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Speaker 1: But here is my Colt's question for the masses. This

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Speaker 1: I don't know that it was ever first and foremost

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Speaker 1: maybe collegiately more than By the way, that cluster truck

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Speaker 1: you got smells fabulous. What did you get exactly, Ady?

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Speaker 2: I've had it twice now in the last three weeks.

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Speaker 2: I had the case of DL last week. What body

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Speaker 2: of water in Korea do you think they find that salmon?

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Speaker 2: Korean barbecue sauce. The salmon is the salmon.

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Speaker 1: The salmon, No, it's it's it's a it's a barbecued

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Speaker 1: Very good stuff, all right. So here's my question. Now

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Speaker 1: think the far left. You open that up. That's you

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Speaker 1: three generations ago. Right, It's just like eclectic crap thrown

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Speaker 1: Drew carries like, thanks for playing, You're gone right every time.

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Speaker 1: And yet with that, every other team in the division

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Speaker 1: at the Masters? It sounds like you're at Augusta Nationals.

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Speaker 1: I heard Bertie's chirping. Sounds very peaceful, Stephen.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, not even close. I wish, well, what's still fine?

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Speaker 3: No, that's the encouraging thing I'd say. Anthony Richardson first

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Speaker 3: he's good. To go. According to Chris Ballard, there may

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Speaker 3: Franklin is the one I think to watch. He has

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Speaker 1: Proves to be true.

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Speaker 3: Otherwise, they're they're pretty good. They're in good shape and

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Speaker 3: Nobode's gonna go on the the puplist. They won't have

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Speaker 3: They won't have that this year. Sampson epucom at defensive end.

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Speaker 1: Steve, it just feels so many reasons. I mean, they're

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Speaker 1: on ESPN as well. All right, tomorrow ten o'clock, everything

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Speaker 1: twelve until three. Steven Holder will have it all covered

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Speaker 1: as well as well. Obviously the morning guys, Kevin and

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Speaker 1: James be out there as well. Steven appreciate it as always,

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Speaker 1: all right, enjoy the by the way, apened, Is it

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Speaker 1: really hot outside? Is it gonna be It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: hot tomorrow, right, plenty of liquids.

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Speaker 3: Today was nice. Today was nice, but it's it's gonna

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Speaker 3: be burning up later this week.

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Speaker 1: So welcome, welcome, okay, I got that to look forward

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Speaker 1: to it, all right, Steven, appreciate it. All right, you go,

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Speaker 1: Steven Holder joining us on the program.