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Speaker 1: You were listening to the Best of the Fan morning

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Speaker 1: show on ninety three five and one oh seven five

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Speaker 1: the Fan, Good morning.

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Speaker 2: Welcome and to a chili morning. Did you guys have snow?

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Speaker 2: Where you were on the ground, there was just a dusting.

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Speaker 1: I think.

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Speaker 3: I think that's why Mark Dyton is playing a snowman.

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Speaker 4: Jeezy nod about that.

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Speaker 5: Mark?

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Speaker 2: In your hood? Did you something in your neighborhood? Did

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Speaker 2: you guys get good snow wall?

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Speaker 3: You know, my neighborhoods literally right here, devastation is. But

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Speaker 3: I got a little dusting out there and did the

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Speaker 3: old lazy and get the front at the back end. Hey,

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Speaker 3: anybody behind me, we'll we get the wipers on.

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Speaker 2: All right, So maybe take a few minutes more this morning.

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Speaker 2: But didn't. It's cold. I would watch more for ice

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Speaker 2: than anything else. But uh, I was looking at some

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Speaker 2: stuff last night, and it's crazy when you think of

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Speaker 2: a Heisman Trophy winner that I think is a deserved

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Speaker 2: Heisman trophy and you want to talk about efficiency. I

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Speaker 2: was looking at game by game from Mendoza yesterday, and

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Speaker 2: you know he only had one three hundred yard game

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Speaker 2: this year and he had five games worry threw for

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Speaker 2: less than two hundred yards. Now, some of those are

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Speaker 2: in blowouts where they pull him after the third quarter

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Speaker 2: or whatever. But the thing when you watch him and

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Speaker 2: then week out, and we've talked about this with a

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Speaker 2: lot of guests, Kevin, he's just every ball seems to

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Speaker 2: be on target and at the right time, a conversion

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Speaker 2: third and eight, and he's just throwing a ball into

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Speaker 2: a tight window and his receivers do a great job

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Speaker 2: It is remarkable how efficient he is at quarterback. And

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Speaker 2: he'll run if you have to, obviously.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: I mean the one stat that's just the craziest one

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Speaker 6: of all is what is it, five games a season,

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Speaker 6: he's had more touchdowns than incompletions. It's just every time

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Speaker 6: I see it, I could see him be blown away

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Speaker 6: by it. And you know, I'll go back to the

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Speaker 6: conversation that we had with Peyton Ramsey yesterday in the

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Speaker 6: nine o'clock hour with the former value quarterback, and you know,

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Speaker 6: we definitely got into this Monday, James. You know, I

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Speaker 6: know in recap in the Oregon game, to me, I think,

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Speaker 6: what has so many Indiana fans confident as hell for

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Speaker 6: Monday Night. Is since Mendoz has won the Heisman Trophy,

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Speaker 6: since they became the number one overall seed in the

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Speaker 6: college football you know, playoff, their game has gone up,

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Speaker 6: and you can say up multiple levels, like you know,

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Speaker 6: if you want to boil it down to the last

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Speaker 6: five games of the regular season, there certainly were blouts

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Speaker 6: in there, but that Penn State game was one heroic

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Speaker 6: If Ohio State doesn't miss a twenty three yard field goal,

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Speaker 6: do they lose the Big Ten title game?

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Speaker 4: They very well could have.

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Speaker 6: So you know, they have looked at those games and

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Speaker 6: said we're going to have inconsequential fourth quarters. Now the

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Speaker 6: question is like, wait, why is kurtz Signetti leaving Fernando

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Speaker 6: Mendoz in the game? That's been the question in the

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Speaker 6: fourth quarter, which is just amazing against Alabama and Oregon.

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Speaker 6: So that I think is maturation in college sports. You

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Speaker 6: don't typically see the awards have flocked to Bloomington. More

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Speaker 6: of the attention has gone there, and their level of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they don't show any signs of going anywhere soon.

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Speaker 2: Look at what Kurtzignet he has already done on the

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Speaker 2: transfer portal, and I'm sure over time he'll start to

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Speaker 2: integrate his own high school recruits because he clearly knows

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Speaker 2: what he's looking for when he goes recruiting at every

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Speaker 3: James, Absolutely, it's funny watching some of the older videos

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Speaker 3: from previous intro press conferences at different schools or postgame

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Speaker 3: press conferences, and all the principles are the same. The

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Speaker 3: cool to see. And I will say I'm curious about

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Speaker 3: the setup for the IU fans who are not going

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Speaker 3: to the game, which would be the majority of them obviously.

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Speaker 3: Are you watching this with friends and family? Are you

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Speaker 3: the crazy person like myself When it's a big game,

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Speaker 3: you got to be around people who are locked in

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Speaker 5: Is it?

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Speaker 3: I want to go to the watch party downtown or

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Speaker 4: Let me know.

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Speaker 3: I would love to hear from you all two three, nine,

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Speaker 3: to know what you're doing for the title game and

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Speaker 3: how you're getting through it. Is it solo? Is it together?

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Speaker 3: Is it isolated? Is it community? I'm picturing myself like

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Speaker 3: I feel like if I was a diehard IU fan,

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Speaker 3: I'd be standing in front of my TV probably for

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Speaker 3: three hours, and if anybody asks me anything other than

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Speaker 3: the game, they will probably get escorted out. Good, no

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Speaker 3: time to catch up If I no, don't want to

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Speaker 3: know how kids are doing, Kevin, the kids I wanted

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Speaker 3: to do well are on the TV.

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Speaker 2: I get there. Look there games or teams that I'm

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Speaker 2: cheering for where I feel exactly like that, You know,

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Speaker 2: when I'm watching an Avalanche playoff game in hockey, just

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Speaker 2: I want to go downstairs in my little, my little

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Speaker 2: world and watch my big screen TV and be left alone.

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Speaker 2: I like if my kids are there with me. But

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Speaker 2: for the most part, it's it's focused on hockey, Kevin.

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Speaker 2: You get that way with outside of notreed in basketball?

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Speaker 2: You get that way.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I definitely am in my cocoon, and yeah, I

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Speaker 3: I was gonna say, are you are? Are you a

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Speaker 3: little embarrassed at all you get in public? Like, boy,

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Speaker 3: if I yell at this play or at this sequence,

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Speaker 3: is somebody gonna look at me a little differently off

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Speaker 3: of be Kevin Bowen, the radio guy.

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Speaker 6: I'm not There's no chance in hell I'm out in

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Speaker 6: public watching the Day in football or Notre Dame in basketball.

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Speaker 6: You know, it is pretty wild when you go back

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Speaker 6: to the old adage of in forty nine states, it's

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Speaker 6: just basketball.

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Speaker 4: This is Indiana.

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Speaker 6: You know, you could almost say that in regards to

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Speaker 6: college sports with I think you could make a strong

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Speaker 6: argument the two biggest most unlikely stories.

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Speaker 4: Maybe in the history of college sports.

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Speaker 6: When you look at what Butler did in the back

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Speaker 6: to back years and you look what Indiana's doing right now,

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Speaker 6: you know they are on any sort of list of

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Speaker 6: the most unlikely sports stories in college sports, football and basketball,

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Speaker 6: and both right here in our own backyard.

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Speaker 4: That's pretty freakin wild. And so you know, I was

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Speaker 6: The other day when I don't think it was like

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Speaker 6: Shelvin Mack highlights popped up on my Twitter feed, and

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Speaker 6: it was the game against Pittsburgh, which was a wild,

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Speaker 2: And you know, to.

