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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Best of the Fan Morning Show

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Speaker 1: on ninety three five and one oh seven five the Fan.

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Speaker 2: Felling Show. It is Championship game day later on tonight,

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Speaker 2: Indiana and Miami play for all of it. Dan, a chance,

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Speaker 2: Kevin Bowen for the football team to put together an

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Speaker 2: undefeated championship season, much like the basketball team back in

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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy five and Bob Knight in that unbelievable run

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Speaker 2: that has never been seventy six. That's right. If they

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Speaker 2: finished seventy five to seventy six and it's never been equalled.

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Speaker 2: And I know that there's been a couple of undefeated

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Speaker 2: teams in college football, that's a little more likely to happen.

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Speaker 2: But can you imagine Indiana with undefeated championship series in

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Speaker 2: both basketball and now football?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, fifty year anniversary, so yeah, pretty pretty wild.

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Speaker 4: Kevin's been around to see all of it.

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Speaker 3: If that gets done, I don't even know. If my

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Speaker 5: Do, but that has to be cool for the older crowd.

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Speaker 5: The all jokes aside like to kind of book ended

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Speaker 5: like that. Boy, that is special.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, you know, while Scott Olsen joined us

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Speaker 6: here coming up at nine and I, you know, I

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Speaker 6: try to not have low hanging fruit when we had

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Speaker 6: him on after the Rose Bowl. But you know, Scott

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Speaker 6: was the manager, a manager, i should say, on the

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Speaker 6: basketball team under Bob Knight, So you know, try to

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Speaker 6: throw that question at him of the similarities that he

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Speaker 6: does see if any, between Kurt Signetti and Bob Knights.

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Speaker 3: So, James, I think you brought up last week there

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Speaker 3: was a story that he started.

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Speaker 6: I think Dana Benbo did it on the fan that

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Speaker 6: you know had went to was it all the games

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Speaker 6: in seventy six.

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Speaker 5: Or at least a chunk of the game, all the

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Speaker 5: game the seventy six tournament games that is.

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Speaker 3: In seventy six in that run.

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Speaker 6: And then you know, now I've been to whatever Rose Bull,

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Speaker 6: Peach Bowl, and tonight on South Beach.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, as Kurt Signetti was making his

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Speaker 2: final appearance on a press dais at a press conference

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Speaker 2: this past weekend, talking about this game and what it

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Speaker 2: He also talked about the chance to win a national

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Speaker 2: championship in an undefeated season, just like Bob Knight did

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Speaker 2: back in seventy six.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it was fifty years ago as a matter of fact,

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Speaker 7: and I was I was a big kind of Bob

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Speaker 7: Shenanigans in the faces at the press conferences and throwing

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Speaker 7: the chair across the court.

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Speaker 1: I thought that was pretty cool.

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Speaker 7: And the guy bought my house from was a big

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Speaker 7: friend Bob Knight. Actually, if we're able to climb that mountain,

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Speaker 7: you know, it'll be a unique coincidence.

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Speaker 2: Any of us surprised that he liked and lived up

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Speaker 2: to or liked to live up to. And look at

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Speaker 2: Bob Knight, I could see that with the just the

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Speaker 2: way he is. They're very similar in the way they

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Speaker 5: No, I'm not surprised by it, because I don't know

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Speaker 5: if you all have saw this viral clip Kevin. I

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Speaker 5: feel like once you get to level kurtzing Neett he's at,

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Speaker 5: everyone goes digging up stuff you've done in your past.

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Speaker 5: And do you remember the JMU clip where I guess

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Speaker 5: they might have made a call that he disagreed with,

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Speaker 4: Yes, he went full if you remember those listening, he

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Speaker 5: Patrick Beverley because Patrick Bebie did it for the Lakers

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Speaker 4: They didn't call it. It was a clear foul, and

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Speaker 5: A team photographer's camera that showed the foul and tried

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Speaker 4: Got fined and all this stuff tremendous, hilarious. I like

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Speaker 4: how the reps like, get it out of here. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I don't think that's, you know, exactly allowed.

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Speaker 5: Could you imagine, boy, every cell phone on the sideline

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Speaker 5: want to sink this. This happened obviously tonight in a big game.

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Speaker 5: Probably don't need the penalty yardage, but he could be

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Speaker 2: Can you imagine official just going up to somebody who's

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Speaker 2: sitting in the first show with their camera going, hey,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna do a video review right now. What do

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Speaker 2: you got? Let me see your angle? Hilarious, let me

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Speaker 2: see your angle right there. So I like that, and

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Speaker 2: I'm sure that the comparisons will only grow if they

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Speaker 2: finished this undefeated season right now, this legendary story at

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Speaker 2: this point in time, and that Kurt Signetti is spinning,

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Speaker 2: and maybe he turns into a legendary I would imagine

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Speaker 2: if they win tonight, he's a legendary coach anyway, right,

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Speaker 2: regardless of what happens from here on out.

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Speaker 6: Well, yeah, I mean the fact that you of Indiana

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Speaker 6: football playing on January nineteenth, I think probably defines a

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Speaker 6: lot of legendary status. But yes, you know, completing the

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Speaker 6: story would add to it. And I'm really obviously looking

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Speaker 6: forward to tonight. But I do think Miami test is

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Speaker 6: a little different than some of the tests from earlier.

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Speaker 6: You know, I've said it now for the past week plus.

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Speaker 6: Miami's crazy now, you know, made the comp like ex

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Speaker 6: girlfriend crazy. There can be a lot of good to that,

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Speaker 6: and there can be a lot of bad to that.

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Speaker 6: You could make the case probably outside of Indiana, Miami

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Speaker 6: is the best trio of wins college football scene this year.

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Speaker 3: In the Beatlehiouse sate on neutral field by double figures.

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Speaker 6: They want at Texas A and M to start their

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Speaker 6: playoff and they beat you know, a quality noted ame

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Speaker 6: team in the opening game of the season. They also

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Speaker 6: lost the two on ranked teams. So like, there is

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Speaker 6: a lot of volatility I think to Myami's operation, and

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Speaker 6: again I think talent wise, you know, you look at

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Speaker 6: over games. You know, I look at them offensively, and

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Speaker 6: Malachi Tony and I think Mark Fletcher Junior is a

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Speaker 6: passing situations, Ruben Bayne came mesador. I mean, that's one

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Speaker 6: of the best, if not the best, you know, defensive

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Speaker 3: So I just think that aspect too.

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Speaker 6: You know, we've talked so much about the story, and

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Speaker 6: rightfully so, but like there is gonna be a football

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Speaker 6: game tonight, and does Indiana get tested for the first

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Speaker 6: time all playoffs or is this going to be another

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Speaker 6: just absolute romp and the Mendoz and parents are sitting

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Speaker 6: there in the crowd waiting for Alberto to get in

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Speaker 6: the game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we say this all the time, and we certainly

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Speaker 2: saw it in all four playoff games in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Over the Weekend James. Generally, the teams that win these games,

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Speaker 2: they take really good care of the football. They don't

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Speaker 2: to the other team. That's something that Indiana has been

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and they've also had just like some weird luck

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Speaker 5: when it comes to the fumbles and stuff like that,

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Speaker 5: because I think they've only lost one fumble all year.

