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Speaker 1: Fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's sports station.

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Speaker 2: It's about to joke about this on Twitter, and I

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Speaker 2: haven't yet. Maybe by the time I too, everybody will

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Speaker 2: roll the rise. Maybe somebody else has already made this joke.

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Speaker 2: Cross Logan Wilson off the list of linebackers the Bengals

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Speaker 2: could go get. He announces his retirement after a good

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Speaker 2: NFL career seven for six seasons and was a part.

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Speaker 3: Of the twenty twenty one Super Bowl team.

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Speaker 2: In the twenty twenty two AFC Championship Game team it is.

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Speaker 3: It's remarkable.

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Speaker 2: Duke Tobin said when he had his big Megapress conference

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Speaker 2: that he's never not been all in. Does it feel

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Speaker 2: like Duke Tobin has been all in this offseason? There's

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Speaker 2: what he has said, and there's what he has done.

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Speaker 2: And we always quote Marvin Lewis right, I see better

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Speaker 2: than I hear. What I see has not been insignificant.

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Speaker 2: What we have seen are three players who feel like

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Speaker 2: they will be able to help us, making the layup

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Speaker 2: and bringing back Dalton Reisner. They haven't added another player

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Speaker 2: in nearly a week. There's obviously still time and maybe

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Speaker 2: the foundation for this offseason has always been the draft,

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Speaker 2: But it doesn't feel all in Frankly, it feels like

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Speaker 2: this offseason has been more about proving that they're not cheap.

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Speaker 2: It can be perilous if you have my job to

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Speaker 2: really dive into the weeds of contract structures and the

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Speaker 2: salary cap. But the Bengals, the three guys they've signed

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Speaker 3: Maffey good signings.

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Speaker 2: Signings that from a football perspective, each makes sense. Joe Goodberry,

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Speaker 2: who's been on the show a bunch of times, put

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Speaker 2: on social media that the three guys the Bengals have

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Speaker 2: signed to free agent contracts this offseason have taken the

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Speaker 2: three highest spots league wide when it comes to a

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Speaker 2: p Y, which is which is remarkable, which is which

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Speaker 2: is just remarkable. It's it's it's the antithesis of of

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Speaker 2: what you expect from the Bengals. And you know, maybe

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Speaker 2: maybe maybe that's good. Maybe that's good. Maybe maybe that's

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Speaker 2: average per year. Maybe frontloading those contracts when they're not

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Speaker 2: going to do guarantees past year one is what was

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Speaker 2: needed to do to get those players to come to Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: That's plausible. But it certainly feels like structuring the deals

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Speaker 2: the way they did was unnecessary and was maybe done

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Speaker 2: with the intention of proving, hey, we're not cheap. Look

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Speaker 2: at what we're giving these guys this season. Look at

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Speaker 2: what the apy is going to be be is going

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Speaker 2: to be based on what those players will earn this season.

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Speaker 2: That on top of the Joe Burrow restructure. And I'm

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Speaker 2: the last one to say that a player should restructure

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Speaker 2: his contract. A contracts a contracts, so like it shouldn't

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Speaker 2: be on Joe Burrow to give Mike Brown alone. But

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Speaker 2: if the quarterback is saying publicly like hey, I'm all

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Speaker 2: for it, and you've decided to structure these other contracts

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Speaker 2: in a way that maybe makes it more difficult to

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Speaker 2: make the rest of the team better, how do you

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Speaker 2: not go to your quarterback and say, cool, let's do it.

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Speaker 2: You said you'll do it, let's do it. Let's do

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Speaker 2: a restructure. More than anything, it's just it's it's confounding.

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Speaker 2: Nine days ago, the Bengals signed two players, and again,

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Speaker 2: like they're better most of us believe because of the

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Speaker 2: acquisition of those two players. And by the way, I

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Speaker 2: He's not I don't think anybody would consider him to

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Speaker 2: be a big free agent acquisition. Nine days ago, they

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Speaker 2: get those two guys, and I don't know one Bengals

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Speaker 2: fan who didn't instantly say, okay, cool, what now at linebacker?

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Speaker 2: With each passing minute, it feels like what now at

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Speaker 3: Huh.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't feel like all in. It feels like a

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Speaker 2: strategy of hope. It feels like a strategy that evokes

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Speaker 2: It's not apples to apples, but you'll hear it with

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Speaker 2: Carter and Knight. And I cannot emphasize this enough. Nobody

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Speaker 2: not all in. It ain't And it feels a lot

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Speaker 2: like what they did with the whole defense a year ago.