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Speaker 4: Debate those two we've had the debate.

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Speaker 6: But you know, when you think about it from a

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Speaker 6: two of them, if not the top two, are right

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Speaker 7: You know what.

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Speaker 3: I saw Shelvin in the airport like this was this

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Speaker 3: had to be years ago, and he was just by himself.

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Speaker 3: Whatever I did say anything to him. I think when

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Speaker 3: guys that grace of maybe you don't want to take

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Speaker 3: him some space. But even then, I was like, how

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Speaker 3: are people not flocking to you right now? You're a

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Speaker 3: legend around here. I believe he was doing maybe some

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Speaker 3: might have been g leaguer NBA like coach training work

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Speaker 3: or whatever. But I'm just thinking to myself, like, this

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Speaker 3: is a legend and he's going through tsa pre check

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Speaker 3: like it's nothing, Oh, losing recipes.

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Speaker 2: Stars, They're just like the rest of us.

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Speaker 3: James Man, I was thinking anybody walking by with any

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Speaker 3: Inklingham sports fandom, so they'd been telling their kid, Hey,

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Speaker 3: that guy's a legend right there. That's how you want

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Speaker 3: to be like, because boy, he took us on some

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Speaker 2: You were talking about Indiana and where they are, and

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Speaker 2: we've all talked about how unlikely it is. In USA today,

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Speaker 2: national newspaper this morning, Matt Hayes writes a piece, and

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Speaker 2: this is the start of the second draft. Before we

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Speaker 2: dive into more nonsense about college football and deconstruct more lunacy,

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Speaker 2: let's begin with all elite teams and what they do players.

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Speaker 2: And it says Indiana has better players than just about

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Speaker 2: every team in college football, better than Mississippi and Alabama,

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Speaker 2: better than Oregon and Texas and USC and Michigan and yep,

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Speaker 2: hold on to your buck nuts. Maybe even better than

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Speaker 2: Ohio State. Soon enough we'll add Miami to the list.

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Speaker 2: That is a columnist at a national newspaper, James talking

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Speaker 2: about Indiana might just have more talent. Yeah, they're well coached.

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Speaker 2: Might just have more talent than everybody else.

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Speaker 4: Big third down on Sunday night. Mark's holding his buck nuts.

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Speaker 5: Defence, holding a few of them. Not just mine, somebody else's.

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Speaker 6: I want to know if something, Boy, I'm a little

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Speaker 2: I knew I could count on you mark.

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Speaker 6: Down here, not to get in the anatomy of your household,

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Speaker 6: but I'm venturing to guess somebody outside of your household,

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Speaker 2: Okay, doesn't it feel though we don't? He didn't it

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Speaker 2: feel though over the course of this playoff when you

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Speaker 2: hear guys like you we a Paul Finebaum and other

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Speaker 2: people you know, who was it the former quarterback from

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Speaker 2: Georgia the other day, kind of over the Kurt Signetti

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Speaker 2: coach does. And but my point is it doesn't it

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Speaker 2: feel like the old money is a little irritated with

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I just frankly don't care.

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Speaker 6: I you know, we had this discussion earlier in the week,

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Speaker 6: like are you a uh are you a refs? You

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Speaker 6: don't let the refs decide the game in the final minute?

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Speaker 3: Guy?

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Speaker 4: Like, are you a you know, swallow your whistles late

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Speaker 4: in the game? Are you that type of fan?

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Speaker 6: I have never been a fan that gives two bleeps

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Speaker 6: with the national media things like I just don't like,

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Speaker 6: who cares if what what Paul fine bombs say?

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Speaker 3: Okay, hear me out, hear me out. That's you.

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Speaker 4: But do you think that.

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Speaker 3: Most fans kind of flow with they hate us?

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Speaker 4: Now I'm a minority, yeah, trust me.

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Speaker 3: Like, I realize I'm not going to see it up

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Speaker 3: here and say, whoa my favorite team? One As a kid,

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Speaker 3: I was like, yeah, talk to them, let them know

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Speaker 3: that were good. Then you know, when they lose or something,

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Speaker 3: or that's something to go out with. I mean, they're haters,

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Speaker 3: they don't like us.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I trust me.

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Speaker 6: I realize I am in the minority, and I can

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Speaker 3: Oh that's a bar Kevin, Yeah, talk, that's all.

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Speaker 6: And who played last year on Monday Night? And who

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Speaker 2: Zero?

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Speaker 5: You're still coming over, right, Kevin?

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Speaker 6: Not anymore, man, I'm gonna have to whip out my

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Speaker 3: Well, here's a question for you. I've been kicking this

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Speaker 6: We threw out some random VYU players a couple weeks back,

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Speaker 6: Kurt Signetty. It was kind of a clip that I

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Speaker 6: And I'm like, did he just say that to try

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Speaker 2: I was thinking about your initial question, what about us

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Speaker 3: You were right on it, though, with the Steven Daily

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think one question I have for Monday is just,

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Speaker 6: Is that not there against Bain against Mesidora, because that's

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Speaker 4: I think that's kind of the one area I keep

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Speaker 6: You know, is this going to be more competitive in

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Speaker 2: It's uh, it's going to be fascinating to see if

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll be honest, I haven't taken like a super

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Speaker 6: On that run there, I forget Hurts and Lawrence, and

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Speaker 3: Isn't that a great situation to be in. It's not

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Speaker 3: when we talk about owners, Kevin, we're talking about like

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Speaker 4: Champion, exactly exactly.

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Speaker 2: You know, we talk about Indiana defensively, their statistics, and

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Speaker 2: But that defense, it's becoming historic, James. They are second

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's hard to score against them. And to

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And in case you're wondering too, For whatever it's worth,

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Speaker 3: Well, they can hold on to that while IU has

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Speaker 2: Well, IU was fourth, so they weren't too far behind.

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Speaker 2: But that's gonna be worth watching. Miami, a longtime heavyweight

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a different game. And to be honest, it's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And for those going to the game, keep this

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Speaker 6: So I have a feeling there'll be some sort of

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Speaker 6: Mark dykedon, is this happening in northwest Indiana?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 5: I mean I keep seeing stuff that things are progressing

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Speaker 5: and this and that. I will believe it when a

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Speaker 5: shovel is in the ground.

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Speaker 4: Do you care? Like seriously?

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Speaker 7: No?

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Speaker 3: Probably?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: How much do people like?

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Speaker 5: Cause I don't think. I don't think the Bears are

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Speaker 5: gonna end up doing it, only because like their headquarters,

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Speaker 5: like their version of West fifty sixth Street is in

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Speaker 5: Lake Forest, and you're telling me that they're going to

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Speaker 5: go like ninety minutes to two hours to their stadium.

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Speaker 5: I know it's only once a week every other week

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Speaker 5: in NFL, but that's not happening.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure the players can't wait. If they built the

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Speaker 2: new practice facility near the new stadium and that's part

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Speaker 2: of the deal.

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Speaker 5: Well, I'm sure think they just spent one hundred million

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Speaker 5: dollars on renovating Hollas Hall. I can't imagine they're forking

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Speaker 5: over more money to build a brand new facility.

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Speaker 4: That's just put it in the Marvela campus up there.

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Speaker 2: So you're gonna you're gonna work out all week probably

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Speaker 2: what at least forty miles in an entire city infrastructure.

