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Speaker 1: It's just a despicable bottom third with Triolo Gonzalez and

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Speaker 1: the Russian. He said it best. It's not best on

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Speaker 1: Gino would get deny the last chance at the Olympic

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Speaker 2: Where is your God?

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Speaker 2: Catch?

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Speaker 1: It is sixty years ago today. This is quite a

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Speaker 4: Hey, Mark, how you do?

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Speaker 2: Hi? Doug?

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Speaker 4: So you know you're you're hitting the mill right on

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Speaker 3: Hey? Uh?

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Speaker 2: Well, he's not. He nobody wants him. He's he's done.

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Speaker 1: He can't accept being done, and he can't accept that

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Speaker 1: And I repeat, he's not Clemente. Stargell, Parker, Kiner Wayner Wayner,

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Speaker 1: Well, no, they're not even giving him that opportunity. They

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Speaker 1: if he's like a forty game a year. Guy Kut

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Speaker 2: Play, and he's wrong.

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Speaker 1: I know some of his stats were good last year

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Speaker 2: Do not need him.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for the call.

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Speaker 2: Is it boring?

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Speaker 1: Was that game last night boring? I think it was,

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Speaker 2: Five nine the X.

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Speaker 1: You know, this Super Bowl had all almost no height,

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: And the game was a defensive domination by Seattle, and

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Speaker 2: There's no one play to look back at.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry they called back that that long run by

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Speaker 5: Hey Mark.

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Speaker 9: Grown up in the saite, I was born in fifty nine.

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Speaker 1: And oh they're not concerned about how They're not concerned

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Speaker 9: Right I hear you, But I think maybe that reflects

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Speaker 1: No, no, no, you're right, like today's fan likes the

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Speaker 2: The team.

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Speaker 1: Talk hockey with the old two nine er Phil Bourke

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Speaker 3: Come you do it.

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Speaker 2: We're all gonna rock to the rules.

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Speaker 3: I make bit how you like it?

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Speaker 4: One nine.

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Speaker 2: Peng was on a break.

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Speaker 1: I don't like it. Ross screwed it up with Rachel.

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Speaker 1: er Phil Bourke Porky. I'd rather watch the Penguins in

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Speaker 2: Mark.

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Speaker 3: Even games where they either didn't have it or they

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Speaker 1: Why have the Penguins done better than most expective? Give

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Speaker 3: Well, I think you have to start with the head

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Speaker 1: Who's been the biggest surprise? I got a couple names

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Speaker 3: Say the biggest surprise player wise, YEP, I might have

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Speaker 3: You know, I watched them like you. I watched them

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Speaker 3: what we have next year. He just won't go away,

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Speaker 3: and that's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: The guy I would I would go to, I mean

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Speaker 1: Chinakough because I had no idea who he was till

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Speaker 1: the Penguins got him. But if I had to pay

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Speaker 3: That's a great pick, it really is. And that's that's

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Speaker 3: where's your game at? Like why why are you you

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Speaker 3: seem to be playing consistently really good hockey. He's brought a

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Speaker 2: Mark.

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Speaker 3: But more importantly, knows what he can't do, and he

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Speaker 3: They're number one guy who was a right hand shot,

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Speaker 3: When he got gutted up with Eric Carlson. You know

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Speaker 3: minute here, I'm not a minor league here where like

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Speaker 1: We're talking to philboord Field two nine are here on

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Speaker 1: the Home of the Penguins one oh five nine the X.

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Speaker 2: How do four lines fall together and fit so well?

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Speaker 1: You almost never see that on a team, let alone

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Speaker 2: It's happened with the Penguins.

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Speaker 3: Amen, brother, you're right, you're right. You've seen too many

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Speaker 3: and that's not good enough. So when you've got four

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Speaker 3: brace it, man, it is very very rare. Uh. And

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Speaker 3: but I think we'll admit that when you put Racheal,

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Speaker 2: So I think we lost Porky. Try to call him

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Speaker 2: Porky right back.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, get your calls in for ask Mark

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Speaker 1: anything A three three four one two w xdx eight

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Speaker 1: three three four one two w xdx, or leave callbacks

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Speaker 1: via the microphone icon at.

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Speaker 2: The iHeartMedia app. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I I find the way the lines that fit together

443
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Speaker 1: to be just incredible. It almost never happens when all

444
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Speaker 1: four lines fall into place. Usually when you chopping change

445
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Speaker 1: and move around, one line suffers. But that's not happened here.