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Speaker 4: They've clearly had more than that. But sometimes can you.

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Speaker 5: Create your own luck just by being relentless and being

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Speaker 5: go back to it might have been the last game

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Speaker 5: against Oregon where I believe Fernando was scrambling, got popped

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Speaker 5: those types of little things help you mitigate your mistakes.

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Speaker 5: Because it's not a perfect game. They're gonna make mistakes tonight.

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Speaker 5: But can your mistakes not be fatal or momentum momentum

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Speaker 5: swinging or huge moments in the game where you're looking

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Speaker 5: Allen was in that Bill's Broncos game where you know,

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Speaker 5: game gets tight at the end. He's probably thinking, even

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Speaker 5: this morning, he's thinking, if I just head onto the

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Speaker 5: ball before the end of the first half and didn't

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Speaker 5: give them the extra three, maybe we're winning that game.

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Speaker 5: That's the type of mistakes you want to have void for. IU.

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Speaker 2: You guys may have seen this, and I'll just throw

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Speaker 2: it out there in case you haven't, because a lot

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Speaker 2: of people probably have missed this. If Indiana WEDNESD night,

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Speaker 2: they'll be sixteen and oh do you know the last

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Speaker 2: time in college football team went sixteen? And oh you

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Speaker 6: Thoct what I I mean, we haven't had a playoff

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Speaker 6: to you know, involve three games.

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Speaker 3: I would have no idea.

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Speaker 2: And you want to take a shot at it, James, No,

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Speaker 2: I have no idea.

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Speaker 6: I mean I would have to know you've had like

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Speaker 6: nine to one national champions back in the day.

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Speaker 2: Yale in eighteen ninety four.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I remember that really never happened.

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Speaker 2: In any kind of sense of true modern football, which

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Speaker 2: oh it would be something a lot of places around

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Speaker 2: and I haven't even seen if they're sold out of

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Speaker 2: we know if they have, as anybody who heard, whether

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Speaker 2: they even have tickets left for that one, I've not seen.

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Speaker 2: If someone knows for sure, let us know. But I

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Speaker 2: would imagine any of your favorite neighborhood spots will be

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Speaker 2: more than happy to let your crowd in around the TVs,

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Speaker 2: order some food, and hang out with many of your

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Speaker 2: known or unknown friends tonight. Kevin, Yeah, I would.

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Speaker 6: I would venture to guess a lot of local water

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Speaker 6: and holes be packed. And I've seen the students have

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Speaker 6: already lined up down there in Bloomington for various establishments

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Speaker 6: but granted, when you're in college, you have a different

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Speaker 6: level of blankets that probably anybody else does. So yeah,

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Speaker 6: I mean the scene from Bloomington tonight will beach mendus.

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Speaker 6: They've taken the fish I saw to show Walter Fountain

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Speaker 6: so that.

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Speaker 2: Was probably the administration that removed those fish, right, correct.

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Speaker 6: I don't believe any members of the student body doing

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Speaker 6: that just yet. But you know, well, it is something

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Speaker 6: that we think about it, you know, kind of here

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Speaker 6: in our own state. And Kirk kavan has actually texting me,

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Speaker 6: you know, earlier in a break. I mean, if you

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Speaker 6: go back and you think about the respective teams and

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Speaker 6: or schools we cover, we have not had a champion

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Speaker 6: in quite a while.

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Speaker 3: We've had several get there.

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Speaker 6: But think about it, I mean, we've we've gone a

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Speaker 6: bit of a drought. Obviously the Pacers in Game seven

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Speaker 6: most recently of course, obviously had Purdue the National championship

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Speaker 6: include Notre Dame, they've had a couple of national title

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Speaker 6: back to the cold super Bowl, you know, finishing it,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know that down in Bloomington, Simon Scott Assembly

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Speaker 6: No, And I know Adam reached out on the text line,

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Speaker 5: No, because they've been the best team in football year.

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Speaker 5: I'm excited for it. And honestly, Kevin, I was thinking

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think shout up.

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Speaker 3: And how does that look tonight?

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Speaker 6: And one other note we'll throw in there again, Miami's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think also we know about the Heisman

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, you want to make sure you're keeping an eye

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Speaker 4: So can you avoid.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and time of possession, guys, that's a big one.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and again, Indiana's biggest strength to me is Miami's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to talk about taking care of your business,

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Speaker 5: you probably did a million media things. I mean, every

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Speaker 5: time I turn on the TV or scroll through my

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Speaker 5: phone on social media. Kurtsey Eddy was giving another press

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Speaker 5: conference and I'm like, wait then he just talked to

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Speaker 5: us like two hours ago or something like that. So

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Speaker 5: there's so many sit down interviews and things like that.

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Speaker 5: So for guy like Vana Mendoza, are you just relieved

443
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Speaker 5: when you're like, Okay, all that's over and now I

444
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Speaker 5: have to do is play the game that obviously got

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Speaker 5: me to the point where I am this big deal.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's one of those crazy things. The longest time

447
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Speaker 2: between waiting for your last game and getting to the

448
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Speaker 2: next National Championship game is probably Friday and Saturday Sunday,

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Speaker 2: I guess in this case, Saturday and Sunday. You wake

450
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Speaker 2: up this morning, Kevin. Now, it's just game day routine.

451
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Speaker 2: You have your breakfast at the same time, you go

452
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Speaker 2: through you do your stuff at the same time, you

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Speaker 2: have a meeting at the same time, you do your

454
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Speaker 2: last minute checks at the same time. Game day, I

455
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Speaker 2: think is not as bad as any of the other

456
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Speaker 2: days for waiting things because you have very specific routine

457
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Speaker 2: things you do that leads you up to that game

458
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Speaker 2: and kind of get your ready to go for that game.

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Speaker 2: Last thing on penalties too, Miami was one hundred and

460
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Speaker 2: thirteenth in the country and penalties committed this year, but

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Speaker 2: they've been much better in the postseason in their last

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Speaker 2: three just four point seven per game, So they've been

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Speaker 2: disciplined during this postseason run.

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Speaker 8: Well.

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Speaker 6: I think it's a little misleading because the old Miss

466
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Speaker 6: game they had ten. They'll housetak in they.

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Speaker 2: Had zero, right, So it goes back to your balls

468
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Speaker 2: till it descends on.

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Speaker 6: The game with it here, you know, and kind of

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Speaker 6: how I view it, Mark dyked in your heart this

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Speaker 6: morning is where full.

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Speaker 3: I'm disappointed.

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Speaker 9: Obviously, I thought they could have possibly pulled it off.

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Speaker 9: But for a season that I think they're projected to

475
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Speaker 9: win like seven or eight week games to win eleven,

476
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Speaker 9: win the division, beat your art trivals in the wild

477
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Speaker 9: card round, and come up just short against the Rams.

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Speaker 9: I thought they played them pretty well, but a couple

479
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Speaker 9: of things just didn't go to where whether it was

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Speaker 9: the missed fourth down conversions, not going for field goals,

481
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Speaker 9: Romadunze dropping a surefire touchdown at one point, and then

482
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Speaker 9: the couple of interceptions. I'm I'm optimistic for the future.

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Speaker 3: Do you want to go for two?