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Speaker 5: With at least and that's not including yeah, construction, traffic,

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Speaker 5: all that other stuff.

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Speaker 2: Man Nor to.

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Speaker 3: The East Chicago Bears, Baby, the gary Berries, the.

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Speaker 5: Bricky Bears, like Gary Berries. I still say build it

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Speaker 5: on the Indiana Dunes and then just have it right,

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Speaker 5: unlike Michigan and they could say Bear Dune.

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Speaker 4: Fair Oaks Farm.

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Speaker 2: Where do we go?

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Speaker 4: Lost Marsh Golf Course one of the worst golf courses.

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Speaker 2: All right, coming up in a moment, we'll get a

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Speaker 2: handle on all things Indiana sports and how it relates

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Speaker 2: to with the big picture. Greg Raigstrow going to stop

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Speaker 2: buying a few minutes right here on ninety three five

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Speaker 2: and one o seven five The Fan, It's Fan Morning Show.

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Speaker 2: James Boyd, Kevin Bowen, I'm jeff Rickord, Mark Dychden, already

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Speaker 2: getting ready to got your Bear's hoodie on to go.

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Speaker 5: You're good to go, Bear Sunday Bear socks Beard.

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Speaker 2: Have we figured out what game day attire is going

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Speaker 2: to be? Assuming you wear a shirt?

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Speaker 5: Uh yeah, I'm sure I'll have some Bears gear on.

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Speaker 5: Maybe the jersey my brother got me for my birthday

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Speaker 5: or something. But yeah, I'm sure we'll be be decked out.

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Speaker 5: I'll be a fan on Sunday night for sure.

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Speaker 2: Kevin, do you have a Notre Dame football game day?

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Speaker 2: A tire protocol? You just grab.

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Speaker 4: Whatever's close, grab whatever's clean.

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Speaker 2: I like it. You know, it's funny we talk about

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Speaker 2: what Kurtzignetti is putting in place for Indiana and how

494
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Speaker 2: he's going into the portal and getting top players, and

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Speaker 2: I'm sure the recruiting will follow in high school as well.

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Speaker 2: Can you imagine a time where when guys like Rex

497
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Speaker 2: Grossman come out of Bloomington South, they're not immediately looking

498
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Speaker 2: at an SEC school like Florida and they just go, hey,

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Speaker 2: maybe staying home is a really good option. At this

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Speaker 2: point in time, there's a lot of great talent comes

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Speaker 2: out of the state of Indiana, James, as we see

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Speaker 2: you and year out. Be fun to see some of

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Speaker 2: that stick around and make names for themselves.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, not harder to do these days.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's curious about a bunch on sales the white

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Speaker 6: out out of l N. I know he's one of

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Speaker 6: the more highly ranked kids in the class. I believe,

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Speaker 6: not this current class, but next year, very highly sought after.

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Speaker 6: Could that be the LN pipeline? Omark Cooper Junior. Davon

510
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Speaker 6: Chandler as well has been pretty rich down there the

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Speaker 6: receiver position, So we'll see if it continues.

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Speaker 3: You think omarg just shows him the ring after they

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Speaker 3: win on Monday, I'm like, hey, come on over, pretty

514
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Speaker 3: good shooting pitch, right.

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Speaker 2: Come on over. Greg Raig Straw, he is mister Indiana

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Speaker 2: Sports and he joins us as he does every Friday

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Speaker 2: morning on the pay List Liquors hot Line. Good morning, Rake.

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Speaker 2: I know we've talked about it for what fifteen games

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Speaker 2: in a row, coming up on sixteen games, but is

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Speaker 2: it still kind of a pinch me moment for an

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Speaker 2: Indiana native to see the Hoosiers undefeated and playing in

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Speaker 2: the CFP Championship.

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Speaker 1: That's the case for everybody. And there have been a

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Speaker 1: lot of a lot of garbage in terms of social

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Speaker 1: media about this game, but there's also been some really

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Speaker 1: good stories from those that actually know how to write

527
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Speaker 1: in terms of just kind of watching the Indiana fan

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Speaker 1: base walk around and soak this up and take it

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Speaker 1: all in at the Rose Bowl, at the Peach Bowl,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure the same thing will be happening in

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Speaker 1: South Florida over the course of this weekend, just going

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Speaker 1: I can't believe this is our state. I can't believe

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Speaker 1: this is our team. I can't believe we are having

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Speaker 1: this conversation. So, yes, that new car smell has not

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Speaker 1: left this story yet. As far as the Indiana Hoosiers

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Speaker 1: are concerned, Well, how about.

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Speaker 3: This part of your break? Because when I think of you,

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Speaker 3: there is the tendency to think, oh my gosh, there's

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Speaker 3: a Cinderella element. They've never been here before. But also

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Speaker 3: that feels more like last year. This year it feels

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Speaker 3: more like King Kongland. They're just the dominant team. So

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Speaker 3: how do you feel about that balance when you're looking

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Speaker 3: at a team that historically hasn't been here, but this

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Speaker 3: season has clearly proven they should be here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they went from Jane t. Tarzan real quick, didn't they.

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Speaker 1: I mean it is the fan base is the Cinderella story,

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Speaker 1: is the underdog story. The team is just gonna kick

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Speaker 1: your backside. That's just what they do. And the ultimate

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Speaker 1: example of that was the Oregon game a week ago.

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Speaker 1: Because we talked about it leading into that contest. You know, hey,

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Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a closer games

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Speaker 1: because Oregon has at least seen this. Oregon kind of

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Speaker 1: has an idea what's coming. And didn't matter point that

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Speaker 1: Indiana is up forty two to seven in the middle

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Speaker 1: of the third quarter in that game against the top

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Speaker 1: five team in the country that had played you before.

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Speaker 1: It's supposed to be, you know, tougher for the same

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Speaker 1: team to win to get the second game the second

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Speaker 1: time around, right, It wasn't. And so no, Indiana plays

560
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Speaker 1: such a physical style of football it is it is.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to have that Cinderella tag when you've beaten

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Speaker 1: people physically and on the scoreboard the way that Indiana

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Speaker 1: has this year.

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Speaker 6: That is the one and only Greg greg shows with

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Speaker 6: us here on the Payless Slickers hotline. I assume Southport

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Speaker 6: field House in his future here coming up in less.

567
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Speaker 4: Than twelve hours. Was it a wild one last night

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Speaker 4: in the jungle?

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Speaker 1: Rick, It was a good one in the jungle ninety

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Speaker 1: six to ninety three. And by the way, I'm at

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Speaker 1: Southport tomorrow night. Tomorrow. Yeah, it is a busy night

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Speaker 1: on the ISD Sports Network.

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Speaker 8: Now.

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Speaker 1: Our feature game tonight is playing Feeling Carmel will.

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Speaker 2: Be the game you can see on my and DTD.

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Speaker 1: Now we will have the We will have the Marianne

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Speaker 1: County semi Finals streaming for EE at ISC Sportsnetwork dot

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Speaker 1: Com and our social media. I will actually be at

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Speaker 1: the court Tevia Coliseum. There's a state final being yes

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Speaker 1: today that is the girls wrestling State Championships for a

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Speaker 1: second time. So I will reprise my role as the

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Speaker 1: interviewer of fourteen winners that I've had on the boys

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Speaker 1: side for the last decade, so that that will be

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Speaker 1: my assignment this evening. But as far as last night's

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Speaker 1: game was cancerned a much needed win for IU Indian, Kevin,

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Speaker 1: I know it will make you smiley here that former

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Speaker 1: Cathedral Fighting Irish star Jackson Edwards twenty five points, eleven

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Speaker 1: rebounds and thirteen of fifteenth in the pre trail line.