446
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Speaker 1: Bork are you there, I'm here, buddy, There you go

447
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Speaker 1: let's move in a time we have left of the Olympics.

448
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Speaker 2: Who do you like?

449
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Speaker 1: I think the top four teams are good, you know,

450
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Speaker 1: the names Canada, US, Sweden and Finland and maybe Checks

451
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Speaker 1: a sleeper.

452
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Speaker 2: What do you think who's gonna win?

453
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Speaker 3: Yeah? Check Lucas Destal is their goaltender. He can get

454
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Speaker 3: really hot, you know, don't count you know, teams like

455
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Speaker 3: Latia Switzerland out. You know, that's the thing, you know,

456
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Speaker 3: to go all the way to the win the whole thing,

457
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Speaker 3: or get to the gold medal game. It's only seven

458
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Speaker 3: games you play, That's how much of a sprint it is.

459
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Speaker 3: And you can easily be upset. You know. Canada looks

460
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Speaker 3: like they're loaded. I mean, my goodness, you got McKennon

461
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Speaker 3: and McDavid and Crosby and Marner and you got I mean,

462
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Speaker 3: the amount of talent on the US and Canada. I

463
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Speaker 3: just think it's gonna come down to goaltender, you know.

464
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Speaker 3: And I'm a little worried about the US goaltenders, you know,

465
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Speaker 3: because Ottinger and Hellibutam not played well for Dallas and

466
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Speaker 3: Whinni they respectively. So that's Jeremy Swayman. But I think

467
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Speaker 3: they'll start with hellibuck because he's kind of been the

468
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Speaker 3: guy of USA Hockey for years now. But you know,

469
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Speaker 3: here's the other thing, Mark, and I won't take too

470
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Speaker 3: much time on this unless you want to chime in.

471
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Speaker 3: I'm a little worried that Mike Sullivan went with Austin

472
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Speaker 3: Matthews as the captain again.

473
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I said column today in the Drip.

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Speaker 3: Oh good, good. He's never won anything. He won when

475
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Speaker 3: he played for USA Hockey. He won a midget and

476
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Speaker 3: a Banham tournament. And listen, I'm not here to kick

477
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Speaker 3: Austin Matthews and the teeth. He's gonna be wearing the red,

478
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Speaker 3: white and blue. But you just had a flew of

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Speaker 3: other guys. And also, he was the guy in four

480
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Speaker 3: Nations that wore the seed. He had an unbelievable little

481
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Speaker 3: chance to have the game winning goal and shortly thereafter

482
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Speaker 3: he loses Conor McDavid in defensive zone coverage and the

483
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Speaker 3: overtime goal and it's over. He's got four goals in

484
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Speaker 3: his last twenty one playoff games. He's played six game sevens,

485
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Speaker 3: he's lost them all and he has no goals in

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Speaker 3: any of those games. Set. I just don't know why

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Speaker 3: I do.

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Speaker 2: This is much more than I had.

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Speaker 3: You know, I don't know why Mike Sullivan, of all

490
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Speaker 3: the guys, take one of the kachuks, you know, like

491
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Speaker 3: to give it to Jake Densel, like give it to

492
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Speaker 3: guys that have won before. You know, this guy's never

493
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Speaker 3: won before, and you're making him the leader of such

494
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Speaker 3: an important tournament. You get it for four Nations, okay,

495
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Speaker 3: but to go right back to it again, it concerns me.

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Speaker 2: You know what. It's like he's trying. I know what

497
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Speaker 2: he's doing.

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Speaker 1: He's trying to get more out of Matthews by putting

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Speaker 1: the C on him.

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Speaker 2: That's why he gave j T.

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Speaker 1: Miller the Captain C in New York, which you know,

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Speaker 1: no offense to JT. But that was like giveing a

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Speaker 1: meth had a machine gun.

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Speaker 3: Oh my mind was not wandering there. But now when

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Speaker 3: I hang up, I'm going to be thinking about that comment.

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00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 3: Yeah again, that's a blind loyalty. Like you don't have

507
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Speaker 3: to do it, you know, it's all about you know,

508
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Speaker 3: not what you say, but how you say it. Have

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Speaker 3: a combo with him and just be like, hey, you know,

510
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Speaker 3: like and don't take this personal. I just want you

511
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Speaker 3: to play I'm taking the pressure off you. You know

512
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Speaker 3: we're gonna we're gonna go a different route in this tournament.

