF WHICH WILL BE THE GOLF COURSE, MUCH IN NEED 32 00:03:23.136 --> 00:03:29.809 FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, BUT DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ASSEMBLY HALL, CERTAINLY THE MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLOSING IN 33 00:03:29.809 --> 00:03:36.883 BOTH ENDS. THEY'VE HAD SUCCESS IN BASEBALL, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, CERTAINLY THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, BUT THIS 34 00:03:36.883 --> 00:03:43.556 IS INDIANA, THIS IS BASKETBALL. HIS LEGACY WILL BE TIED TO WHAT ARCHIE MILLER DOES WITH THAT BASKETBALL PROGRAM. 35 00:03:43.556 --> 00:03:51.064 >> WEST LAFAYETTE, PURDUE, CERTAINLY YOU A LOT OF AE IN THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, 36 00:03:51.064 --> 00:03:55.602 DISAPPOINTING YEAR THIS YEAR, A LOT OF IT BECAUSE OF UNBELIEVABLE INJURIES BUT A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE STADIUM. 37 00:03:55.602 --> 00:04:04.844 >> BOB HAS COME ON BOARD, THEY'RE BUILDING THAT BIG NEW INCREDIBLE GYM AT THE SOUTH END OF THE STADIUM. 38 00:04:04.844 --> 00:04:11.551 HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, I THINK THAT WAS A BLIP WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM, REALLY INJURIES DICTATED A LOT OF THAT. 39 00:04:11.551 --> 00:04:16.089 MEN'S BASKETBALL, HE'S GOT A SOLID PROGRAM. THEY'LL BE OKAY. >> OKAY. 40 00:04:16.089 --> 00:04:23.396 WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, A LOOK AHEAD TO 2020. INDY SOCCER, THE INDY 11, NEW STADIUM. 41 00:04:23.396 --> 00:04:29.569 IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN? >> THIS IS A REAL CHICKEN AND EGG, GERRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 42 00:04:29.569 --> 00:04:36.342 HAPPEN. THEY CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE BULLISH, THE LEGISLATURE TOOK OUT THE MLS AS BEING PART OF A 43 00:04:36.342 --> 00:04:42.048 STATE REQUIREMENT BEGINNING THE FUNDING, CAN YOU MAKE IT IN THE LEAGUE THAT THEY'RE IN NOW? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK WE'LL 44 00:04:42.048 --> 00:04:48.588 HAVE SOME NEWS SOMETIME IN 2020 AS IT RELATES TO THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE INDY 11 AND SOCCER. 45 00:04:48.588 --> 00:04:54.894 >> WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND A LOT OF OTHER SPORTING EVENTS EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO 2021, THAT BIG YEAR, SO WE'LL 46 00:04:54.894 --> 00:04:55.895 LOOK FOR THAT, BILL,S A ALWAYS.