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Speaker 1: Kyler di Augustino had twenty eight points and six assists

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Speaker 1: as IU Indie defeats the defending conference champs and gets

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Speaker 1: their first league win and first win of any kind

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Speaker 1: in the Pronceense since December to sixteenth.

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Speaker 6: Shout out to the Jags there, Rake, I do this

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Speaker 6: with you pretty much every time we get into the

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Speaker 6: new year. I'll set an over under on our men's

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Speaker 6: basketball programs here in the state to make the NCAA tournament.

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Speaker 4: I'll set that number at two and a half.

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Speaker 2: Under.

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Speaker 1: Wish it was wrong, but it's going to be purduing

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Speaker 1: Iu and that's it.

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Speaker 5: Is it going to be you?

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Speaker 7: I do.

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Speaker 1: Because I don't know if it's going to be the Irish,

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Speaker 1: And we'll talk more about the Irish coming up in

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Speaker 1: a little bit, but I'd say one of Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: or Iu makes it, and it's not a guarantee that

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Speaker 1: either one of them do.

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Speaker 2: Greg Greg Sean joining us Payless Slickers Hotline. You talked

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Speaker 2: about being at the state championship for the girls high

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Speaker 2: school wrestling this weekend, But Marion County basketball tournaments down

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Speaker 2: to the semi finalists. Who do we like again? It

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Speaker 2: feels like usual suspects, at least for what we've had

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Speaker 2: the last couple of years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Pike and Lawrence North are the favorites in the games.

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Speaker 1: You know, there was kind of an open quarter of

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Speaker 1: the bracket where park Tutor comes from, and part park

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Speaker 1: Tutor is the last non Mick team to win the

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Speaker 1: Marian County tournament. They wanted back to back years kind

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Speaker 1: of at the tail end of their great runs when

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Speaker 1: Trayvon Blewod and Jaron Jackson obviously a couple of pretty

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Speaker 1: decent players that were part of those great teams, kind

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Speaker 1: of mid two thousand teams. Since then, it's been a

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Speaker 1: rotation of different mixed school There are three teams that

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Speaker 1: are the mixed schools, and so Park Tutor will play

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Speaker 1: LN tonight, Pike will play l C. L C kind

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Speaker 1: of a mild upset of bende Us on Wednesday night

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Speaker 1: snapping what was a ten game Ben Davis winning shriek.

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Speaker 1: LC has a lot of talent. They're a frankly better

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Speaker 1: team than their record would indicate, but clear favorite sight

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Speaker 1: Pike in l N. Who are the two Marion County

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Speaker 1: teams in the four A Top ten? They should meet

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Speaker 1: each other in tomorrow night's championship game, which you can

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Speaker 1: see on my NDTV twenty three at seven o'clock in

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Speaker 1: the world.

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Speaker 2: Well done, hey Greg one on our high school note,

636
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 2: we saw Chris Hawkins break Ray Crow's all time wins

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Speaker 2: record at the school at Chris pas Addics this past week.

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Speaker 2: Just talk about what that kind of of a mark

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Speaker 2: means and what that program has been up to well.

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Speaker 1: It shows you how successful they have been. And they

641
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,959
Speaker 1: had a five year run in four A where they

642
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: can never get out of a sectional, but frankly, they

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Speaker 1: accomplished a lot like a couple of the city championships,

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Speaker 1: like winning a fantastic during that five year span. Basically, lately,

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Speaker 1: when they have been in three A, they have been

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Speaker 1: a contender for a stage championship. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: that's the case this year. They're a good team, but

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Speaker 1: there's probably a little separation more than that has been

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Speaker 1: the last few years between say they and Cathedral, which

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Speaker 1: is whom they compete for city championship, and they're in

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Speaker 1: the same sectional as well, and so that was the

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Speaker 1: team that Cathedral knocked off in the sectional Semis last

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Speaker 1: year to make it to a state championship. Chris is

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Speaker 1: also the athletic director at Christmas Attics. He has done

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal job. And while it is the same school

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Speaker 1: and that school celecates the history and lineage of Christmas Addics,

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Speaker 1: obviously it is a different era and story we are

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00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: talking about because there's so many things that, thank goodness,

659
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: Christaddics now doesn't have to deal with. When ray Crow

660
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: was the head coach during most of the nineteen fifties.

661
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 1: So ray Crow will forever be one of the most

662
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: historically significant figures in the history of Indiana high school basketball.

663
00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: The fact that Chris Hawkins can be mentioned in the

664
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 1: same s entence as him is the ultimate compliment to

665
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: Chris Hawkins.

666
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 6: Rig I used to live next to Christmas Addicts right

667
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 6: there in those apartments. I was actually driving by there yesterday.

668
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 6: That new football field is damn aggressive.

669
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: Looks good, right, and so I'm not sure they were

670
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: able to play any games there this year because the

671
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: turf was down and I'm not sure there are any

672
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: bleachers up. But that is one thing that IPS has

673
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 1: been doing. If you look around at various IPS facilities,

674
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: they are getting upgrades. In football, there is a lot

675
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: of turf that is going in and Addicts.

676
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 7: Again, they play at a.

677
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: Four A level. Have they been competitive in four A postseasons?

678
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: Not really, but they've been winning more games than they've

679
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: been losing, So they are slowly building that program the

680
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: right way downtown.

681
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 2: Always good to talk to you, buddy, It's fun and

682
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 2: we'll keep an eye on. Maybe cruising through the channels,

683
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 2: maybe stop and see some of the stuff you're doing tonight.

684
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 2: I like watching kids achieve and excel. It's fun.

685
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 7: Yeah.

686
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: Last year was the first time that it was competed

687
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: under the official IHSA, and looking forward to doing again

688
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 1: to night to Courts, EVIY Coliseum.

689
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 7: Thank you much, our man.

690
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: Matt Taylor, the voice of the Indianapolis Colts, joining us

691
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 2: on the Payloss Lookers Hotline. Good morning, Matt Taylor. I

692
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 2: know we all wish the Colts were there on Divisional

693
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 2: around weekend, But is there any any game or anything

694
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 2: particularly that catches your interest this weekend that you're going

695
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 2: to be most looking forward to seeing.

696
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 8: Yeah, all of them, To be honest with you, I

697
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 8: think they're all going to be great games. I think

698
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 8: as it relates to the Colts, you know, you just

699
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 8: want to see how how far and how viable the

700
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 8: Houston Texans are and how far they can go in

701
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 8: the playoffs. You know, kind of a weird stat they

702
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 8: are the they're the only team in modern NFL football

703
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,959
Speaker 8: that's never appeared in a championship game, and so they

704
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 8: got another opportunity to do that against the Patriots. And

705
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 8: so I think that defense travels and you know, I

706
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 8: was on with JMB I think week last week talking

707
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 8: about just how good that defense can be, and you

708
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 8: know how much they can lift up that offense and

709
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 8: just keep giving extra possessions to C. J. Stroud And

710
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 8: you know, I don't I don't think they're a juggernaut

711
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 8: offensively by any means, but they just kind of stay

712
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 8: in the game because of that great defense. That's probably

713
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 8: the game I'm most interested in watching, just because one

714
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 8: side of the ball for then is so dominant. But

715
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 8: I think it's that important to be really viable, especially

716
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 8: on the road in the cold, in playoff football in

717
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 8: the month of January.