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Speaker 3: I just want you to play. Just be the unbelievable

514
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Speaker 3: goalscorer you are. Don't worry about being a captain and

515
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Speaker 3: the leader. You know, we got enough guys on this team.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna put an a on your sweater and I'm

517
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Speaker 3: gonna give the c to you know, Matthew Kachuk and

518
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Speaker 3: where you go. Just go try to win the gold medal.

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Speaker 3: Don't worry about anything else, and said he went right

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Speaker 3: back with Matthews.

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Speaker 1: One guy on the US I'm really rooting for is

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Speaker 1: Jake Gunstil because when he left here there were x

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Speaker 1: amount of people who didn't know, who didn't see him

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Speaker 1: playing out the thought he was a sid Creation and

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Speaker 1: a Carolina and a Tampa.

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Speaker 2: He's proven he's much more than that.

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Speaker 3: He is. But and you're right, what a perfect fit

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Speaker 3: he is for Tampa. And what a big game player

529
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Speaker 3: he is. The bigger the game, the better Jake plays.

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Speaker 3: We know that. But here's the thing. I'm always curious

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Speaker 3: when guys leave Pittsburgh and you think about the ninety

532
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Speaker 3: one and ninety two game, teams. This hasn't been many guys, right,

533
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 3: Murphy went on to win a Cup with Detroit. But

534
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Speaker 3: when you leave Pittsburgh, can you go on and win

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Speaker 3: someplace else? Yeah? I mean, and that's true. The challenge now, right,

536
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 3: the challenge now for Jake Gentzel, Like, it's great to

537
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 3: put up all these numbers and be an unbelievable player

538
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Speaker 3: in Tampa. And I know this isn't NHL. Now we're

539
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 3: talking about the Olympics. But to go somewhere else after

540
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,919
Speaker 3: winning here in Pittsburgh, can you go somewhere else? And

541
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Speaker 3: I know Phil Kessel went in a very diminished role

542
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Speaker 3: with Vegas and one there. I don't even know if

543
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 3: that counts, but you know I'm talking about Mark to

544
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,880
Speaker 3: go and play a significant role on another team after

545
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Speaker 3: winning here. I think I would love this gold medal

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Speaker 3: in with winning a Stanley Cup. If Jake could do it.

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Speaker 1: Sid's on a line with Stone and Marner. I think

548
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Speaker 1: that's good. I think Stone's gonna be like a Kunis

549
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 1: was here in Pittsburgh, and Marner could do that short

550
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Speaker 1: given go game like Sid likes.

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Speaker 3: You know what. I was thinking about that too, And

552
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,679
Speaker 3: don't take this the wrong way. But I think everybody

553
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Speaker 3: thought put them with your buddy McKinnon, right, I think

554
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 3: Nate's too fast. Does that make any sense? Mark, I

555
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 3: think he plays.

556
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 2: Wing too well.

557
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 3: That too, But I say, I think Sid could could

558
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 3: play the wing with Meate. But here's the problem. Nate

559
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 3: plays at this such frenetic like this, there's over the

560
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,680
Speaker 3: top high pace that I don't I almost think it's

561
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 3: it's too over the top for Sid. I think he

562
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 3: likes to play with more cerebral guys like Stone and Manor,

563
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 3: so I think that's that's a great line. It's a

564
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 3: great mix. You can always sow Sid and McKinnon and

565
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 3: McDavid on the ice together if you need a goal, right,

566
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Speaker 3: But I think you know, shift in and shift out.

567
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 3: I think you'll get the most out of Sid playing

568
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Speaker 3: with guys that think the game and do a lot

569
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Speaker 3: of the little things that Sid likes to do, as

570
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Speaker 3: far as you know, work the puck down low, the

571
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 3: give and goes, you know, you know, play off the rush,

572
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 3: those little things at a certain speed. I think Manor

573
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Speaker 3: and uh Stone play more like Sid than even McKinnon

574
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Speaker 3: and McDavid.

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Speaker 2: Uh Sweeden is my sleeper.

576
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Speaker 1: Borkiy and The big part of it is, I mean

577
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 1: it's tough to call him a sleeper, you know what

578
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: I mean, They're they're like, to me, the third team

579
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: that could sneak into the final. And part of it

580
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 1: because Carlson's played so well for the Penguins this year,

581
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Speaker 1: I think he goes into the Olympics with a chance

582
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Speaker 1: to make real impact for them when the back end.