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Speaker 9: No, I thought at that point, just you know, take

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Speaker 9: it to overtime. See what happens.

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Speaker 4: I thought you were holding.

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Speaker 9: I thought you're playing the Rams relatively, even I didn't

488
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Speaker 9: think the Rams were the better team at any point.

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Speaker 9: I was just like, Okay, you're kind of hanging with

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Speaker 9: them and all that stuff.

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Speaker 3: So then he got three and out in overtime.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, and then so see what you can do there

493
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Speaker 9: and stuff. So optimistic, Caleb was making throws that I've

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Speaker 9: not seen in my lifetime. Whether I was was with

495
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Speaker 9: it in a Bear's uniform or not, he was making

496
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Speaker 9: some incredible plays all season long. So a season full

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Speaker 9: of memories and hopefully this is just the ground floor,

498
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Speaker 9: and you hope the defense improves next season and all

499
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Speaker 9: that stuff. But you're one of Ben Johnson a wild success,

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Speaker 9: I would say.

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Speaker 4: I will say this.

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Speaker 5: One of my takeaways from watching all these divisional round

503
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Speaker 5: games was thinking to myself when analyzing the Colts, boy,

504
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Speaker 5: you need to do that quarterback. You need a defense,

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Speaker 5: and you don't have either right now. I don't be

506
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Speaker 5: all doom and gloom, but boy, that was a lot

507
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Speaker 5: of the responses I actually got during the game. Whenever

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Speaker 5: I will give a compliment to Caleb Williams Mark or

509
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Speaker 5: Josh Allen or somebody. There's inevitably some Colts fan telling me, well,

510
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Speaker 5: I wish we had a guy like that, and I'm like, man,

511
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Speaker 5: it is hard to win without that type of dude.

512
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Speaker 5: I mean, you'll see some teams try to do that.

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Speaker 5: Going for I think the Patriots to a degree, Drake

514
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Speaker 5: May is good. I don't think that he's on the

515
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Speaker 5: level of like he'll just you know, carry you to

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Speaker 5: a victory.

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Speaker 4: The defense really helped him out.

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Speaker 5: But boy, I have a lot of those games thinking

519
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Speaker 5: to myself as the cult supporter for the athletic and

520
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Speaker 5: here on these airwaves, they're not as close as perhaps

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Speaker 5: I thought they were maybe back in you know, when

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Speaker 5: they were eight and two.

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Speaker 9: And there's a lot of unanswered questions for them as well,

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Speaker 9: and also just the loot. You see how wide open

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Speaker 9: it is this year, and it's just like, man, you

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Speaker 9: guys were eight and two.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've thought about that too.

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Speaker 5: On the other flo of the I got a more

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Speaker 5: positive no, like, man, if they have stayed healthy, would

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Speaker 5: they have been in this type of situation because it

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Speaker 5: is wide open and probably as wide open as going.

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Speaker 2: To be what's crazy.

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Speaker 6: Go ahead, let's just say Harrison Meavs the kicker there

534
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Speaker 6: on the game winner. He was actually one of the

535
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Speaker 6: kickers the Colts worked out after Spencer Schrader. So you

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Speaker 6: just kind of think about how all of that unfolded.

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Speaker 6: Their shout out to Warsaw and the kicker, as they

538
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Speaker 6: call it, shout out to the orthopedic capital of the world.

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Speaker 6: Right there, Penguin points Stonehinge golf Course, Harrison Neves, Warsaw, Indiana.

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Speaker 6: I didn't know NBC did that. They were like throwing

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Speaker 6: home towns there at the bottom of the player's bios there.

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Speaker 6: So shout out yes to the thicker kicker there on

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Speaker 6: the game winner.

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Speaker 2: Point out that you take a look at all four

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Speaker 2: games this past weekend, I think it's safe to say

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Speaker 2: we'd think that the two best quarterbacks going into this

547
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Speaker 2: weekend at least that performed this weekend probably Caleb william

548
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Speaker 2: and Josh Allen and both come up overtime losers. Kevin.

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Speaker 2: So just having that great quarterback don't always guarantee, oh

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Speaker 2: that you're going to be advanced.

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Speaker 5: I'll take a pass on that. I'm not rolling with

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Speaker 5: Josh Allen, brother.

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Speaker 2: You had a lot of turnovers, That's what I mean.

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Speaker 2: He also kept this team in a game too. At

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Speaker 2: the same time, if.

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Speaker 6: You're saying the best quarterbacks like career wise, I mean

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Speaker 6: Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams, Yeah, ten times out of ten.

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Speaker 2: So but who would you take moving forward at this

559
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Speaker 2: point in time? Yeah, I mean that's all eight, right,

560
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Speaker 2: But that's all I'm saying that. That's why it gets

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Speaker 2: back to the original question with Mark though. That's why

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Speaker 2: you're not all in the dumps and the gallows, because

563
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Speaker 2: you've got a guy that looks like he's going to

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Speaker 2: be a franchise quarterback for a long time.

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Speaker 6: I understand that, but sports also tells us that when

566
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Speaker 6: you have the opportunity, you walk through that door, because

567
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Speaker 6: if you don't, I mean, I'm not trying to turn

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Speaker 6: this into a Peyton Manning. You know, super b debate

569
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Speaker 6: here in Indianapolis. But you think Colts fans thought that

570
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Speaker 6: it just be won Super Bowl here? You know, just

571
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Speaker 6: when these chances arise, and you know, look at the

572
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Speaker 6: list of championship performances, championship moments that we've had in

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Speaker 6: our state, in our city.

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, a lot of them have been losses in that game.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, you think, you hope, you believe, but you know,

576
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Speaker 6: Mark would be the first to tell you. The Bears

577
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Speaker 6: also one coin flip game after coin flip game after

578
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Speaker 6: coin flip game after coin flip.

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Speaker 9: Game, seven games decided another two minutes.

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Speaker 5: So that's what the NFL's great, man, because because of that,

581
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Speaker 5: because you just don't know, right, you don't know, You

582
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Speaker 5: don't to steal a Pascal Siakam quote, you don't fall

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Speaker 5: out of that and get right back there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we just got into that weird time

585
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Speaker 2: where it was inevitable that Brady was going to win

586
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Speaker 2: Super Bowls and that Mahomes is going to at least

587
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Speaker 2: be in the Super Bowl or win the Super Bowl.

588
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Speaker 2: That seems to be over.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, pick my two best quarterbacks for the weekend, and

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Speaker 5: I'll probably go Bonicks, who unfortunately is out for the

591
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Speaker 5: rest of the year us to a fracture ankle, and

592
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Speaker 5: Sam Darnold was cooking out there in Seattle, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, coming up at a moment, But we will speak

594
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Speaker 2: to the man. We'll call the game on ESPN Radio tonight.

595
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Speaker 2: Our good friend Sean McDonough stops by as we continue

596
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Speaker 2: the Fan Morning Show ninety three five and seven The Fan.