718
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 4: Are we Miami bound?

719
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 7: I think so, Yes, sir, I think so.

720
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 4: You're built for South Beach.

721
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 7: Yeah, go you kidding me?

722
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, when you look up South Beach, my picture,

723
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 8: my head pops up.

724
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 7: There's no question about that.

725
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, you and Pops. This are we running the back

726
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 4: from the Peach Bowl. Is the Missiles involved anybody else?

727
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 7: No, the miss is gonna sit this one out. And

728
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 7: uh yeah, So.

729
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 8: It's just I think my older brother and my dad, myself,

730
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 8: we're gonna go and and.

731
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 7: We're really excited about it, and uh, you.

732
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,239
Speaker 8: Know, just like a classic family affairs and hopefully make

733
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 8: some memories and watch a good football game.

734
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 7: Right.

735
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 8: I mean, it's it's it's really really exciting.

736
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 7: What's going on right now?

737
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 4: Do you have a favorite Peach Bowl memory?

738
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 6: I guess the pick sixth by the easiest one to

739
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 6: point two, but anything in particular, you.

740
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 8: Know, honestly, Like it's gonna sound corny and cheesy, but

741
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 8: we landed or not landed, but we got to You

742
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 8: got to our parking spot in Atlanta about quarter to

743
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 8: three on Friday of last week, and like what was

744
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 8: just so mind blowing is just walking around and you know,

745
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 8: moving up a couple of blocks to a bar here,

746
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 8: and there's like no one's wearing normal clothes, you know

747
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 8: what I mean. Like it was a Friday afternoon, and

748
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 8: so like, you know, I thought some people would be,

749
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 8: you know, heading out early and and be wearing dress

750
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 8: casual stuff, or be wearing Oregon gear. Like everybody around

751
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 8: town was just wearing a night you shirt, either a

752
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 8: red one or a white one.

753
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 7: No one was wearing any other clothes except for those.

754
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,719
Speaker 8: I mean, it was just it was just so you know,

755
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 8: I knew Indiana was a huge brand. Like before all

756
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 8: this resurgence in football started, like I'm not naive to

757
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 8: how big of a brand, and you know how big

758
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 8: the alumni base is, but it's just like it's it's

759
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 8: even more of a brand, bigger brand than I thought

760
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 8: it actually was, because of how important football is to

761
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 8: the success of university and how viable it is to

762
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 8: an athletic department. And you guys know what it's it's

763
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 8: probably unfair, but like a lot of people just judge

764
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,719
Speaker 8: the perception of your university based on sports, you know

765
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 8: what I mean, Like, Okay, Baylor that that's a good school.

766
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 7: They're good at football, they're pretty good at basketball.

767
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 8: The last couple of years, you know, Wake Forest probably

768
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 8: not a good school because they're not very good in basketball, right,

769
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 8: I Mean, that's just that's just kind of how we

770
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 8: judge and view and perceive universities. It is because you know,

771
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 8: somebody once said that athletics is like the front porch

772
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 8: of your institution. You know, it kind of brings extra

773
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 8: eyeballs to you know, what you're trying to do academically

774
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 8: as well. So there's no question that this this resurgence

775
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,360
Speaker 8: in football, if you want to call it, that is

776
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 8: I'm sure it's driving up applications, admissions are going to

777
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 8: be up, and just you know, all this extra marketing

778
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 8: that you really can't pay for is now bestowed upon

779
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 8: your your institution.

780
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 6: See Matt Taylor's not reading the US News and World

781
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 6: Report on the top colleges from an academia standpoint here, man,

782
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 6: But isn't that?

783
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 8: Isn't that the procession of school is based on on

784
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 8: how good you are in football and basketball.

785
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, you don't see airport fights between Wharton versus Kelly

786
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 6: in terms of the schools of business here.

787
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 2: You know, you probably don't.

788
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 4: You don't see that. I don't hear Paul ranting about that.

789
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 8: There's no there's no traveling trophy between produced business school

790
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 8: and I use Yeah.

791
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't think that's there.

792
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 3: Kelly.

793
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 8: Here we go.

794
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 3: If I ever saw an airport fight, oh my gosh,

795
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 3: I was so hard.

796
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 2: You'd be holding the you'd just be holding the phone up.

797
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 3: No, No, I'll be helping out. Yeah, Mattie, I got

798
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 3: your back.

799
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:57,479
Speaker 8: Brother.

800
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 3: But you're talking about, you know, watching this game and

801
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 3: having experience with your father in particular, can you kind

802
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 3: of take us through maybe his emotions of all this,

803
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 3: because it's fifty years to the anniversary, you have the

804
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 3: undfeed of men's basketball team, and now this team is

805
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 3: one went away from obviously winning a national championship in football,

806
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 3: So it kind of bookended like that, what is he?

807
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 3: And maybe some other people in your life that are

808
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:21,720
Speaker 3: older who's yours.

809
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 7: Fan been like, Yeah, I mean he's just soaking it

810
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 7: all in. He really is.

811
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 8: I mean he's just having so much fun with it.

812
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 8: And you know, I think I've said it before. He's

813
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 8: been a long time season ticket holder. I can't remember

814
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 8: how old I was when he got season tickets, but

815
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 8: I mean it's just kind of like what we did.

816
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 8: I mean, that's how we spend a lot of time

817
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 8: growing up, is just kind of bonding over going to

818
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 8: games and talking about the games. And you know, I

819
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 8: was an athlete growing up, and so we would go

820
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 8: to the games and we would talk about like why

821
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 8: I you would win or would lose, or you know,

822
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 8: if we would go to a basketball game, we would

823
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 8: talk about, you know, why record was the leading scorer

824
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 8: that day, or Kirk Caston, you know, why he had

825
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 8: a good game, and we would kind of you know,

826
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 8: he was also my coach growing up too, so he

827
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 8: would always kind of like boil it down to you know,

828
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,399
Speaker 8: trying to get better X and no's as me as

829
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 8: a young player growing up too, So those were kind

830
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 8: of special moments. But yeah, he's I mean, to know

831
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 8: my dad is also to know him as the most

832
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 8: impatient person in the world, and so growing up, you know,

833
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 8: especially going to the football games. The moment, it's not

834
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 8: like he's like, he's not one of those people that

835
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 8: would leave at halftime.

836
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 7: And go to the tailgate and not come back, Like

837
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 7: that's not him.

838
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 8: He was there to watch good football. But at the

839
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,919
Speaker 8: moment the game was decided, it was like, we're out

840
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 8: because he will not sit in traffic. He will not

841
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 8: waste his time. He will not you know, just you know,

842
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,839
Speaker 8: sit and road construction on thirty seven back in the day.

843
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 8: So once the game was decided, we were out. And

844
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,879
Speaker 8: that that goes back from the infancy of going down

845
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 8: there with him as a kid, right, So like I

846
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 8: get him being like and this is this is gonna

847
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 8: sound again cheesy, but you know, when I'm seven, eight

848
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 8: nine years old going down there as a little kid

849
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 8: with them, I mean, that's just kind of what we

850
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 8: did in you know, it'd be a noon game and

851
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 8: they'd play you know, just insert team here, like in

852
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 8: Michigan or Iowa or you know, Wisconsin, and the game

853
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 8: would be out of hand and we'd be you know it,

854
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 8: We'd be in Martinsville on our way back to the

855
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 8: south side of Indianapolis, and it'd be like almost.