583
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Speaker 3: No, and I think from what I understand, Victor Headman,

584
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 3: who's missed a lot of time at the Tampa Bay Lightning,

585
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 3: he's going to be healthy. Uh And so yeah, if

586
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 3: you can get Carlson and Headman out there, that's a

587
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 3: dynamic duo right there. And I can't disagree with you.

588
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 3: I think Garrett Carlson has played amazing hockey for the Penguins.

589
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 3: You know, shift in and shift out, game in and

590
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 3: game out. I just I like that he's made mistakes

591
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 3: and there's so many times Mark I he he has

592
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 3: gone into a batcheck mode like I never saw him

593
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 3: do before really with any other team. There's there's a

594
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 3: sense of responsibility that he has accepted and he has

595
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 3: owned it. He has owned the good and the bad,

596
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 3: and he has played at times a quiet game where

597
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 3: you think wow, I really didn't notice Thereic Carlson because

598
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 3: he was playing to kind of like the cards that

599
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 3: he was dealt. If it's that type of game where

600
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 3: it's low scoring, tight checking, we don't need you to

601
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 3: wow us. We don't need you to put the cape on.

602
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 3: And so more times than not, he has just played

603
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 3: a smart state game which has helped the Pengans win games.

604
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 2: Boy, can you give me your picks? Gold, silver, bronze.

605
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Sweden, US.

606
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: Canada, Sweden bronze, US silver, Canada Gold.

607
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 3: No, no, no, no no, Sweden gold, US Silver, Canada bronze.

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Speaker 1: You know what, I hope you're wrong, because A I'm

609
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 1: rooting for Sid and B if they're not in the

610
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 1: gold medal game at the very least, be miserable the

611
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 1: rest of the year.

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00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 3: Don't forget about where you were born. Mark, you can

613
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 3: root for sin and don't turn your back on your country.

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00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 2: I'm gonna root for sit anyway. Me and bad Buddy Borky,

615
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 2: Me and Bad Bunny Porky. Great stuff.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week. We'll go over more

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Speaker 1: of this stuff. Enjoy the Olympics.

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Speaker 3: Uh, you are a rebel with the cause. I love you, buddy.

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Speaker 3: I enjoyed our time together. This was good hockey talk.

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Speaker 1: what a great reunion that would be between club and

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Speaker 1: player after all the shenanigans that went on with Cutch

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Speaker 1: bitching and moaning about not getting a new contract, and

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Speaker 1: it's all Cutch's fault. Cutch screwed the pooch with this one,

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Speaker 1: not the Pirates. The Pirates are under no obligation to

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Speaker 1: employ Cutch and perpetuity, and in fact are better off

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Speaker 1: turning the page.

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Speaker 2: Much like Bob Seger.

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Speaker 1: Last night, some guy was bitching about Bad Bunny being

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Speaker 1: on at halftime. I said, shut up and eat your

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Speaker 1: nachos and guacamalle. Yeah, I know, Puerto Rican Nott Mexican,

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Speaker 1: shut up, it's still funny. Like I said, ask Mark,

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Speaker 1: anything brought to list by People's Natural Gas, People's hyphengas

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Speaker 1: dot Com Call now eight.

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Speaker 2: Three three four one two w XDX. Let's go to a.

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Speaker 11: Talkback, super genius. Would you still take a flyer on

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Speaker 11: Trevor Bauer. I know he's been cleared, he's been out

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Speaker 11: of a job for a few years, but wouldn't he

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Speaker 11: make that rotation for the pirates just predict thanks?

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Speaker 1: Yes, I would sign Trevor Bayer one year deal cheap,

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Speaker 1: but he's been informally blackballed. Eventually he'll sue MLB and

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Speaker 1: get a big settlement.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I would definitely do it.

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Speaker 1: There'd be no guarantee he'd be what he was, but

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Speaker 1: that would be a worthwhile gamble. No risk it, no biscuit.

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Speaker 1: It wouldn't cost much money. But like I said, there

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Speaker 1: definitely is an informal blackball. Let's go to a talkback.

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Speaker 6: Hey, Mark, why do British singers talk with an accent

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Speaker 6: but sing without an accent?

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's really any way to sing with

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Speaker 1: an accent. I just think you sing how you sing,

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Speaker 1: and you talk how you talk. Like David coverdo wouldn't sing.

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Speaker 1: I was born under a bad side of that. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's just different. Talking and singing are two different things.

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Speaker 1: Singing sheds the accent. Let's go another talkback, Big Mark

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Speaker 1: David from Cannasberg.