597
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Speaker 2: It has certainly been an incredible run. It continues tonight

598
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Speaker 2: in the National Championship game Miami seven fifty kicktime. You'll

599
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Speaker 2: be able to listen to it on the radio on

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Speaker 2: Our Way Our Waves WIBC pregame covers begins at six

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Speaker 2: point thirty. Of course we want to listen nationally. Sean

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Speaker 2: McDonough our next guest. We'll have the play by play

603
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Speaker 2: on ESPN Radio and he joins us now on the

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Speaker 2: Payless Liquors Hotline. Even for you, Sean the broadcaster, it's

605
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Speaker 2: game day and it's got to be a long week

606
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Speaker 2: of anticipation leading up to this. But how you feeling

607
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Speaker 2: this morning getting ready for a National Championship involving Indiana tonight.

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Speaker 8: Well, I woke up at four oh six am, looked

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Speaker 8: at the clock, ready to go back to sleep for

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Speaker 8: a few more hours, and put them fall.

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Speaker 3: Back to sleep.

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Speaker 8: So you know, like most people, very excited about the game,

613
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Speaker 8: sitting here pouring through the notes and stats and charts

614
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Speaker 8: to be fully ready to go when game time rolls around.

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Speaker 8: That this is why we do this, right, I mean,

616
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Speaker 8: they have a chance to call a national championship game

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Speaker 8: is the ultimate thrill.

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Speaker 3: Sean is always thank you for the time.

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Speaker 6: We got a tweet here when people heard that you

620
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Speaker 6: were coming on saying it was at the stadium in Atlanta.

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Speaker 6: One of my first orders of business once I regained

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Speaker 6: composure after the D'Angelo Pons picked six was to find

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Speaker 6: Sean McDonough's call of the d Angelo Pons pick six.

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Speaker 6: Certainly a hell of a way to start the Peach Bowl.

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Speaker 6: Let's go here though, for tonight. Are you surprised, I don't

626
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Speaker 6: know how much you pay attention to it. Are you

627
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Speaker 6: surprised at all by the line Indiana favored by seven

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Speaker 6: and a half?

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Speaker 8: No, not really. I think it's actually come down a

630
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Speaker 8: little bit. I don't pay much attention to it, But

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Speaker 8: when I looked a couple of days ago, I think

632
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Speaker 8: it was up around eight and a half. So maybe

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Speaker 8: there's a little late move here toward Miami. I don't

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Speaker 8: think so. You know, we were told in our game

635
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Speaker 8: notes heading into the Peach Bowl that if Indiana won,

636
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Speaker 8: it would probably open at about five and a half

637
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Speaker 8: against Miami, and then I just think Indiana was so

638
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Speaker 8: dominant again against Oregon like they were against Alabama, that

639
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Speaker 8: that's what drove it higher. You know, it's hard to

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Speaker 8: you know, it's hard to say the number is too

641
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Speaker 8: high when you just see what Indiana's done to Alabama

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Speaker 8: and Oregon.

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Speaker 5: Sean when you look at some of the overlap between

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Speaker 5: the programs. I'm sure it happens because I feel like

645
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 5: in sports is always like seven degrees of separation, so

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Speaker 5: to speak. But Alex Mirriaball, the Miami offensive line coach,

647
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Speaker 5: having played with Randa Mendoza's dad and Mario chris Ball,

648
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Speaker 5: how much have you learned about just the whole I

649
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Speaker 5: can't call it a family tree, but maybe a buddy

650
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Speaker 5: tree when it comes to these two teams.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, there's so many great storylines like that. I mean,

652
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Speaker 8: obviously Fernando having this magical year in Indiana, but back

653
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Speaker 8: home in Miami, try to finish it off with the

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Speaker 8: national championship, you know, against the school he grew up

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Speaker 8: a half a mile from the University of Miami, thought

656
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Speaker 8: about going there out of high school as a walk on.

657
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Speaker 8: They didn't even want them. That was the previous coaching staff.

658
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 8: You mentioned the connection to Mario. You know, his dad

659
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 8: played with Mario in high school and with Alex Meyer Ball.

660
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 8: You know, there's a lot of intertwining. I was surprised

661
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,239
Speaker 8: until I watched the interview that Rhys Davis did with

662
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Speaker 8: the two head coaches that they had never met Crystal

663
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Speaker 8: Ball and Signetti, even though they had a common connection

664
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Speaker 8: obviously both been assistants at Alabama, they didn't overlap there

665
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 8: and they hadn't met till this weekend. So no matter

666
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Speaker 8: which way this game ends, we're going to be kind

667
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 8: of pouring through those storylines and the entanglements between the

668
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Speaker 8: two programs.

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Speaker 2: Sean McDonough ESPN joining us here on the Payless Liquors Hotline.

670
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Speaker 2: We have been following Indiana very closely. All you're here

671
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 2: in Indianapolis, as you might expect. What can you tell

672
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: us about this Miami team, how they've gotten to this

673
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,239
Speaker 2: point with I know they won seven in a row,

674
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Speaker 2: but they've lost two games on ranked teams this year. Like,

675
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Speaker 2: who is this team? What are their strengths? What should

676
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Speaker 2: we look out for tonight?

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Speaker 8: Well, they're really good. You know, we did the opening

678
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 8: game of the year here, which seems like it was

679
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,719
Speaker 8: five years ago. It was in the end of August

680
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Speaker 8: August thirty first, when they played Notre Dame, which, as

681
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Speaker 8: you guys know, you know it turned out to be

682
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Speaker 8: one of the most important games of the regular season

683
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Speaker 8: in college football because that ultimately was the win that

684
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Speaker 8: got Miami in by virtue of the head to head

685
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Speaker 8: victory over Notre Dame, and it's the loss that kept

686
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Speaker 8: Notre Dame out of the college football playoffs. We walked

687
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,840
Speaker 8: away that night, I said to Greg McElroy, I don't

688
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 8: know if we'll see another team. I don't think we

689
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 8: will see another team that is as good on both

690
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Speaker 8: lines as scrimmage as Miami. When you can bind the

691
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 8: talent along the offensive and defensive lines. And that's the

692
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Speaker 8: way Mario Christobal has built this program. He was an

693
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Speaker 8: offensive lineman here. He talks all the time about physicality

694
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 8: in violence and being the more physical team, and you

695
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 8: know that's really held up in this college football playoff.

696
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 8: You know, you look at what they did at Texas

697
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 8: A and m holding them to three points.

698
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 2: You know, they really.

699
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Speaker 8: Physically manhandled I thought, Ohio State in their second game

700
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 8: in this playoff, and then you know they held the

701
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 8: ball for more than forty one minutes against Old Myths.

702
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 8: So a physical team obviously as you guys know, veteran quarterback,

703
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 8: sixty year guy and another one of those great storylines.

704
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 8: You know, kind of had a bad ending at the

705
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 8: University of Georgia last year, injured this time last year,

706
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 8: it comes to Miami, kind of gets himself back up

707
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 8: on the college football national map and scored the winning

708
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 8: touchdown in the last game. So if they win, you know,

709
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 8: he's going to be a huge part of the story.