856
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 7: Midway through the third quarter or fourth quarter, we'd be

857
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 7: in a dryway and by the time they've gotten off.

858
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 8: And but I mean, that's that's I think that's what

859
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 8: kind of got me interested in in radio broadcasting, to

860
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 8: be honest with you, because we listened to the game

861
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 8: on the way home, or we would scan the radio

862
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 8: and return on the Purdue game, or we would turn

863
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 8: on the Notre Dame game or the national game of

864
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 8: the week on a different radio station, and that's kind

865
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 8: of like what got me interested in in play by

866
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 8: play is like, you know, I think I could do that.

867
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 7: I think that would be fun. And that's that's really

868
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 7: kind of what got the.

869
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 8: Itch for me, is just listening to ball games with

870
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 8: my dad, coming home from a ballgame, talking about sports.

871
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 8: It's just like the most prevalent thing that that he

872
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 8: and I share together growing up, and so it's just

873
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 8: really special to be able to like, you know, for him,

874
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,919
Speaker 8: because literally he's been financially invested in.

875
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,280
Speaker 7: All of this for all of these years.

876
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 8: So to have this you know, huge amount of payoff

877
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 8: come back to him, you know, twenty twenty five years later.

878
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 7: Is just really special.

879
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 8: And he's just riding this wave all the way through

880
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 8: to the National Championship game.

881
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 2: That is so awesome And I wish I could go

882
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 2: do something like that with my dad. So I love

883
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 2: that story. Man, I'm just curious, do you guys have

884
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 2: a parking plan knowing that he's impatient because it is

885
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:40,959
Speaker 2: not going to be fun down there.

886
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 8: Well, so also know my dad, You know that he

887
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,240
Speaker 8: is the most pre flanned out person ever.

888
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 7: So he doesn't win anything, all right.

889
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 8: So yeah, so that's that's another thing that I probably

890
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 8: take it for granted. But yeah, I just I'm riding

891
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 8: his cotails and I don't have to do any logistics

892
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 8: because I know he's a planner and I know he

893
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 8: he's got everything kind of thought out and he likes

894
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,959
Speaker 8: to do those things. He doesn't really trust anybody else

895
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 8: to do those things, So I know that I just

896
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 8: have to kind of just you just tell me where

897
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 8: to be, and you know, make sure I'm there on

898
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 8: time and we'll have a good time because he's got

899
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 8: everything logistically planned out.

900
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 6: Mayde we will sneak in one Colt's question. Voice of

901
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 6: the Colts course Matt Taylor with us here. When you

902
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 6: heard Chris Ballard, I guess we could go Thursday mention

903
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 6: younger faster defensively, do you look at that as every

904
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 6: level of the unit mainly.

905
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 4: Defensive line, D line and linebacker.

906
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 6: How did you kind of interpret what the focus could

907
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 6: be this offseason defensively?

908
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 7: Yeah?

909
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,800
Speaker 8: I did interpret that as all three levels of the defense,

910
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 8: and the Colts really have some tough calls to make

911
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 8: this year, and it really kind of makes you wonder

912
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 8: what it's going to look like in terms of the overhaul.

913
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 8: After you hear Chris Ballard say those words about needing

914
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 8: to get younger and faster along the defense, I mean

915
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 8: you just start up front. You've got Sampson, Taekwon Lewis,

916
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 8: and Quitty pay All reaching free agency, and you know,

917
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 8: the Colts from a sax standpoint this year along their

918
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 8: defensive line, that kind of finished middle of the road. Now,

919
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 8: the sack numbers, as we all know, It's not not

920
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 8: the end all be all, but you know, the sack

921
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 8: numbers this year, you know, we're kind of spread out.

922
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 8: They didn't have I just said at the beginning of

923
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 8: the season, they really needed somebody to turn into, you know,

924
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:28,720
Speaker 8: like a ten to twelve to fourteen sack a year guy.

925
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 8: You know, whether that was a lot too or or

926
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 8: quitty pay or you know, whether it's Simpson ebitcom or

927
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 8: Taekwon Lewis getting eight sacks apiece or whatever the case.

928
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 7: Was, that just didn't happen. And so they've got some.

929
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 8: Really tough calls to make about the futures of several

930
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 8: other defensive line or defensive end members. And then you know,

931
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 8: Jermaine Prats a free agent, Zaire Franklin's going to be

932
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 8: a free agent the year after next.

933
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 7: In the back end, you've got Nick Cross who's going

934
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 7: to be a free agent.

935
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 8: So do you want to go completely young and inexperienced, uh,

936
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 8: you know, in an effort to kind of save some

937
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 8: money within that defense. I don't know if that's the

938
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 8: best route to go. I think some of the best

939
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,880
Speaker 8: defenses in the NFL. You look at Houston, I mean,

940
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 8: they're a good mixture of experience and a veteran leadership,

941
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 8: but also just young superstars like you know, guys like

942
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 8: you know, Will Anderson and and Stingley and Petrie. These

943
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 8: are all guys that have, you know, tons of potential

944
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 8: still to fill uh in the NFL.

945
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 7: So and how do you do all that without a

946
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 7: first round pick?

947
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 8: I mean, that's that's what makes it really I think

948
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 8: even more complicated for Chris Baller and the Colts is

949
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 8: you know, if you want to address that defensive line

950
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 8: a year after you really went out and went bold

951
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 8: and addressed the secondary after what happened at the end

952
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 8: of the twenty twenty four season, Okay, how do you

953
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 8: do that without a first round pick?

954
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 7: Right?

955
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 8: You need to get a premier player that plays a

956
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 8: premier position. But oftentimes, as we know, I mean, you've

957
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 8: got to draft those guys, and a really good ones

958
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 8: never hit free agency. So I think probably realistically, the

959
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 8: most viable thing for the Coles to do to address

960
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 8: that is to take whatever is available in free agency,

961
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 8: and you got to spend and try to upgrade that position,

962
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 8: knowing how important it is for being a remo.

963
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 2: Always good to hear from you, mate, I have a

964
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,960
Speaker 2: great time. Enjoy the time of your family, and I'm

965
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 2: excited for you. I'm excited for everybody else going down there.

966
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 2: It's going to be a lot of craziness in a

967
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,839
Speaker 2: fun way. So enjoy every second of it, my ma'am.

968
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 4: I'm a blast, ma'am.

969
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,839
Speaker 8: I appreciate you guys, thanks for having me on, and

970
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 8: look forward to it and enjoy these enjoy these winter

971
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 8: months here and call if you ever need me, and

972
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 8: enjoy the playoffs.

973
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 2: Happy Friday. Welcome to the Fan Morning Show. James Boyd,

974
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 2: Kevin Bowen, Mark Dyk, and I'm jeff Rickard. We've got

975
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 2: NFL Football games of plenty two on Saturday. Two on Sunday.

976
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 2: We're at the divisional round stage. And you know, this

977
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 2: one feels if you could have just gotten into the

978
00:43:57,920 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 2: term of this one feels wide open. It's all like

979
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 2: a huge heavy favorite that you like right now.

980
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 3: James, I mean, I picked the Rams win at all,

981
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 3: but I can't say that like anybody is like a

982
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 3: huge favorite.

983
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: Nah.

984
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 3: I'm very excited for this Broncos Bill's game though. I

985
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 3: think Josh Allen's the best player in the world right now.