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Speaker 2: With the whole defense a year ago, it was, well,

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Speaker 2: And they didn't get helping. What happened the defense was

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Speaker 2: atrocious this past season. It feels like that's gonna be

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Speaker 2: a similar message with linebacker. Well, you know, toward the

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Speaker 2: end of the year, Carter and Knight were better, and

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Speaker 2: in October and November. But did they play well enough

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Speaker 2: position and free agency? So far they have And it

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Speaker 2: doesn't make sense. But as long as you're ignoring a

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Speaker 2: position that was a problem the previous year, then you

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Speaker 2: cannot say you're all in the next year. Yet a

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Speaker 2: few weeks ago, a month or so ago, Duke Tobin

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Speaker 3: In, We're all in, Okay, okay, okay, okay.

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Speaker 2: Thirteen after five o'clock by request. We do this every year,

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Speaker 2: the bracket reveal, which I kind of already talked about,

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Speaker 2: some picks coming up in just about twenty minutes, Not

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Speaker 2: that I expect anybody to be sitting on the end

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Speaker 2: of their seat waiting for them. The RedHawks played tonight.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if there have been this many eyes

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Speaker 2: on a Miami men's basketball game since the Sweet sixteen

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Speaker 2: lost to Kentucky in nineteen ninety nine. And I say

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Speaker 2: that understanding that a lot of people were paying very

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Speaker 2: Tonight's weird, man, because on one hand, you hate that

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Speaker 2: The good news is you get to play pretty damn

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Speaker 2: front of a lot of Miami fans, pretty partial crowd.

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Speaker 2: You get to play in Dayton. On one hand, the

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Speaker 2: RedHawks did lose their most recent game, and in that game,

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Speaker 2: their fatal flaw caught up to them. This is something

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Speaker 2: I think when you're handicapping a playoff field or a

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Speaker 2: without any prompting, mentioned we got to be better on

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Speaker 2: I do wonder if if losing that game lessens the

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Speaker 2: burden tonight, I Tony asked me on since three to sixty,

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Speaker 2: how much pressure does Miami have on it to win

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Speaker 2: probably amplified if they have zero losses. Now, if they

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Speaker 2: is if they win the MAC Tournament, they're not even

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Speaker 2: close to playing in Dayton. But I'm interested in how

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Speaker 2: for an SMU team that is really good offensively, and

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Speaker 2: here from a fatal flaw perspective is where you talk

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Speaker 2: about the matchup. Because SMU is twenty six in the

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Speaker 2: country in offensive efficiency, second in the ACC. In scoring,

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Speaker 2: this team averages more than eighty four points a game.

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Speaker 2: They shoot close to fifty percent second in the ACC

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Speaker 2: goal percentage. So it's a tough challenge, especially considering the

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Speaker 2: strength of Miami's team is not defense. At the same time,

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Speaker 2: SMU comes into tonight having lost five at a six. Defensively,

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Speaker 2: they're the opposite of what they've been. Offensively, they kind

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Speaker 2: of different ways. Peter Souter is a very good player.

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Speaker 2: I think a top fifty player in the NCAA tournament.

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Speaker 2: Can Miami expose SMU's defensive weaknesses. They are outside the

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Speaker 2: interesting game. It's an interesting matchup, and you and I

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Speaker 2: The consensus was that Miami deserved to be in the tournament,

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Speaker 2: which I agree with. The consensus was Miami was going

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Speaker 3: But you and I both know how this works.

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Speaker 2: They lay an egg tonight going to be a whole

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Speaker 2: but it's a standalone game, no other games happening large spotlight.

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Speaker 2: They're obviously not favored six and a half point dogs.

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Speaker 2: I love the over in this game, but how they

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Speaker 2: pretty fascinating game tonight at UDI Arena. Add to it

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Speaker 3: How are you good?

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Speaker 6: How are you today?

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Speaker 2: m and Lehigh play in the first game tonight. Both

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Speaker 2: can be heard on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. Dayton takes

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Speaker 2: on Bradley in Peoria in the nit you see played

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Speaker 2: at Bradley in March of two thousand and eight in

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Speaker 2: the inaugural CBI that was Mick Cronin's second season. You

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Speaker 2: see lost that game to Bradley. Mick Cronin did not

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Speaker 2: want to coach in that game. They had to go

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Speaker 2: get players off of spring break who had been told

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Speaker 2: the season's over. If I ever jot down a list

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Speaker 2: of the worst sporting events I have ever attended. That

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Speaker 2: game will be very close to the top of the list.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully a better game tonight in Peoria as the Braves

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Speaker 2: take on the Flyers. Mikel Brown will miss U Ofl's

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Speaker 2: game against USF tomorrow and the NCAA tournament with what,

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Speaker 2: unfortunately for him, has just been a chronic back issue.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully he's able to go later in the tournament if

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Speaker 2: the Cardinals advance, because he is a joy to watch baseball. Today,

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Speaker 2: the Reds are playing two games simultaneously. No, they haven't

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Speaker 2: been cloned. They have enough players for split squad action.