710
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 8: And you know, a lot of talent too, defensive ends

711
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 8: who were going to be first line first round pick

712
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 8: in Mesador and Bain. You know, the freshman wide receiver

713
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 8: Malachi Tony is dynamic, a playmaker, really is there is

714
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 8: in college football, So plenty of talent. You know. I

715
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 8: think if they're going to have a chance tonight, they

716
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 8: just have to avoid the mistakes. And they were fortunate

717
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Speaker 8: to win the last game, and they had tend penalties

718
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 8: when they lost those two games you mentioned, Jeff, you know,

719
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 8: a lot of turnovers Carson Victory four interceptions in one

720
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Speaker 8: of the two losses. So you know, if they do that,

721
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Speaker 8: you're not going to beat Indiana because Indiana hasn't a

722
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 8: turnover yet in the playoffs, and I think they've had

723
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 8: six penalties, so Indiana is likely not going to beat itself.

724
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Speaker 6: I think it's his tenth time calling the National Championship

725
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Speaker 6: here on ESPN Radio. The Great Sean McDonald with us

726
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 6: on the day of the game, less than twelve hours

727
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 6: away at this point from the National Championship in Miami, Sean,

728
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 6: it seems to be part of the talk of this

729
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,719
Speaker 6: Indiana run. People around college football cannot believe the takeovers

730
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Speaker 6: that occurred at the Rose Bowl and at the Peach Bowl.

731
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Speaker 3: And we'll see what it looks like tonight. Were you

732
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Speaker 3: struck by.

733
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Speaker 6: That, particularly maybe after that D'Angel Ponds picked six that

734
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Speaker 6: you called a week ago we can have.

735
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I was struck by it just walking in you

736
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Speaker 8: know the I wasn't at the Rosewall watching it on TV.

737
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 8: Obviously hard to tell what the percentage of the fan

738
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 8: bases was because you know, Alabama had similar colors. But

739
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Speaker 8: you know, walking in to Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta

740
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 8: last week or whatever it was, uh, you know, ten

741
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 8: days ago, it you were just struck by. I remember

742
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 8: when we came on the air. I think one of

743
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 8: the first sentences I said was, you know, standing only

744
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 8: crowd filing into Mercedes Benz Stadium, most of them clad

745
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Speaker 8: in crimson and cream or cream and crimson because it

746
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 8: was I mean, it was cunning really. Uh So it'll

747
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 8: be interesting to see tonight, right, I Mean, there's been

748
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 8: so much talk about how hard the tickets are. The

749
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 8: average ticket price a couple of days ago was over

750
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Speaker 8: forty three hundred dollars a ticket. You know, it's a

751
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 8: home game from Miami in their stadium. A lot of

752
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 8: times at these National Championship games, you know, a lot

753
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 8: of tickets are already doled out ahead of time to

754
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 8: monsors and that sort of thing. So it'll be really

755
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 8: interesting to see what the breakdown in the crowd is tonight.

756
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 4: One more from me Sean.

757
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 5: Obviously, Indiana has plenty of playmakers, but how much of

758
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 5: a difference maker do you think Charlie Becker has been

759
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 5: in these playoffs?

760
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 4: Look at his numbers and it's kind of like.

761
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 5: A video game, like for receptions, but he also has

762
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 5: two touchdown and he's averaging over twenty three yards or

763
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 5: whatever it is a catch.

764
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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's really really remarkable. It's a big part of

765
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 8: their season. You know, his emergence obviously got an opportunity

766
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 8: a mid season because of the injury to Sarrat, and

767
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 8: he really has taken over and run with it. And

768
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 8: you know, now that Sarrat's been back for a while,

769
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Speaker 8: you know, it just added very talented depth to their

770
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 8: wide receiver group. You know, he's been a huge playmaker.

771
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 8: They have playmakers everywhere, as you guys know better than

772
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Speaker 8: anybody else. And just a terrific team.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 8: It's as I said last week when we did the

775
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 8: game against the Oregon if there's a weakness, I don't

776
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 8: know where it is. And I have a feel tonight

777
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 8: I'm sitting here because I have too much time and

778
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 8: that I couldn't sleep. So you know, Brendan Frankie apparently

779
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 8: is going to be available to kick tonight. As you

780
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 8: guys know, he's been out with a groin injury for

781
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 8: the last seven or eight games. He's twenty four years old,

782
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 8: He's been at one, two, three, four, five different schools.

783
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,919
Speaker 8: He's attempted three field goals in his career, made one

784
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 8: of them. You know, I just have a feeling the

785
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 8: way this is going, it's going to come down to

786
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 8: him trying a long field goal at the end of

787
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 8: the game, and that would be something else. If that's

788
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 8: the way it happened.

789
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 2: Well, it's coming quickly. It's game day and it's gonna

790
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 2: be a lot of fun, do do you. All you

791
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 2: got to do is show up. You're so good at it.

792
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 2: You'll do your best. And I'm sure we'll listen to

793
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 2: some of those calls tomorrow and we just can't wait

794
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 2: to see how it all plays out tonight. But thanks

795
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 2: for being with us all season long, Shan. We appreciate it.

796
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 8: My pleasure anytime. Guys. I hope it's a great game

797
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 8: and look forward to chatting you a getting out.

798
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:01,320
Speaker 2: Who is the goat?

799
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Speaker 3: I'd go with you all that I was the greatest

800
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 3: of all.

801
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: Time, Jorg. Here's Michael at the filine. I shot on

802
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 2: the all God or goat? This guy sucks of the week.

803
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 2: It's that time, guys, the best the worst, and the

804
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 2: world of sports can be a little bit wacky at times.

805
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,479
Speaker 2: I will start with you, James Boyd. Who is your

806
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 2: bad goat of the week? Who you've got something in

807
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 2: for this week?

808
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 5: Josh Allen. I'm not letting you off the hook, brother,

809
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 5: I understand the tears. I'm not saying it's all your fault.

810
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 5: But four turnovers, worst playerformance of your life, and the

811
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 5: Brandon Cooks interception in overtime or whatever, that is probably

812
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 5: just like.

813
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 4: The worst luck ever.

814
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,720
Speaker 5: I thought it was a correct call, but you can't

815
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 5: draw that play up if you want it to.

816
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 4: That's just a bad break.

817
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 5: But the fumble before halftime Looney Tunes esque. So that

818
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 5: ended up being a three point difference and a three

819
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 5: point loss. So Josh Allen, my bag go to the

820
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 5: week You got a chance to get it done and

821
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 5: you didn't, All right, Kevin Bowen.

822
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 6: Yeah, My awful goat of the weekend is the head

823
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 6: basketball coach of the Georgetown Hoyas Ed Cooley, who post game,

824
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 6: I do remember this plays the car that you occasionally

825
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 6: see played, not very often, but you occasionally see play

826
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 6: now Ed Cooley.

827
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Speaker 3: Boys, you know how much he makes annually?

828
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 2: Ed probably five and a half six million dollars a year.

829
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:41,760
Speaker 3: Making six million annually.

830
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,320
Speaker 6: He echoed this statement post game, there's a lot worse

831
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,240
Speaker 6: happening than Georgetown losing a basketball game around the world,

832
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 6: around our city, around our community.

833
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:51,839
Speaker 3: You know what we are.

834
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 2: We're blessed.

835
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 3: We're blessed to be nine to nine. We're blessed to

836
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 3: be one and six in the league. It could be

837
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 3: a lot worse.

838
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 6: There's nothing I hate more than when you have sports

839
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 6: figures like this try to live in the bubble of

840
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 6: comparing what they're doing to the third world countries that

841
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 6: are out there. We get it, obviously, we realize that

842
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 6: there are a lot of things going on in the world.