986
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 3: But Denver's defense is really good all year. They're playing

987
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 3: in Denver, so too might be a factor there as well. Boy,

988
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,840
Speaker 3: legacies on the line. That's why I love about playoff football.

989
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 3: Legacies get decided every single weekend overreactions, under reactions, all

990
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 3: of it. More overreactions, I would say.

991
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 2: I like it. All right, markdklan, let's get ready to

992
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 2: go for taking a look ahead and our view of

993
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 2: the easiest, toughest to decide games of the week.

994
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:48,720
Speaker 5: All right, voids, where do you want to start?

995
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 2: You tell me you're running the show right now.

996
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 5: All right, let's go easiest game, because I feel like

997
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 5: the Division round, it's my favorite weekend for the NFL playoffs.

998
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 5: Get the number one seeds in there, all that stuff.

999
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 5: The easiest of these four that you think is no

1000
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 5: doubt about it.

1001
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 4: Forty nine ers to cover.

1002
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 6: That is way too big for me, especially with Sam Donald,

1003
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 6: I guess somewhat banged up and just he's Sam Donald.

1004
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 6: To be totally honest with you, divisional teams meeting for

1005
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 6: a third time, you're gonna give me seven and a

1006
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 6: half points. I'll take Brock Birdy, Kyle Shanahan, Christian McCaffery

1007
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 6: come by.

1008
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 4: I understand the kittle injury. But still I'll take seven

1009
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:24,399
Speaker 4: and a half.

1010
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 5: I'll co sign on that, Kevin. That's where I was

1011
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 5: going to.

1012
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 3: I might go rams Bears for just a total forty

1013
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 3: eight and a half. I feel that it's gonna be a

1014
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 3: lower scoring game considering how cold it's gonna be and

1015
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 3: how slow the Bears sin to start in some of

1016
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 3: these games. So if they're in it, I think this

1017
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 3: could be a low scoring affair, maybe like a twenty

1018
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,399
Speaker 3: one seventeen type of game.

1019
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, forty eight and a half feels like a lot

1020
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 2: of points, doesn't it. For that those two teams I

1021
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 2: would agree with you are.

1022
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 5: The Bears defense. They can't stop a fart, that is true.

1023
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 3: But I'm just wondering if that Chicago cold gets to

1024
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 3: some of those La boys a little bit.

1025
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1026
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 6: I like that under too, but fart stopper Mark don't

1027
00:45:58,520 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 6: have to get your personal number.

1028
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:01,359
Speaker 4: Probably not.

1029
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 5: I mean I usually, like on first date, I try

1030
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,399
Speaker 5: to hold it in there and let it let it go.

1031
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 3: Which says YEA had it back for a while, hold it.

1032
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 5: In for I mean, eventually it's gonna blow. There's no

1033
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 5: question about it.

1034
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 4: Once you're married, you know, just let it go. Man

1035
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:15,240
Speaker 4: May all right.

1036
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 2: All right, So yeah, I agree with you on that one, James,

1037
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:20,399
Speaker 2: But also just for the sake of being a little

1038
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 2: bit different, I do think the Bill's Broncos will be

1039
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 2: under forty five and a half. It just feels like

1040
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 2: it's gonna have to be a defensive battle. The Denver

1041
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 2: is gonna have to stay in and I don't know

1042
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 2: who's gonna win. Its toss up to me, but I

1043
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:33,919
Speaker 2: like the under in that one.

1044
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 5: Let's go hardest. Now, what's the hardest one? You look

1045
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 5: at the schedule like, I don't know where this is going.

1046
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 5: I don't know what the results gonna be.

1047
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 3: Boy, I would honestly say Bill's Broncos. That's a tough

1048
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 3: game to call, man. I think that the Broncos obviously

1049
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 3: number one seed in the AFC, But the Bills are

1050
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 3: the best player in the world. So are you going

1051
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 3: best seamer best player? And I'll probably lean towards best

1052
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 3: that's the player myself.

1053
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 6: Yeah, I would agree whole heartedly. I get talked into

1054
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 6: either of those AFC games. I mean, I think Texans

1055
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 6: Patriots falls into that boat. You know, we talked a

1056
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,359
Speaker 6: little bit about it earlier in the week. You know,

1057
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:14,320
Speaker 6: are there some two thousand Ravens eighty five bears vibes

1058
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 6: of this Texans defense.

1059
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 4: I know that's super high praise.

1060
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 6: But man, you watch what they did Mark's boy Aaron

1061
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 6: Rodgers the other night there, and is Drake may.

1062
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:27,840
Speaker 4: A dude?

1063
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:28,280
Speaker 2: Dude?

1064
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 8: You know?

1065
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 6: I mean, this is kind of the next question I

1066
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 6: think for him here. The Chargers had chances in that

1067
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 6: opening round game, so I'll say Texans.

1068
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,319
Speaker 4: I believe it's three and a half in that one.

1069
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,759
Speaker 5: I'm also intrigued can c J. Stroud get better from

1070
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 5: last week? Because he did not look very good and

1071
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 5: if he has another show on like that, I think

1072
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 5: the Patriot's going to eat him alive. But that Texans

1073
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:50,520
Speaker 5: defense is no joke.

1074
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 2: Now, Texans defense is no joke, but I think Patriots

1075
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 2: offense is no joke. I think Mike Vrabel his experience

1076
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 2: is going to play out well there. I am not

1077
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,160
Speaker 2: sold on the CJ. St Out being able to bounce back.

1078
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 2: He put the he put the ball at risk five

1079
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,399
Speaker 2: or six times in that game last week. He did

1080
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 2: not play well against the Steelers at all, and I

1081
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,399
Speaker 2: think the Patriots can take advantage of that. I think

1082
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 2: they cover that three I think the pet that's my

1083
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:16,879
Speaker 2: easiest game is the Patriots to cover.

1084
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 5: What's your hardest?

1085
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 2: Uh? The hardest for me? Well, I told you that

1086
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 2: on you know, the over under Broncos Bills. Maybe it's

1087
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 2: because I have a vested interest in that one. Why

1088
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 2: are they? Why is my team favored by a point

1089
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 2: and a half? And I don't feel good about it

1090
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:31,839
Speaker 2: at all?

1091
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,800
Speaker 3: James, that's your team you got. You gotta feel confident

1092
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,160
Speaker 3: in your team, man, I want to confident at all

1093
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Speaker 3: because Josh Allen?

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Speaker 5: Is it because the bo Nix? This slow starts too?

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Speaker 2: Or just yes? If it comes down to Kevin's point,

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Speaker 2: if it comes down to a shootoup between Josh Allen,

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Speaker 2: I guess you were saying it too, James. If it

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00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:49,440
Speaker 2: comes down to a shoot up between Josh Allen and

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Speaker 2: bow Nix, who do you like? Well?

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Speaker 6: I think one of the more unique aspects of this weekend,

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00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:59,320
Speaker 6: let's look at the four home quarterbacks Caleb Williams, Sam Darnold,

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00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 6: bow Drake May. When's the last time we've gotten to

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Speaker 6: this stage of the playoffs and the four home quarterbacks

1104
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:08,920
Speaker 6: have looked like that?

1105
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Speaker 4: You would take the road quarterbacks over the home quarterbacks.

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Speaker 3: Right for sure.

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Speaker 1: Sure.

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Speaker 6: I mean if you literally, you know, did the four

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00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 6: four side by side there, So I think that's.

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Speaker 4: What makes this weekend.