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Speaker 2: They're winning both games. Bottom five Reds with the ROTA

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Speaker 2: against the Angels trail that ballgame a two to one.

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Speaker 2: Tj Antone is currently pitching for Cincinnati. In that game,

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Speaker 2: Chase Burns started pitch two innings, gave up two runs.

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Speaker 2: Sal Stewart his third home run of the spring. Reds

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Speaker 2: are also beating the Colorado Rockies by a score of

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Speaker 2: four to one. Brady Singer three and two thirds innings

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Speaker 2: of scoreless ball. Jeff Brantley's going to be the Grand

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Speaker 2: Marshall for this year's Finland Market Opening Day parade. Davey

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Speaker 2: Concepsi on the Reds Honorary Captain. Chad Dodson a year ago,

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Speaker 2: who has a great newsletter and writes Red's columns for

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Magazine dot com, wrote a definitive piece about a

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Speaker 2: year ago as to why Davey Concepsione should be in Cooperstown.

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Speaker 2: And for years I certainly wanted, you know, him to

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Speaker 2: eventually get the call in whatever way, shape or form

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Speaker 2: that would have to happen, but I didn't feel strongly

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Speaker 2: about his candidacy.

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Speaker 3: Chad change my mind. Davy should be in the hall.

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Speaker 2: Bronson Arroyo is gonna throw at the first pitch Cyclones

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Speaker 2: play tonight against Bloomington two dollars Beer night at the

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Speaker 2: Hockey Arena Downtown. I'm leaving here to go check out

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Speaker 2: the for the first time ever the new Lrosas Taphouse

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Speaker 2: on Beachmont on the east side of Cincinnati, and I.

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Speaker 3: Love the folks at L.

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Speaker 2: Roses and the taphouse Skyview Pavilion looks awesome. They are

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Speaker 2: having if you're looking for a place to post up

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Speaker 2: this weekend to watch hoops starting at eleven o'clock on Saturday,

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Speaker 2: they're having a college basketball watch party and they'll have

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Speaker 2: contests and giveaways and goodie bags for the first one

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Speaker 2: hundred and fifty people, tons of TVs, outdoor beer garden.

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Speaker 2: It's not going to be cold forever, dog friendly patio

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Speaker 2: and really really cool spot.

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Speaker 3: At least it looks like it. I'm going tonight. I'll

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Speaker 3: let you know.

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Speaker 2: But if you're looking for a place to post up

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Speaker 2: this weekend on Saturday, the watch party with all sorts

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Speaker 2: of cool stuff happening starting at eleven am, especially if

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Speaker 2: you're on the east side of the East side of town.

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Speaker 3: Get a cold one, get a pizza, and you are set.

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Speaker 3: There you go. I had something else, but I lost it.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of college hoops, I entered Tony and Austin's Tony

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Speaker 2: Pike since E three to sixty bracket Challenge, which correct

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Speaker 2: me if I'm wrong there's no prize for the winner,

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Speaker 2: or if there is a prize for the winner, maybe

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Speaker 2: I'm just not eligible.

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Speaker 3: Maybe maybe you get a free talkback or something. I

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Speaker 3: don't know. I was asked a couple of years ago

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Speaker 3: to post my bracket on Twitter. I don't know why.

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Speaker 3: I was asked today by multiple people will you be

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Speaker 3: posting the bracket who you picking? Who you got? Because

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Speaker 3: I believe in.

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Speaker 2: Transparency, I posted the bracket on social media, so it's.

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Speaker 3: Up now, Well you can do that.

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Speaker 2: So my I posted a bracket, and I posted it

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Speaker 2: reflective of the bracket that I'm entering in various pools. Now,

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Speaker 2: the way I enter a bracket is I don't do two,

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Speaker 2: but I do a bracket mainly based on who I

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Speaker 2: think is going to win each game, but also looking

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Speaker 2: for places where I could fade the rest of the

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Speaker 2: field where maybe there's a strong likelihood that the majority

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Speaker 2: of the people in the pool pick this team, but

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Speaker 2: this team that's playing that team has a good enough

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Speaker 2: chance of winning that it's worth picking them. And maybe

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Speaker 2: a scenario where if I pick against this team, no

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Speaker 2: one's going to pick them to go that deep and

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Speaker 2: so I'm not going to be hurt that much if

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Speaker 2: they win.

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Speaker 3: If that makes sense, So.

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Speaker 2: I do this, and this strategy leads to extreme outcomes

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Speaker 2: because you either win or you finish close to last place.

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Speaker 2: And as the three time iHeartMedia Office Pool champion, who

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Speaker 2: also has a second and third place finish on my

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Speaker 2: office pool resume, I will also tell you there have

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Speaker 2: been years where I have done terribly because of this strategy.