843
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 6: But when we are in a press conference setting, or

844
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 6: we are in the sports setting, we're living in that bubble.

845
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 6: We're not living in the bubble of you know, hunger

846
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 6: and starvation and all of that.

847
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 3: No, no, no, we're in the sports world.

848
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 6: Ed Cooley, do not try to play that card on

849
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 6: me that you are blessed to be nine to nine

850
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 6: and we're blessed to be one and six in the

851
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 6: league and try to play that card.

852
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 3: I thought it was absolutely pathetic by Ed Cooley post game.

853
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 4: I'd been fired on the spot for that.

854
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought about Josh Allen, I thought about CJ.

855
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 2: Stroud for on the field performance. I'm going to go

856
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 2: with the officials in the Denver Buffalo game, not because

857
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 2: of the play that you talked about. It's the one

858
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 2: that nobody's talking about today, and there's clear visual and

859
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,280
Speaker 2: photographic evidence of it. At the beginning of that drive

860
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 2: where you had the contested catch, the controversial call, interception, reception,

861
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 2: all those kinds of things, what's a catch back At

862
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 2: the beginning of that in the end zone, Buffalo had

863
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 2: the ball, They're backed up, Josh Allen is in the

864
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 2: end zone looking for a man downfield, and there is

865
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 2: a clear and obvious hold to his right that should

866
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 2: have been called. It would have been a safety, the

867
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 2: game would have been over, and more importantly, bo Nix

868
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 2: would still be the quarterback for the Denver Broncos. That's

869
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 2: my problem with the with the officials his past weekend.

870
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Speaker 9: All right, move on to the good stuff. Oh yes, SJ.

871
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 9: Stroud was dreadful. Five interceptions and going to pick six

872
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 9: and five fulmals.

873
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,719
Speaker 4: Tear raugh bull, there you go.

874
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:45,240
Speaker 2: Terrible.

875
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 4: He was god awful.

876
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 6: One play from that Bills Broncos game. I hated the Bills,

877
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 6: and it might have been a Josh Allen check, to

878
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 6: be honest with you, throwing the screen on like the

879
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 6: third and eight before they ended up kicking the field

880
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 6: goal there late in regulation that I thought was a

881
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 6: moment where if the Bills score a touchdown and Romo

882
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 6: I think and Nance debated this a little bit. You

883
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 6: could have gone for two there and gotten it to

884
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 6: nine and pretty much end of the game. Even if

885
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 6: you kick the extra point, you're still up eight there.

886
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 6: They treated that, and maybe it was Josh Allen checkin.

887
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 6: They treated that like I was Philip Rivers off the couch,

888
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 6: go for the juggler. I mean, you have Josh freaking Allen.

889
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,919
Speaker 6: I give you a lot of turnovers in the game,

890
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 6: but man, you gotta trust your dude in that setting

891
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 6: to try and win it, not rely on your defense.

892
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 3: And it bit him in the end.

893
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to the great goats of the week.

894
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 2: Who gets all the flowers? James Boyd, I'll go with

895
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 2: bow Knicks.

896
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 4: I feel sorry for the guy.

897
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:42,799
Speaker 5: I thought that he played a really good game only

898
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 5: in his what second year, takes his team to the

899
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 5: AFC Championship game and can no longer compete in that atmosphere.

900
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 5: But three touchdowns won interception. I thought that he made

901
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 5: some really big time throws there late to give his

902
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 5: team a chance. And when you're going to too with

903
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 5: Josh Allen and you don't blink, my respect.

904
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 6: My great goat was the emotion in the Buffalo locker room.

905
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 6: You know, I think times in sports we sit here

906
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 6: and we're like special professional sports.

907
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 3: You know, how much is the care factor?

908
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: What is it?

909
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 6: And you see the tears in the emotion, not just

910
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 6: from Josh Allen, there are a lot of guys in

911
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 6: that locker room. I thought that was a cool scene

912
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 6: and it's a reminder that, you know sports, it's part

913
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 6: of why we love sports, or at least why I

914
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 6: love sports. I'll speak for myself, is when you see

915
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 6: emotion like that, I mean, we're talking about millions and

916
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 6: millions of Josh Allen's living, living a pretty good life.

917
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 3: You know how much money Josh Allen's got. Have you

918
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 3: seen missus Allen?

919
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 6: Josh Allen's living, living a pretty good life, and yet

920
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,800
Speaker 6: to see his emotion, To see Dion Dawkins emotion, to

921
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 6: see Brandon Cook's emotion, I thought that was really cool.

922
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 2: It's one of things I love about the postseason. To

923
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 2: piggyback on what you're talking about, is it's the one. Yes,

924
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 2: the money is important to these guys, but this is

925
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 2: the time of year, whether it's NBA, whether it's the NFL.

926
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 2: You saw it with the Pacers last year. It's really

927
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 2: about winning and losing.

928
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 3: Sure, yeah, Pacers Game seven was similar.

929
00:41:58,120 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 6: I get that was probably a little bit more Haliburn

930
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 6: in related, but you know, I think that had a

931
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 6: lot of the same elements.

932
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,720
Speaker 2: All Right, I'm gonna go I was. I was fired

933
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,359
Speaker 2: up for the Butler win. They needed that win. They

934
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 2: got it. It was on the road. It was against

935
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 2: Seaton Hall Finley Bisjack is my go to the week.

936
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,280
Speaker 2: Twenty five points, four of seven from three point range

937
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 2: and just seemed to make a play, as did many

938
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 2: of the Butler He's kind of representative of the entire team.

939
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 2: But I thought it was nice to see Butler with

940
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 2: that road win and their best player playing big at

941
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 2: his best times. That was my go to the week.

942
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 2: Over the weekend, it was I enjoyed that mark.

943
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 9: Seattle defense played out of their minds from the start

944
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 9: of at the game, DeMarcus Lawrence and Letter Williams in particular,

945
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 9: My god, they destroyed the forty nine ers.

946
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,359
Speaker 2: That was a train wreck in a lot of ways. Man,

947
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 2: if you're if you're on the wrong end of that

948
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 2: Seattle score, no question about that. Those are your goats

949
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 2: of the week coming up. At a moment, we check

950
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 2: in with the man in charge of Indiana Athletics. Scott Dolson,

951
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 2: joined us on the fan morning show A ninety three

952
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 2: five and one on seven five. Everybody working up in

953
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 2: a good mood and Bloomington and other parts of Indiana's

954
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 2: the Hoosiers get ready to play for a national championship

955
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 2: later on tonight in Miami against Miami. And we've been

956
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 2: talking about it for weeks and weeks, been talking about

957
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 2: it all day long. We'll continue to talk about it

958
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 2: all day long. But what's different right now? So we

959
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:20,920
Speaker 2: had to pay less liquers hotline. We talked to the

960
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 2: athletic director for the Indiana Hoosier Scott Dolson. You're fine

961
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 2: with us talking about this forever and ever. I'm guessing

962
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 2: right absolutely.

963
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,319
Speaker 1: Thanks for having me on and I'd like to do

964
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 1: this every week. Let's keep it going.