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Speaker 3: Here kind a question for you. What your thoughts on

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Speaker 3: Sam Punk?

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Speaker 7: If you know what happened with him with the elite

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Speaker 7: in aw.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he got in some kind of fight in his

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Speaker 1: dressing room with the elite. I don't know, I don't care.

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Speaker 1: I think Punk's, you know, a nice bunch of guys.

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Speaker 1: I generally like like Phil, but he can be a

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Speaker 1: bit schizophrenic.

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Speaker 2: But I've nine out of ten times totally gotten.

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Speaker 1: Along with him, and he's a proven performer. He's one

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Speaker 1: of the few guys that's small and skinny, but he

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Speaker 1: still comes off as very credible. One of the very

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Speaker 1: few guys for me to do that. That's small. But

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Speaker 1: you think he can win a fight like Daniel Bryan.

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Speaker 1: I never saw him win in a fight, great technical wrestler,

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Speaker 1: never took him very credibly. Let's get a few more

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Speaker 1: calls in at eight three, three, four one two w XDX.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to a talkback.

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Speaker 10: What do you think the best Steakhouse is in Pittsburgh

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Speaker 10: and the best Italian restaurant other than Ala Familia.

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot man, Uh, best Italian restaurant other than

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Speaker 1: Ala Familia. That's interesting because whenever I want Italian food

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Speaker 1: of high caliber, I go to Ala Familia. You know

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Speaker 1: what I really like is Monticello Is on Babcock. That's

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Speaker 1: kind of, you know, mid level Italian in terms of

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Speaker 1: presentation and decor. But it's really good. So that's probably

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Speaker 1: my second choice. But that place in bumble of our Garbarino's.

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Speaker 1: I've been there like only once, but it's it's very good.

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Speaker 1: There's a few other places too, you know, I really

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Speaker 1: want to try. It's right down the road from the office.

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Speaker 1: Here is that Leo Greta in uh Carnegie.

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Speaker 2: Oh wait h you know.

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Speaker 1: It's really good. Oh, I forget the name of it.

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Speaker 2: It's in it.

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Speaker 1: It replaced Scolio at up in Green Tree. It's an

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Speaker 1: Italian restaurant moving into the spot where Scolio is. I'll

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Speaker 1: come up with that by the end of the segment.

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Speaker 1: I was there not too long ago with my my Taylor,

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Speaker 1: Larry Chico and boy, it's really good, really good. And

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Speaker 1: Scolio's good too. It's just relocated and I'm not one

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Speaker 1: to follow. Let's go to another talkback.

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Speaker 3: Just wanted to make sure you understood mark defense wins

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Speaker 3: championships in any sport.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it did last night, but that's the exception and

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Speaker 1: not the rules. So you're full of crap. The last

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Speaker 1: how many championships in the NFL were one by scoring

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Speaker 1: more and faster. That's not to discount defense, certainly not,

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Speaker 1: but the NFL now is scored more and faster. If

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Speaker 1: you want to walk and put it this way, I

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Speaker 1: know you're implying the Steelers are approaching it correctly because

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Speaker 1: you think they never do anything wrong. But their defense sucks.

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Speaker 1: It's overpaid and underperformed. It's nowhere close to a championship.

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Speaker 1: Cousina vitally, that's the place in Green Tree, Now, that's

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Speaker 1: really good. That would probably be my second favorite after

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Speaker 1: Ala Familia. There's probably some I've forgotten. You know what

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Speaker 1: I need to do. I've been talking about this.

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Speaker 2: For a long time.

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Speaker 1: I need to get a pedicure. My feet are in

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Speaker 1: bad shape. Maybe I should just go to Pedieter's first.

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Speaker 1: Although my feet aren't ugly bad shape like they're not.

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Speaker 1: You know, have the toenails that are exploding with pus

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Speaker 1: and stuff like that. You know, they they look okay,

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Speaker 1: they just need attention. And I'll tell you what A

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Speaker 1: fat guy trying to cut his own toenails, yikes, it

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Speaker 1: is not pretty. Eight three, three four one two WXDX

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Speaker 1: number to call. It's the Mark Madden Show. Oh jd

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Speaker 1: Vance the vice president cup food at miland at the Olympics,

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Speaker 1: and NBC drowned a lot of it out the media

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Speaker 1: disguising a legitimate reaction to an American politician. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: not a bad sign or anything like that. One oh

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Speaker 1: five nine y x eight dollar