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Speaker 2: This is a wide variance. We use that term before

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Speaker 2: talking about the Reds pitching staff.

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Speaker 3: That's what this is.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to go through every pick. I will

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Speaker 2: tell you I have. I have Duke coming out of

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Speaker 2: the East. I have not picked in this tournament a

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Speaker 2: ton of upsets. Now, if mckel brown was healthy, I

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Speaker 2: would have Louisville going to the Elite eight. I don't

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Speaker 2: like anything about how Yukon has played toward the end

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Speaker 2: of the season. Blown out by Saint John's the other

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Speaker 2: night by the way, worst team in the field against

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Speaker 2: the spread, went seven and four down the stretch, lost

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Speaker 2: on the road to a wretched Marquette team, got dominated

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Speaker 2: in that game. But I can't do it because mckel brown.

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Speaker 2: There's a stark difference in Louisville between when he's healthy

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Speaker 2: and when he's not. I do have UCLA getting to

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Speaker 2: the Elite eight. I think that's an area where you

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Speaker 2: could fager pool and do pretty well. Plus, I still

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Speaker 2: feel like most are gonna pick Duke to the get

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Speaker 2: to the final four, which is exactly what I did.

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Speaker 2: In the South. I picked Illinois. Florida is not a

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Speaker 2: great free throw shooting team. They're not great from three.

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Speaker 2: Now with the ALIGNI you worry about their defense because

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Speaker 2: Brad Underwood's team could be an absolute sieve on that

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Speaker 2: end of the floor. But number two in overall offensive

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Speaker 2: efficiency and third in offensive rebounding percentage, so they run

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Speaker 2: very good stuff. They can beat you offensively in a

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Speaker 2: lot of different ways, and they get a high percentage

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Speaker 2: of their own misses. I have Illinois getting to the

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Speaker 2: final four. Yes, beating Houston, Yes, beating Florida. My one

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Speaker 2: upset in that bracket is VCU. North Carolina is outside

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Speaker 2: the top three hundred in free throw shooting, unreliable from three,

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Speaker 2: and the Rams, who really to put Dayton away earlier

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Speaker 2: than they did in the A ten title game, are

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Speaker 2: really good at getting to the free throw line. I

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Speaker 2: think they expose UNC get to the free throw line

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Speaker 2: a bunch. That's one of the few early round up

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Speaker 2: sets I've picked VCU beating North Carolina, Illinois winning that region.

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Speaker 2: I have Purdue beating Arizona. This is where I'm trying

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Speaker 2: to fade people. I love experience in the tournament. Perdue

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Speaker 2: has four seniors, three of whom have played their entire

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Speaker 2: career in West Lafayette. Arizona's fatal flaw isn't a huge

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Speaker 2: fatal flaw because they are awesome. They are awesome, nobody

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Speaker 2: would be surprised if they win the whole thing. But

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Speaker 2: the lack of percentage of points from three does concern

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Speaker 2: me a little. And again, I'm trying to fade people here.

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Speaker 2: I don't think a ton of people in your pool

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Speaker 2: are going to take Purdue. Brayden Smith is a great player.

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Speaker 2: I got Purdue. I've got Michigan over Iowa State. I

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Speaker 2: have Kentucky losing to Santa Clara. I've been waiting all

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Speaker 2: year long for Kentucky to give me a reason why

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Speaker 2: I should trust him. They haven't done it. Santa Clara

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Speaker 2: has three players who are shooting over forty percent from three.

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Speaker 2: They're big, and by the way, they force turnovers on

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Speaker 2: twenty and a half percent of opposing team's possessions. I

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Speaker 2: have Santa Clara playing Iowa State. I've got Michigan beating Duke.

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Speaker 2: Arizona was the best team I watched in college basketball

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Speaker 2: this season, But the one that I think is scariest

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Speaker 2: is Michigan. Yes, they did just lose to Purdue. I

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Speaker 2: love Yaxl Landenborg. I think they're an absolute wagon. We

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Speaker 2: get a rematch of nineteen ninety two, except this time

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Speaker 2: Michigan's appearance in the final four will not be vacated.

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Speaker 3: I've got a beating duke. There you go, There you

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Speaker 3: go tomorrow with the Holy Graid. We'll see you.

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Speaker 2: Doors open at nine forty five, shows on at ten o'clock.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be a blast. First sixty four in

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Speaker 2: the door. Get a team. If you're a team wins

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Speaker 2: a national title, you win a Tennessee Golf get away.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Bertram Golf. Chad Brendle is on in my

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Speaker 2: place in the afternoon. I am off the rest of

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Speaker 2: the week. Back at it here on Monday. Thanks to

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Speaker 2: Terran for producing. Thanks to you for listening.

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