965
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 2: I like, well, good morning, and thanks so much for

966
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 2: being here. We appreciate that. What is game day going

967
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 2: to be like for Scott Dolson?

968
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: That's a great question. I mean, it's pretty much the

969
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 1: same on every road trip, and that's one of the

970
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,280
Speaker 1: things you'll find. And it's going to sound so boring,

971
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,760
Speaker 1: but you know, coach Sig, the way he operates the program,

972
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: everything is pretty much the same every step of the way.

973
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: And then for me, I kind of do the same

974
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 1: thing as well. I try to be around the fans

975
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 1: as much as I can and thank everyone for being

976
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: here and kind of kind of share that sentiment as

977
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: much as I can. And then and then really by

978
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 1: the end of the day, I end up with the

979
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: team and just try to be around them and right

980
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 1: over to the game with them. And then once we

981
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: get there, we've got a nice reception at the stadium,

982
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: which will be fun. And then and then get into

983
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: the just can't wait for kickoff, and it'll seem like

984
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: this day lasted forty hours because it just we just

985
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 1: can't wait for kickoff. Scot.

986
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 6: We can't think enough for a day that I'm sure

987
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 6: you've probably dreamed of at some point. Reminded of the

988
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,360
Speaker 6: Bubba Watson quote when he won The Masters of you know,

989
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 6: apologizing Jim Nantz saying sorry, I never got here in

990
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 6: my dreams. And I don't know if that'll be you

991
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 6: tonight around eleven o'clock or so, but in a quiet moment,

992
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 6: whether it's the plane ride back from Pasadena, Atlanta, or

993
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 6: even to Miami. What has been Maybe if there is

994
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 6: a prevailing thought that you've had with a run that

995
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 6: you know is truly Hollywood.

996
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: Like, yeah, it is. It's really it's so funny because

997
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: it really is hard to put in the world kind

998
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: of what all this has meant, because obviously the final

999
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: chapter is not written yet, so we're trying to It's

1000
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: easy to say in terms of we're trying to really

1001
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,439
Speaker 1: focus on the routine and all the work that needs

1002
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 1: to be done, whether it's our ticket manager, just the

1003
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: stuff behind the scenes that we're trying to do to

1004
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,799
Speaker 1: get to the finish line. But you know, I'm sure

1005
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: at some point, I'm sure tonight it'll really hit me

1006
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,800
Speaker 1: and you know, we'll take a time to really reflect

1007
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 1: and think about all the great things. And what I

1008
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: think about is, I'm just saying this right now is

1009
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: just really the joy in the really just unbelievable outpouring

1010
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 1: of emotion from our fan base every step of the way.

1011
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 1: Our fans have been incredible. I go back to last year,

1012
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 1: you know, just as this whole, this whole thing started

1013
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 1: and kind of being built, and just how our fans

1014
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,919
Speaker 1: embraced everything that we've done, so I just can't thank

1015
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: them enough. I mean, the sacrifices that people have made

1016
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 1: for us to be here. It just sounds the cliche,

1017
00:45:58,040 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: but we would be here without it. So that's probably

1018
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,840
Speaker 1: the thing I think about the most is just singer fans,

1019
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: Like last night in the hotel when I got back

1020
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,840
Speaker 1: after I had to go to the CFP reception and

1021
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: I got back and you just can't imagine the energy,

1022
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 1: the motion, just our fans are just everywhere, and it's

1023
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 1: just we appreciate it so much.

1024
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,320
Speaker 5: Again, we have Scott Dowson on the line, vice President

1025
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:22,880
Speaker 5: and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at IU, Scott James Boyd.

1026
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 7: Here.

1027
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:24,800
Speaker 4: I'm in Illinois, alum, and I'm wearing.

1028
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 5: Candy stripe pants today because I bought these after I

1029
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 5: lost a really bad bet way back when between Illinois

1030
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 5: and I You and oh my goodness, that probably was

1031
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 5: the game in all serious is where I thought, oh

1032
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 5: my god, I used for real. So obviously you have

1033
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 5: to believe in your position, believe in the vision and

1034
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 5: what you guys are building. But when did you realize,

1035
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 5: perhaps throughout this season, that we have a legitimate National

1036
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 5: Championship contender.

1037
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you bring up a great point, and

1038
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 1: I appreciate you wearing those candy stripe paints. O. Man.

1039
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 4: The listeners are loving it and it's painful.

1040
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: It means a lot, but you know, you do bring

1041
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: up the cern. The on Oois game was big. But

1042
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,480
Speaker 1: you know, I remember this summer on a Saturday night,

1043
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: my wife and I went to a practice. It was

1044
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 1: kind of one of those Paul Camp practices, right when

1045
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: Paul Camp was getting going. And I'm not saying we

1046
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: were sitting there and as I was talking, I think

1047
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 1: the net signette coach's wife stopped by. It was just

1048
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 1: the three of us, and it's kind of Mpple World Stadium,

1049
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: and we were watching practice. And I'd be lying if

1050
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: I said I sat there thinking we can win a

1051
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:31,359
Speaker 1: National championship, but you know, we have no coach Sig

1052
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: said self imposed limitations. And as I was sitting there,

1053
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: I remember we were talking about just you know, we

1054
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: just looked really good and really sharp and together and

1055
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,719
Speaker 1: just all, you know, just the work. There's a there's

1056
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,479
Speaker 1: a you know, everybody sees what happens on the field,

1057
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: which has been awesome, but just the leadership on this team,

1058
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: the quality of just character of the players. I think

1059
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: all those things are important to winning. And really that

1060
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: moment I really thought we could be pretty good. But

1061
00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:00,319
Speaker 1: again it just is built from every game from that

1062
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: point on. And the great thing is, again we just

1063
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: take it. Sounds so boring for me to say this,

1064
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: and I apologize, but it really is just one hour

1065
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: at a time, when meeting at a time. That's the

1066
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: way Coach Sig has just ingrained everything in this program.

1067
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 1: So nobody's hockey year thinking that we just can show

1068
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: up and win a game. We just have to continue

1069
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: to work the process and take it one play at

1070
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:21,560
Speaker 1: a time.

1071
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 2: I'm just curious. Before we talked more serious stuff, when

1072
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 2: was the last time Scott Dolson rocked to the candy

1073
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:26,760
Speaker 2: stripe pants?

1074
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,880
Speaker 1: You know it? It's so funny and said that I

1075
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 1: shouldn't even say this out loud. I don't know if

1076
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 1: I've ever worn candy stripe pants. I probably need to

1077
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 1: do that. That's pretty embarrassing. I haven't done that. All

1078
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: my family, my kids wear them, and everybody's got them.

1079
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: I don't know that. I think my body type, I

1080
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: don't know if I could pull that off. I might.

1081
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: I think my kids wouldn't let me do that together.

1082
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:48,240
Speaker 3: The parade.

1083
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,839
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, again, the great Scott Dolson. He's with us

1084
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 6: here on the Playlistic Asylum. We can't think I'm enough

1085
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 6: on game day for that. Scott leave at you so

1086
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,279
Speaker 6: much about your first interactions with Kurt Signetti. I don't

1087
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,279
Speaker 6: know if we've asked you about the first time you

1088
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 6: met for Nando Mendoza. What do you recall from that

1089
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 6: initial meeting with him.