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00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 2: You'd brother C. J. Stroud than Drake May if you

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Speaker 2: added up the four road quarters.

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Speaker 6: The four home quarterbacks, and you could make a case

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00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 6: Stroud over May. I mean, you know, I get what

1115
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 6: happened last week, but Ce Stroud's been there, done that

1116
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 6: more than the playoffs.

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00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,719
Speaker 2: And Drake mayas, Yeah, I just he's two up and down.

1118
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:40,759
Speaker 2: He's never consistent. What do we have next?

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00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,120
Speaker 5: Most entertainments entertaining the game? You cannot wait to watch

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00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 5: this weekend?

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Speaker 4: If you give me snow Mark, I'll go with you guys.

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00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,160
Speaker 4: But yeah, Broncos Bills.

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Speaker 6: It's just the Josh Allen to James's point that the

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00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 6: Josh Allen storyline, I mean, it's getting some Peyton Mannini

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Speaker 6: vibes about, you know, pull Kevin Yes, the start of

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00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:06,319
Speaker 6: his career and the lack of playoff success. And you know,

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Speaker 6: I've always felt that the Buffalo fan base if we

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Speaker 6: could see them in a super Bowl.

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Speaker 4: I mean, can you imagine you want to talk about

1130
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 4: a sport ticket for next week? Can you imagine if

1131
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:18,600
Speaker 4: it's Bills at Patriots for a trip to the super Bowl.

1132
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 4: Those Bills fans getting into Foxborough.

1133
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 5: How many tables are going to be broken that day.

1134
00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 6: Man, Robert Kraft, put your feet to the side, brother,

1135
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 6: we got tables broken in your in your parking lot.

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00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's going to be a wildly entertaining game that

1137
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 2: I will watch by myself in the dark stairs to

1138
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:39,399
Speaker 2: no better way to do it.

1139
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,959
Speaker 3: I'll watch. I'll go most exciting or when I'm very

1140
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 3: interested in watching forty nine or Seahawks. I mean I'm

1141
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,879
Speaker 3: interested in all of them, but the knowing that their

1142
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 3: division rivals, they faced each other twice this year already

1143
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 3: everything the forty nineers have been through, if they were

1144
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 3: going to pull this off, man, that would be incredible.

1145
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,839
Speaker 3: And I just think that to your point from earlier, Kevin,

1146
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,360
Speaker 3: a seven point spread, that's too much. I get the

1147
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 3: George kittles herr. He's not gonna play in this game.

1148
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:07,200
Speaker 3: But something about division matchups, man, he gets weird.

1149
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 2: Those are the eight teams still left in the race

1150
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:11,600
Speaker 2: for the super Bowl. And you know one other thing

1151
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 2: in that Bill's Broncos game, kind of a He's been

1152
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 2: kind of a quiet superstar this year, at least on

1153
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 2: the field. James Cook has had an amazing year and

1154
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 2: he's on a team that doesn't have a lot of

1155
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,799
Speaker 2: front line wide receivers. He could be the difference for

1156
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,600
Speaker 2: them they get that running game going against the Broncos

1157
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 2: at all. James Cook is a really talented guy, both

1158
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 2: running with the football and catching it out of the backfield.

1159
00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:34,760
Speaker 2: He could be a difference maker.

1160
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:36,760
Speaker 6: A lot of think there's any debate the best quarterback,

1161
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:38,800
Speaker 6: best running back tandem left is the Bills.

1162
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1163
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:41,880
Speaker 5: If we're doing flat out winners, you guys go around

1164
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 5: the horn. Who's winning? Bill's Broncos, Bills?

1165
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 2: Can I have stain no get out there, put an

1166
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 2: opinion out at the risk of being shunned by the

1167
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:54,439
Speaker 2: rest of my family. I will go Bills in this one.

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00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,720
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm a rock. I'm rock with the Bills.

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00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,319
Speaker 5: So the Broncos are getting knocked out at home as

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00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 5: a top seed in the AFC. Okay Niners, Seahawks, Seahawks.

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00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do if the forty nine ers have anybody

1172
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:11,040
Speaker 2: left to play, George Kills hurt again. I know Christian

1173
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:15,520
Speaker 2: McCaffrey's still there, but Slim pickens offensively for the forty

1174
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,400
Speaker 2: nine ers are down to not I think Juwan Jennings

1175
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 2: and a couple of guys that don't even play all

1176
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Speaker 2: that much.

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Speaker 5: Some point the injuries have to catch up to the

1178
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:23,839
Speaker 5: forty nine ers, like they've held off as long as

1179
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:25,840
Speaker 5: they can. I feel like it's gonna come to fruition

1180
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Speaker 5: on Saturday night.

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Speaker 3: Give me the Niners. I think it's gonna get weird, man,

1182
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 3: and football is weird. All you gotta do is be

1183
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,120
Speaker 3: better than that team for one day. It's not a series.

1184
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 3: So you got Christian McCaffrey and those boys and Trent Williams.

1185
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 3: I think it's feeling better this week as well. So

1186
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:39,360
Speaker 3: we'll see what happened.

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Speaker 5: To Texans Patriots Sunday afternoon.

1188
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:41,880
Speaker 4: I'll go Texans.

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00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 3: I go Patriots, boy man, I'll go Texans. That defense

1190
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,719
Speaker 3: is for real, and I just think that I CJ.

1191
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:57,280
Speaker 3: Strout doesn't play like he's inebriated.

1192
00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:58,359
Speaker 4: They should win.

1193
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 5: I'm giving in the Texans to give me the better defense.

1194
00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:04,760
Speaker 5: And see he's trying to figure it out in the war. Jeff,

1195
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:08,319
Speaker 5: all right, last but not least all Rams at Bears.

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00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,040
Speaker 3: You know what, I'm gonna go with the Rams. I

1197
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 3: picked them win the Super Bowl quite frankly, So I'm

1198
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:17,319
Speaker 3: rolling with Matthew Stafford, coming back to a place he's

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Speaker 3: familiar with getting it done.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels like, uh, Sean McVay and Matt Stafford

1201
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 2: they smell blood in the water, doesn't Doesn't the kind

1202
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:26,600
Speaker 2: of feel that way right now?

1203
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 3: I mean maybe, but but you also almost lost to

1204
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 3: the pant so hey, every week's new.

1205
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,680
Speaker 2: I think Rams. Yeah, I like the Rams too.

1206
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 5: All three of your guys cars tires look really a

1207
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 5: little pressure wise, that's weird. I'm taking the Bears. This

1208
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,719
Speaker 5: is a weird season. Stranger things have happened. Give me

1209
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:53,080
Speaker 5: the Bears. A sounder with his Bears hoodie on over there, shocking.

1210
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,240
Speaker 3: I guess they are the number two seed.

1211
00:53:55,239 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 2: And that's what I said. Is it make me a

1212
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 2: bad guy that I'm I'm the Bills are gonna mark?

1213
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 4: You think they're the sixteen seed?

1214
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 8: You know?

1215
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 5: Fair UNBC and coach wise he said that college guys

1216
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:08,880
Speaker 5: are betting on was Randon.

1217
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 4: His name Tobin University.

1218
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 2: All right, that's a look ahead to the playoff games

1219
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:19,839
Speaker 2: Division Round coming up this weekend, and of course there's

1220
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 2: a bigger game coming up on Monday Night. More on that,

1221
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:23,880
Speaker 2: next to ninety three five and one O seven five

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Speaker 2: to the Fan,