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Speaker 1: Joining us now in the Payless Liquers Hotline, the voice

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Speaker 1: of CBS in the NFL. And yesterday we saw the

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Speaker 1: on the call and he joins us now on the

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Speaker 1: Payloffs Liquors Hotline. Kevin, that's everything a play by play

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Speaker 1: guy wants. The game come down to the end, high

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Speaker 2: Couldn't have been any better. I enjoyed it. Great atmosphere

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Speaker 2: as it always is inside that stadium, and compelling stories

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Speaker 2: going in and I think just as compelling stories coming

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Speaker 2: out of that game. What a win for the Colts

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Speaker 2: and a two and oho start and it hasn't happen

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Speaker 2: huge win, terrific game, a lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Kevin. Obviously, you've been through a lot in your career

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Speaker 3: with some crazy calls, and where does that one kind

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, we knew sixty was going to be

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Speaker 1: So Kevin Harlan joining us on the pay Less Liquers

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Speaker 1: hot line. Other than that, here are the Colts too,

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Speaker 1: and zero for the first time in a long long time.

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Speaker 1: And the way that they're playing Daniel Jones pushing the

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Speaker 2: Is it?

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Speaker 1: For real?

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Speaker 2: Well? It looks better, doesn't It looks like they've got

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Speaker 4: So legend Kevin Harlan with us here on this Monday morning,

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Speaker 4: very gracious with this time. You obviously heard him on

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Speaker 2: Well, clearly the performance is showing what they had been

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Speaker 3: Kevin, I can remember years ago when you had the

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Speaker 2: And oh, Well, it's happened twice, and both of these

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Speaker 4: Team, Kevin Allen of this and as you said, you're

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Speaker 2: Well, I would tell you that back in nineteen ninety one,

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Speaker 2: to get there, but I guess I have had some

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Speaker 2: pretty good memories here.

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Speaker 1: You're a Hoosier.

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Speaker 2: Let's face it, I'm a Hoosier. I'm a Hoosier. Yep,

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Speaker 2: you got it.

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Speaker 1: Have a great, safe flight. We look forward to hearing

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Speaker 1: the call tonight. Thanks for joining us this morning, and

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Speaker 1: we will definitely run into you again soon, I hope.

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Speaker 2: So, guys, thanks look forward to coming back here for

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Speaker 2: another Colts team. Take care,