1090
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember it, you know, really distinctly, because he

1091
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,920
Speaker 1: came in on his visit and I generally meet as

1092
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 1: many recruits as I can, and he came by with

1093
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: his father, came by my office, and we sat for

1094
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,320
Speaker 1: probably a half hour at at the table of the office,

1095
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:25,920
Speaker 1: and we had an awesome talk. And I just remember

1096
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:30,759
Speaker 1: thinking how mature he is and how authentic he is,

1097
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 1: and it was just really a great conversation. And it

1098
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: really wasn't me you know, going through kind of our

1099
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 1: vision for the program and for the department and all

1100
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,319
Speaker 1: the things that I generally say. It was really just

1101
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: a great back and forth in exchange. And he's a

1102
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: very inquisitive person and I've seen it just to meet

1103
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 1: someone randomly and just really does authentically ask you know,

1104
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: well tell me what you do. And he doesn't say

1105
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 1: that just to be kind of nice. He really is

1106
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 1: quizit is so. I remember when he left with his dad,

1107
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: just thinking, you know, wow, you know, we know the

1108
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 1: talent and he's got all kinds of potential, But it

1109
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 1: was just more of him as a person and the

1110
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,360
Speaker 1: leader he is and just how he how he talked.

1111
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,800
Speaker 1: It was just super interesting. Like I said, he just

1112
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:18,799
Speaker 1: asked me so many really really great questions.

1113
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:19,840
Speaker 4: Scott.

1114
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:24,279
Speaker 5: When you look at the makeup of this team, how

1115
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,920
Speaker 5: much credit do you think goes to not just Kurt Signetty,

1116
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,760
Speaker 5: but the rest of the coaching staff and the recruiter

1117
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 5: is finding the right guys Because we're in a new

1118
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 5: age in college football where you can go out and

1119
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 5: hit the transfer portal and bring guys in they play

1120
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,440
Speaker 5: right away. But finding the right guy So what messes

1121
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 5: in a way that we've seen to now again you're

1122
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,200
Speaker 5: one one way from national championship.

1123
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't give them enough credit. So it starts

1124
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:50,240
Speaker 1: with coach Sigg, you know, he said during his interview,

1125
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: one of the things that is really important to him

1126
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,040
Speaker 1: is that he is the final thumbs up for thumbs

1127
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:59,240
Speaker 1: down with any addition to the program, every single recruit obviously,

1128
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: every staff or and the process they go through and

1129
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 1: evaluating who they're going to add to the program is

1130
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: in depth, and I really love it just watching how

1131
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,719
Speaker 1: they've done it. And as you can tell by looking

1132
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,600
Speaker 1: at our roster, it's a it's a wide collection of

1133
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 1: student athletes with different talents, but the one common denominator

1134
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 1: is you know, he will not add anyone to the

1135
00:51:22,719 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 1: program that he feels doesn't have the right intentions and

1136
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 1: the right character. And again that's easy to say, it's

1137
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 1: hard to do. You could get lured into while this

1138
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: player is super talented, you know, we can mold him

1139
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,479
Speaker 1: into what would fit for us, and you know that's

1140
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: just not his style. And I've seen it time and

1141
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 1: time again, and I can't tell you even in this

1142
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 1: recruiting cycle with transfers that you know, maybe have a

1143
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 1: player that we brought in that we thought could be

1144
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:49,319
Speaker 1: an excellent player for us, but then I you know,

1145
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 1: I've talked to him and he said, yeah, he just

1146
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 1: wouldn't fit our locker rooms. Just not got the right

1147
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 1: type of person. And you got to respect that because

1148
00:51:57,800 --> 00:51:59,440
Speaker 1: in this day and age, when you want to win

1149
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:03,319
Speaker 1: right away, you can kind of maybe fall for the

1150
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,879
Speaker 1: talent and talk yourself into may taking a risk, and

1151
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,320
Speaker 1: he brings in kids that are here for the right reasons.

1152
00:52:08,719 --> 00:52:12,440
Speaker 1: He can mold into the team that we want to be. Scott.

1153
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 2: I was talking to somebody who was in Bloomington last

1154
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 2: week and they were mentioning the fact that it's the

1155
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:21,760
Speaker 2: time of year where normally things are quiet. Not everybody

1156
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:26,000
Speaker 2: has returned from Christmas break and classes haven't really started

1157
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 2: back up in earnest or anything like that, and they

1158
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:31,280
Speaker 2: were saying, it's crazy to fill how alive and busy

1159
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 2: Bloomington and campus feel right now. What's it been like

1160
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:39,560
Speaker 2: from your perspective to watch your campus embrace this amazing story.

1161
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:45,120
Speaker 1: It's incredible, and really it was incredible. The thing I

1162
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:47,200
Speaker 1: think when you say that is the day we named

1163
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: coach head coach. As you know, we had at press

1164
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: conference that day and then ended up at the basketball

1165
00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: game that night, and that kind of funny scene we

1166
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 1: introduced him to the crowd and how you got everybody

1167
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:01,160
Speaker 1: fired up. But I remember walking it was a long day.

1168
00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 1: I remember walking out of this room on the side.

1169
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,359
Speaker 1: It was probably three or four minutes before tip off

1170
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,719
Speaker 1: and Coachik and I were walking to his seats. I

1171
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: was just kind of walking with him along the side

1172
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,360
Speaker 1: where our students were up to our right in that

1173
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:18,360
Speaker 1: end zone. And I'm telling you, the crowd went crazy.

1174
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,920
Speaker 1: I mean it was and I wasn't expecting it because

1175
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 1: when we hired coach Sig, he wasn't like I mean,

1176
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: people knew who he was in some regard, but it

1177
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,760
Speaker 1: wasn't like this you know name that was just crazy

1178
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,279
Speaker 1: out there. And my point is from that point on,

1179
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:39,440
Speaker 1: it was just like an immediate attachment and immediate acceptance

1180
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: by our fans to get behind him. And whether it's

1181
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:45,719
Speaker 1: our students, whether it's the community, and you feel that

1182
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: energy today and so what you said like last week

1183
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: and our students started classes fire last week, but a

1184
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 1: couple of weeks before that, the community has just been

1185
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:58,480
Speaker 1: unbelievable and just that energy, and it was just a

1186
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,720
Speaker 1: it feels that everybody's really unified, which is a great

1187
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 1: thing for the not just the community, the entire university.

1188
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:08,840
Speaker 2: Thanks so much for joining us on game day. Enjoy

1189
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,439
Speaker 2: every single second of it. I hope we're talking again

1190
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 2: later this week about you know what, So good luck tonight,

1191
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:15,319
Speaker 2: I hope.

1192
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:17,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, we'll just take one play at a time,

1193
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:18,520
Speaker 1: but we're ready and I can't thank you guys enough

1194
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 1: for having me on. We really really appreciate all the coverage.

1195
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 1: It means a lot.

1196
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:23,919
Speaker 2: We appreciate the partnership with you guys, and then we're

1197
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:26,759
Speaker 2: all hoping good things happen, stay safe and have fun.

1198
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 1: Thank you. It means a lot. Okay, go ahead and

1199
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:28,919
Speaker 1: thank you.